pistolpete...You do realize that the website you linked is advocating DOING something about the problem of missing children.
Yes and how are we doing so far.........................
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Is it possible for any Country to have “Reasonable” Gun Laws? What would they be?
by pistolpete inso the new biden/harris gun policies are starting to appear.
it’s not clear yet, what they will be.. some suggestions; confiscate all guns.------buyback programs in each state.. there is much talk on social media that if this happens, the pandemic, + all the riots, + all the damaged property, + all the annual murders in america, - put together-will be like a sunday afternoon picnic, compared to all the deaths and property damage that will result because of “civil uprising” by millions of 2nd amendments advocates and just plain gun lovers.
americans love guns!.
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Nurses are unwilling to take the COVID-19 Vaccine
by adjusted knowledge ini work at two separate hospitals and most of the rns i work with have stated they won't take the vaccine.
i've read a report that 1/3 of rns will refuse the vaccine.
for those in other countries do you see this being an issue or is it more an american phenomenon?.
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when we have had experts tell us masks don’t work only to tell us later that we must wear a mask, and publish studies in top medical journals, only to be withdrawn because the methodology was faulty.
It's called NEW LIGHT!-----You know what they say; "The light gets brighter as the day draws near"
One thing this election has taught me is that you can't trust any of the experts or the leaders of the world. They are no different than the Bible "experts" Governing Body and their minions (elders).The leaders and experts of the world don't care about the masses, they only care about the same thing that the Governing body cares about------------American $$$$$$$$
All the big corporations producing the vaccine get an incentive from the government in the form of billions of dollars. And they get immunity in case something weird happens to masses.
The problem with the vaccine is we have no idea what the long term side effects it will have. 10 years down the line you might lose your penis.
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Is it possible for any Country to have “Reasonable” Gun Laws? What would they be?
by pistolpete inso the new biden/harris gun policies are starting to appear.
it’s not clear yet, what they will be.. some suggestions; confiscate all guns.------buyback programs in each state.. there is much talk on social media that if this happens, the pandemic, + all the riots, + all the damaged property, + all the annual murders in america, - put together-will be like a sunday afternoon picnic, compared to all the deaths and property damage that will result because of “civil uprising” by millions of 2nd amendments advocates and just plain gun lovers.
americans love guns!.
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How did this monster get a gun? Could we have prevented it?
That's like asking; Could we have prevented this!
In Australia, an estimated 20,000 children are reported missing every year.
Australian Federal Police, National Coordination Centre.In Canada, an estimated 45,288 children are reported missing each year.
Government of Canada, Canada’s Missing – 2015 Fast Fact Sheet.In Germany, an estimated 100,000 children are reported missing each year.
Initiative Vermisste Kinder.In India, an estimated 96,000 children go missing each year.
Bachpan Bachao Andolan, Missing Children of India.In Jamaica, an estimated 1,984 children were reporting missing in 2015.
Jamaica’s Office of Children’s RegistryIn Russia, an estimated 45,000 children were reported missing in 2015.
Interview with Pavel Astakhov MIA “Russia Today”, Apr. 4, 2016.In Spain, an estimated 20,000 children are reported missing every year.
Spain Joins EU Hotline for Missing Children, Sep. 22, 2010.In the United Kingdom, an estimated 112,853 children are reported missing every year.
National Crime Agency, UK Missing Persons Bureau.In the United States, an estimated 460,000 children are reported missing every year.
Federal Bureau of Investigation, NCIC.https://globalmissingkids.org/awareness/missing-children-statistics/
don't just insist it was inevitable like some fatalist doomsayer
REALLY!!!!
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Is it possible for any Country to have “Reasonable” Gun Laws? What would they be?
by pistolpete inso the new biden/harris gun policies are starting to appear.
it’s not clear yet, what they will be.. some suggestions; confiscate all guns.------buyback programs in each state.. there is much talk on social media that if this happens, the pandemic, + all the riots, + all the damaged property, + all the annual murders in america, - put together-will be like a sunday afternoon picnic, compared to all the deaths and property damage that will result because of “civil uprising” by millions of 2nd amendments advocates and just plain gun lovers.
americans love guns!.
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More guns equals more safety
More assault guns equals more safety
More grenade launchers equals more safety
More flamethrowers equals more safety
More nuclear bombs equals more safety.
Where does this logic break down?Actually there is NO logic in the world that we live in.
The reality is that we have to face the facts.
2019 Was one of the most Peaceful years. 2020 probably tripled in crime cause of all the riots.
In 2019, there were an estimated 1,203,808 violent crimes in the USA.
The 2019 statistics show the estimated rate of violent crime was 366.7 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants,
YET---The arrest rate for violent crime was 156.3 per 100,000 inhabitants,So about half of those violent never got caught and are still out there committing VIOLENT crimes, like murder, rape, kidnapping, child abduction, etc.
In 2019, 13,247 law enforcement agencies reported their staffing levels to the FBI. These agencies reported that, as of October 31, 2019, they collectively employed 697,195 sworn officers to protect the INNOCENT, in a population of 328,000,000 million which is less than 1 per 1000.
https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-releases-2019-crime-statistics
On top of that;
19.1% of U.S. adults experienced mental illness in 2018 (47.6 million people). This represents 1 in 5 adults. 4.6% of U.S. adults experienced serious mental illness in 2018 (11.4 million people).
About twice that number never report their mental illness until the shots start firing.
In El Paso TX, a small city near the border of Mexico, where most citizens are gun averse, a shooter walked in to a Walmart store and killed 23 mothers, children, grandmothers, and some men, and injured seriously another 23. No one had a gun. This is Beto (I gonna take your guns away) O rouke's home town.
In another Texas City where everyone carries a gun, a well armed shooter walked into a church and started shooting a saw-off shotgun at the members. Within 6 seconds about 30 church attendees pulled their guns and one older man shot him in the head ending the terror. In 6 seconds this terrorist killed two men. Imagine if no one had a gun to stop this monster.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqWibXye6YE
So it's not a matter of being logical or reasonable.
It's facing the reality of the world we live in and the fact that there is No God that protects the innocent, or the children, or the families. There is no paradise earth that is coming where the wicked will be removed.
We have been given only ONE life, and our children and family also have one life. Once it's taken away, it is gone forever. So it's up to each of us to do whatever it takes to protect our life and the lives of our family because we can't shove that responsibility to anyone else---including the policemen.
They take away our guns, then we and our families are the mercy of Criminals WITH GUNS.
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Is it possible for any Country to have “Reasonable” Gun Laws? What would they be?
by pistolpete inso the new biden/harris gun policies are starting to appear.
it’s not clear yet, what they will be.. some suggestions; confiscate all guns.------buyback programs in each state.. there is much talk on social media that if this happens, the pandemic, + all the riots, + all the damaged property, + all the annual murders in america, - put together-will be like a sunday afternoon picnic, compared to all the deaths and property damage that will result because of “civil uprising” by millions of 2nd amendments advocates and just plain gun lovers.
americans love guns!.
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The only thing that stopped them were home owners brandishing their weapons and promising that if they entered the neighborhood, a good number of them wouldn’t leave.
That's what you call an equalizer!
You can be a 5ft -98 lbs girl and take on a 6ft 8" man wanting to rape you-- if you have a gun.
Without a gun, you are at the mercy of tons of perverts.
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Is it possible for any Country to have “Reasonable” Gun Laws? What would they be?
by pistolpete inso the new biden/harris gun policies are starting to appear.
it’s not clear yet, what they will be.. some suggestions; confiscate all guns.------buyback programs in each state.. there is much talk on social media that if this happens, the pandemic, + all the riots, + all the damaged property, + all the annual murders in america, - put together-will be like a sunday afternoon picnic, compared to all the deaths and property damage that will result because of “civil uprising” by millions of 2nd amendments advocates and just plain gun lovers.
americans love guns!.
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sometimes the mentally ill get elected and people die.
That's for sure!!-------------
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ExElder Friend Had To Go To His Former Kingdom Hall and this what he told me!
by minimus inhe was the secretary before he resigned years ago.
he has a business that kept him involved with the kingdom hall.
the hall was sold to another church.
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Irwin Zalkin might pay a hefty amount for all that information that he might be able to use in the coming lawsuit against Watchtower.
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Is it possible for any Country to have “Reasonable” Gun Laws? What would they be?
by pistolpete inso the new biden/harris gun policies are starting to appear.
it’s not clear yet, what they will be.. some suggestions; confiscate all guns.------buyback programs in each state.. there is much talk on social media that if this happens, the pandemic, + all the riots, + all the damaged property, + all the annual murders in america, - put together-will be like a sunday afternoon picnic, compared to all the deaths and property damage that will result because of “civil uprising” by millions of 2nd amendments advocates and just plain gun lovers.
americans love guns!.
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So the New Biden/Harris Gun policies are starting to appear. It’s not clear yet, what they will be.
Some suggestions; Confiscate all guns.------Buyback programs in each State.
There is much talk on social media that if this happens, the pandemic, + all the riots, + all the damaged property, + all the annual murders in America, - put together-will be like a Sunday afternoon picnic, compared to all the deaths and property damage that will result because of “Civil Uprising” by millions of 2nd amendments advocates and just plain Gun Lovers. Americans love guns!
This is one reason why now they are considering a tax fee on magazines over 5 rounds, and a tax fee on all AR 15 and semi-automatic pistols instead of confiscating all guns. Suggested fees between $200 to $800 dollars per magazine and per gun----every year.
Another suggestion is start limiting the amount of ammo manufactures can produce per year. This would make the price of ammo out of the reach of your average citizen but at the same time, the second amendment would not be in danger of being infringed. It would come down to the fact that only those who can afford it, can own guns legally.
It’s a known fact that if civil war was to break, it would be impossible for any Federal Government military to go into any State and start killing these 2nd amendments guerrilla fighters. Reason being, how could anyone distinguish who is who. A civil war today, would be far different than the country’s first Civil war. It would not be a matter of the South vs the North. A war today would be Guerrilla warfare with millions of hidden 2nd amendments advocates spread across and mixed in with the police dept, the military, politicians, members of the legislature, doctors, nurses, business owners, sports world, teens, women, grandma’s, every group you can think of will have some 2nd amendment advocates.
This civil war if it ever happened, would be a form of irregular warfare in which small groups of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility, to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military, and this would inspired fear on just about everybody. No one would be exempt.
The Military could just not go and bomb a State or any city for fear of reprisals by the rest of the country for killing innocent men, women, and children. No one would be safe, not even politicians with 1,000 armed personal. To pursue such a course in the USA today would just decimate the entire country’s infrastructure, food production, tax revenue collection, military, thus leaving the country vulnerable to other countries like North Korea for invasion.
“Non-compliance with gun-confiscation laws has been widespread, even in countries that don’t protect the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. What can we learn from Non-compliance countries whose Government issued bans on semi-automatic rifles, such as New Zealand? Well, in 2019 a terrorist killed 51 unarmed worshipers in two Christchurch New Zealand, mosques, and the government immediately imposed sweeping new gun-control laws. New Zealand banned the civilian possession of most semi-automatic rifles. The Council of Licensed Firearms Owners estimated, that New Zealanders possessed roughly 170,000 Firearms at the time of the ban. Yet the New Zealand buyback has not gone smoothly. Many New Zealanders simply refused to comply. By the end of February 2020, well after the final amnesty period ended in December 2019,police data indicated that only 57,000 firearms—about one-third of the total—had been turned in.
Worse, it appears that New Zealand managed to disarm only the most law-abiding of its citizens, and not the actual criminals or terrorists doing the crime.
Australia similarly banned the civilian possession of most semi-automatic firearms in 1996, but the country has spent the last two decades trying—and to a significant extent, failing—to enforce it.
What about the USA?
If this type of significant and widespread non-compliance is so common in countries without America’s gun culture or constitutional protections for civilian gun ownership, it would be almost laughable to presume Americans would be more compliant with overbearing gun-control measures.
After all, civilian gun possession is deeply INGRAINED in the American PSYCHE, as is an aversion to gun confiscation. The American Revolution itself officially ignited over an effort by King George III and his military generals to disarm the colonists.
Americans are increasingly aware that lawfully owned semi-automatic rifles are fundamentally not a driving force behind homicides in this country, or anywhere else.
Nearly two out of every three deaths by firearms in the United States are the result of suicide. In cases of suicide, neither gun type nor magazine capacity ultimately matters; moreover, while it is true that the U.S. has a fairly high rate of suicides committed with firearms, our overall suicide rate is relatively unremarkable compared with many countries with much stricter gun-control laws.
Semi-automatic rifles, such as the AR-15, are responsible for only a fraction of 1% of all gun deaths in the U.S. every year, while rifles of any kind account for about 3% of all gun homicides.
And finally, a majority of crimes committed with guns in the U.S. are carried out by individuals who are already prohibited from owning firearms—not by lawful gun owners.
Trying to take away the guns of an American Gun loving, 2nd Amendment rights advocate, is like trying to force ALL- Exjw to go back to the Watchtower religion and be in complete subjection to the Governing body and its appointed elders.
With that in mind, what kind of gun laws would make 2nd amendment advocates and Gun lovers Happy.
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The problem with Capitalism!---Billionaires
by pistolpete inas imperfect and flawed capitalism is, it has worked better than other forms of economic and political systems-so far.
it’s very simple in “theory.” capitalism is an economic and-or, political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
in other words, keep government out of it as much as possible.
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LoveUniHateExams an hour ago
@PistolPete - you've started an interesting thread about the flaws of Capitalism (and it does have flaws), but I'd just like to show you and everyone else the problem with Communism …
Actually, I said Capitalism has worked "Better so far" than any other systems along with safety nets. And I said those who invent new technology or some miracle drug should be rewarded for their innovation, other wise it will stifle progress.
I also said, I'm against taking away the monies earned by billionaires and distribute the monies to those who didn't earn them.That's just not right.
Instead, I think that Billionaires "POWER AND INFLUENCE" over Government, politics, law, monopolies, ect. should be curtailed to that of a single average citizen.
I was "Trying" to point out the reasons why socialism was being praised by many. It is not so much because Billionaires make tons of money, (although for few it might) --- But instead, the gripe over Capitalism is the fact that once a person becomes a billionaire, that person has almost absolute power to influence Government, Politics, laws, the masses, and even justice if he breaks any law. Also he is able to use his position to monopolize any market, making it impossible for any average citizen to start any business and rise to the ranks of billionaire.As I mentioned, One Third of billionaires "Inherits their fortune and POWER from their parents. These are now forming an aristocracy of leaders that didn't earn the right to be leaders over a country and dictate what policies and laws should rule the masses.
Here is an example of what I mean by a billionaire influencing Government.
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We Knew Many JWs That Weren’t Right....what about xjws??
by minimus indo you think that when people leave the religion that they are basically now, “normal”?
or do you think it’s more a work in progress?.
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What's considered "Normal" depends on the where you live and what the dominate culture- STANDARD is. If a JW lives in a Muslim country where women are not treated equally as men, I would say a JW is a bit more normal than the "Area Standard"
https://www.uua.org/re/tapestry/youth/bridges/workshop14/185708.shtml
Normal is defined; as conforming to a standardIn you live in the USA where freedom is cherished, then I would say being a JW is outside the boundaries of what is considered "Standard"- or normal, in the area.
Of course leaving the JW religion doesn't guarantee a person will be happier or life will get easier. In fact for some, it might mean life getting worse.
The JW religion is just a part of the crazy world we live in. If a person is born into it or is tricked into it, and finds out later in life that it's not the life we would want to live, for whatever reason, then there is a choice to be made, ----stay in for the sake of family and be miserable to an extant for the rest of your life, - or leave and say good bye to family.
We are free to choose. We just have to weigh the consequences of what "We may personally consider to be normal for us"-------and live with our decision.
There are literally hundreds that have posted on exjw reddit that left the religion, and after a few years they decided to go back, even though they know it's not the truth. And they admitted that. But to them, it was more normal inside the religion than outside.
NORMAL???????