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Drones kill children. Terrorism. Just because your country does whatever it wants and you are a…
Posted in: Obama to go public with his counterterrorism strategy
First class flyers basically subsidize the flight for the rest of us peasants I've even heard…
South Korea provides billions in economic aid to Vietnam, becoming the second biggest donor for Vietnam.…
Posted in: Hashimoto says S Korean troops guilty of wartime sex abuse
During this period, Korea was primarily a Japanese colony and as such, used as fodder for…
Posted in: Hashimoto says S Korean troops guilty of wartime sex abuse
I think everyone should check out a document put out five or so years ago regarding…
Posted in: Hashimoto says S Korean troops guilty of wartime sex abuse
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Noliving
I think he is advocating that metal knives be banned, regardless of length.
Posted in: Student attacked by knife-wielding man on Kanagawa street
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Noliving
Ah compare the subcompact and compact cars and I think you will find that the US automakers do in fact compete quite well.
Posted in: Big three U.S. automakers to skip Tokyo Motor Show
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Noliving
Well how strong is the current? I can tell you from my own training at a steel mill that if you don't have the required training and equipment you do not attempt a rescue yourself, instead you call for help. The reason for this is that if you don't have the required training and equipment it is very likely that you yourself will also become a victim in need of rescue, not only does this divert resources away from rescuing the original victim but it also potentially puts the rescuer themselves at risk. I can guarantee you that this is exactly how law enforcement is trained, especially in the US. The reason for this is that the reasoning goes that it is better to let the victim die than to have both the victim and the rescuer die.
A perfect example of this being true is when six teenagers died in August of 2010 in the Louisiana Red River. Basically what had happened was two families got together and their teenage kids, who did not know how to swim, were playing in the river. Well sure enough one of the teens got caught by the current and started calling for help. This caused the remaining five teens who did not know how to swim to try and save him, guess what happens when you get people who don't know how to swim caught in a current in a river? They drown. The parents of the teens could not swim themselves and so they did nothing except for call for help and watch from the shoreline. If those parents who did not know how to swim would have attempted a rescue you can bet they themselves would have drowned as well. If those five other teens who did not know how to swim would have instead got out of the river and call help we would have only one teen dead instead of six.
It is a brutal way of looking at it but reviews of such incidents have repeatedly shown that it is better to let the victim die than to attempt a rescue if you don't have the training and equipment.
Posted in: 2 children almost drown in river
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Noliving
No it is context. Accidental drownings are utterly senseless and should be at zero as well. Every single innocent death by any and all means, whether it is done on purpose or by accident, is utterly senseless and should be at zero but that is nothing more than idealistic not realistic. If we were to follow such emotional thinking then practically every single thing we do, whether it be for necessity or enjoyment, would be banned.
Also just so you know you can market flamethrowers to children in the USA. It is not against the law and you would be surprised at the fact that there is absolutely zero federal laws that regulate the manufacture and or sale of such devices. I believe it is only California and New York that have any type of legislation on flamethrower devices.
I disagree I believe the implied is worth something.
Actually yes I would support such legislation. I have stated numerous times in my past posts that the background check needs to include everyone listed at the permanent residence and if it shows that you live with someone who has a criminal past or is mentally compromised that they would be prevented from buying a gun that you yourself would also be denied the purchase until you relocated to a different residence. I also stated in such posts that this would also apply to purchasing ammunition. Now if there was to be a compromise on such legislation it would be you would not be denied the purchase but that local and state law enforcement would have the right to inspect your house whenever and as much as they like to ensure the gun was secured properly.
I don't really get the point of you asking such a question considering I have made my opinion on the exact question you are asking numerous times public on this website.
Posted in: Gunmen open fire at New Orleans Mother’s Day parade; 19 wounded
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Noliving
No it doesn't mean that either. My state Minnesota for example has at least hundreds of thousands of firearms if not millions but there are only a grand total of 70 homicides a year, 43 of which are with firearms; 6 of those 43 are done with both a shotgun or a rifle meaning it is almost done exclusively with handguns.
Considering a child is more likely to die by accidental drowning than by a firearm whether it be by accident or on purpose then ya it kind of isn't that bad as it is made out to be. That isn't to say their deaths are not tragic and that you can't look into measures but you also have to keep it within context.
Actually gun stores are required to keep background checks as well as the registration of the firearm to the buyer for 20 years. The federal government is required to destroy their copy of the background check within 24 hours.
No it doesn't but it is implied considering those in jail that were surveyed over 75% of them had already had a previous criminal conviction which means it is unlikely the family and friends did not know about that previous criminal conviction.
I don't believe it would be that effective. The only time it would be effective is if you setup some type of red line that says when this person buys this many firearms in this amount of time that it triggers the ATF to trail them. It is important to note that straw buyers are incredibly difficult to prosecute even with the guns already registered to the buyer.
Posted in: Gunmen open fire at New Orleans Mother’s Day parade; 19 wounded
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Noliving
Not necessarily, the number of guns in circulation in the US has increased by over 100+ million since 1993 and gun violence that does not result in a fatality has dropped by 70% while the number of incidents in which a gun is fatally used dropped by 39%.
Oh I'm sure gun related crime is lower in places where it doesn't exist but that doesn't mean that the actual violent crime rate is lower. The focus should be on lower crime rates not on what weapon is being used.
I think it is fair to say that what drives crimes rates and what reduces them is sociological not the availability of an object or service.
We banned drugs decades ago in the US but their crime rates surrounding them have not gone down. We banned prostitution pretty much everywhere in the US and prostitution crime rates have not gone down.
Posted in: Gunmen open fire at New Orleans Mother’s Day parade; 19 wounded
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Noliving
To answer your question SuperLib it is primarily done by friends and family members who knowingly act as straw buyers as well as the "the street"
A 1997 Justice Department survey of more than 18,000 state and federal convicts on where they get their guns:
• 39.6% of criminals obtained a gun from a friend or family member • 39.2% of criminals obtained a gun on the street or from an illegal source • 0.7% of criminals purchased a gun at a gun show • 1% of criminals purchased a gun at a flea market • 3.8% of criminals purchased a gun from a pawn shop • 8.3% of criminals actually bought their guns from retail outlets
Posted in: Gunmen open fire at New Orleans Mother’s Day parade; 19 wounded
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Noliving
I'm not putting him down, what I'm pointing out is horrible journalism. Whoever wrote the article basically said that he wasn't angry until he missed his stop which frankly isn't true.
Posted in: 13-year-old boy commended by police for rescuing woman from train groper
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Noliving
Thank god no one was killed.
Posted in: Gunmen open fire at New Orleans Mother’s Day parade; 19 wounded
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Noliving
Well to be honest it wouldn't be more difficult because the universal background check is/was pretty much reliant on an honor system.
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Noliving
So let me get this straight, he wasn't angry with the fact that the guy was groping her, he was angry because he missed his stop?
Hmm....
Am I the only one who read the above in quotes as Sanin raped train from Kyoto to Nijo Station?
Posted in: 13-year-old boy commended by police for rescuing woman from train groper
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Noliving
Not necessarily. What he is saying is that sometimes people who are victims took really grave risks that were not necessary.
For example I have a permit to carry a gun in public, if I was to openly walk around legally in gang territory such as the crips with my gun showing and I was shot and the police told me not to openly carry my firearm in gang territory is that wrong for them to do that? Is that blaming the victim?
When police tell people to walk in groups at night is that blaming the victim?
Here is another scenario, lets say I want to walk to the store and I have two routes I can take. I can take route A that will take me through bar scene at closing time and has a very high probability of me getting assaulted or I can take route B which is twice as long but zero risk of me getting assaulted. I take route A get assaulted and when the cops arrive they tell me to stop using route A and to take route B next time. Is that blaming the victim?
If you engage in behavior that you know before hand carries a high risk of something bad happening to you and no one is forcing you to engage in such behavior then well you gotta admit the ball is kind of in your court. Sure on the principle you have right to do such activities and not be attacked but is it realistic?
Posted in: Woman assaulted, robbed on street in Hiroshima town
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Noliving
Why is it that your average post is just so depressing? Seriously it is all doom and gloom with your posts.
Posted in: 15 dead, 1 missing in mountain-related accidents during Golden Week
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Noliving
I'm really surprised the UK didn't make it into the top 5 systems in the world.
Posted in: Japan ranks 21st in ranking of world's top higher education systems
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Noliving
You have never been to the wild west like Wyoming or Montana have you?
Posted in: NRA chief: We will never surrender our guns
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Noliving
An oxymoron is a paradox that is true. Oxymoron does not mean contradiction.
Posted in: NRA chief: We will never surrender our guns
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Noliving
No disrespect Smith but that doesn't mean it is an oxymoron. That would be like saying civil war is an oxymoron when in fact it is not.
Gun safety is about promoting the safe use of a firearm, those words together are not mutually exclusive. I get that it is a genuine opinion of yours but it is technically not an oxymoron.
Posted in: NRA chief: We will never surrender our guns
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Noliving
That should be: college instead of colleges.
This comment system really needs an edit button.
Posted in: NRA chief: We will never surrender our guns
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Noliving
Huh? Are you talking about when in public or when someone is breaking into your house? What is the scenario?
Not true, NRA is actually very big on Gun safety training as well as giving teenagers scholarships to go to colleges. They also train an enormous amount of law enforcement in the US.
Look Smith I'm not a fan of the NRA but to say there isn't one good thing to report about the NRA is just simply not true.
Gun safety being an oxymoron well that is just your personal belief, would you honestly say teaching sport shooters gun safety is an oxymoron?
Posted in: NRA chief: We will never surrender our guns
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I think quite a few law enforcement would disagree that nothing good ever comes from a bullet made to kill people.
Target shooting, self defense, hunting, to form a militia......
Posted in: NRA chief: We will never surrender our guns