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Posts Made By: Gerald Miller

October 28, 2018 06:53 AM Forum: Politics

Trump's Response On Today's Kill-A-Thon...

Posted By Gerald Miller
Originally Posted by Richard Davis

I'm curious Gerald, how did you conclude that this guy is so far right?  

I've only read a bit about this shooting and apparently he hated Jews and decided he would go on a rampage.  

Did you find a source that indicated he was far right?  
His postings were mainly anti-Semitic, but also were anti-Muslim laced with white supemacy. You don’t find to many leftists with that mindset.

Although it is not that hard to help you out with a source. See https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/27/pittsburgh-shooting-suspect-antisemitism for one of many links. 

Dig a little deeper than FoxNews.

October 28, 2018 08:06 AM Forum: Politics

Trump's Response On Today's Kill-A-Thon...

Posted By Gerald Miller
Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer



Right, start the progression with semi-auto rifles then, semi-auto shotguns.....then semi-auto hand guns....then revolvers and so on until the public cant have guns with them pretty much anywhere, then like England make severe restrictions on knives and finally arrive at defenseless law abiding citizens being murdered in the streets with machete's.....No thanks.

Typical response. Let's take it the other direction. The Constitution provides, and the Sup.Ct. ruled that the 2nd amendment means arms for citizen's and not militia.

Ok, now, what does "arm's" mean.

Well, that pretty much is whatever you want it to mean. It's not "guns" only. Well, I think it means a tactical nuclear missile, so the Constitution allows me to get one of those, too.

So, instead of a arm that can kill scores of innocent people in a few seconds, I've got the right to possess an arm that can kill millions! Yippee!

AR-15's were outlawed before and the world didn't end and all guns weren't banned. And there was no movement to outlaw all guns.

It's that same kind of piss-pour logic that keeps getting hundreds of innocent people killed in the USA. I hope you or a member of your family are not next.

October 28, 2018 08:10 AM Forum: Politics

Trump's Response On Today's Kill-A-Thon...

Posted By Gerald Miller
Originally Posted by Richard Davis


So knives don't kill?


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/33-dead-130-injured-china-knife-wielding-spree-n41966

China, 33 dead and 130 injured by murderers with knives.  

Guess you missed that story as well. 

It must not have fit in with your narrative of "guns kill, outlaw them".  
Humans have killed each other since the dawn of humanity by every means possible and will continue to do so. I'm just saying why do we have to make it so easy for all the nutjobs out there to obtain a weapon that is only designed to kill humans in the fastest and most efficient manner possible? Please, give me one damn reason.

October 28, 2018 08:26 AM Forum: Politics

Trump's Response On Today's Kill-A-Thon...

Posted By Gerald Miller
Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Really?  Who fed you that  bullshit, that only right wingers hold prejudices against other races and people?  

Nothing like stereotyping there eh Gerald?  LOL   
Give me an example please of any liberal that is a racist and hates blacks, Muslims. Please. Or hates gays, lesbians, or transgenders.  Or Jews.

Please. There's got to be hundreds of left wing racist sites, right? Or maybe, left wing white nationalist sites.

I can see it now--they promote things like national health care and free college tuition while burning crosses and getting swastika's tattoos! There must be dozen's of violent left wingers out there that walked into a church and killed innocent people because they were black or Jewish, right? You can provide some examples, surely.

No, that's pretty much the domain of white nationalists, supremacists, and right wing nutjobs like the two losers in the news this week.

October 28, 2018 08:30 AM Forum: Politics

Trump's Response On Today's Kill-A-Thon...

Posted By Gerald Miller
Originally Posted by Richard Davis

I don't have that weapon, but yet I don't believe that I have the right to tell someone that they can't have that weapon since it is a legal weapon to own.

Many people use it to go sport shooting at a range for fun.  

Who exactly died and made you God?  

The US Constitution says I have the right to bear arms.

There is your ONE DAMNED REASON.    

Until the US Supreme Court says differently, the 2nd amendment stands.  

If lawmakers choose to outlaw certain weapons, then the US Supreme Court will have to step in and decide whether or not the laws they pass are Constitutional.  

I think your SUV is dangerous in the wrong hands.  

I think someone needs to come and take your SUV from you.  
So, your reason is that the Constitution provides that you have the right to bear arms and that your right to go out and shoot up a bunch of targets for fun outweighs the risk of death to hundreds, if not more, each year, at the hands of some nut with an AR-15?

Sorry, I don't think that's much of a reason.

That same Sup. Ct. said that reasonable controls on arms are allowable. Doing away with AR-15's isn't going to ruin anyone's life. Being killed by one will.

And your argument comparing a vehicle to an AR-15 is like comparing an AR-15 to air. One is used for a purpose needed to live a normal life and at least in this country is a necessity to live. The other is a deadly toy not needed for anything unless you want to kill as many people as you can in the shortest amount of time or as you suggested go out and shoot things up for fun. A short barreled shotgun is a better defensive weapon as well. There simply isn't a reason these weapons should be mass produced and sold.

October 28, 2018 08:55 AM Forum: Politics

Trump's Response On Today's Kill-A-Thon...

Posted By Gerald Miller
Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer


Yes...my constitutional right to own a gun that isnt going to be used illegally OUTWEIGHS your right to tell me I cant own that gun....it pretty tells me that you dont have a right to dictate my actions that are not illegal in any way.

Your right to interfere with my rights end at your nose.....and vice versa. You dont want semi-automatic weapons?....great, that means more for the rest of us.

As for your opinion you are welcome to it.....it doesnt mean squat but you can have it lol
Sorry, the Sup. Ct clearly ruled that is simply not the case. You do not have the right to use any 'arm' as long as you use it legally. That simply isn't the law. You have a right to bear arms, subject to some reasonable controls-it is not unlimited.

The Court ruled that there IS a right for reasonable controls on just exactly what "arms" you can bear, whether you like it or not.

And some day, that right will be subject to a reasonable control by the banning of these weapons when enough people die as the triggers are pulled on these types of weapons on innocent people, whether you like it or not. It's just a matter of time.

October 28, 2018 11:43 AM Forum: Politics

Trump's Response On Today's Kill-A-Thon...

Posted By Gerald Miller
Originally Posted by Richard Davis


Yes, well until the day comes that I have to give one hoot in Hell what you think, I'll go out and buy any weapon I choose to that the Supreme Court says is legal to own.  Thankfully those like yourself lost your chance to Stop Kavanaugh from becoming a Supreme Court Justice otherwise I'd have to give a shit what you think and whether or not you think it is a good reason. 

And the fact is that there is just as big a chance that some nut like you will lose their mind, and take their big SUV and drive it into  a crowd killing dozens, as there is that a responsible gun owner will use his or her AR-15 or AK-47 to kill others.  

Therefore what YOU think, doesn't register one iota with me.
As you've proven yourself over and over to be operating with less than a full deck, I'm not surprised. You need to put that tinfoil back up there on top of your head to keep your thoughts clear.

October 28, 2018 11:44 AM Forum: Politics

Trump's Response On Today's Kill-A-Thon...

Posted By Gerald Miller
Originally Posted by Richard Davis

The KKK.  

Anything else?  
Oh, I didn't realize the KKK were leftest.  Give me the link to the "KKK For Hillary!" site!

You must have slipped into your make believe world, again.

October 28, 2018 08:18 PM Forum: Politics

Trump's Response On Today's Kill-A-Thon...

Posted By Gerald Miller
Originally Posted by AGreg Shaffer


If you want to argue guns at least do so honestly, nothing I said amounted to ANY arms. I said any arms not going to be illegally. There are arms such as lets say rocket launchers that would be illegal for me to use. An Ak-47 semi-automatic is not.....one of those.
AR-15’s are so effective at killing they fall in a similar category and the only thing stopping them from being sold is the gutless Congress and not the Constitution or the Sup. Ct.

October 28, 2018 09:14 PM Forum: Politics

Who Trump is, who his core supporters are....a brilliant perspective

Posted By Gerald Miller
Originally Posted by Darian Rachal

Gerald, I pretty much stopped taking the "news" seriously back in the '80s(IIRC), but occasionally I have found myself exposed to it. I was visiting a friend the other evening and the NBC Nightly News was on. The big story was all the bombs that had been sent in the mail. During the course of the story, footage of a Trump rally was shown, implying some connection between Trump and the bombs. The next big "story" was the Megan Kelley controversy. I recognize crap when I see it and that's pretty much what you get from the MSM.
Oh, I see. Linking a guy who sent out pipe bombs to people Trump has relentlessly demonized the last few weeks, and had Trump stickers all over his van, and was so visible at Trump rallies he was somewhat of a celebrity, and clearly linked to Trump, makes that fake news.

A story where a talk show host on the same network thinks blackface is OK for Halloween, and gets canned for it losing her $59 million contract, is also fake news.

I get it. If you don't want to be informed with accurate news, well, that's your prerogative. Go back to FoxNews where they won't accurately report stories that shed a negative light on the right wing agenda and you can get all the one sided stories you want to hear.

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