He was clarifying.  Everything I said was accurate. He was adding information, likely because some people around here might read into it and see something that isn't there...

By the way, I don't even own a gun, nor have I ever fired one lol.

Is Croatia Europe? Then I have been in gun fights there as well.
In Europe you guys think you don't need guns. Then every 50 years you all die from guns at once. Hitler said you don't need guns. Stalin agrees. Good luck.  

@ the joint
To be clear. I have not been in a gunfight in the U.S., although I have seen them. However, I have seen war on three continents. I did not like it.

Really, Have you been in a gunfight? I have, and I know you have not because you think pepper spray is of some use.  Good luck with that!
Again, why would anyone listen to people who know nothing about guns? Do you ask the bag boy at the store about your investment portfolio? I know my guns, and I would hope you never pull out pepper spray on an armed person. Your best bet is trying to bargain for your life with a blow job or something. I don't know what will happen in the end. It's really not up to us, the criminal will decide what your future is.

The size of a planet has no correlation with the size of the species living on it. Not even in our wildest dreams could someone have put the moon next to the Earth using their hands.
Stop using so many drugs.

I've already stated this in the thread. You've probably seen UFOs multiple times in your life. When we talk about UFOs people usually think about flying saucers which is wrong.
UFO = Unidentified flying object, i.e. anything in the sky that you can't identify. I could be flying a drone and if you see something in the sky and can't tell what it is then that would be a UFO (in this case my drone).

And you think that such a creature would be easy to study? And easy to capture too? It would be better to create devices for communication and other devices which will come out as a function of aid when we are blessed with their presence like defence and ither advanced military

the Milky Way galaxy is  huge. And, to top it off, it's only one of hundreds of billions of galaxies. we are the only intelligent life? 1 in a billion/trillion? doubtful.

A Cop just told me, "Freedom doesn't exist anymore."
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1091479.0

I believe I can address your concern about facts and sources.

The Brady Campaign site about gun violence, a top search result, is fully sourced.

One in three people in the U.S. know someone who has been shot.
On average, 31 Americans are murdered with guns every day and 151 are treated for a gun assault in an emergency room.
Every day on average, 55 people kill themselves with a firearm, and 46 people are shot or killed in an accident with a gun.
The U.S. firearm homicide rate is 20 times higher than the combined rates of 22 countries that are our peers in wealth and population.
A gun in the home is 22 times more likely to be used to kill or injure in a domestic homicide, suicide, or unintentional shooting than to be used in self-defense.

More than one in five U.S. teenagers (ages 14 to 17) report having witnessed a shooting.
An average of seven children and teens under the age of 20 are killed by guns every day.
American children die by guns 11 times as often as children in other high-income countries.
Youth (ages 0 to 19) in the most rural U.S. counties are as likely to die from a gunshot as those living in the most urban counties. Rural children die of more gun suicides and unintentional shooting deaths. Urban children die more often of gun homicides.
Firearm homicide is the second-leading cause of death (after motor vehicle crashes) for young people ages 1-19 in the U.S.
In 2007, more pre-school-aged children (85) were killed by guns than police officers were killed in the line of duty.
Gun Violence is a Drain on U.S. Taxpayers

Medical treatment, criminal justice proceedings, new security precautions, and reductions in quality of life are estimated to cost U.S. citizens $100 billion annually.
The lifetime medical cost for all gun violence victims in the United States is estimated at $2.3 billion, with almost half the costs borne by taxpayers.
Americans Support Universal Background Checks

Nine out of 10 Americans agree that we should have universal background checks, including three out of four NRA members.
Since the Brady Law was initially passed, about 2 million attempts to purchase firearms have been blocked due to a background check. About half of these blocked attempts were by felons.
Unfortunately, our current background check system only applies to about 60% of gun sales, leaving 40% (online sales, purchases at gun shows, etc.) without a background check.

If I can't have my own private arsenal of nukes all this fuss about "rights" is just misguided moralizing bullshit about where everyone draws the line on personal firepower.

We have no rights, only privileges. When push comes to shove rights on a piece of paper don't matter anymore, the only thing that matters is that the government has tanks, Apache helicopters, F16s, and battleships. And you have your shotgun. It's beyond moronic.

If big gubmint really wanted to do you harm, it could. If they really wanted to take your guns, they could already do that right now.

The FBI study I mentioned found an interesting (and rather obvious) thing.  It is not possible to get guns out of the hands of criminals for the simple reason that they are a necessary tool for their environment.  If somehow one got their preferred weapon out of a criminals grasp they will upgrade rather than downgrade. For instance, if they are denied a .44 they will switch to a 12 ga shotgun rather than a .38.

This principle would also apply (I believe) to lawful citizens.  It will be impossible to remove firearms from citizens in situations where they clearly need them for personal and family safety.  The 'gun grabbers' will likely have one small window of opportunity to grab as many guns as possible in a scenario where it is especially necessary for them to do so.  Such a scenario would be most likely associated with an economic crisis and more totalitarian needs to deal with it.  The scenario would also produce a lot more criminal activity making it basically mandatory for the otherwise lawful to retain their defensive capabilities.

Let's hope we don't start outlawing things unless we need them. America is a country filled to the brim whit stuff we do not need.

The greatest need is tied to our form of government, which requires us to fight and die against our own people if they become corrupt. That is a powerful statement and hard for us to understand. But the people who made this government knew that all of your rights are utterly meaningless without an armed populace. Look at our supposed rights to keep the government out of our lives. What is that worth now that we know that our government is spying on us with no regard for our privacy? And now the government wants our guns? As a law abiding citizen of the United States it my duty and responsibility to say NO.   

Criminal:  (Breaks through your front door).  Alright motherf*cker, here's the deal.  I'm taking your money, I'm raping your wife, and I'm blowing your heads off.

You:  Wait wait wait.  Time-out.  I'm calling the police.  You're in big trouble, mister.

Criminal:  *Blows your head off.*

Gee, your plan sounded so great on paper.

Every one has the right to own a gumball to protect themself.from bad breath
                                                                                 

So if guns are banned, and you're a law abiding citizen and therefore don't break the a law and get one, what are you going to do if a criminal with a gun attacks you?

Gun control will not stop violence because a violent person doesn’t need a gun to be violent,not only gun there are so much other stuff that support the violence

Feminists upset over statue of man and woman talking






Scene: You’re a woman, sitting on a bench reading a book. Your male friend sees you on the quad and comes over to say hello and talk. You put down your book, lean back against the bench and smile. He doesn’t sit next to you; instead, he puts his foot on the bench and leans over his knee.

So sexist, right?

That scene is depicted in a statue at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas, and despite no sign of distress or physical assertion, some women have decided it is a statue of “mansplaining” — a term used to describe men condescendingly explaining something to a woman.


Seriously. Here’s the actual statue and the claim of misogyny:




…. For its part, the university also denied any notion that the statue depicts condescension toward a woman.

“The statue has long-symbolized the friendship and camaraderie that develops among students as they attend UIW,” school spokesman Carl Myers told WITW. “We are deeply saddened that this image of friendship has been misconstrued as a symbol of sexism on social media. Nothing could be further from the truth.”

But who cares what reasonable people would think the statue depicts, this is patriarchy we're talking about!

"I feel like we've all been guilty of [mansplaining], males and females alike," said Hernandez, the woman who took the original photo of the statue. "But it's just less palatable when a guy's up to it 'cause, well, he's still on the right side of oppression."

Note to future sculptors: When trying to show men and women talking as friends, don't. There's just no way you can do so without offending modern feminist sensibilities.





http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feminists-upset-over-statue-of-man-and-woman-talking/article/2565164