A Tale of Two Nine-year-olds

oralloy wrote:

First, on the political power level, you don't get to pass any federal gun legislation without people like me first agreeing to let you do it.

Nah. If that were the case, there wouldn't be such variation in gun control legislation state to state. Like California, New York, Penn, etc etc

oralloy wrote:

Second, on the scholarship level, the fact that I am completely correct in every respect makes my views pretty central to any discussion of what the Constitution actually means.

Nah. How the federal constitution is read or interpreted via the SC is determined by the makeup of that body, past and present and future.

If the document was as complete and unambiguous as you suggest then all SC justices would concur at all times and that's not even true as regards Scalia and Thomas or Roberts and Alito.

Farmerman is right.

You have a zest or a need for the simple. Indeed, the simplest. It's not healthy though it might feel nice.

But I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and presume you are simply trolling.

"28,000 – the number of children and teens shot and killed in the US between 2002 and 2012. According to ABC News, that means that 13 kids died at home for every soldier killed on the battlefield in Afghanistan during that period." http://bit.ly/1vXt21Y

In Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Britain, France, and so many other nations where there is no liberty, too many children and teens are still coming home to their families and that just isn't right. Let freedom ring!

But it is highly unlikely that I am wrong about anything relating to this subject. If you really want to give me the benefit of the doubt, stop and consider the possibility that everything I am saying is actually 100% correct.

According to Williamson, the local Woodville Baptist Church sends a van to his neighborhood twice a week to offer free transportation to those interested in attending services. Williamson’s children ride the van regularly on Wednesdays and Sundays. This morning was no different, as his eight-year-old son Justin and siblings said goodbye to their father and left their house to board the van.

One problem: Justin skipped church and went to play instead.

The young boy stayed in the neighborhood to play with friends and then later ended up at the local Family Dollar store down the road. After police officers were called to the store by a customer who recognized Justin, they took him back to his neighborhood where they proceeded to arrest his father for child endangerment.

Williamson recounted his interaction with the police officer, stating, “The next thing you know, he comes up to me and he says, ‘You’re under arrest.’ My kids start crying their eyes out wondering why I’m getting arrested.”

To make matters worse, as a result of local news coverage of the event,Williamson was fired from his job and remained unemployed for a period of time.

Blanchester Police Chief Scott Reinbolt told the Journal. “Asked if he watched the children board the bus, Williamson said he had not.”
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Jeffrey is scheduled to appear before the Clinton County Municipal Court on July 10 for a first-degree misdemeanor charge of child endangerment, which could land him in jail for up to six months.

Swell idea. We're all on board with you now. Trust me - at the 100% level.

"28,000 – the number of children and teens shot and killed in the US between 2002 and 2012. According to ABC News, that means that 13 kids died at home for every soldier killed on the battlefield in Afghanistan during that period."

Since 9/11, about 5,000 Americans have been killed by U.S. police officers, which is almost equivalent to the number of U.S. soldiers who have been killed in the line of duty in Iraq.

Now you've done it, Oralboy will be jerking off for a week thinking about that statistic.

I was working hard to give you the benefit of the doubt on the presumption you were merely trolling.

I thought it not possible anyone might confuse "fact" and "opinion" in the manner you seem to,

or be so deluded on the inerrancy of those opinions.

But you stepped way over a line with point 1.

So I won't be reading you any longer.

He's off my screen now so I'll just leave it like that and proceed with my traditional style of teasing Australians and sharing totally made up recipes.

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(and waiting for subsequent posts of mine around the board to be thumbed-down)

Izzyfriend

I first had contretemps with him about bombs, at least ten years ago. I'm probably unusually strongly antibomb and I've creds on that. He's been on ignore as long as there has been an ignore, for me,

but I have peeked once or twice, and once was on my Amanda Knox thread.
Full vomit scenario.

The good news is that Blatham and Izzy are chatting.