“I wish the NRA would make up its mind. On one hand they lobby for laws to stand your ground, and on the other hand they lobby for assault rifles. The very term assault means to violently take someone else’s ground. They should lobby to control the amount of ammunition a citizen can store in a residential area. I would like to know if my neighbor has enough ammo and powder stored to blow my house off its foundation. The carrier of his homeowner’s insurance would like to know along with the fire department just for the safety of the community. I guess that makes me a survivalist.”
“Hey, liberals! Quit blaming Republicans for the Colorado shooting! That is the fault of the man who carried it out, not political commentators!”
“Why do ‘law abiding citizens’ need weapons of war?”
“I guess now I can add ABC News to the list of those with no integrity after they falsely reported, with no actual vetting, that the movie theater shooter was a tea party member. They sound like NBC. No wonder the ratings for network news is in the toilet. It can’t be trusted.”
“The events in Aurora, Colorado once again prove that NRA stands for No Restrictions on Arms.”
“There is a difference between crazy and evil. The movie theater shooter, who does deserve to be called by name, is evil. His behavior in court is just a poor act to try and claim he is crazy.”
“While the left-wingers are blaming the Colorado shootings on everybody from George Bush, Mitt Romney, the tea party, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin and the NRA on down, has anyone in Washington, D.C. looked to see if this assault rifle was one of the ‘Fast and Furious’ guns? But knowing how Obama’s Attorney General, Eric Holder, has misled Congress and the American people about that failed operation, could we ever expect to hear the truth about where this rifle came from since there have been so many lies from the administration?”
“The killing of 12 people and injuring of numerous men, women, and children in the shooting in Aurora, Colorado, was a horrific crime. A lot of people are wondering how this could happen. We are living in a society that has increasingly become more and more violent. All kinds of crimes are happening every day to men, women, and innocent children and babies. Some may ask, ‘What is happening to our society?’ ‘Why did this happen?’ Most movie studios are trying to outdo each other with more and more violence, sex, and profanity in the movies they make. Television shows and video games have become increasingly violent and even some cartoons have. All of these things affect a person’s mind and desensitizes them. Today there is a disregard for human life. We have become a desensitized society.”
Engaged Voter posted at 2:38 pm on Fri, Jul 27, 2012.
"We are living in a society that has increasingly become more and more violent."
Actual statistics show the exact opposite is true.
What has changed is that local, isolated events, that in the past wouldn't hit national media headlines for weeks or months, are now instant global stories within minutes of the occurence.
As for the idiotic premise on blaming a "desensitized society" for the shooting, might I direct you to, arguably, the most violent show (in regards to assaults on humans by humans) in TV or movie history - The Three Stooges.
These Chicken Littles (the sky is falling! our society is falling!) need to stifle themselves, and perhaps try to guide their energy into something productive.
chatmandu002 posted at 11:45 am on Sat, Jul 28, 2012.
Vent #1: The NRA has made up it's mind, they believe in Stand Your Ground and assault rifles. You changed the narrative when you include the keeping black powder along with the ammunition. It could be a good idea to let insurance companies ask about bullets, powder and bombs on property liability policies.
Vent #2: It's the liberal thing to do, blame first then ask questions.
Vent #3: "Why do law abiding citizens need weapons of war". Isn't every weapon a weapon of war? Rocks, knifes, spears, bow and arrow, beside you'll never know when war might be at your doorstep.
Vent #4: Again it's the liberal thing to do, blame first then find out the facts later.
Vent #5: Your are right. Not restricting arms is as good as National Rifle Association.
Vent #6: I hope the Colorado shooter isn't found to be crazy. I want him convicted to life without parole and put in the general population of the worse prison. If he isn't dead within a year then send him to another prison until he gets his just rewards from another prisoner.
Vent #7: The Colorado shooting has nothing to with Eric Holder or the Department of Injustice.
Vent #8: If you check history you will find that humans have always been violent. There is just more of us now and a 24 hours news cycle to show us how violent we are.