tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.comments2023-09-15T08:07:28.542-06:00Western HeroSilverfiddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comBlogger26920125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-55687243820387214262022-01-04T17:40:20.176-07:002022-01-04T17:40:20.176-07:00Wow-what an excellent post. There is nothing for ...Wow-what an excellent post. There is nothing for me to even add, which is unusual. I typically cover it all but you did such an awesome job here. Other than to just repeat what<br />you said or add that progressives are a cancer in this nation, PERIOD!Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00845520038316676855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-55063868394526400252013-01-25T08:08:37.559-07:002013-01-25T08:08:37.559-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Freddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-41892222489556477582013-01-13T13:46:04.301-07:002013-01-13T13:46:04.301-07:00We had more shootings last night. Can you explain ...We had more shootings last night. Can you explain how our laws that could not stop someone from shooting up a house with <br />10-20 bullets would stop the same person from entering a local school <br />and doing the same thing?RWTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-67880006385898239262013-01-13T08:36:56.982-07:002013-01-13T08:36:56.982-07:00We as a people are sorely lacking principles, choo...We as a people are sorely lacking principles, choosing instead to engage in politics as partisan team sport.<br /><br /><br />When my team does it, it's OK, but when they do it, I'll scream bloody murder.<br /><br /><br />But then, we also believe in free stuff, rainbows, lollipops and unicorns forever, so what should I expect?Silverfiddlehttp://westernhero.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-18608049112932603802013-01-13T07:00:05.611-07:002013-01-13T07:00:05.611-07:00Fear is one of the most important tools of tyrants...Fear is one of the most important tools of tyrants. The al Qaeda attacts on 9/11/2001 not only killed 3000 people it gave our government (want-to-be tyrrants) to declare a planet wide war on terror than can lnow no end and to take away some of our rights (the unpatriotic Patriot Act) to assuage the new fear Americans have of terrorist attacks either foreign or domestic. In the name of security, Americans will continue to lose their freedoms. Fear works for tyrrants!conservativesonfirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-46919769291798218502013-01-12T16:48:35.520-07:002013-01-12T16:48:35.520-07:00I'm not familiar with the underworld in either...I'm not familiar with the underworld in either country, but would you agree that criminals in America are more likely to carry guns than their British counterparts? I think general availability is a factor, though it may take some time for the criminals to change their gun habits, if they're already accustomed to them.Jez Austinhttp://www.facebook.com/jez.austinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-71559491387860245732013-01-12T13:00:51.968-07:002013-01-12T13:00:51.968-07:00The trouble, viburnum, is who that marine might se...The trouble, viburnum, is who that marine might sell that gun to.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-91373937185466100502013-01-12T11:26:27.611-07:002013-01-12T11:26:27.611-07:00Anyone who believes in gun control has the mind of...Anyone who believes in gun control has the mind of a child.<br /><br />Check out Unarmed UK. What happens when they Know you are unarmed? Nothing good.<br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196941/The-violent-country-Europe-Britain-worse-South-Africa-U-S.htmlKidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-85964519779881826352013-01-12T11:23:42.540-07:002013-01-12T11:23:42.540-07:00Been listening to Tommy a long time. Lot's of ...Been listening to Tommy a long time. Lot's of great youtubes other there too. over the rainbow, day tripper, hundreds more.<br /><br />If you get a chance to see him live, I highly recommend it. Fantastic show. He's playing somewhere every few days. Check out the tour page<br /><br />http://www.tommyemmanuel.com/tours/<br /><br />Plays Cincinnati every year around September and I've gone 4 years in a row now. it only gets better.Kidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-71803747929345469502013-01-12T09:41:17.651-07:002013-01-12T09:41:17.651-07:00The problem of course is that criminals by definit...The problem of course is that criminals by definition have no regard for laws so you're effectively only disarming the rest of us. I'd rather keep assault weapons legal and provide a mandatory death penalty for using one in the commission of a crime. Of course that's another argument altogether.viburnumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-28319318519342207582013-01-12T09:27:14.462-07:002013-01-12T09:27:14.462-07:00Not sure how carrying a gun offers any protection ...Not sure how carrying a gun offers any protection from a drive-by shooting. I think the idea is that by making guns rarer overall, criminals bother with them less too (there may be some lag in that effect). A lot of it might be a question of taste, but I'd rather reduce criminal gun use than live with criminals routinely touting guns, but be allowed to carry my own.Jez Austinhttp://www.facebook.com/jez.austinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-19193239914088052232013-01-12T08:15:09.328-07:002013-01-12T08:15:09.328-07:00And here's more perspective on Australia:
htt...And here's more perspective on Australia:<br /><br />http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=17847<br /><br />And the official government site, showing that gun crimes, including murder, spiked after the gun ban, but after that homicides did go down, although assaults continue to rise.<br /><br />http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/facts/1-20/2008/1%20recorded%20crime.html<br /><br />An interesting note is that the US experienced a similar decrease in homicides, although we did not implement a ban as Australia did. That muddies the correlation picture.<br /><br />From the latest government report I could find:<br /><br /><i>The proportion of homicide incidents in 2007–08 involving a firearm increased modestly to 12 percent (n=30), an increase from nine percent (n=24) in 2007–08. Despite this increase, the involvement of firearms in homicide incidents remains at an historical low. The majority of firearms used in 2007–08 were identified as being either unregistered and/or unlicensed.</i><br /><br />http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/mr/1-20/13.htmlSilverfiddlehttp://westernhero.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-87022681341138477742013-01-12T08:14:25.669-07:002013-01-12T08:14:25.669-07:00I recommend everyone go read the official Australi...I recommend everyone go read the official Australian Government report on firearm related deaths:<br /><br />http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/tandi/261-280/tandi269.html<br /><br />Figure 1 is instructive. Firearm deaths were declining before the ban, and they spiked afterward, but have now continued to decrease, just as they are in the US, despite our lack of a similar ban.<br /><br /><br /><br />Keep reading down the report, and you will see a sharp decrease in "other firearm deaths" but a steady increase in handgun deaths.Silverfiddlehttp://westernhero.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-40983886577013570432013-01-12T08:00:58.818-07:002013-01-12T08:00:58.818-07:00And here's more perspective on Australia:
htt...And here's more perspective on Australia:<br /><br />http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=17847<br /><br /><br /><br />And the official government site, showing that gun crimes, including murder, spiked after the gun ban, but after that homicides did go down, although assaults continue to rise.<br /><br /><br />An interesting note is that the US experienced a similar decrease in homicides, although we did not implement a ban as Australia did. That muddies the correlation picture.Silverfiddlehttp://westernhero.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-15193130346884430312013-01-12T07:45:01.442-07:002013-01-12T07:45:01.442-07:00You've apparently overlooked the Monash Univer...You've apparently overlooked the Monash University shootings in 2002<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monash_University_shooting<br /><br />And our friends down under unfortunately know first hand that you don't need a gun to commit mass murder.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Au_Go_Go_Fireviburnumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-51657933170621748382013-01-12T07:19:55.532-07:002013-01-12T07:19:55.532-07:00Post gun control laws passed in Australia and gun...Post gun control laws passed in Australia and gun buy-backs:<br /><br /><br />[H]omicides by firearm plunged 59 percent between 1995 and 2006, with no corresponding increase in non-firearm-related homicides. The drop in suicides by gun was even steeper: 65 percent. Studies found a close correlation between the sharp declines and the gun buybacks. Robberies involving a firearm also dropped significantly. Meanwhile, home invasions did not increase, contrary to fears that firearm ownership is needed to deter such crimes. But here’s the most stunning statistic. In the decade before the Port Arthur massacre, there had been 11 mass shootings in the country. There hasn’t been a single one in Australia since.shawkenawenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-58952678411997748182013-01-12T06:28:20.714-07:002013-01-12T06:28:20.714-07:00Now THAT is a guitar man!Now THAT is a guitar man!rncscabnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-69165479933828826742013-01-12T06:20:46.953-07:002013-01-12T06:20:46.953-07:00Help prevent slavery... BUY A GUN!Help prevent slavery... BUY A GUN!rncscabnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-81144692399840254702013-01-12T06:19:43.277-07:002013-01-12T06:19:43.277-07:00If slaves were allowed to have guns, they wouldn&#...If slaves were allowed to have guns, they wouldn't have been slaves.rncscabnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-43640726678444094192013-01-11T23:46:54.248-07:002013-01-11T23:46:54.248-07:00You can ban guns totally like we did in Australia,...You can ban guns totally like we did in Australia, but it still cannot prevent a scumbag if he wants to kill a lot of innocent people.<br /><br />Just google sydney drive by shootings and you'll see we have an epidemic of gang-related shootings even though we have very strict gun control here.<br /><br />In all the shootings that have happened here, no one has been able to explain to me how our laws that could not stop someone from shooting up a house with 10-20 bullets would stop the same person from entering a local school and doing the same thing.<br /><br /><br />No amount of mewling in the foetal position about various laws by gun haters can stop bad people from getting weapons. All their laws do is ensure that the innocent, the old, the frail, the disabled and weak have nothing to defend themselves with when the scumbags come for us.<br /><br /><br />Perhaps that's what you want.RWTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-13678905458722542142013-01-11T23:35:39.028-07:002013-01-11T23:35:39.028-07:00True, everyone has a right to make a fool of thems...True, everyone has a right to make a fool of themselves. And we can laugh at you for it.RWTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-3516139394083155072013-01-11T23:09:11.183-07:002013-01-11T23:09:11.183-07:00I guess that means that when they stop by your hou...I guess that means that when they stop by your house, you'll either already have been rendered defenseless so they'll just move on to your neighbors, or you'll have been emasculated to the point that you'll just give up your ability to defend yourself like a good little serf.<br /><br /><br />THAT is loony.NMEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-28304989877625939682013-01-11T22:48:54.682-07:002013-01-11T22:48:54.682-07:00I read somewhere recently "The men who take o...I read somewhere recently "The men who take our guns will be protected by guns for the rest of their lives". My husband is threatened every day on his job. We cannot afford fancy armed guards "men in black" types. Our man in black is our gun. Just look at the dirt bag that invaded a women's home - in Georgia I think. She retreated into a crawl space in her home, he followed, she shot him. This P#s*y cried and wined for help along the side of the road. He will get out of jail and victimize someone else not so lucky and brave with a gun.mattienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-47347558904327431602013-01-11T21:10:46.846-07:002013-01-11T21:10:46.846-07:00BRAVO, NME! My thinking exactly.BRAVO, NME! My thinking exactly.FreeThinkenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-88039622243651742262013-01-11T19:35:16.076-07:002013-01-11T19:35:16.076-07:00"We don't live in Mad Max world, and we c..."We don't live in Mad Max world, and we can't have howitzers on our roofs, or nuclear bombs in our basements."<br /><br /><br /> I don't think you'll find anyone here arguing that we should. Neither should we be banning weapons simply because Diane Feinstein has her knickers in a twist about their appearance. <br /><br /><br /><br />The marine who wrote that letter, like two generations of veterans before him, was trained on and thoroughly familiarized with that type of rifle. If it's his choice to own one he has that right. Banning them simply for their looks is nothing more than a "lets do something so we can all feel better" reaction that unfortunately will not solve the problem. <br /><br /><br /><br />Anyone reasonably proficient with firearms could easily wreak as much havoc armed with anything shy of a muzzle-loader, or as Finn points out, use other means.viburnumnoreply@blogger.com