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Topic	Florida high school student speech brought me to tears
CharlesBronson 02/18/18 10:53:15 PM #75:	tennisdude818 posted... gbpxl posted... tennisdude818 posted... Interesting difference in reaction from the MSM. A school shooting happens, and the MSM is very eager to give angry pro-gun control advocates a microphone. It's very important that the country has a serious discussion about gun control. But when somebody drives a truck through a crowd of people, it's a time for sadness and changing Facebook profile pictures. It's certainly not time to give angry people the microphone to start a discussion about borders. When someone drives a truck into people it's usually because they're on a quest for jihad and I think they're trying to crack down on that "Why don't similar attacks happen in other first world countries like Japan?" Thailand has very strict laws against private ownership of weapons. As a result, only the military, police, and bad guys have them. There are less deaths attributed to guns than in the U.S. No school shootings. Few mass shootings of any kind. Which, of course, is good. However, there are many more murders attributed to knives and beatings. And, bombings. Not good. The bigger problem is how democracy suffers because of the armed strength of the government and police. They can get away with just about anything. In Thailand, it takes a long time, usually 4 to 7 years, for any opposition to gain enough public support to oust the corrupt officials. In 80 years, Thailand has had two free elections. though they were heavily influenced by corrupted voting. The rest of the time, there have been 20 coup dtats since 1932. Some successful and some violent. In 229 years, while the U.S. had a civil war, there have been no coups. Why? Because the Second Amendment allows the populace to be armed. While all these mass shootings in the U.S. are horrific, many thousands have died in Thai coups. The founding fathers of the U.S.A. understood how governments can become corrupt and out of control. They understood the need for a strong civilian population to keep the government in check. The whole U.S. system of government is notable because of the checks and balances between the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. They knew governments have a tendency to run amok. If U.S. gun ownership is severed, what makes you think the government won't go off the rails? <cite>CharlesBronson posted [p:896344961] in Florida hi... [t:76333108]...</cite> <quote><cite>tennisdude818 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>gbpxl posted...</cite> <quote><cite>tennisdude818 posted...</cite> <quote>Interesting difference in reaction from the MSM. A school shooting happens, and the MSM is very eager to give angry pro-gun control advocates a microphone. It's very important that the country has a serious discussion about gun control. But when somebody drives a truck through a crowd of people, it's a time for sadness and changing Facebook profile pictures. It's certainly not time to give angry people the microphone to start a discussion about borders.</quote> When someone drives a truck into people it's usually because they're on a quest for jihad and I think they're trying to crack down on that</quote> "Why don't similar attacks happen in other first world countries like Japan?"</quote> Thailand has very strict laws against private ownership of weapons. As a result, only the military, police, and bad guys have them. There are less deaths attributed to guns than in the U.S. No school shootings. Few mass shootings of any kind. Which, of course, is good. However, there are many more murders attributed to knives and beatings. And, bombings. Not good. The bigger problem is how democracy suffers because of the armed strength of the government and police. They can get away with just about anything. In Thailand, it takes a long time, usually 4 to 7 years, for any opposition to gain enough public support to oust the corrupt officials. In 80 years, Thailand has had two free elections. though they were heavily influenced by corrupted voting. The rest of the time, there have been 20 coup dtats since 1932. Some successful and some violent. In 229 years, while the U.S. had a civil war, there have been no coups. Why? Because the Second Amendment allows the populace to be armed. While all these mass shootings in the U.S. are horrific, many thousands have died in Thai coups. The founding fathers of the U.S.A. understood how governments can become corrupt and out of control. They understood the need for a strong civilian population to keep the government in check. The whole U.S. system of government is notable because of the checks and balances between the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. They knew governments have a tendency to run amok. If U.S. gun ownership is severed, what makes you think the government won't go off the rails?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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