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Question for the feeble minded.

Chicago has the strictest gun laws in the country, and they’ve had little impact on reducing gun violence, which isn’t committed by law abiding citizens.

Criminals and gang members who have no regard for the law are the perpetrators !

That is because gun control laws need to be national to be effective. There are no restrictions on bringing weapons from out of state.
 
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If guns weren’t used, those methods would be employed.

How about Opiods ?

How many people do they kill in a year ?

70,000 !

How many gun deaths in 2017 ?

39,772 of which 26,512 were suicides, leaving roughly 13,260 including accidental shootings.

So which is a bigger problem ? Opiods !

And what about those who are addicted to Opiods who didn’t die ?
What about the vast number of those who can’t function and/or commit crimes to support their addiction ?

How many of the opioid deaths were suicide? 70,000.
 
That is because gun control laws need to be national to be effective. There are no restrictions on bringing weapons from out of state.
Bermuda has zero gun policy and still a few bad guys get them....I suppose you want a global gun ban.
 
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Considering 2 former washington Post writers created it not suprising they lean left but I guess anything that isnt a liberal cause is far right to you isnt it?

I tend not read news sites that are to the left such as the Huffington Post or Buzzfeed because I don't find them reliable.

The Wall Street Journal, generally, leans more conservative, but that doesn't mean that I find their news reporting organization to be biased. I'm just fine reading stories from that paper.
 
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I tend not read news sites that are to the left such as the Huffington Post or Buzzfeed because I don't find them reliable.

The Wall Street Journal, generally, leans more conservative, but that doesn't mean that I find their news reporting organization to be biased. I'm just fine reading stories from that paper.

Though I believe we look at life politically different I appreciate your responses
You've always been one my favorites
 
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Big Government like a $700 billion per year military, when there are no military powers on our borders?

More like a 22 trillion National Debt , and China and Russia surpassing us in missile technology,
Which makes our Aircraft Carriers Sitting Ducks ! China is also weaponizing space.
If you think spending money on our national defense is costly, just think how expensive it will be if a foreign Power knocks out our power grid!
No communications, electrical power, transportation, food shortages, water supplies,
Etc. That is a price I hope our country never has to pay ?
 
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Big Government like a $700 billion per year military, when there are no military powers on our borders?
News flash

The constitution as allows for a national military that federal tax are allowed to be allocated too.
Now when the border patrol is overwhelmed and as for help do you tell them no and allow even more of a burden on this nation social structires?
Why are we robbing from actual citizens of this nation and give those funds to a group that is breaking the law?
Why are non citizens as allowed to brake laws that citizens are not afforded the same luxury?
 
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You mean like the ones Congress passes and refuse to enforce?

My point is that I never understood the argument of "Criminals won't pay attention to laws, so why pass laws".

If you use that argument, then why have any laws? Why have drug laws if criminals are just going to break them anyway? Why pass tax laws if tax cheats are just going to go around them?
 
My point is that I never understood the argument of "Criminals won't pay attention to laws, so why pass laws".

If you use that argument, then why have any laws? Why have drug laws if criminals are just going to break them anyway? Why pass tax laws if tax cheats are just going to go around them?
 
I agree with you 100 % that we must have laws ! Those laws should also be sensible, ( not capricious ),
And enforced against the rich and powerful as well as ordinary citizens equally.
Good laws should definitely be kept, bad laws that discriminate or favor one group over another group
Should be eliminated. Too many laws can become oppressive and stop individual initiatives and hamper economic growth !
In short, good laws shoud be beneficial to all citizens and enforced without prejudice.
 
That is because gun control laws need to be national to be effective. There are no restrictions on bringing weapons from out of state.

You can’t be that obtuse.
I can’t believe that you not only think that, but that you committed your opinion to writing !

There are serious restrictions and penalties for bringing guns to Chicago from out of state.

Don’t you understand the term “jurisdiction”

Walk up to a Chicago cop and show him the loaded Glock 19 you have and tell him that you just brought it in from out of state and see how fast you’re locked up.

“Possession” is against the law irrespective of the origin of the sidearm.

Yikes, don’t you understand how strict Chicago’s gun laws are ?

Same for New York City.
Even Off Duty cops from NJ, CT or any other state can’t carry their sidearm in NYC.

HINT: Criminals don’t obey the law
 
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Bernie Sanders said we are the wealthiest nation in the world........my question to him is ....."Did socialism/democratic socialism bring us there"?
 
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That was a very interesting and indepth article, but there were parts of it that have been poorly implemented and ran such as social security How is it that people who put into the program will not receive what they put in?
Why wasn't it put into a health savings plan/retirement plan specifically for the individual that was putting funds in?
Where did their funds go?
First guess would be federal government misuse and here lies the problem.
Once you take options away which is what the left wants you will get less and pay more.
Again democratic socialistic principles didnt make this the wealthiest nation in the world
 
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You went to the internet searching for something to support your claim and this is the best you could do ?

Did you bother to read the article ?

The government had little to do with the development of healthcare in America until Medicare was introduced, followed decades later by Obamacare.

The private sector, spearheaded by insurance companies, unions and private companies initiated and developed the healthcare initiatives in America, not the Federal Government
 
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Another question for the feeble peoples. Why are you guys always trying to start division among Americans with your FAKE stories?--ala Jesse Smell-it and all the other FAKE stories from the FAKE news outlets like CNN,MSNBC, CBS,ESPN,PBS.
 
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Another question for the feeble peoples. Why are you guys always trying to start division among Americans with your FAKE stories?--ala Jesse Smell-it and all the other FAKE stories from the FAKE news outlets like CNN,MSNBC, CBS,ESPN,PBS.

For what it's worth, I don't think the initial news reports were necessarily incorrect. They generally reported what apparently happened and what Smollett told police. That's what reporters are supposed to do.
 
For what it's worth, I don't think the initial news reports were necessarily incorrect. They generally reported what apparently happened and what Smollett told police. That's what reporters are supposed to do.
I think Jim Acosta for starters could learn from that
 
Do you have something that's not selectively edited and nitpicked by Tucker Carlson?
Lmao
Tucker pointed out clearly of just some of the positions where Jim Acasta as an opinion person and not a reporter which is exactly the point you were asking for
 
Lmao
Tucker pointed out clearly of just some of the positions where Jim Acasta as an opinion person and not a reporter which is exactly the point you were asking for

I tend to discount anything on Tucker Carlson's show. Like most late-night pundit hosted shows (including ones on MSNBC), they are essentially outrage-manufacturing factories that are there to make money off of people who want to feel aggrieved at anything and everything. I think you'll find Fox's news reporters, when speaking with people in the studio, do the same thing that Carlson is accusing Acosta of. But Carlson can't use those examples because it doesn't fit into his narrative, nor is it going to be receptive to his audience.

I don't think anyone, by the way, listened to Jim Acosta's statement that Trump set some type of "world record" and actually believed, literally, that Trump set a world record.

Note, by the way, that I responded directly to your statement regarding Jim Acosta, whereas you deflected from my comment on news reports of Jussie Smollett. Whataboutism at its finest.
 
I tend to discount anything on Tucker Carlson's show.......

Note, by the way, that I responded directly to your statement regarding Jim Acosta, whereas you deflected from my comment on news reports of Jussie Smollett. Whataboutism at its finest.

What a country .

Btw I didnt deflect infact I was agreeing to your point about the reporter just reporting that is pretty clear
 
I tend to discount anything on Tucker Carlson's show. Like most late-night pundit hosted shows (including ones on MSNBC), they are essentially outrage-manufacturing factories that are there to make money off of people who want to feel aggrieved at anything and everything. I think you'll find Fox's news reporters, when speaking with people in the studio, do the same thing that Carlson is accusing Acosta of. But Carlson can't use those examples because it doesn't fit into his narrative, nor is it going to be receptive to his audience.

I don't think anyone, by the way, listened to Jim Acosta's statement that Trump set some type of "world record" and actually believed, literally, that Trump set a world record.

Note, by the way, that I responded directly to your statement regarding Jim Acosta, whereas you deflected from my comment on news reports of Jussie Smollett. Whataboutism at its finest.
One more thing Tucker was hired as an opinion person....Jim Acosta was hired as a reporter......stark differences
 
One more thing Tucker was hired as an opinion person....Jim Acosta was hired as a reporter......stark differences

Not comparing Tucker to Jim Acosta. I'm comparing Jim Acosta to Fox's reporters who do the same thing. Tucker would be similar to the late-night talking heads at MSNBC, who in full disclosure, I don't watch for the same reason that I think late-night Fox shows are trash.
 
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Not comparing Tucker to Jim Acosta. I'm comparing Jim Acosta to Fox's reporters who do the same thing. Tucker would be similar to the late-night talking heads at MSNBC, who in full disclosure, I don't watch for the same reason that I think late-night Fox shows are trash.
Which FOX White House Reporters act out like Acosta? Sam Donaldson used to be the poster child for aggressive reporter behavior and questioning, but Acosta has taken this to a whole new level where he is the story. Don’t know how anyone, regardless of party affiliation or political persuasion, can like or defend his antics.
 
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