Cold, callus gun control talk.
I work in a sea of liberal minded folks. No amount of talking or reasoning will change their minds (on any subject). But over the years I've learned that sometimes I can hit them over the head with obvious facts, and for an ever brief moment some reason or objectiveness sneaks in.
My angle with them on this latest awfulness has been.. "yeah, so?" Yes it's awful, yes it's a tragedy. Yes I feel horrible for the families. (I also remind them that this effects me MUCH more than it does them for many reasons.)
But I continue with "So what?" "Almost 3k people died on 9/11. Did we ban airplanes? Of course not, because it was a lone act. Actually it was four planes and many people but still, it was one event out of thousands of flights that day. 30-40 thousand Americans die in car accidents every year, do we ban cars? Of course not. Because it's a small percentage. But one guy kills 28 people and we have to ban "assault rifles". Do you know what that means? It means that 40+ million other gun owners in the country DIDN'T kill anyone that day. In the tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of so called assault rifles in the country, ONE was misused, and everyone is screaming to ban them. That's crazy."
When they go down the "need" road, I ask them how fast their car goes. the speed limit here is 55mph. The highest in our state is 65. Why do they need a car that goes 100-140 mph? No wonder so many people die. My God we've got to do something! A number of them smoke.. I ask them why they "need" cigarettes, especially when 400K+ people die from it every year.
I'm tired of being nice to stupid people.
same conversation tonight at dinner. Quit being such babies
by Rob Leahy 
, Prescott, Arizona, Thursday, December 20, 2012, 23:29 (4351 days ago) @ cas
about all things guns! We are in the firearms business & we make guns and accessories to help people kill other people better. And it's a GOOD thing! If I have to explain beyond that, I am wasting my time.
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Of the Troops & For the Troops
CDC says 443,000 deaths a year from cigarettes.
Where's the public outcry? Where's the bans?
Sadly, had the kid killed a US Ambassador instead, we might not had heard from Obama for weeks.
If the kid had shouted "Allah Akhbar"
The media would have buried the whole story ASAP.
Maybe a little of that "disinformation" needs to fly out
by Hobie , Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Friday, December 21, 2012, 07:30 (4350 days ago) @ mcassill
there... 
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Sincerely,
Hobie
I believe that to be true.....
And the Ft Hood shooter is workplace violence....
Byron