Comments on: No Voice for Gun Control at Sotomayor Hearings http://washingtonindependent.com/51557/no-voice-for-gun-control-at-sotomayor-hearings National News in Context Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dkmruss http://washingtonindependent.com/51557/no-voice-for-gun-control-at-sotomayor-hearings/comment-page-1#comment-245834 Dkmruss Wed, 05 Jan 2011 13:58:00 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=51557#comment-245834 A year late, but I like part of your thinking. You are right that gun control is useless against criminals. A shame that your nation with its hard working people allowed your citizens to become sheep. Your logic of voting for Obama because of Palin "being a simpleton" holds no water whatsoever. Obama ran against McCain, not Palin. Palin would be VP, not President. And how do you call Palin a simpleton when Obama has Joe Biden on his team. Joe Biden is a jackass if I ever saw one. The only people dumber than him are the voters who kept sending him to Washington all these years. As for Obama himself, read any of his writings, look at his influences and the people he's hung out with. He's a socialist through & through, & I suspect a closet Muslim as well. Yet you voted for him. A year late, but I like part of your thinking. You are right that gun control is useless against criminals. A shame that your nation with its hard working people allowed your citizens to become sheep.

Your logic of voting for Obama because of Palin “being a simpleton” holds no water whatsoever. Obama ran against McCain, not Palin. Palin would be VP, not President. And how do you call Palin a simpleton when Obama has Joe Biden on his team. Joe Biden is a jackass if I ever saw one. The only people dumber than him are the voters who kept sending him to Washington all these years. As for Obama himself, read any of his writings, look at his influences and the people he’s hung out with. He’s a socialist through & through, & I suspect a closet Muslim as well. Yet you voted for him.

]]> By: danamman http://washingtonindependent.com/51557/no-voice-for-gun-control-at-sotomayor-hearings/comment-page-1#comment-46692 danamman Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:56:58 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=51557#comment-46692 The country of Denmark with its stringent gun control laws used to be a relatively gun free and peaceful little land up until about 1991. That changed dramatically after the implementation of the Schengen Agreement where 25 of the EU countries opened their boarders to unchecked crossings. Then, from areas where there had been virtually no gun control, the Romanians, Poles, Slovaks, Armenians, Hungarians, Czechs, Latvians and god all, began migrating throughout the previously 'Western' European lands. Every criminal element made their way in, unchecked, with truckloads of firearms. Every refuge element already in place throughout the Western EU, and all those arriving - Palestinians, Iranians etc., could now easily posses a gun. The motorcycle 'clubs' like the Hell's Angles and Banditos were now getting armed to the teeth, even with RPGs. Overnight, little Denmark turned into a shooting gallery where all the scum bags were loose doing armed robberies, bank holdups and waging war against each other without regard for the innocent civilians caught in the crossfire. I know this firsthand because until recently I lived in Denmark for 21 years.<br><br>Denmark became the Perfect Storm of how gun control means only the criminals have guns. The every day law-abiding Danish citizen still may not legally own a gun for self protection, while all around them every low life is armed and threatening. But Denmark has been a socialist country for hundreds of years, and for Socialism to succeed it is an inherent requirement that the populace give up certain rights and freedoms that we Americans otherwise enjoy in a free and open Democracy. The Danes successfully accomplished gun control because the citizenry agreed with these limitations on 'normal' freedoms and rights, i.e. it is permitted for the authorities to search cars and homes without warrants, and the punishment for an illegal gun is harsh. <br><br>But now the situation has gone bonkers and gun control for the peaceful Dane is no longer a viable application. There are now so many guns in the hands of so many criminals that the idea of enforcement through the application of Socialism is impossible. It has gone way beyond the ability of the law enforcement to ever regain control. So, while the good Dane goes naked, only the filthy scum are packing.<br><br>I voted Obama mainly because I thought Palin is a simpleton. But with Sotomayor coming in I'm having grave doubts. If she succeeds in restricting the 2nd Amendment I will see it only as an Obama ploy. He could try to shrug her off as the scapegoat, but he put her up for it and if she screws with gun control then Obama will have shot himself in the foot. I seriously doubt he would see a second term. And I'd vote for Palin anyway in that case. The country of Denmark with its stringent gun control laws used to be a relatively gun free and peaceful little land up until about 1991. That changed dramatically after the implementation of the Schengen Agreement where 25 of the EU countries opened their boarders to unchecked crossings. Then, from areas where there had been virtually no gun control, the Romanians, Poles, Slovaks, Armenians, Hungarians, Czechs, Latvians and god all, began migrating throughout the previously 'Western' European lands. Every criminal element made their way in, unchecked, with truckloads of firearms. Every refuge element already in place throughout the Western EU, and all those arriving – Palestinians, Iranians etc., could now easily posses a gun. The motorcycle 'clubs' like the Hell's Angles and Banditos were now getting armed to the teeth, even with RPGs. Overnight, little Denmark turned into a shooting gallery where all the scum bags were loose doing armed robberies, bank holdups and waging war against each other without regard for the innocent civilians caught in the crossfire. I know this firsthand because until recently I lived in Denmark for 21 years.

Denmark became the Perfect Storm of how gun control means only the criminals have guns. The every day law-abiding Danish citizen still may not legally own a gun for self protection, while all around them every low life is armed and threatening. But Denmark has been a socialist country for hundreds of years, and for Socialism to succeed it is an inherent requirement that the populace give up certain rights and freedoms that we Americans otherwise enjoy in a free and open Democracy. The Danes successfully accomplished gun control because the citizenry agreed with these limitations on 'normal' freedoms and rights, i.e. it is permitted for the authorities to search cars and homes without warrants, and the punishment for an illegal gun is harsh.

But now the situation has gone bonkers and gun control for the peaceful Dane is no longer a viable application. There are now so many guns in the hands of so many criminals that the idea of enforcement through the application of Socialism is impossible. It has gone way beyond the ability of the law enforcement to ever regain control. So, while the good Dane goes naked, only the filthy scum are packing.

I voted Obama mainly because I thought Palin is a simpleton. But with Sotomayor coming in I'm having grave doubts. If she succeeds in restricting the 2nd Amendment I will see it only as an Obama ploy. He could try to shrug her off as the scapegoat, but he put her up for it and if she screws with gun control then Obama will have shot himself in the foot. I seriously doubt he would see a second term. And I'd vote for Palin anyway in that case.

]]> By: Joe http://washingtonindependent.com/51557/no-voice-for-gun-control-at-sotomayor-hearings/comment-page-1#comment-45293 Joe Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:22:10 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=51557#comment-45293 Gun control does nothing to prevent criminals from using guns. It only penalized law-abiding citizens for owning them. If I didnt like the right to free speech, thats would be my problem and not liking it does not give me the right to change the US Constitution for everyone else. The same applies for the second ammendment. If Guns were Outlawed, only Outlaws would have guns! Thats the fact. Gun control does nothing to prevent criminals from using guns. It only penalized law-abiding citizens for owning them. If I didnt like the right to free speech, thats would be my problem and not liking it does not give me the right to change the US Constitution for everyone else. The same applies for the second ammendment. If Guns were Outlawed, only Outlaws would have guns! Thats the fact.

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