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  VA shooting suspect was raised a JW! He mentions it on his Twitter account

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone in the usa following this morning's shooting "on-air" live tv will know what i'm talking about.

  bryce williams (not real name, but on-air name) shot and killed 2 people on live television this morning in roanoke, va. he was wearing a go-pro camera, and uploaded his first-person video onto his social media accounts.

  i've seen his twitter feed (before it was taken down), and not very far down he mentions being raised a jw.

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  cappytan

  Seriously, they were hero's. It shows what training can accomplish. If there were 10 amateurs with handguns I suspect there would be 20 dead people instead.

  Though that last sentence was hyperbole, I do agree that training is important.

  I train, along with many other gun zombies, at the local range.

  I am also of the opinion, that in order to own a gun, you shouldn't necessarily have to be licensed, but at least have a certification that you've been through some type of approved training course on safety and etiquette.

  For example: in many states, Texas included, in order to get a hunting license, you must have been through an approved hunter safety course. Why the hell can't we have the same thing for gun ownership? It's not a license, it's just a certification that you've been through the course and passed it.

  However, in no way does my having that stance jive with supporting an outright ban.
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  VA shooting suspect was raised a JW! He mentions it on his Twitter account

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone in the usa following this morning's shooting "on-air" live tv will know what i'm talking about.

  bryce williams (not real name, but on-air name) shot and killed 2 people on live television this morning in roanoke, va. he was wearing a go-pro camera, and uploaded his first-person video onto his social media accounts.

  i've seen his twitter feed (before it was taken down), and not very far down he mentions being raised a jw.

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  cappytan

  Just admit it - you have been fed a diet of fear and paranoia all your life and you are afraid and having a gun makes you feel safer.

  I can't speak for Wingcommander, but no, having a gun does not make me feel safer. It doesn't make me feel less safe either.

  I have a gun because I don't like eating factory farmed meat. I love wild game, and it's the most natural, organic meat you can find.

  I can take my rifle and in a weekend, get enough wild pork to last me 6 months or more.

  One deer will last my family 3-4 months.

  Yes, I can hunt with bow & arrow, but a rifle is more effective for my purposes: filling the freezer.

  I like having a pistol, because if I make a slight error in aim, the animal deserves a coup de grace and firing a rifle slug at point blank range is more dangerous than a pistol.

  I don't keep a gun under my pillow and cower at night in fear of hypothetical home invaders.

  Just like I don't keep a screwdriver under my pillow in case the need should arise that I have to fix something in the middle of the night.

  Just like a screwdriver, my guns are kept in their place, secure, but ready to be accessed when the time arises that I need the right tool.

  Oh, and I don't (currently) own an AR15 or similar rifle. But I'm not opposed to them, because the bullets they fire are no more dangerous. In fact, the bullet an AR15 fires (.223) is a varmint (small game) round. I wouldn't shoot a deer with it...it'd be inhumane.

  .270 all the way.
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  VA shooting suspect was raised a JW! He mentions it on his Twitter account

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone in the usa following this morning's shooting "on-air" live tv will know what i'm talking about.

  bryce williams (not real name, but on-air name) shot and killed 2 people on live television this morning in roanoke, va. he was wearing a go-pro camera, and uploaded his first-person video onto his social media accounts.

  i've seen his twitter feed (before it was taken down), and not very far down he mentions being raised a jw.

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  cappytan

  But the same group is now applauding the idea that the government should be able to boot down the doors of 11 million Americans (probably affecting 40+ million families), lock them up without trial and then dump them in a foreign country they have never even been to.

  That's not true. Granted, there is some overlap in the demographics, however I know many gun owners that don't agree with that approach to immigration law enforcement, and neither do 3/4 of the so-called "gun zombies" I associate with. And I'm in Texas...so you can imagine what their political persuasion is.
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  VA shooting suspect was raised a JW! He mentions it on his Twitter account

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone in the usa following this morning's shooting "on-air" live tv will know what i'm talking about.

  bryce williams (not real name, but on-air name) shot and killed 2 people on live television this morning in roanoke, va. he was wearing a go-pro camera, and uploaded his first-person video onto his social media accounts.

  i've seen his twitter feed (before it was taken down), and not very far down he mentions being raised a jw.

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  cappytan

  ...owning a gun makes you much, much more likely to be killed by a gun...

  For the United States, that's true.

  But you also have to take into account that people who think someone might try to rob or shoot them are very likely to buy guns. Which creates a strong selection bias effect to the statistic.
  

  Among gun owners who are more likely to be shot are people whose store has been robbed or burglarized, former police officers and prosecuting attorneys who are the targets of criminals they arrested and convicted, people who transport or sell high value items like jewelry (wholesale jewelry salespeople who travel are a favorite target), musical equipment (musicians and roadies), etc.

  Self-inflicted gunshots are also more likely if you own a gun, because if you own a gun, you're likely to choose that method if you decide to take your own life. That doesn't mean owning a gun increases the risk of suicide. It just increases the likelihood that should you decide to commit suicide, you'll choose that option.
  

  Selection bias, again.
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  Evolutionists Who Are Against Darwinism

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a nice list of evolutionary scientists and their quotes regarding the impossibility of naturalism or materialism being able to account for life as it is observed :.

  evolutionists against darwinism.

  most, while sympathetic and respectful of their more committed colleagues, are disparaged as morons for not carrying the materialism banner as a religion, as a matter of faith.

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  I know that you are in fact........MEL GIBSON.....c'mon, the games up Mel!

  I actually know Perry IRL. He has his point of view, makes it known, but doesn't expect you to agree with him.

  I am an agnostic. Perry totally respects that. And we have had good conversations. And I'd go fishing with him any day.

  (P.S. Perry: if we can't get together this week, we'll have to set an apostafest fishing trip somewhere in the gulf after we move. That'd be a blast.)
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  VA shooting suspect was raised a JW! He mentions it on his Twitter account

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone in the usa following this morning's shooting "on-air" live tv will know what i'm talking about.

  bryce williams (not real name, but on-air name) shot and killed 2 people on live television this morning in roanoke, va. he was wearing a go-pro camera, and uploaded his first-person video onto his social media accounts.

  i've seen his twitter feed (before it was taken down), and not very far down he mentions being raised a jw.

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  cappytan

  WingCommander: wow. You me and FMF need to have a bourbon together someday.

  
  
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  Evolutionists Who Are Against Darwinism

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a nice list of evolutionary scientists and their quotes regarding the impossibility of naturalism or materialism being able to account for life as it is observed :.

  evolutionists against darwinism.

  most, while sympathetic and respectful of their more committed colleagues, are disparaged as morons for not carrying the materialism banner as a religion, as a matter of faith.

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  cappytan

  Actually, Richard Dawkins is on the record as being against societal Darwinism and being against people getting their morals from Darwinism.

  Source: his debate on Q&A with Cardinal Pell.
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  VA shooting suspect was raised a JW! He mentions it on his Twitter account

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone in the usa following this morning's shooting "on-air" live tv will know what i'm talking about.

  bryce williams (not real name, but on-air name) shot and killed 2 people on live television this morning in roanoke, va. he was wearing a go-pro camera, and uploaded his first-person video onto his social media accounts.

  i've seen his twitter feed (before it was taken down), and not very far down he mentions being raised a jw.

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  cappytan

  It all seems a bit like being in a American cult...

  wow. Ugh I'm with FMF. No amount of facts or reasoning matter for the anti crowd.
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  Thought I was stronger!

  by Peony in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just come home from a weight loss class early.

  it's 6 months since i da'd and two and a half years since i've been to a meeting.

  there was a witness there (unless she has left, i wouldn't know) we made eye contact!

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  cappytan

  I had a problem this past weekend. I'm undercover and had to spend the evening with my parents. Things turn to spiritual matters, and I put on a mask and smile and say all the right things.

  But I had a panic attack on the way home and vomited.

  I'm hoping things get easier.
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  VA shooting suspect was raised a JW! He mentions it on his Twitter account

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone in the usa following this morning's shooting "on-air" live tv will know what i'm talking about.

  bryce williams (not real name, but on-air name) shot and killed 2 people on live television this morning in roanoke, va. he was wearing a go-pro camera, and uploaded his first-person video onto his social media accounts.

  i've seen his twitter feed (before it was taken down), and not very far down he mentions being raised a jw.

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  cappytan

  Photo of me and cappy once upon a time

  You forgot the bourbon.