Talking About Politics

Comment by Choo on 'Revelation'

Choo — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:15:54 GMT

I don't say this to be the smart person in the room. In fact knowledge of this is only by accident. Having spent time in the USMC I worked with auto and semiautomatic weapons. The clips used in the weapons the media is so worked up over are not the issue. Once a clip is spent, or empty, the time required to change it out is just under 4 seconds. Is that an issue, well I am not sure a 4 second window makes a lot of difference. One of the things it does is to point out that most all journalist have never changed out a clip from a semiautomatic rifle. I once read an article by a News and Observer Reporter who described and air rifle taken to school by a kid as not working because the firing pin was broken. I think todays journalist don't do the research to find out solutions to problems, they start from a position they would like to see and work backwards. I did like your article and the correct call of how each party wants to try and solve the problem.

Comment by Carbine on 'Revelation'

Carbine — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 16:20:59 GMT

It is undeniably true that the only way to stop an armed attacker is by shooting back. When the country finally comes to grips with this unfortunate reality we will begin putting trained, qualifies, armed personnel in schools to defend our children and teachers. It doesn't have to be uniformed police. There are a few teachers, administrators, and other staff members already on site who could, on a voluntary basis, be trained and equipped for the task.

Comment by clarence swinney on 'Revelation'

clarence swinney — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:19:41 GMT

BIG SPENDERS
Increases by:
Reagan=10% per year
Bush II=11% per year
Obama=1.1% per year
Amazing is it not

Comment by dap916 on 'Revelation'

dap916 — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:46:45 GMT

Cocaine and Meth and this kind of drug are illegal in the U.S. Yet, millions upon millions of people are able to get them. Those that follow the law and care if they'd be incarcerated if they had them don't have them. But, they're still readily available for those that don't care about the law.

Make guns illegal in the U.S. and the "progressives"/liberals win a big political fight. But who will have the guns then? There is just absolutely TOO many incidents of cities in the U.S. with gun bans and countries all around the world with gun bans having an increase in gun violence.

This is not about gun control...it's about "control" and about a political win. Nothing more. It's wrong-minded and unconstitutional. It's madness. Those that got the 2n amendment put into our constitution knew that regardless of the calibre and regardless of the capacity of weapons...Americans needed to have the RIGHT to hold guns so as to keep the government from taking our other rights from us and from changing our country into something that it was never meant to be.

You'll NEVER see any legitimate argument against that from the radical left...just spin, innuendo and spin with the same old tired "talking points" against gun ownership.

Comment by clarence swinney on 'Revelation'

clarence swinney — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:55:04 GMT

CORRECTION
Big Spenders
Increases by year(avg)
Reagan=10%
Bush =11%
Obama=2.2% (not 1.1 as listed prior)
Obama numbers
Bush last fiscal year=3500B
Obama 2013 fiscal budget=3800B
8.8% increase or 2.2% per year