if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained?"
-- Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803
America’s Gun Culture
by Lee
In addition to their wonderful NHS, in which every patient gets all the free medical care they want without any waiting periods or rationing, the British are leading the world in ridding from society the scourge of criminals having access to guns.
Teenage gangs in Liverpool are using the popular video-sharing website YouTube to flaunt their culture of violence and law-breaking, taunting each other, making threats, and showing off guns and cars, it emerged Friday.
The video clips have come to prominence following the murder on Wednesday of 11-year-old Rhys Jones, shot dead as he returned from football practice to his home in the well-to-do Croxteth Park area of the city.
On Friday, clips showing the activities of two gangs from the neighbouring Norris Green and Croxteth areas were still posted up on YouTube. Several arrests have been made following the murder but police are still looking for the killer, believed to be a teenager linked to the gangs.
In one clip, a youth can be seen pointing a gun to the camera. In another, an apparently bloodied victim is shown.
Hmm. I’ll tell you one group in Liverpool which is guaranteed to be unarmed: those who obey the law. Don’t worry, though, those dangerous law-abiding citizens have been duly disarmed and are now utterly defenseless. Surely the government will solve this problem by installing a few more CCTV cameras.
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They should give the CCTV cameras machine guns. That way they can terminate all suspicious persons who don’t comply with cease and desist orders within a reasonable amount of time.
What’s to fear? Only evil-doers need to worry about such things.
They should give the CCTV cameras machine guns. That way they can terminate all suspicious persons who don’t comply with cease and desist orders within a reasonable amount of time.
hey what movie was that?
Robocop. It was ED-209.
[Mr. Kinney points a pistol at ED-209]
ED-209: [menacingly] Please put down your weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply.
[Mr. Kinney drops the pistol on the floor]
ED-209: [ED-209 advances, growling] You have 15 seconds to comply.
[Mr. Kinney tries to run away]
ED-209: You have 10 seconds to comply.
[entire room of people in full panic trying to stay out of the line of fire]
ED-209: You have 5 seconds to comply… four… three… two… one… I am now authorized to use physical force!
[ED-209 opens fire and shreds Mr. Kinney]
Hmmm. Where can I get me an ED-209?
Posted by Lee on 08/24/07 at 06:58 PM from United States
Robocop. It was ED-209.
[Mr. Kinney points a pistol at ED-209]
ED-209: [menacingly] Please put down your weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply.
[Mr. Kinney drops the pistol on the floor]
ED-209: [ED-209 advances, growling] You have 15 seconds to comply.
[Mr. Kinney tries to run away]
ED-209: You have 10 seconds to comply.
[entire room of people in full panic trying to stay out of the line of fire]
ED-209: You have 5 seconds to comply… four… three… two… one… I am now authorized to use physical force!
[ED-209 opens fire and shreds Mr. Kinney]
OH hellyeah… almost forgot..
great flick.. loved teh commercials in it.
I liked the car that electrocuted car thieves.
I’d buy that for a dollar!
I’m frantic, I’m in a panic and I’m.....manic!
An unarmed society isn’t a free society.
It’s just one with between a fifth and a tenth as many gun-related deaths as a certain armed society I could mention.
I could also argue that a society where an 18 year old can buy a gun but not a beer has an interesting attitude towards what’s dangerous, and can’t really lecture others about freedom.
I could also argue that a society where an 18 year old can buy a gun but not a beer has an interesting attitude towards what’s dangerous, and can’t really lecture others about freedom.
No argument on that point at all. You should be able to buy guns and liquor at 14.
If you want to see what sort of effect gun ownership has on society, look up Kennesaw, GA. Gun ownership (by head of household) is compulsory there, and crime is very low. I wouldn’t even think about home invasion if I knew that there was a 100% chance that anyone who is home could have a gun. The area I live does not have much home robbery for that reason as well.
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An unarmed society isn’t a free society. The people in Britian are in a way, in prison, because the criminals are the ones with the power.
The lawmakers in Britian have caused this problem because they have disarmed their law-abiding society. When you let apathy carry the day, chaos reigns.