| To the Editor: Were shootings caused by gun or deranged guy? |
| Written by V.N. Krishnan |
| Wednesday, 30 January 2013 10:39 |
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The gun violence issue seems to be labeled wrongly by those whose mother tongue is the English language. The operative word here is the term "gun". Clearly if we do not have any violence 'which does not originate in a "gun" and in which it has no role in it, it would be stupid, irrational, impertinent and ignorant to talk of any kind of regulations relating to "gun" or "guns". The label has to be logically something else. Thus the Obama inter agency panel on "gun violence" must first be able to clearly establish the "fact" that the recent incidents of deaths were caused by the "gun" and not by a deranged guy. If they cannot convincingly prove this to the law abiding gun owners and pro-gun enthusiasts they have no business recommending measures that would in any way or form suggest regulating gun ownership as long as it is protected by the Second Amendment.
For us this issue is as simple as that unlike the rest of the planet where the English language is used. But in the interest of being objective why not turn to Israel our closest ally to see how they are dealing with this issue or to find out about many others in the world. We talk so much about leading the world and spending trillions and sacrificing thousands of lives of our soldiers to promote freedom to make a better world. At home we constantly worry that our freedom would be usurped by the same government unless we can match our arms, with what it can muster against us, waiting to get at our freedom the moment we lose our guns. May be this could be why we want the government to be shut down. Does this mean none of the other countries which have functioning governments - some don't use English - have no freedom for their citizens at all? I wish to be enlightened and give up anything to be objective. V.N. Krishnan Bowling Green |
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Are you saying that the citizens of Syria ( Whom Obama is arming with REAL military 'assault weapons' )are paranoid conspiracy nuts? How is it that, according to the current administration, Bashir Assad wields such power over the citizens of Syria?
We are in fact told they are so hopelessly oppressed that the answer is to arm them against this tyrannical government. Had they been so armed in the first place, would such tyranny have taken hold?
Are you suggesting that the duly, fairly and peacefully elected leader of our country should be compared to Bashir Al Assad?
The rebels in Syria are not without weapons, were not disarmed.
In case you weren't clear on the point, the US Constitution doesn't apply in Syria.
Chicago Police Department Murder Analysis reports from 2003 to 2011 provides a statistical breakdown of the manners in which people were murdered in Chicago.
Of the 4,251 people murdered, 3,371 died from being shot, with 98 percent of the murder weapons being a handgun. Thirty-seven people were killed with a rifle (caliber of bullet not specified), and 40 were killed with a shotgun.
In 27 of the murders, the type of gun used could not be determined by the Chicago Police Department.
Contrast that with the Total American deaths in Afghanistan from 10/01-present (including non combat accidents) stands at 2,166 HALF as many deaths!
Another FACT: Chicago has THE MOST STRINGENT GUN CONTROL LAWS IN THE COUNTRY. How can this be?
Cities are not islands.
Rural Illinois has an abundance of gun fairs and, as we have been hearing from Mr. LaPierre, no regular or systematic gun checks of customers.
If you have background checks for consumers at gun shows, it WILL be harder for would be criminals to obtain armaments. Not impossible, but significantly harder. Many of these mass murders would have been prevented with background checks. That all of them wouldn't be is no reason to try to prevent some of them.
You're basically going down the "I'm a survivalist and have to be prepared to fight the government when it comes to get me" line of crazy.
It is a gun issue.
When children are in their classrooms, they are supposed to be in a place of safety, being taught by people who are to be focused on them and on learning, not distracted by the need for target practice. Forcing teachers to be armed--the other apparent "plan" of the gun nuts--is burdensome on teachers, very few of them go into teaching in order to use guns.
May want to turn off the "mainstream" media and their narrative, bias and emotion, there is no place for that in the realm of logic and reason.
However, it appears you must label me as such in order to validate your viewpoint.
http://blog.skepticallibertarian.com/2013/01/12/fact-checking-ben-swann-is-the-uk-really-5-times-more-violent-than-the-us/
The only reason to own some of the weapons targeted by the reforms is to be able to shoot cops or the military--when they come to get you, I suppose. But that path of reasoning would also argue that anything the military has you should too. This sort of thinking is what led to Oklahoma City, to many of the shooting incidents and to Sandy Hook itself, if reports about Lanza's mom are true.
Ignorance is NOT strength. And it certainly wins no arguments.
BTW, there are a number of Iranians who live in this part of Ohio. Ask one of them about Iran's plans to invade the U.S. They'll have trouble slamming the door in your face, they'll be laughing so hard.
The U.S. does have a buffer against invasion from the outside, and it is called the U.S. military, not you and your gun stash. That military is the largest and most effective in the world by a large margin, and still will be after any proposed budget cuts.
No one is disarming you or proposing to do so.
The economy is growing; the only net job losses are in the public sector.
And until you realize that student success is not helped by cutting teachers and increasing class size, you'll never understand a damned thing about education.
You also know nothing about quality in college teaching. Most of the classes taught at a university cannot be as successfully taught online as they can be face-to-face. Learning often happens through classroom discussion, and the Socratic method (bet you don't know what that is, though most readers will). Large class sizes work against writing and the development of critical/analytical thinking skills.
You also realize that "make work" jobs involving the infrastructure are needed, real, and truly stimulative, don't you?
Are you aware that big parts of the stimulus--far from being "blown"--went to prevent planned teacher layoffs on the state level, a large number of infrastructure projects, and tax breaks, some of which you enjoyed?
You really feel that teachers should be spending their time developing weapons skills instead of teaching skills, don't you?
For the record, Obama has spent fewer days on vacation than his predecessor, and he has as much right to go home to Hawaii as GWB had to go home to Texas.
Nothing but personal attacks with no substance.
Your anti-dumb pill is not working.
Phil, you have a right to say any nonsense you feel like saying. But relentlessly mocking people who are better informed than yourself does not persuade, nor does it win arguments. It only makes you seem even more stupid, sheltered, and paranoid than you first appeared.
You have not laid out a SINGLE fact or insight into ANYTHING. I'm sorry, but your posts really are no more than a laughingstock for our entertainment. You know that, right?
2. Your comments about faculty staffing at BGSU are completely clueless. You know nothing about college education, based on your comments. BGSU already has the lowest salary scale of any peer institution in the state of Ohio, and the benefits package is nothing special. The concerns being voiced are not about pay, but about the quality of education that can be offered with the reduction in staffing. Nothing "entitlement" about it.
The private sector is all the non-government economy, which is improving steadily, if slowly. The only parts of the economy that have shrunk have been the pubic sector, which is entirely the "government and education fungus" of which you speak. There is no other "public" economy. These are basic definitions of basic words. And it is nice to know you regard the education sector as "fungus." It puts all of your comments in perspective. Ignorance might be bliss, but it isn't strength .
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/01/18/no-sidwell-friends-school-has-no-armed-guards/
Food stamps are a sign of poverty. Reliance on them is due to the aftermath of the economic collapse of 2008 and the fact that living on minimum wage jobs is very difficult for families. They are not driven by the president's policies.
Phil, I am a Christian and find almost all of your comments offensive. Mocking me for being better informed is idiotic.
If your mind was more filled with facts than blind hatred and ignorance people would take you more seriously.
Food stamps and the need for welfare are products of poverty; they are not presidential initiatives, and they are the products of the economic collapse, which we have not recovered from, as anybody knows. You're a fine one to complain about 9th grade-level education when you reason like a 3rd grader.
For the record, the more you speak the more clueless you seem.
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