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  Is it possible for any Country to have “Reasonable” Gun Laws? What would they be?

  by pistolpete in

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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!.

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  The purpose of the Second Amendment was to prevent the standing army from being used against the citizenry. The idea is a little archaic today because royal families do not maintain their power via their own private armies, and we never accepted the idea of royalty here anyway, but the division between civil and military authority is still enshrined in our Constitution and laws.

  The Second Amendment would probably not be the issue that it is today except for the Civil War and the intense lawlessness that followed. It was during this period that names like Colt, Winchester and Remington became household words and guns became fixed in the American psyche as symbols of freedom. (Which puzzles the rest of the English speaking word.)
  

  Biden is a life-long politician and probably understand that elections here are decided by moderates and that you only have to anger a tiny fraction of them to lose the next one. But we'll see...
  
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  Is it possible for any Country to have “Reasonable” Gun Laws? What would they be?

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  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!.

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  TD

  I've deconstructed the technical errors in that drivel here on this forum for twenty years...
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  Is it possible for any Country to have “Reasonable” Gun Laws? What would they be?

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  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!.

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  DC vs Heller? McDonald vs City of Chicago? Caetano vs Massachusetts?

  Biden's gun grabbing tendencies would not survive judicial scrutiny...
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  Voter Fraud !

  by Sea Breeze in

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  dick morris sounds the alert:.

  https://www.dickmorris.com/fight-massive-democratice-fraud/ .

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  This was the meeting at the Hyatt in Phoenix that Trump later claimed was a hearing of the State legislature.

  Michigan is not comparable to Arizona.
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  The Importance of Language

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. current

  language is obviously a very important thing.

  obviously, language is essential in conveying ideas - without it, we'd be screwed.. but it goes beyond that in terms of its importance.. first, it's a good idea to use accurate language, especially when talking about important things or discussing difficult topics.. second, we should be free to use the words we want to use.

  unfortunately, there is an attempt by certain people to control what words we can and cannot say.

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  Words have a flavor that dictionaries don't convey.

  If, for example, your parents weren't married when you were conceived, there's all sorts of ways to say it in standard English. Some are simply statements of fact and some are not.

  Learning how not to make horrible faux pas like that is one of the hardest things about learning a new language.
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  Friend Is Worried About My “Mental Health”...lol

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  one of my tennis friends who happens also to be a nurse, told me today that he is concerned about my mental health because i support donald trump.

  i believe he got shafted but i also recognize that very little will probably change regarding his being re-elected.

  this man voted for the “green” candidate and said he personally agrees with most of trump’s views but he thinks he’s morally corrupt.

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  Why do so many Americans think the election was stolen?

  I think there might be a little bit of blur (Not sure what the right word is) over the difference between suspicion and evidence. Where are we at now? Forty+ lost cases?

  
  
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  Past Watchtower Society Comments On Vaccines

  by BluesBrother in

  1. watchtower
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  today there is a lot of hope placed in a vaccines to immunise against covid 19 , and relief that they are soon to be available.

  that will be shared by the eight million or so jws in this world.

  they should be thankful that the wts has moved away from its teaching ,that lasted for decades , proclaiming that vaccination was wrong, and a tool of satan.

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  To be fair though, the discovery of vaccines predates the discovery of viruses.

  People knew that they worked, but they did not know why.

  This led to "vaccines" being concocted from the blood, and pus of the infected.

  This was tried during the influenza of 1918 and it's documented in books on the subject. As you can imagine, it did much more harm than good.

  The JW's retained their opposition to vaccines for decades after the efficacy had been proven, but it did have a basis in fact around the turn of the 19th century
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  Trump Says Biden “Won” The Election But It Was Rigged

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  that’s the latest!.

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  millie210
  

  The "we" includes myself to the extent that I participated. I can assure you for example that the 3d barcode on my driver's license was scanned before my ballot was printed and I can also assure you that the photo on the license was compared to my ugly mug before my ballot was accepted.
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  Trump Says Biden “Won” The Election But It Was Rigged

  by minimus in

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  that’s the latest!.

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  TD — where is “here” that you speak of?

  Phoenix, AZ. As a border state, we adopted these measures to prevent people who are here illegally from voting.

  Which raises the question: Is there anything (Besides winning) that would satisfy the current administration?

  If he (Trump) is going to cry fraud even here in AZ, is this really a question of election integrity or is the goal here to undermine the whole process?

  
  
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  Trump Says Biden “Won” The Election But It Was Rigged

  by minimus in

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  that’s the latest!.

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  DOC,

  Do you think the procedure you describe would satisfy anybody? Because it's not very far off from what we did here.

  We had paper ballots only. Your ballot was personalized to you and you alone If you dropped off your ballot or voted in person, you had to present photo ID. If you mailed in your ballot there wasn't a living, breathing person to check your photo ID, but your ballot was still tied to it, and your signature was checked by a human being.

  We had three integrity checks of this system that all came back 100%. And we still have a certain person crying fraud...