• I'd Wish you Happy Father's day

    From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 18 14:38:52 2023
    but if you woke slime's had kids you'd be f'ing up their lil minds with tales of gender choice.

    So we're blessed you have none.

    ScottW

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  • From Trevor Wilson@21:1/5 to ScottW on Mon Jun 19 08:30:27 2023
    On 19/06/2023 7:38 am, ScottW wrote:
    but if you woke slime's had kids you'd be f'ing up their lil minds with tales of gender choice.

    So we're blessed you have none.

    ScottW

    **Then there's this guy:

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-man-charged-murder-3-young-sons-found-shot-surviving-daughter-fle-rcna89704

    Thanks to lax US gun laws, that guy gets no Father's Day stuff this year.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to Trevor Wilson on Sun Jun 18 23:17:39 2023
    On Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 6:30:30 PM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote:
    On 19/06/2023 7:38 am, ScottW wrote:
    but if you woke slime's had kids you'd be f'ing up their lil minds with tales of gender choice.

    So we're blessed you have none.

    ScottW
    **Then there's this guy:

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-man-charged-murder-3-young-sons-found-shot-surviving-daughter-fle-rcna89704

    Thanks to lax US gun laws, that guy gets no Father's Day stuff this year.


    Blame the father, not the gun.
    There is one gun death per every 35,000 guns.
    350 million guns in America
    349,999,999 other guns did not kill these children.

    you don't know any of the facts as to how this subject acquired that particular gun.

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  • From Trevor Wilson@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Mon Jun 19 18:13:46 2023
    On 19/06/2023 4:17 pm, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 6:30:30 PM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote:
    On 19/06/2023 7:38 am, ScottW wrote:
    but if you woke slime's had kids you'd be f'ing up their lil minds with tales of gender choice.

    So we're blessed you have none.

    ScottW
    **Then there's this guy:

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-man-charged-murder-3-young-sons-found-shot-surviving-daughter-fle-rcna89704

    Thanks to lax US gun laws, that guy gets no Father's Day stuff this year.


    Blame the father, not the gun.

    **Tell me, PRECISELY where I blamed the gun.

    Over to you dickhead.

    I will spell it out to you once more:

    US gun laws are the problem. They are inadequate, weak and haphazardly
    applied. And, the reason they are so hopeless and you are very happy to
    see 10,000 of your fellow Americans murdered each year via bullets, is
    due to the fact that the NRA controls the Republican Party.

    There is one gun death per every 35,000 guns.
    350 million guns in America
    349,999,999 other guns did not kill these children.

    you don't know any of the facts as to how this subject acquired that particular gun.

    **Indeed. However, it seems clear that he should not have access to
    firearms.


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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to Trevor Wilson on Mon Jun 19 08:43:10 2023
    On Monday, June 19, 2023 at 1:13:50 AM UTC-7, Trevor Wilson wrote:
    On 19/06/2023 4:17 pm, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 6:30:30 PM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote:
    On 19/06/2023 7:38 am, ScottW wrote:
    but if you woke slime's had kids you'd be f'ing up their lil minds with tales of gender choice.

    So we're blessed you have none.

    ScottW
    **Then there's this guy:

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-man-charged-murder-3-young-sons-found-shot-surviving-daughter-fle-rcna89704

    Thanks to lax US gun laws, that guy gets no Father's Day stuff this year. >>

    Blame the father, not the gun.
    **Tell me, PRECISELY where I blamed the gun.

    Thanks for explaining why you have no children.

    ScottW

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 19 11:39:57 2023
    I will spell it out to you once more:

    US gun laws are the problem. They are inadequate, weak and haphazardly applied. And, the reason they are so hopeless and you are very happy to
    see 10,000 of your fellow Americans murdered each year via bullets, is
    due to the fact that the NRA controls the Republican Party.

    The NRA does not control the party.
    there are varied interests with various agendas influencing the party

    Purchase laws are strict and enforced. Private sakes can
    be tightened, but that is nobbling around the edges.
    350 million guns are already on the streets.
    The biggest issue is criminals using guns.
    Possession laws are strict, but not always
    enforced aswe ll as they should be.
    Blame liberal Democrat run city goverments, and ultra liberal Democrat do nothing prosecutors



    you don't know any of the facts as to how this subject acquired that particular gun.
    **Indeed. However, it seems clear that he should not have access to
    firearms.
    --


    How do you tell that before the fact?
    all you have is hindsight.

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  • From Trevor Wilson@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Tue Jun 20 06:00:03 2023
    On 20/06/2023 4:39 am, Art Sackman wrote:

    I will spell it out to you once more:

    US gun laws are the problem. They are inadequate, weak and haphazardly
    applied. And, the reason they are so hopeless and you are very happy to
    see 10,000 of your fellow Americans murdered each year via bullets, is
    due to the fact that the NRA controls the Republican Party.

    The NRA does not control the party.

    **It controls the party, completely, WRT gun laws:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35261394

    https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3511518-nra-contributions-underscore-grip-in-gop/

    there are varied interests with various agendas influencing the party

    **Indeed. There is also this:

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/26/koch-brothers-americans-for-prosperity-rightwing-political-group


    Purchase laws are strict and enforced. Private sakes can
    be tightened, but that is nobbling around the edges.

    **So you say. I contend that you are wrong. Private sales must be
    strictly monitored.

    350 million guns are already on the streets.

    **Sure. And that is a major problem that must be tackled. However, I
    recall the words spoken by JFK:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_choose_to_go_to_the_Moon

    It was an inspirational and dramatic speech. NASA was, rightly,
    horrified. However, with sufficient funds and talent, NASA pulled it off.

    When the US population is unified towards a specific goal, it has been
    shown to be remarkably capable. Divided, as it is, along tribal,
    political lines (Putin/Trump did much of the damage), it will fail.

    It CAN be done and it SHOULD be done. Australia did it. I guess that
    means Australia is a better, more capable nation than the US.

    The biggest issue is criminals using guns.

    **Tell that to the relatives of those killed in Las Vegas, Sandy Hook
    and all the other places. Take away the ease that violent people can
    obtain firearms and part of the problem will begin to be solved.

    Possession laws are strict, but not always
    enforced aswe ll as they should be.
    Blame liberal Democrat run city goverments, and ultra liberal Democrat do nothing prosecutors

    **That MAY be part of the problem, but you have yet to provide a single
    shred of evidence to support this claim. Let me ask you: When the woman
    who supplied firearms to the Columbine killers was arrested, who let her
    off?




    you don't know any of the facts as to how this subject acquired that particular gun.
    **Indeed. However, it seems clear that he should not have access to
    firearms.
    --


    How do you tell that before the fact?

    **Here in Australia, there was checks and balances that must be adhered
    to, before a person can obtain a firearms license. Without a license, a
    legal firearm cannot be purchased. Part of the those checks involves a
    police investigation of domestic violence and other violent acts,
    perpetrated by the applicant. It's not perfect, but it does prevent a
    large number of people from easily buying guns.

    all you have is hindsight.

    **Wrong.

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  • From Trevor Wilson@21:1/5 to ScottW on Tue Jun 20 05:44:07 2023
    On 20/06/2023 1:43 am, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, June 19, 2023 at 1:13:50 AM UTC-7, Trevor Wilson wrote:
    On 19/06/2023 4:17 pm, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 6:30:30 PM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote:
    On 19/06/2023 7:38 am, ScottW wrote:
    but if you woke slime's had kids you'd be f'ing up their lil minds with tales of gender choice.

    So we're blessed you have none.

    ScottW
    **Then there's this guy:

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-man-charged-murder-3-young-sons-found-shot-surviving-daughter-fle-rcna89704

    Thanks to lax US gun laws, that guy gets no Father's Day stuff this year. >>>>

    Blame the father, not the gun.
    **Tell me, PRECISELY where I blamed the gun.

    Thanks for explaining why you have no children.

    ScottW

    **Tell me, PRECISELY where I blamed the gun.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to Trevor Wilson on Mon Jun 19 20:31:54 2023
    On Monday, June 19, 2023 at 4:00:07 PM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote:
    On 20/06/2023 4:39 am, Art Sackman wrote:

    I will spell it out to you once more:

    US gun laws are the problem. They are inadequate, weak and haphazardly
    applied. And, the reason they are so hopeless and you are very happy to >> see 10,000 of your fellow Americans murdered each year via bullets, is
    due to the fact that the NRA controls the Republican Party.

    The NRA does not control the party.
    **It controls the party, completely, WRT gun laws:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35261394

    https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3511518-nra-contributions-underscore-grip-in-gop/
    there are varied interests with various agendas influencing the party
    **Indeed. There is also this:

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/26/koch-brothers-americans-for-prosperity-rightwing-political-group

    Purchase laws are strict and enforced. Private sakes can
    be tightened, but that is nobbling around the edges.
    **So you say. I contend that you are wrong. Private sales must be
    strictly monitored.
    350 million guns are already on the streets.
    **Sure. And that is a major problem that must be tackled. However, I
    recall the words spoken by JFK:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_choose_to_go_to_the_Moon

    It was an inspirational and dramatic speech. NASA was, rightly,
    horrified. However, with sufficient funds and talent, NASA pulled it off.

    When the US population is unified towards a specific goal, it has been
    shown to be remarkably capable. Divided, as it is, along tribal,
    political lines (Putin/Trump did much of the damage), it will fail.

    It CAN be done and it SHOULD be done. Australia did it. I guess that
    means Australia is a better, more capable nation than the US.
    The biggest issue is criminals using guns.
    **Tell that to the relatives of those killed in Las Vegas, Sandy Hook
    and all the other places. Take away the ease that violent people can
    obtain firearms and part of the problem will begin to be solved.
    Possession laws are strict, but not always
    enforced aswe ll as they should be.
    Blame liberal Democrat run city goverments, and ultra liberal Democrat do nothing prosecutors
    **That MAY be part of the problem, but you have yet to provide a single shred of evidence to support this claim. Let me ask you: When the woman
    who supplied firearms to the Columbine killers was arrested, who let her off?



    you don't know any of the facts as to how this subject acquired that particular gun.
    **Indeed. However, it seems clear that he should not have access to
    firearms.
    --


    How do you tell that before the fact?
    **Here in Australia, there was checks and balances that must be adhered
    to, before a person can obtain a firearms license. Without a license, a legal firearm cannot be purchased. Part of the those checks involves a police investigation of domestic violence and other violent acts, perpetrated by the applicant. It's not perfect, but it does prevent a
    large number of people from easily buying guns.
    all you have is hindsight.
    **Wrong.
    --


    People buying guns legally and further restricting of such, is not the problem. 350 existing million guns are on the streets.
    Criminals buy and sell them surreptitiously,
    without regard for purchase and sale laws.

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  • From Trevor Wilson@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Tue Jun 20 15:13:08 2023
    On 20/06/2023 1:31 pm, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, June 19, 2023 at 4:00:07 PM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote:
    On 20/06/2023 4:39 am, Art Sackman wrote:

    I will spell it out to you once more:

    US gun laws are the problem. They are inadequate, weak and haphazardly >>>> applied. And, the reason they are so hopeless and you are very happy to >>>> see 10,000 of your fellow Americans murdered each year via bullets, is >>>> due to the fact that the NRA controls the Republican Party.

    The NRA does not control the party.
    **It controls the party, completely, WRT gun laws:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35261394

    https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3511518-nra-contributions-underscore-grip-in-gop/
    there are varied interests with various agendas influencing the party
    **Indeed. There is also this:

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/26/koch-brothers-americans-for-prosperity-rightwing-political-group

    Purchase laws are strict and enforced. Private sakes can
    be tightened, but that is nobbling around the edges.
    **So you say. I contend that you are wrong. Private sales must be
    strictly monitored.
    350 million guns are already on the streets.
    **Sure. And that is a major problem that must be tackled. However, I
    recall the words spoken by JFK:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_choose_to_go_to_the_Moon

    It was an inspirational and dramatic speech. NASA was, rightly,
    horrified. However, with sufficient funds and talent, NASA pulled it off.

    When the US population is unified towards a specific goal, it has been
    shown to be remarkably capable. Divided, as it is, along tribal,
    political lines (Putin/Trump did much of the damage), it will fail.

    It CAN be done and it SHOULD be done. Australia did it. I guess that
    means Australia is a better, more capable nation than the US.
    The biggest issue is criminals using guns.
    **Tell that to the relatives of those killed in Las Vegas, Sandy Hook
    and all the other places. Take away the ease that violent people can
    obtain firearms and part of the problem will begin to be solved.
    Possession laws are strict, but not always
    enforced aswe ll as they should be.
    Blame liberal Democrat run city goverments, and ultra liberal Democrat do >>> nothing prosecutors
    **That MAY be part of the problem, but you have yet to provide a single
    shred of evidence to support this claim. Let me ask you: When the woman
    who supplied firearms to the Columbine killers was arrested, who let her
    off?



    you don't know any of the facts as to how this subject acquired that particular gun.
    **Indeed. However, it seems clear that he should not have access to
    firearms.
    --


    How do you tell that before the fact?
    **Here in Australia, there was checks and balances that must be adhered
    to, before a person can obtain a firearms license. Without a license, a
    legal firearm cannot be purchased. Part of the those checks involves a
    police investigation of domestic violence and other violent acts,
    perpetrated by the applicant. It's not perfect, but it does prevent a
    large number of people from easily buying guns.
    all you have is hindsight.
    **Wrong.
    --


    People buying guns legally and further restricting of such, is not the problem.

    **Perhaps not, but when those legal gun owners sell their firearms to
    bad people, it is.

    350 existing million guns are on the streets.
    Criminals buy and sell them surreptitiously,
    without regard for purchase and sale laws.

    **Sure. Putting MORE guns onto the street will not solve the problem.


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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to Trevor Wilson on Tue Jun 20 08:01:24 2023
    On Monday, June 19, 2023 at 10:13:12 PM UTC-7, Trevor Wilson wrote:
    On 20/06/2023 1:31 pm, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, June 19, 2023 at 4:00:07 PM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote:
    On 20/06/2023 4:39 am, Art Sackman wrote:

    I will spell it out to you once more:

    US gun laws are the problem. They are inadequate, weak and haphazardly >>>> applied. And, the reason they are so hopeless and you are very happy to >>>> see 10,000 of your fellow Americans murdered each year via bullets, is >>>> due to the fact that the NRA controls the Republican Party.

    The NRA does not control the party.
    **It controls the party, completely, WRT gun laws:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35261394

    https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3511518-nra-contributions-underscore-grip-in-gop/
    there are varied interests with various agendas influencing the party
    **Indeed. There is also this:

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/26/koch-brothers-americans-for-prosperity-rightwing-political-group

    Purchase laws are strict and enforced. Private sakes can
    be tightened, but that is nobbling around the edges.
    **So you say. I contend that you are wrong. Private sales must be
    strictly monitored.
    350 million guns are already on the streets.
    **Sure. And that is a major problem that must be tackled. However, I
    recall the words spoken by JFK:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_choose_to_go_to_the_Moon

    It was an inspirational and dramatic speech. NASA was, rightly,
    horrified. However, with sufficient funds and talent, NASA pulled it off. >>
    When the US population is unified towards a specific goal, it has been
    shown to be remarkably capable. Divided, as it is, along tribal,
    political lines (Putin/Trump did much of the damage), it will fail.

    It CAN be done and it SHOULD be done. Australia did it. I guess that
    means Australia is a better, more capable nation than the US.
    The biggest issue is criminals using guns.
    **Tell that to the relatives of those killed in Las Vegas, Sandy Hook
    and all the other places. Take away the ease that violent people can
    obtain firearms and part of the problem will begin to be solved.
    Possession laws are strict, but not always
    enforced aswe ll as they should be.
    Blame liberal Democrat run city goverments, and ultra liberal Democrat do
    nothing prosecutors
    **That MAY be part of the problem, but you have yet to provide a single >> shred of evidence to support this claim. Let me ask you: When the woman >> who supplied firearms to the Columbine killers was arrested, who let her >> off?



    you don't know any of the facts as to how this subject acquired that particular gun.
    **Indeed. However, it seems clear that he should not have access to >>>> firearms.
    --


    How do you tell that before the fact?
    **Here in Australia, there was checks and balances that must be adhered >> to, before a person can obtain a firearms license. Without a license, a >> legal firearm cannot be purchased. Part of the those checks involves a
    police investigation of domestic violence and other violent acts,
    perpetrated by the applicant. It's not perfect, but it does prevent a
    large number of people from easily buying guns.
    all you have is hindsight.
    **Wrong.
    --


    People buying guns legally and further restricting of such, is not the problem.
    **Perhaps not, but when those legal gun owners sell their firearms to
    bad people, it is.
    350 existing million guns are on the streets.
    Criminals buy and sell them surreptitiously,
    without regard for purchase and sale laws.
    **Sure. Putting MORE guns onto the street will not solve the problem.

    Problem is....they can't get the guns off the streets....so they
    go after the ones in law abiding peoples homes.

    ScottW

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  • From Fascist Flea@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 20 08:44:55 2023
    Super Shitty Shmoo waves bye-bye to Reality as they lurch into yet another nightmare fantasy.

    **Sure. Putting MORE guns onto the street will not solve the problem.
    Problem is....[sic] they can't get the guns off the streets....[sic] so they go after the ones in law abiding peoples[sic] homes.

    A newbie might suppose that SSS has some evidence to back up this drivel....

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 20 12:28:00 2023
    On
    350 existing million guns are on the streets.
    Criminals buy and sell them surreptitiously,
    without regard for purchase and sale laws.
    **Sure. Putting MORE guns onto the street will not solve the problem.

    Drops of rain falling in the Atlantic Ocean.
    Better results from concentrating on the criminals we have.

    Also, putting more criminals onto the streets is a bad idea.
    Let's fix urban education with vouchers for private schools and
    more charter schools for urban children in
    downtrodden communities.

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  • From Trevor Wilson@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Wed Jun 21 08:24:53 2023
    On 21/06/2023 5:28 am, Art Sackman wrote:
    On
    350 existing million guns are on the streets.
    Criminals buy and sell them surreptitiously,
    without regard for purchase and sale laws.
    **Sure. Putting MORE guns onto the street will not solve the problem.

    Drops of rain falling in the Atlantic Ocean.
    Better results from concentrating on the criminals we have.

    **Can you walk and chew gum?


    Also, putting more criminals onto the streets is a bad idea.
    Let's fix urban education with vouchers for private schools and
    more charter schools for urban children in
    downtrodden communities.

    **Something I agree with. Also, walking and chewing gum.


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  • From Fascist Flea@21:1/5 to Trevor Wilson on Tue Jun 20 16:19:47 2023
    Trevor Wilson wrote:

    Let's fix urban education with vouchers for private schools and
    more charter schools for urban children in downtrodden communities.
    **Something I agree with.

    In the U.S., poor counties are bullied into paying for churchy schools
    AT THE EXPENSE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. (Yes, that's a shout.) It's not a
    "fix" for those cities and counties; it's just another opportunity for graft.

    Also, walking and chewing gum.

    Respectfully, that's not analogous.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to Trevor Wilson on Tue Jun 20 18:02:29 2023
    On Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 6:24:55 PM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote:
    On 21/06/2023 5:28 am, Art Sackman wrote:
    On
    350 existing million guns are on the streets.
    Criminals buy and sell them surreptitiously,
    without regard for purchase and sale laws.
    **Sure. Putting MORE guns onto the street will not solve the problem.

    Drops of rain falling in the Atlantic Ocean.
    Better results from concentrating on the criminals we have.
    **Can you walk and chew gum?

    I can walk, chew gum, and waste my time.
    All three.
    But why bother wasting time and effort

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  • From Trevor Wilson@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Wed Jun 21 11:18:00 2023
    On 21/06/2023 11:02 am, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 6:24:55 PM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote:
    On 21/06/2023 5:28 am, Art Sackman wrote:
    On
    350 existing million guns are on the streets.
    Criminals buy and sell them surreptitiously,
    without regard for purchase and sale laws.
    **Sure. Putting MORE guns onto the street will not solve the problem.

    Drops of rain falling in the Atlantic Ocean.
    Better results from concentrating on the criminals we have.
    **Can you walk and chew gum?

    I can walk, chew gum, and waste my time.
    All three.
    But why bother wasting time and effort


    **As has been proven by the Australian experience, strong gun control
    laws work and work well.

    By all means prosecute criminals, but also toughen gun control laws.

    BTW: The US locks up more criminals than any other nation:

    https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/incarceration-rates-by-country

    AND, that is not a per capita figure!

    Here's the thing:

    Gun loons, the NRA and the Republican Party claim that more guns make
    the US safer. By that measure, the US should be the safest, least deadly
    place on the planet. It isn't.

    You claim that locking people up makes the US safer. The US has, by a
    very wide margin, the largest prison population, per capita. That fact
    is not making the US safer.


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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to Trevor Wilson on Tue Jun 20 21:39:13 2023
    On Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 9:18:02 PM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote:
    On 21/06/2023 11:02 am, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 6:24:55 PM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote:
    On 21/06/2023 5:28 am, Art Sackman wrote:
    On
    350 existing million guns are on the streets.
    Criminals buy and sell them surreptitiously,
    without regard for purchase and sale laws.
    **Sure. Putting MORE guns onto the street will not solve the problem. >>>
    Drops of rain falling in the Atlantic Ocean.
    Better results from concentrating on the criminals we have.
    **Can you walk and chew gum?

    I can walk, chew gum, and waste my time.
    All three.
    But why bother wasting time and effort

    **As has been proven by the Australian experience, strong gun control
    laws work and work well.

    By all means prosecute criminals, but also toughen gun control laws.

    BTW: The US locks up more criminals than any other nation:

    https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/incarceration-rates-by-country

    AND, that is not a per capita figure!

    Here's the thing:

    Gun loons, the NRA and the Republican Party claim that more guns make
    the US safer. By that measure, the US should be the safest, least deadly place on the planet. It isn't.

    You claim that locking people up makes the US safer. The US has, by a
    very wide margin, the largest prison population, per capita. That fact
    is not making the US safer.


    We have a ton of them NOT locked up. They are the ones out on the streets killing people.
    The locked up ones are under more control.

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  • From Trevor Wilson@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Wed Jun 21 15:08:17 2023
    On 21/06/2023 2:39 pm, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 9:18:02 PM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote:
    On 21/06/2023 11:02 am, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 6:24:55 PM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote:
    On 21/06/2023 5:28 am, Art Sackman wrote:
    On
    350 existing million guns are on the streets.
    Criminals buy and sell them surreptitiously,
    without regard for purchase and sale laws.
    **Sure. Putting MORE guns onto the street will not solve the problem. >>>>>
    Drops of rain falling in the Atlantic Ocean.
    Better results from concentrating on the criminals we have.
    **Can you walk and chew gum?

    I can walk, chew gum, and waste my time.
    All three.
    But why bother wasting time and effort

    **As has been proven by the Australian experience, strong gun control
    laws work and work well.

    By all means prosecute criminals, but also toughen gun control laws.

    BTW: The US locks up more criminals than any other nation:

    https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/incarceration-rates-by-country

    AND, that is not a per capita figure!

    Here's the thing:

    Gun loons, the NRA and the Republican Party claim that more guns make
    the US safer. By that measure, the US should be the safest, least deadly
    place on the planet. It isn't.

    You claim that locking people up makes the US safer. The US has, by a
    very wide margin, the largest prison population, per capita. That fact
    is not making the US safer.


    We have a ton of them NOT locked up. They are the ones out on the streets killing people.
    The locked up ones are under more control.

    **And that is precisely why you need good, strong, cohesive gun control
    laws.

    However, you need to ask yourself: Why does the US have the largest
    prison population on the planet? Maybe the US justice system is all
    wrong. Maybe private prisons are not a good idea. Maybe locking people
    up for minor offences is not such a great idea.


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