Posts Made By: Mel Maki

Originally Posted by Mel Maki

Maybe I was more responsible than some but born in 51 in rural WA I owned a .22 rifle in 5th grade. I could be in the woods all day with nobody but my rifle and never did anything irresponsible. All of my friend's families had rifles in their front rooms and we never touched them without the parent's consent because they told us not to. In rural areas some high school kids did have gun racks with rifles in their trucks but in my area it was rare by the late sixties.
Is it as simple as kids are less likely to obey parents compounded by the parents are less likely to have a lot of strict rules?
Are modern kids in their own world (much different than parents) sooner now, so parents have less influence?
Millions of kids are on legal and illegal drugs now. Do the largest cities now give young people a more difficult start? Do young people now have less character? Something happened.
Our problem is larger than guns.

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

He is a Dad, Mel. My Dad loved to tell a stupid joke back in the 70's:

Q: Did the Apollo astronauts find life on the Moon? 

A: Yes. Lunatics. 

 He thought it was hilarious.

Originally Posted by James Brown

Ok, I have two options here.  I could point out that the drinking age in all 50 states is 21.  We know Richard disdains international travel based upon his recent interaction with Maurice.  So it appears that Rich is simply misinformed.  No big deal.  Let's move on.

Or, I could go on a 75-100 line rant beating down poor Rich because he is wrong, he's a moron, he's a buffoon and so on.   I would quote a federal statute and call him an idiot.  He would reply boldly stating that he was talking about Italy and France, not the US.  Maybe he would reply that he was talking about parents serving their kids at home or some other exception to the general rule...  We would engage in several cycles of name calling.  In the end, Rich would convince himself that he was right all along.  No one, absolutely no one, would believe him.  That exercise  takes a lot of time and energy though, so I'll pass.

Jim

Originally Posted by Mel Maki

https://drinkingage.procon.org/states-that-allow-underage-under-21-alcohol-consumption/

Last updated 2016!

I noticed 18 year old females drinking sometimes.

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Gee, I haven't seen a con so worked up and ticked off since, with righteous indignation, they reminded me in a very straightforward manner that none of 'em support Russia over Ukraine. They just don't want aid going to Ukraine, just like a few extremist Republican reps,  that's all. If only we had gotten weapons to Ukraine earlier...

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

They all have more guns and they're all red states:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/26/politics/gun-violence-data-what-matters/index.html

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

I wonder how many people out there would have died if they didn't have the guns they had?

I know the story of 1 particular woman who was raped by her assailant and she was lucky enough to get away from him for a split second, and fooled him saying she needed to get into her closet.  

He let her do so, and when she retrieved her gun she fired 11 shots at him and hit him a couple of times out of the 11 she fired.  

He kept  coming at her and so she had to keep firing.  

Luckily he finally ran, jumped the fence, and was found dead a few blocks away.  

I wonder how many other women needed more than 10 rounds to kill their assailant?

Who knows which round hit him, #3 or #11.  

Of course we'll never know, but best to limit her ability to protect herself from evil.