Post A Reply
my profile
|
directory
login
|
search
|
faq
|
forum home
»
Flare Sci-Fi Forums
»
Community
»
The Flameboard
»
NY Rep. Calls for Mandatory Military Service
» Post A Reply
Post A Reply
Login Name:
Password:
Message:
HTML is enabled.
UBB Code™ is enabled.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [qb] [QUOTE]I think you'll find that nobody is killed by a stray phaser blast in Trek. [/QUOTE]Riva's chorus. Sisko's wife. The Colonists on Cestus III. Any civilians the Borg assimilated [i]None of wich were killed by other federation citizens and were all killed in an act of war by outside agressors. [/i] [QUOTE]Civillians have no phasers or any personal weapons. [/QUOTE]Even the pacifist who turned out to be a douwd had one, although it was non functional. Guinan had a rifle. Quark had access to weapons.[/QUOTE][i]The Dowd was not a Federation citizen and Worf allowing Guinan to have a big 'ol rifle was just bad writing......not that she's a Fed. citizen either (likely). [/i] [QUOTE] If someone that bought a handgun for protection from one of these "preadator" boogeymen you speak of gets really pissed at the guy that just flipped him off, he'll be much more likely to do something stupid if all he has to do is point and shoot.[/QUOTE]My brother and father have both displayed firearms to ward off "boogeymen" as you so foolishly call them. They exist..[/QUOTE] [i]...and it's lucky that they themselves were'nt hurt or killed in armed conflict.[/i] [QUOTE] The old adage of "if handguns are outlawed, only outlaws will have handguns" has been bandied about by the NRA for years while the inncoent bystander deathtoll has grown exponentially.[/QUOTE]An unabashed lie, "exponentially" is. It's not even going up. It's been going down for years. Moreso in places which encourage carry permits.[/QUOTE] [i]You may be right: it may be holding steady or even slightly declining, but even one innocent death is reason enough to change things. [/i] [QUOTE] Explain your attitude to parents of kids that get shot at school by other kids showing off their guns. [/QUOTE]It's already illegal for kids to have guns. Adding a new law won't help. Most of those guns were obtained illegally in the first place.[/QUOTE] [i]It is illeagal but manufacturers make thousands of handguns each year, making it easy for even kids to obtain one. [/i] You probably don't know that since the handgun ban in England, handgun crime there has actually risen. Bad guys don't care about another law to break. [/QUOTE] [i]Possibly due to a lack of the law's enforcement. At least they're doing [i]something![/i] Here in America we conviently look the other way.[/i] [i]The fact is that handguns kill and until people like you give up the giddy sense of power that having a gun gives you, we'll all be forced to repeat the cycle of fear and violence that comes with the firearms obsession.[/i] Quit swallowing propaganda and start actually looking for facts. You may be surprised. [/qb][/QUOTE] The fact is that handguns kill and until people like you give up the giddy sense of power that having a gun gives you, we'll all be forced to repeat the cycle of fear and violence that comes with the firearms obsession. [/QB][/QUOTE]
Instant Graemlins
Instant UBB Code™
What is UBB Code™?
Options
Disable Graemlins in this post.
*** Click here to review this topic. ***
© 1999-2024 Charles Capps
Powered by UBB.classic™ 6.7.3