Comments on: Support for the second amendment http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/01/30/support_for_the_second_amendment/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:09:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Murdoc http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/01/30/support_for_the_second_amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-164176 Murdoc Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:18:31 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/01/30/support_for_the_second_amendment/#comment-164176 I can't seem to discover when and where these numbers were gathered. Did I miss it? I can’t seem to discover when and where these numbers were gathered. Did I miss it?

]]> By: Ravenwood http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/01/30/support_for_the_second_amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-164049 Ravenwood Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:48:40 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/01/30/support_for_the_second_amendment/#comment-164049 I wonder how many of those polled were told or aware of the fact that efforts to "renew" the Clinton Gun Ban were actually imposing a stricter definition of "assault weapons" by lowering the bar for what qualifies as one. I wonder how many of those polled were told or aware of the fact that efforts to “renew” the Clinton Gun Ban were actually imposing a stricter definition of “assault weapons” by lowering the bar for what qualifies as one.

]]> By: JustDoIt http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/01/30/support_for_the_second_amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-163997 JustDoIt Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:54:16 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/01/30/support_for_the_second_amendment/#comment-163997 Someone wise once said, "There are lies, damn lies, and statistics." Stats are nothing more than tiny bits of bullshit stacked in a certain way to prove one side of an arguement. For everyone that uses statistics to "prove" their side of an arguement, someone else can take that same poll criteria to a divergent group of poeple and come up with equally convincing numbers for the opposing arguement. Someone wise once said, “There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.”

Stats are nothing more than tiny bits of bullshit stacked in a certain way to prove one side of an arguement. For everyone that uses statistics to “prove” their side of an arguement, someone else can take that same poll criteria to a divergent group of poeple and come up with equally convincing numbers for the opposing arguement.

]]> By: Rustmeister http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/01/30/support_for_the_second_amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-163962 Rustmeister Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:35:41 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/01/30/support_for_the_second_amendment/#comment-163962 PGP's right. My dad, a Korean war vet, ex-Air Force Cop and owner of at least a half-dozen guns thought the AWB was about machine guns. His opinion changed when I told him his beloved M-1 Carbine could be on the list next time. PGP’s right.

My dad, a Korean war vet, ex-Air Force Cop and owner of at least a half-dozen guns thought the AWB was about machine guns.

His opinion changed when I told him his beloved M-1 Carbine could be on the list next time.

]]> By: Sean Braisted http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/01/30/support_for_the_second_amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-163936 Sean Braisted Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:24:36 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/01/30/support_for_the_second_amendment/#comment-163936 Each side fudges the terminology in order to accomplish their goals. Conservatives renamed a tax on inherited wealth the "death tax" and what do you know? More people opposed it. I too think the AWB was kind of idiotic. If you want to have a bayonet lug, collapsable stock, and grenade launcher; I say good for you. However, I would agree that instant background checks are good, and after speaking with a gun-nut friend who worked at gun shows, he convinced me that the loophole should be closed. Each side fudges the terminology in order to accomplish their goals. Conservatives renamed a tax on inherited wealth the “death tax” and what do you know? More people opposed it.

I too think the AWB was kind of idiotic. If you want to have a bayonet lug, collapsable stock, and grenade launcher; I say good for you.

However, I would agree that instant background checks are good, and after speaking with a gun-nut friend who worked at gun shows, he convinced me that the loophole should be closed.

]]> By: Sebastian-PGP http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/01/30/support_for_the_second_amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-163928 Sebastian-PGP Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:01:45 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/01/30/support_for_the_second_amendment/#comment-163928 It's simple really--the VPC and the Brady Bunch and Ceasefire have openly admitted that they profit from the conflation in most peoples minds between full auto and semiauto weaponry. Most people think by lending their support to an AWB, they're banning fully auto weapons. The gun grabbers have pulled off a public relations and marketing coup! We don't have to like it, but we have to recognize the efficacy of their strategy and fight back with the converse tactic--and make people realize that semiauto civilian weapons are NOT bullet hoses for spraying down streets. It’s simple really–the VPC and the Brady Bunch and Ceasefire have openly admitted that they profit from the conflation in most peoples minds between full auto and semiauto weaponry.

Most people think by lending their support to an AWB, they’re banning fully auto weapons.

The gun grabbers have pulled off a public relations and marketing coup! We don’t have to like it, but we have to recognize the efficacy of their strategy and fight back with the converse tactic–and make people realize that semiauto civilian weapons are NOT bullet hoses for spraying down streets.

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