Easier to buy guns
- Thread starter LDB
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"The idiot's comments"? Are you claiming that the proposed arming of teachers & school officials wouldn't result in guns being present in kindergarten? Or that the rejection of all gun control laws wouldn't permit machine guns in bars?
BTW: the passive aggressive tactic of cryptic remarks is a favorite of the intellectually challenged. And cowards. Just so you know.
If by "the fuher [sic" you mean the POTUS, it sounds like the brain capacity of a vegetable would be a step up.
If it is difficult to buy books or vegetables in a neighborhood, chances are it's because the crime rate is so high that shopkeepers feel unsafe in opening a store in that particular neighborhood. Maybe there is little or no demand for books or vegetables in a violent neighborhood. Maybe if residents behaved well and respected shopkeepers, then ordinary items would be available for sale.
All true. . . But that doesn't negate the fact that Obama is correct in his statement . . ."In some neighborhoods it is easier to buy guns than books or vegetables."
Why some can not accept the statement instead of trying to spin it in other directions is beyond me.
It's not beyond you - some like to point to every thing Obama says as proof that he "hates America".
They're like parents who don't believe their kid was in the wrong, when the school or police say so - it's the messenger that is at fault.
RLENT
Veteran Expediter
It really smacks of desperation (or maybe impotence .. lol ...)
I mean there is so much real legit stuff to criticize the guy for, why invent chit and make stuff up ?
I'm beginning to wonder whether LDB isn't the liberals' secret, stealth weapon against conservatism ... lol ...
What is the risk of opening a shop in a violent neighborhood?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SOwK6L5-mk.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SOwK6L5-mk.html
Saying it's easier to buy guns doesn't mean it's hard to buy books or vegetables, you know - just that it's easier to buy guns.
He certainly did not say the residents don't behave well or respect shopkeepers, or that ordinary items aren't available for sale. That's entirely in your own head, which makes the response pretty senseless. And arrogant, too.
Amen, does anyone remember Ferguson Mo. ?
Because it's based on a false premise. If state, local and federal laws were being properly enforced in these neighborhoods it would be easier to by books and vegetables than to legally purchase a gun. In these areas to which he refers, it's probably easier to steal books and vegetables than it is to purchase a gun.
Here's his statement (in part - emphasis mine):
Taken by itself, the vegetables/guns statement is factual. His larger point - that his proposed gun control legislation would stop the violence and heal these neighborhoods - is not. His agenda is to impose gun control one way or another. Keep in mind the recent ammo ban the BATF announced on Feb 13. Law abiding citizens are being deprived of their 2d amendment rights while criminals continue business as usual.
RLENT
Veteran Expediter
That sounds like a good premise some ought to learn to apply to foreign policy.
Unless you can point to anything Obama said that indicates he expects any gun control legislation to "stop the violence and heal the neighborhood", you are putting words in his mouth - again.
His larger point is that there has to be an effort made to keep guns out of the hands of those who abuse them, [and neighborhoods where neither books nor fresh vegetables hold much appeal are a good place to start], and legislation is one such effort. If guns were much harder to obtain, people might treat them with more respect than some do today.
What's even more troubling is that our elected members of Congress who are supposed to be part of the checks and balances system in our government are not functioning as they should, and challenging this lawless POTUS when he oversteps his legal boundaries. All we're getting is hearings and investigations that accomplish nothing while Obama fundamentally changes the country.