cjhsa wrote:Define "reasonable gun ownership".
I bet it involves restricting the types of guns owned by law abiding citizens, based on what you think is "reasonable".
I bet it involves being a civilized member of the human race.
cjhsa wrote:edgarblythe wrote:cjhsa wrote:Edgar, they must not let you out in public in Texas.!!!
There are more Texans who think as I do than most non Texans would imagine. We are far from a majority, but don't misunderestimate our presence.
I don't underestimate your presence or your lack of firepower!
You appear to assume I have never owned or felt compelled to use a gun.
There is a difference between reasonable gun ownership and
the idiocy I see in this thread.
We have it in MI. Only retarded states and countries disarm their law abiding citizens.
Public safety from crime
is best served by REMOVING the person with a history of criminal violence
from contact with polite society
( by confinement in a secure prison, or by BANISHMENT, the way Botany Bay was used ).
Most of the convicts were thieves who had been convicted in the great cities of England. Only those sentenced in Ireland were likely to have been convicted of rural crimes. Transportation was an integral part of the English and Irish systems of punishment. It was a way to deal with increased poverty and the severity of the sentences for larceny. Simple larceny, or robbery, could mean transportation for seven years. Compound larceny - stealing goods worth more than a shilling (about $50 in today's money) - meant death by hanging.
Quote:Public safety from crime
is best served by REMOVING the person with a history of criminal violence
from contact with polite society
( by confinement in a secure prison, or by BANISHMENT, the way Botany Bay was used ).
Quote:David, I'm impressed that you even know the name Botany Bay,
U take me for a historical ignoramus ?
Quote:but perhaps you weren't aware that many people shipped to Australia were shipped for stealing bread / food.
He who steals brings the consequences thereof upon himself.
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/convicts/
Quote:Most of the convicts were thieves who had been convicted in the great cities of England. Only those sentenced in Ireland were likely to have been convicted of rural crimes. Transportation was an integral part of the English and Irish systems of punishment. It was a way to deal with increased poverty and the severity of the sentences for larceny. Simple larceny, or robbery, could mean transportation for seven years. Compound larceny - stealing goods worth more than a shilling
(about $50 in today's money) - meant death by hanging.
Quote:Closest thing I could quickly find
The French had Devil 's Island.
After a physician filters a man 's blood with dialysis,
and removes the dirt,
he does NOT then put the dirt back into his blood again.
It is CONSUMMATE STUPIDITY ( or malice against innocent citizens )
to repeatedly release recidivistic violent criminals back into polite society,
being satisfied to criminalize possession of weapons,
trusting that the said criminals will obey the anti-weapons laws,
and will not continue their careers of predatory crime.
Yes David, it's registered ;-)
I would never carry a gum that wasn't registered
