Bubbles
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Sorry - no link or other info, but CBS has been airing promos that there will be a piece on "assault weapons" on the CBS Evening News w/ Katie Couric. The pieces shown so far don't look good for gun owners.
"Assault Weapons" on CBS Evening News tonight
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GTSteve03
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Don't worry, no one actually watches that show.
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Neo-Luddite
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Poor Katie--no one watches her anymore.
CNYCacher
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That's funny. I didn't get it at first, but that's funny.
That's funny. I didn't get it at first, but that's funny.
K3
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Why do they like the phrase 'common-sense' so much? I noticed that in the text on the link. I hear it from the Brady Bunch a lot as well as from other corners.
I have a feeling that for this upcoming CBS bit, common sense will mean a complete ban on assault weapons.
Speaking of evil assault weapons, my question is 'Why the refernce to Virginia Tech'? Correct me if I'm wrong, but Cho used pistols, didn't he?
What does one have to do with the other?
I have a feeling that for this upcoming CBS bit, common sense will mean a complete ban on assault weapons.
Speaking of evil assault weapons, my question is 'Why the refernce to Virginia Tech'? Correct me if I'm wrong, but Cho used pistols, didn't he?
What does one have to do with the other?
K3
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And another thing...
He mentioned evil features like grenade launchers. For those of you that own a Yugo SKS with the launcher, is it very easy to get the grenades? Does Wal-Mart carry them?
The stupidity of others frustrates me.
He mentioned evil features like grenade launchers. For those of you that own a Yugo SKS with the launcher, is it very easy to get the grenades? Does Wal-Mart carry them?
The stupidity of others frustrates me.
Seancass
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the references the VT are obvious: it was an assault pistol. It was a plastic glock automatic pistol, completely indetectable by security. it had a high capasity clip that allowed it to carry many many rounds and be sprayed into crowds, killing all the women and babies in the rooms. the barrel was shrowded inside the gun so that he didnt burn his hands after so many rounds had been fired. it probly has an integral grenade launcher, he just didnt know how to use it.
clearly an assault weapon ban would have prevented this tragedy. so we'll have another ban to get rid of this evil. and when it fails to prevent another tragedy, we'll ban automatic pistols. but the criminals will still have them, so we'll ban revolvers just for good measure. and then when only the criminals have guns, we will all be safer.
clearly an assault weapon ban would have prevented this tragedy. so we'll have another ban to get rid of this evil. and when it fails to prevent another tragedy, we'll ban automatic pistols. but the criminals will still have them, so we'll ban revolvers just for good measure. and then when only the criminals have guns, we will all be safer.
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I haven't read/listened to the piece, but:
When you can ascribe "common-sense" to your own proposals, then everything else is "fringe" and "radical". Further, a lot of what is put forth as "common-sense" is in direct conflict with the 2nd Amendment. They want people to believe that the 2nd is outdated, not common-sense, and needs reform. If they can get people to believe that gun control is "common-sense", then they can elect officials who believe that the Constitution is a "living document", and then appoint judges who interpret the 2nd right out of existence.
When you can ascribe "common-sense" to your own proposals, then everything else is "fringe" and "radical". Further, a lot of what is put forth as "common-sense" is in direct conflict with the 2nd Amendment. They want people to believe that the 2nd is outdated, not common-sense, and needs reform. If they can get people to believe that gun control is "common-sense", then they can elect officials who believe that the Constitution is a "living document", and then appoint judges who interpret the 2nd right out of existence.
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A typically slanted, inaccurate and one-sided story full of specious arguments with no rebuttal whatsoever. How any of this qualifies as news is beyond my ken.
I would like to comment and provide some inconvenient facts for consideration but the comment period is closed. How convenient for the newsies: blast out a bunch of lies then it's "time for a commercial"!
A typically slanted, inaccurate and one-sided story full of specious arguments with no rebuttal whatsoever. How any of this qualifies as news is beyond my ken.
I would like to comment and provide some inconvenient facts for consideration but the comment period is closed. How convenient for the newsies: blast out a bunch of lies then it's "time for a commercial"!
If someone says a law/rule/regulation, etc is "Common Sense", there is a greater than 99.9999% that is ISN'T.
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starring Komrade Katie Kouric
The only thing CBS accomplished with replacing Dan Blather with Komrade Katie was to supplant a Leftist with an even Loonier Leftist.
And I dont watch 'the nooz' on the
C ommunist
B roadcasting
S ystem
starring Komrade Katie Kouric
The only thing CBS accomplished with replacing Dan Blather with Komrade Katie was to supplant a Leftist with an even Loonier Leftist.
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Tommygunn
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This story was a pack of lies. The one that introducing "more guns" into a situation only increases violence was particularly grating. How does he explain Kennesaw, Georgia? How does he explain that where it's easier for law abiding people to own guns, the crime rate is typically less than other places?
And, geeesh, you have to be a "Gary Cooper" or a "John Wayne" to stop a crime.....:banghead:
And, geeesh, you have to be a "Gary Cooper" or a "John Wayne" to stop a crime.....:banghead:
ZeSpectre
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Yeah, funny how the FIRST thing anyone did at VT was to call for more guys who had guns.
And what happened when Cho was faced with equalizers? The violence came to an abrupt stop.
cambeul41
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What do you mean, “common sense gun laws”?
There are laws that sound as if they are “common sense” or “reasonable,” but as we well know, common sense and the ability to reason are all too uncommon.
Appeals to emotion are not logic and opinions are not necessarily fact. Logical manipulation of anything other than fact is comparable to doing math using the wrong numbers. In neither case can one expect a correct answer. And that conclusion, I think, is common sense.
There are laws that sound as if they are “common sense” or “reasonable,” but as we well know, common sense and the ability to reason are all too uncommon.
Appeals to emotion are not logic and opinions are not necessarily fact. Logical manipulation of anything other than fact is comparable to doing math using the wrong numbers. In neither case can one expect a correct answer. And that conclusion, I think, is common sense.
Neo-Luddite
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The people most likely to use the words "Common Sense" are un-familiar with the work of the same title written by Thomas Paine.
hankdatank1362
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Bravo!
I'm reading the interview now...i it should be good.
svtruth
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If the Holocaust
survivor who wrestled with Cho had had a gun, the killings would prolly have stopped there, and he would be alive.
Funny antis never mention him when the opine that guns would not have helped.
survivor who wrestled with Cho had had a gun, the killings would prolly have stopped there, and he would be alive.
Funny antis never mention him when the opine that guns would not have helped.
hankdatank1362
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Wow. Just finished. I could do a point-by-point debunking of Helmke, but what's the point? Like shooting fish in a barrel... it's too easy, and serves no purpose.
And some of the replies in the comments section at the bottom of the interview.... sheesh.
Now I have a headache.
And some of the replies in the comments section at the bottom of the interview.... sheesh.
Now I have a headache.
Sistema1927
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Katie who?
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Katie and CBS act as if it's the early 1990s all over again, forgetting that since the ban ended civilian ownership of black rifles has skyrocketed.
The Democrats in New Jersey can't even get a "strengthened" assault weapon ban passed, what makes Katie think there's a receptive audience across the country?
The Democrats in New Jersey can't even get a "strengthened" assault weapon ban passed, what makes Katie think there's a receptive audience across the country?
snorko
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I heard a promo last night. The story tonight is on the "arms race" police are being "forced" to undertake to fight the criminals who have "outgunned them for decades"
..... and (IIRC) that flies in the face of the FBI crime report put out last week that shows fists, knives, handguns, shotguns and just about ALL manner of weapons and violence outpace "assault weapons" as the weapon-of-choice to commit murder (which constitute about 1% of murder weapons).
Blackbeard
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When was the last time any piece of legislation was guided by "common sense"?
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