I don't believe that, not one bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by chuck34
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I don't believe that, not one bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by chuck34
What about at least trying it before dismissing it?Quote:
Originally Posted by chuck34
It certainly worked in other countries.
I've just read the transcript of Wayne LaPierre's speech, although "rant" might be a more appropriate word. Good lord, if he's the most articulate thinker the NRA can put forward to advance their argument they're in more trouble than I thought. I'm actually glad he's spoken out, the more airtime he gets hopefully the more people will see his organisation for what it is: a bunch of Neanderthals with no clue whatsoever.
He blames violent video games, the media, mental health issues, anything but gun ownership. Guess what buddy, pretty much every westernised country has those problems to one degree or another, but it's only the USA which has such a crazy murder rate.
His core policy idea of a gunman in every school should be the final nail in the coffin of this dinosaur of a gun club. His swivel-eyed paranoia is matched only by the stupidity and impracticality of his proposals.
Here's a good article: NRA proposal to post armed guards in schools is debunked by critics | World news | guardian.co.uk
tl;dr: it would cost between 4 and 7 billion dollars, wouldn't (didn't) work, and is bonkers.
Gobsmacked!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave B
and to continue with the commercialism aspect of this tragedy:Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
Centurion Tactical Vest for Children | Amendment II
and to see a video on donks first link:
Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com
I know most of you don't live like that, but the fact that anyone does, in the Land of Freedom (fries :dozey :) , is truly mind-boggling. And you clearly have a market for it all. :crazy:
Bullet proof cars were big business in Colombia during the cartel wars. Imagine that market taking hold over here.Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
Just imagine; The New 2013 Bullet proof Lexus LX. Dry comfortably and securely, really.
i'm being facetious here . . . . this is not at all funny.
This one isn't going to. Society won't cure itself because people do not act rationally.Quote:
Originally Posted by chuck34
http://www.jhsph.edu/research/center...02512_CGPR.pdf
There are enormous economic costs associated with gun violence in the U.S. Firearmrelated deaths and injuries resulted in medical and lost productivity expenses of about $32 billion in 2005.
But the overall cost of gun violence goes well beyond these figures. When lost quality of life, psychological and emotional trauma, decline in property values, and other legal and societal consequences are included, the cost of gun violence in the U.S. was estimated to be about $100 billion annually in 1998.
If you adjust that for inflation you arrive at approximately $1.7tn or slightly over 10% of GDP. This is akin to the broken window fallacy en masse. That's not rational at all.