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How many in the US?
I donāt really know.
But in Denmark weāve had no mass shootings yet.
Looks like forty or more here.
Second amendment.
I like it better where I live, it seems safer, but we are a lot fewer of course.
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Has something to do with your law right.
Something about everybody should carry a gun to protect himself
The right to arm bears.
Or bear arms.
Hereās the language
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
@The_Myth, I think weāre on the same page for the most part. But I disagree with it being a racist problem or anything regarding reparations.
Hitler tried to erase the Jews, but that doesnāt make every German responsible. So why is it that if a handful of white politicians did what you say (and I donāt disagree) then itās every white personās fault? Why canāt it just be the damn politiciansā fault?
This is tied into the broken family part. From my experience, itās usually mommyās new boyfriend or husband. Itās tough for a young girl to report that when they guy lives in the house. She canāt escape it. It breaks my heart.
Cāmon, man! I know what youāre getting at, but US stats donāt support that. Our cities with strict gun laws have the highest crime rates. Perhaps the people of Denmark are just better than us. There are too many power seeking idiots in America to give up our guns. Weād have a dictator in no time, and I havenāt see many positive optionsā¦maybe Ben Carson but he doesnāt even want to run for office anymore.
haha I donāt think so. But we do see very few incidents involving firearmsā¦ and when it does itās either a robbery or more common gang related.
I do however not like the idea of everybody should run around carrying a gun.
Weāre too far gone. Itād be great if we didnāt need them, but this is the US. Weāre big and powerful and stick our nose in everyoneās business. We have enemies.
Even if all Americans agreed to give up their guns, we still have the cartels from Mexico visiting us. Every criminal wants an advantage. An AK-47 from the cartel would be a game changer in an unarmed society.
We are, for sure. Like I said, I have a lot of friends and family that are cops. I could never do that job.
Well, it is, and it isnāt. When I was in grade school, a predominately black grade school, I had kids on the playground want to kick my ass because āyour grandfather whipped my grandfather.ā
True story. I was a victim of racism and I guess that makes me sensitive.
My school was K-8 so I was in the lunch room with eighth graders when I was six. Many of them had kids already - one had three kids by the time he was in eighth grade.
So, āGive me your lunch money white boyā was a standard refrain for me, from six foot black men when I was a four foot second grader.
This is part and parcel of institutional racism. Moms got more welfare if they were single parents, so the dad was encouraged to leave.
New boyfriend, sexual abuse, rinse, repeat.
Any one that runs for office, in my opinion, is a power seeking idiot - Hillary, Biden, certainly Trump.
Drain the swamp, fuck me. Itās so toxic, and I guess that is why we all want our fucking guns. I want a nine and an AR15, and a 380. I want to be able to carry - have you seen a lock down drill at a school? I can get five kids behind the red line where we are safe - āsorry kids, youāre all dead.ā
If you ask my dad, itās the fucking immigrants causing all of the problems. Yeah, El Paso, must have been a Muslim.
Parkland - Mexican.
Shut the border.
End of rant, sorry.
Choices of individuals. The government, racists, the legacy of your ancestors doesnāt make you knock a woman up and then flee. Those are choices. Unless thereās some mind control drug in the water, each man has agency over where he puts his dick and what he does with the consequences of that action.
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Soā¦ we do what? Stop welfare? Iād love that. But then that would be racist, too, because it would mostly affect minorities. Damned if you do, damned if you donāt.
As one man, I believe in God, the Bible, and what it says. The Golden Rule still applies. Treat others the way you want to be treated.
Grew up in a broken home? Well, when you become an adult you have the choice to have kids and create a broken home or stick around and create a family. If you thought it wouldāve been nice to have a dad, then be a dad for your kid.
Itās treat others the way you want to be treated. Some people adopt the treat others the way you were treated approach.
Itās that simple and that hard. Itās too bad each person canāt see life for what it is - a series of choices, actions, and consequences. Own your decisions and the consequences. Adjust and repeat.
And sometimes other people choose to do bad things to you. You still have a choice. You can be a victim and wallow in self pity or you can make the most of your circumstances. Itās a mindset.
Work within your circle of influence. One of the 7 famous habits.
Thatās the crux. What do we do?
See, but it does.
If dad is in the house you get x amount, if dad isnāt, you get x times 2. The government encouraged this exact scenario.
And his kids were better off if he left - institutional racism.
I donāt believe the bible says that. It says, " Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you: do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
And that is the King James version, translated from the Wycliffe version from the Latin Vulgate from the original Aramaic, so the golden rule is actually from Socrates or Plato, but I am way out of my depth here.
Good thing I was smoking weed during my Old Testament class at my Lutheran High School.
But - does enslaving Africans fall under the golden rule?
For many African Americans, being a good dad meant leaving the home - more welfare.
Well, Sharpton and a bunch of others have made a living on convincing others that they are victims.
Tough nut.
I kind of interpret that as the same thingā¦ Hereās a different translation.
Matthew 7:12 12So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
In 2019, I view it differently. The people are exploiting this scenario. Why work when you can have everything you want while sitting on your rear? The handouts keep coming. How in the hell can you get a tax refund when you donāt pay any taxes???
Itās still a result of the politicians, but I donāt consider it racism. I view it as a cycle of government. I found this nugget years ago. It seems legit to me LOL
A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the people will always vote for those who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.
Weāre getting very close to the majority of Americans being dependent. No Bueno.
The bible is the most misquoted text in the history of man. Paramahansa Yogananda argued, rightfully so in my opinion, that it was a metaphor for intitiates. Hence the seven churches in Revelations are really the seven chakras of Hinduism.
More people have been murdered and tortured āin the word of the lordā than any holocaust, and itās at the root of jihadism.
So donāt rely on the bible, King James or otherwise.
You donāt need Jesus to tell you to turn the other cheek, you know it because of the Golden Rule.
No, not ātheā people, just people. People who have a vested interest in keeping blacks marginalized - Sharpton and a few others. If blacks continue to be marginalized, he has a job. Once African Americans assimilate, heās done.
But they are involuntary immigrants, like the Hmong in California, and the Mexicans that were annexed in Texas. They donāt want to be Americans. Like the Muslims in Detroit - they want Sharia law. They have no interest in assimilating.
Well, democrats.
Well, if the vast majority of the public is on the government tit, and the only government that is going to give you milk is democrats, well then, if Iām on the dole, Iām voting democrat.
More immigrants, more welfare, more democrats.
Most great societies collapse in twenty generations. I think we are at about eighteen.
Global warming, class division, itās all falling apart.
Cheers!
The world is a difficult place if you start to inject your own meaning into what other people arent saying.
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I didnāt inject it, my colleagues did. Our chair talked about āthese kids.ā
My colleagues, all white except one, mostly male, took offense.
So, you may not want to inject it, but others will do it for you.
What do you think he meant by āthey?ā
They being the Italians? The Irish. The jacked?
They is divisive. Pronouns matter.
I think @Frank_C is color blind, I donāt think heās a profiler or a racist. I was just being a dick to make a point.
But, if you think pronouns donāt matter, you might be living in the mid west.
Btw, epic thunder and lightening here on LI.
Itās pretty racist to blame @Frank_C for something your colleagues did/say/intend.
Lol, youāre a racist for blaming me for blaming @Frank_C based on what my racist colleagues said.
Racist fuck, go raise your Confederate flag and get your white sheet on.
Lol.
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