GJD, I think nigelboy agrees that waiwai was part of a larger picture. nigelboy, thanks for your added info on this. Someone suggested above that JT pick up waiwai? How would it change the look and feel of this website, really?
Sezwho, I agree completely that the fact are murky when trying to sift through them for conclusions about the gun ban. The cause was crack cocaine. Some feel more comfortable dealing with that by criminalizing possession of handguns by anyone, others feel more comfortable by having their own or hiring…
The hundred years comment by McCain was a soundbite disaster. He was trying to say "we'll stay there as long as they need us" but he had no intention of suggesting that a presence would be any different than it is in Korea, Germany or Japan.
Massive outward flows of Japanese money, both via government accounts and via the pachinko winnings ship. In return, North Korea can apologize profusely and offer Japanese students thousands of humanitarian working holidays.
Sezwho, I don't think he was arguing causation. I think he was arguing that the ban did little to cut homicides, especially those involving guns. The causation argument is usually pushed by those in support of such bans.
Sezwho, thanks for the reply. Agreed on your characterization of Obama's situation.
I don't agree on the court's decision as being craven. The Court came within a vote of mandating a mass confiscation of those 192mn guns. This issue was probably the most important of the Court's since Brown v.…
Zen Builder, law enforcement and CIA friends have told me the same thing, that shotguns are best for home defense, partly for the spray effect, but primarily because the sound a pump action makes. (For the record, I don't own a gun--yet.)
Kijimuna at 11:08 AM JST - 2nd July
Ba DUN tshhh. Thank you Kwaabish! ;-)
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Kijimuna at 10:55 AM JST - 2nd July
GJD, I think nigelboy agrees that waiwai was part of a larger picture. nigelboy, thanks for your added info on this. Someone suggested above that JT pick up waiwai? How would it change the look and feel of this website, really?
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Kijimuna at 10:49 AM JST - 2nd July
Sezwho, I agree completely that the fact are murky when trying to sift through them for conclusions about the gun ban. The cause was crack cocaine. Some feel more comfortable dealing with that by criminalizing possession of handguns by anyone, others feel more comfortable by having their own or hiring…
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Kijimuna at 10:35 AM JST - 2nd July
Only now are we noticing, JT?
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Kijimuna at 10:33 AM JST - 2nd July
The hundred years comment by McCain was a soundbite disaster. He was trying to say "we'll stay there as long as they need us" but he had no intention of suggesting that a presence would be any different than it is in Korea, Germany or Japan.
I'm enamored with Obama…
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Kijimuna at 10:27 AM JST - 2nd July
Massive outward flows of Japanese money, both via government accounts and via the pachinko winnings ship. In return, North Korea can apologize profusely and offer Japanese students thousands of humanitarian working holidays.
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Kijimuna at 09:29 AM JST - 30th June
Sezwho, I don't think he was arguing causation. I think he was arguing that the ban did little to cut homicides, especially those involving guns. The causation argument is usually pushed by those in support of such bans.
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Kijimuna at 04:07 PM JST - 28th June
Sezwho, thanks for the reply. Agreed on your characterization of Obama's situation.
I don't agree on the court's decision as being craven. The Court came within a vote of mandating a mass confiscation of those 192mn guns. This issue was probably the most important of the Court's since Brown v.…
Posted in Supreme Court says U.S. Constitution gives Americans right to own guns at 04:07 PM JST - 28th June
Kijimuna at 11:44 AM JST - 28th June
Zen Builder, law enforcement and CIA friends have told me the same thing, that shotguns are best for home defense, partly for the spray effect, but primarily because the sound a pump action makes. (For the record, I don't own a gun--yet.)
Posted in Supreme Court says U.S. Constitution gives Americans right to own guns at 11:44 AM JST - 28th June
Kijimuna at 11:42 AM JST - 28th June
Thanks Betzee. I'm signing off too.
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