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muhly22222 -> RE: Gun control - FAIL (4/18/2013 7:54:19 AM)
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ORIGINAL: joether
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ORIGINAL: Kirata
This measure, no. But the problem isn't with gun-control, it's with the poorly conceived proposals that pass for it, pushed by hypocrites like Bloomberg, who doesn't even go the bathroom without armed bodyguards, and supported by raving idiots who believe that guns are imbued with EVIL.
When a very sizable percentage of the nation wants something, one would think the nation's government would understand that failing to perform will result in their jobs being given to someone else. Universal background checks are supported by just about everyone except the NRA Zombies! The problem is not gun control so much as its Congress trying hard to lower their approval rating into the single digits before summer arrives! If the US Congress were a company, it would have won hands down on the Consumertist's 'Company March Madness' (and there by saving EA Games from winning the title twice in a row!). In fact, would be the reigning champion for the next decade!
Mr. Bloomberg is not so much a hypocrite as being sensible. Lets be fair for a moment, he's a pretty rich man. #13 on Forbes Magazine's richest men in the world (and #7 in the USA). he's believed to be the 16th most powerful man in the world, not to mention #10 in the Forbes 400. So that there would be a lot of competition for any of those spots. Not everyone will try for those positions by legal and legitimate manners. Perhaps he believes that only certain professions that could be well regulated and behave in a militia like format to have access to firearms. An while guns do not have an alignment towards 'Law/Chaos' or 'Good/Evil', it is wise to only allow those whom will use firearms correctly and safely to have access to them. Hence, why gun laws are created by society. Just like any other device or technology that when used for deadly reasons is very lethal. Might be why no one American can by nuclear weapons in the country, eh?
Why do you call them "NRA Zombies"? It's easy to dismiss somebody with a viewpoint different from your own, but if you do that, you're not really considering all the issues. Like it or not, the NRA has a huge membership (which represents a fraction of the people who agree with them), and the NRA is vocal. When you combine the two, the NRA is a political force, much like the AFL-CIO or the NEA, for instance. It just happens to be on the opposite side of the aisle.
As far as Congress realizing that if they don't do what the vast majority of people want them to do, they'll lose their job...it hasn't happened yet. It's not like Congress is suddenly this huge, unresponsive body...it's been that way for decades. When was the last time the legislature set the national debate? Henry Clay (hyperbole)? If Congresspeople actually started losing their seats (more than a couple each election cycle), I would agree with you. In any given year, there are only a few districts that are in play...otherwise the incumbent (or at least the individual who won the primary) is in without a sweat. For instance, I don't think my US Rep, Jim Jordan, even puts much work into campaigning, and why would he, when he's going to win with 75% of the vote anyway?
You call Bloomberg sensible...I call him dictatorial. He changed the rules to allow himself another term as Mayor, and now he's coming down with regulations that are incredibly invasive. Restricting a person's ability to drink what they like, telling people which foods they can and cannot eat, and going so far as to threaten the salt industry to reduce sodium content in processed and pre-packaged foods. And since he's in charge of NYC instead of, say, Mayberry, these policies affect everybody. Including the roughly 305 million people who don't have any say in his government. Yes, he's powerful. But that power is gained and used in a way that shouldn't be acceptable, being that it's entirely non-democratic.
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