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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Teaching only works if the kids are willing to learn and agree with you. Someone in the editorial for my paper had a good point. Make owning guns socially unacceptable like smoking or drunk driving. Peer pressure can be a powerful tool when used properly. Granted it won't stop all violence but it could help a lot.
I'm going to add a significant caveat to that. Guns should only be unacceptable in populous social situations (like schools, movie theaters, etc.) where they're nothing but a threat. But you should also teach that there are different cultural settings (like rural places) where guns are both better accepted and better used, and remind the kids to respect those uses. Otherwise, if people from rural or other gun-respecting places come to the city, they're going to be bullied and criticized by those kids just for knowing how to use guns.
Or to put it another way, he won because of the 'non-Angry White middle-aged Straight Protestant Male who is of the Middle or Upper Class' vote.
So Bork's dead. Thank the lord, that he never made it on to the Supreme Court.
edited 19th Dec '12 6:56:38 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016Obama Named Time's Person of the Year
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Was talking about this with my family at diner. The amount of accolade he's gotten is a little hard to swallow at this point, but I honestly couldn't think of an immediate name of a better recipient.
edited 19th Dec '12 6:16:38 PM by OhnoaBear
"The marvel is not that the Bear posts well, but that the Bear posts at all."Former GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman isn't ready to rule out another run.
edited 19th Dec '12 6:28:49 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016Norquist giving House Republicans a pass on Boehner's 'Plan B'
Huh, looks like Grover Norquist is accepting the automatic tax cut expiration, though some other groups are not.
Not a surprise. Most anti-gun advocacy is drawn from emotional response such as this. Juvenile name-calling just makes it worse.
Glove and Boots is good for Blog!Speaking of former governors...
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016The problem is that to people who like guns, anyone who suggests that we should stigmatize guns is setting themselves up as an enemy. You really can't blame people for crying "THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE OUR GUNS!!" when you are, actually, trying to get rid of guns (or at least gun culture) in the US.
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.edited 19th Dec '12 6:49:27 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016![]()
Spoiler: there isn't one
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edited 19th Dec '12 6:50:19 PM by NativeJovian
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.What exactly is the problem that you're trying to solve? The fact that guns are things and some people like them? I'm all for responsible gun ownership, but the thing is that the sort of people who've gone to the trouble to get a concealed carry permit and all that entails (it varies from state to state) are not the people you really need to be worrying about. There are two kinds of "problem" people when it comes to guns — people who are actively malevolent and secure a gun with the intention of using it to do bad things, and people who don't mean any harm but do stupid things by accident. You can't really stigmatize the former, and the latter is better served by education and training than by trying to get them to get rid of their guns.
The problem is that to people who like guns, anyone who suggests that we should stigmatize guns is setting themselves up as an enemy. You really can't blame people for crying "THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE OUR GUNS!!" when you are, actually, trying to get rid of guns (or at least gun culture) in the US.
That's why I said that there needs to be a caveat. Also, maybe it shouldn't be so much deriding the gunowners. Just a sense that ordinary person likely wouldn't bring a gun to certain social situations, encourage a gunowner to be more careful.
And limiting gun culture isn't the same as trying to get rid of them. Cigarettes (and marijuana) still exist, and they have their own cliques too.

If this is true the family member shouldn't have a gun, being incapable of keeping it from the wrong hands.
Laws are made to be broken. You're next, thermodynamics.