tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post4615025283060391402..comments2024-03-28T18:40:51.572-04:00Comments on Tilting at Windmills: The upcoming student gun protest, and all I have to say on itCWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-47148445458279288302018-02-26T16:47:43.995-05:002018-02-26T16:47:43.995-05:00Now, watch, someone will commit a terrorist act wi...Now, watch, someone will commit a terrorist act with a cat...CWMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-77523037435908454572018-02-23T14:22:09.965-05:002018-02-23T14:22:09.965-05:00CW-
Like you, I can see both sides of this argume...CW-<br /><br />Like you, I can see both sides of this argument. <br /><br />It is hard for me to defend the need to own an assault rifle, but to ban all guns does not consider the real safety needs of people living in rural areas (I used to have wild coyote walking down my street and I live in the fifth largest city).<br /><br />Sadly, the argument is always an all-or-nothing debate and never gets anywhere. But it is encouraging to see young people put down their smart phones, if only for a few hours.<br /><br />One thing nags at me.<br /><br />Guns have been legal, and available for a couple of hundred years.<br /><br />These shootings have been far more recent (maybe since the late seventies?).<br /><br />Is it possible that the NRA rhetoric is not all rhetoric, and that the guns are not the root cause?<br /><br />Not that it is not worth having a discussion on screening policy (it is harder to get a driver’s license or adopt a cat that it is to buy a gun), but maybe the broader discussion should be held as well.<br /><br />I just hope they don’t make it even harder to adopt a cat.<br /><br />LCDiscConnectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07013919800637508392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-43885891439439194672018-02-22T20:26:17.319-05:002018-02-22T20:26:17.319-05:00I think I started feeling that same way about the ...I think I started feeling that same way about the time Michael Reagan declared he was "very independent." Your second to last sentence I agree completely. Not so confident anymore of the last one...CWMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-2236926925213408812018-02-22T20:24:43.798-05:002018-02-22T20:24:43.798-05:00You would do well to remember I have seen your gal...You would do well to remember I have seen your gallery. And I still think I could miss it completely. I'm just glad I'm in the 98th percentile of toilet-hitting.CWMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-85057672099313864762018-02-22T07:58:31.064-05:002018-02-22T07:58:31.064-05:00If someone were to ask me if I were a democrat, re...If someone were to ask me if I were a democrat, republican, or an independent, I'd have to answer, "I don't know anymore." Maybe that makes me an independent. My views on various issues have evolved over the years. On this particular topic, I still feel the same way I did twenty years ago and I doubt my feelings will change. I think there is alway room for improvement in any area and can appreciate how Trump was able to listen and am glad town halls were held. I also love how many students were able to come together and have their voices be heard. That's awesome. There needs to be change in the schools to keep our kids safe while still protecting the rights of gun owners. I feel our country can do that.<br /><br /><a href="https://helpingpartnersofsexaddictsheal.org/" rel="nofollow">Elsie </a><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-17584137298537375392018-02-21T17:58:00.832-05:002018-02-21T17:58:00.832-05:00Chris:
---Well, I think that about covers it (much...Chris:<br />---Well, I think that about covers it (much like the old Sherwin-Williams ads). And no "primer" was even needed.<br />---I'm not handing out kudos because I was mentioned...that's neither here nor there. I think kudos are well deserved here because you speak THE TRUTH...(how essentially NON-PC of you).<br />To that fact, I say YOU GET IT...a LOT!<br />And you don't even OWN a gun.<br />That makes it even sweeter.<br />(but you're ALWAYS welcome to shoot any and all of my BB and airsoft weapons in our basement "gallery".)<br />---Such thinking as exhibited here, should be more of what needs to be discussed, and not merely a devolving into bashing a person...or implement.<br />(any primate could do that much)<br />--Real debate of the CAUSES of such shootings will always lead to valid SOLUTIONS, and not another ride on some rhetorical merry-go-round.<br />But...I could be wrong.<br />(Nah)<br /><br />Very good post.<br /><br />Stay safe (and erudite) up there, brother.Bob G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09222203353717749897noreply@blogger.com