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swine wrote:
And I have similarly cited similarly reputable sources that directly support my interpretatins of definitions.
Show me please.
If you can.
swine wrote:
Now you're exaggerating! I never said you were the only person in the whole world who used your definitions, I never did that, now come on! And....."the primary, number one, most popular definition for the term"???.... you call that 'nice and tight?' Anyway it's only popularon this site
You didn't say this?
swine wrote:
I challenge you to identify the dictionary that defines 'encroachment' that way. That's just how YOU, and you alone,define 'encroachment'.
No swine. You certainly did.
You are incapable of following the conversation.
swine wrote:
Rational hatred of lethal killing machines is how I like to think of it.
Automobiles kill more people per year than firearms.
Firearms are not solely meant to kill.
Statistically speaking, pools and automobiles are far greater killers than firearms.
There is nothing whatsoever that is rational about your commentary swine. Emotion does not substantiate rationale.
Logic, and analytical thinking do.
Pushing a political agenda based on "I hate guns" is as mentally retarded as:
"I hate knives"
"I hate boats"
"I hate airplanes"
"I hate pools"
swine wrote:
There are literally hundreds of gun deaths in this country every day,and here you are seriously asserting that not ONE of those gun deathshas EVER been perpetrated by ANYONE openly carrying a firearm on his person.That's just plain absurd!
If you are through projecting ideas, and tying for emotional, irrational, dramatic response, then perhaps you may take the time out of your busy day to show me, again, one case where an open carrier committed a violent crime, wherein death or great threat of injury occurred.
swine.
Are you not intellectual enough to understand that your claim of, "how obvious it would be that people would start shooting each other dead over ho-ho's and ding-dongs", would be easily substantiated by news reports or public record?
Your argument is irrational.
Swine, again and for the last time.
Show me a case of an Open Carrier causing great physical harm, or committing a crime wherein life endangerment HAS OCCURRED.
Show me right now, don't give me a BS excuse, SHOW ME, where said "obvious and rampant" criminal acts have occurred.
You fear other people.
You project.
Your own quote on the subject:
swine wrote:
When I don’t know the guy, have never seen him before in my life and don’t know if he’s maybe crazy as a loon? Seems like a safer assumption than the alternative to me.
You immediately associate the presence of a firearm, as a sign of impending danger.
You stereotype, as you have done in this thread, that because a firearm is holstered on somebodies hip. Just sitting there, that the owner must be either:
A. Mentally deranged
or
B. Simply Dangerous
Could he not simply be an individual who realizes that the police are not there to protect him, and it is his duty to protect himself, as a free man?
That's quite a random, irrational solution to a non-present problem swine.
I open-carry swine.
I have no need for bravado.
I hope for the rest of my life to never have to draw my firearm in defense. I truly TRULY hope that!
However, I am not patently stupid enough to think that angels will descend within 3-5 minutes to save me from a criminal intent on causing great harm to me.
I love my family.
I cherish life.
I care for my fellow man.
I will defend all, to the death.
Your solution is disgusting swine.
You would have my 17mo old daughter die at the hands of a merciless criminal, because I opted to be morally defunct, see things your way, and put myself in the role of toothless, helpless victim.
That is YOUR answer.
It is grotesque.
swine wrote:
But in this case the 'inanimate object' is a lethal killing machine that is 'animated' by a loony toon who doesn't have a criminal record yet. Who knows what he's gonna do with that thing strapped to his belt. I don't call that irrational. I understand you do, but I'll match you shrink for shrink and I bet I'll win.
Ah here we go.
More absolutely rhetorical projection, and fear of inanimate objects.
"Lethal Killing Machine"
You mean like far more dangerous "cars"?
You're right swine!
Who KNOWS what he could be doing with that thing strapped to his belt?!
Oh my God he could be getting a latte RIGHT THIS MOMENT!
I'd be happy to go "shrink to shrink". I don't see how that could be arranged.
swine wrote:
Some people have similarly persistent abnormal irrational fears (in my case hatreds) of passenger airplanes too, and rightly so in spite of the reassurances that they are not dangerous. there have been plenty of people killed in plane crashes that were supposed to be safe, like that recent crash in Cairo where only a 9 year old boy survived. Do you think he would be irrational if he never got on an airplane again? I don't.
Oh lots of people have irrational fears!
The difference between the majority, and individuals like yourself, is that they realize it's irrational.
Let me point something out to you.
Planes can cause death.
Planes have crashed killing lots of people on the ground, and in the air.
Planes are a convenient form of travel.
Planes are a great value, as well as very fast, when it comes to getting off to far away places.
Some people refuse to get on the airplanes, based on these facts.
However:
None of them advocate that airplanes be banned.
None of them petition for removal of airports.
None of them demand that carrying capacity be diminished, to minimize casualties.
Let's parallel this:
Firearms can cause death.
Firearms have been used to kill lots of people.
Firearms are the de facto standard for personal defense.
Firearms allow those who are physically disabled, or small in stature to square off with a good chance of success, against sizable or powerful aggressors.
Firearms are used at least 2.5 million times a year to SAVE LIVES, in personal defense.
Some people refuse to use a firearm for these reasons.
Very interesting.
swine wrote:
Learn something new every day. Hoplophobia. Has a nice ring to it.
If that's a real mental illness I can tell you that literally millions upon millions of Americans suffer from it, including just about everyone I know, and I know a lot of people, believe me.
Many people do in fact suffer from it.
It is steeped in ignorance, to be bluntly honest with you.
The belief that if we teach our children how dangerous firearms are, or try to hide them from them, that they won't find them and play with them like a toy truck, or point it in dangerous directions and go "pew pew", certainly creates prime situations for uninformed curiosity. Which is a situation you admit to finding yourself in as a kid.
It is the belief that a responsible person, wants to teach their offspring how to handle anything that life may throw at them, while the irresponsible parent, sticks their firearm in a dresser drawer, and waits for an uninformed child to take it to school.
My father had about 8 different firearms.
I have 2 other siblings, and a lot of family that were always over.
If firearms, and your irrational fear/hatred of them makes them so dangerous, why was my entire family able to live around them 24/7, with no accidental discharges, or other dangers, EVER occurring for over 30 years?
There are MILLIONS of families that work the same way.
Oh, and here is a kicker for you.
3 rifles were ALWAYS unlocked at the bottom of the closet, leaning against the wall, and were loaded, but not chambered.
I grew up knowing the dangers potentially involved with the USE of a firearm.
I never picked one up, or had a reason to pick one up, and play with it like a "toy truck".
After talking to my sisters later in life (They are both 22+), they never had the desire too either, and never did so.
Somebody learned the real life lessons in this conversation, and somebody did not.
Somebody took their firearm to school to act cool, in this conversation.
Somebody did not. (hint: It isn't swine)
swine wrote:
Right, as the preacher said, "you've closed your mind to god, therefore you cannot be saved from your sins."
Despite your attempt to incriminate the comment by religious affiliation, the concept applies to anything that is to be debated rationally.
Your mind is closed.
You have an irrational fear of an inanimate object.
You hate a piece of metal and often plastic, and insult, berate, or declare "mentally inept" any individual who wears or owns one.
This despite facts showing that they are used to save lives over 2.5 million times a year.
Amazing rationale, is indeed amazing swine.
Maybe I could hate automobiles, swine.
They kill more people every year.
Then I could categorize everybody who drives a car in public, as a "loony" of which I am sure of because I "hate cars".
Then when you tell me the factually positive aspects of vehicle use, I could simply refer, using no research, to "how dangerous they are", and reiterate how stupid you are for using and driving one.
That is your circular argument.
It is, in fact, the exact same thing.
swine wrote:
I have come to terms with it. I and my friends will fight long and hard to put an end to thepublic display of loaded guns. Or motto will be, "Take your child to work, but leave your gun at home."
That's great!
That way when one of your party affiliates is robbed, mugged, beaten, stabbed, or otherwise killed by malicious attack, and you all slap your little panic buttons, you can feel morally superior with a dead kid at your feet.
At least you didn't use a cursed firearm!
Your child died a moral death!
This all comes back to you never being in a life or death situation. Which we now know is true.
While you preach this ostensible stupidity, I and other responsible adults, will preach the right to protect ones self.
Your moral security is present stupidity, and a lack of any real life experience.