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Can you come up with anything new? There no point in continuing to revisit what's already been beaten to death.
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But maybe you're of the opinion that the British Empire is not a tyrannical government? After all, the British claimed to be civilised.
I never stated any opinion about the British Empire, either now, or in the 18th Century. The opinions about the British that mattered were those held by those in the American colonies. You can read all you want about them in the history books. There's no point in discussing this any further here.
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Have you ever tried to give cover (using friendly fire) with a machine gun or submachinegun with friendlies in front of you before the approaching enemy?
All machineguns (including submachine guns) are designed for offence and not defence.
Again, you're covering topics that have already been covered. I do not agree with you about this, and no matter how many times you mention it, I am not going to change my mind.
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This follows the same line of 'logic' that because crime is only committed by the living, we should kill all the living if we want to get rid of crime.
Actually, it doesn't follow that same line of 'logic,' as you call it.
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Then he should've changed the title of the thread. The title has to be a short synopsis
of the discussion he wanted to start.
This is not necessarily so. Anywayz, if he only wanted to restrict gun control to the US he should've been more clear about it in the title.
Since he did not I can only assume that he didn't.
Actually, the title of the thread is given to raise one's interest in the thread. The body of the message is where the details are to be given. Again, we've already covered that subject in previous messages.
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Okay maybe I should've stated that only Americans who love American Football believe that a 1st strike qualifies as a defensive manoeuvre. Yet after 9/11 most Americans agreed that invading Iraq was a good idea (because of the presumption that Iraq had WMDs).
Football, as we call it, has nothing to do with anything I've mentioned on this thread, except the statement that the best defense is a good offense, as you brought up a few messages back, which I replied to.
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I'll bet you'll disagree with the reason; I don't wanna be an American because I view Americans as the most conformist people in the world.
I don't know what you mean when you say "most conformist people in the world." Are you talking about conforming to the dictates of the government, or to something else?
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And the majority of Americans is ignorant about how the world works outside the US.
In short: I generally find Americans the most uninformed people of the world, but I guess I can't blame them because the quality of American journalism isn't what it once was.
With corporate news like CNN, Fox etc, I find it hard to believe that the US still has an independent press.
You know, I think I've found something else I agree with you about. The "mainstream" media in the U.S. does a fine job of censoring the "news" that they broadcast to the American people. This is true about international news as well as U.S. national and local news. I don't know that I would call the U.S. press independent, since there are only a handful of people that control what is broadcast.
Instead of gun bans, we should try the SWISS SOLUTION: Home storage of fully automatic assault rifles.
From a site trying to end gun storage at home:
Swiss army gun law campaign (http://www.iansa.org/regions/europe/Swisscampaign.htm - broken link)
Military guns
There are about 200,000 Swiss men who undertake military service in
annual courses of 2-4 weeks. They are permitted to keep their military weapon at home. ... A further 1.5 million military guns are estimated to belong to former militiamen.
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1.7 million "assault rifles". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland
7.5 million population
1.7 million full auto military rifles / 7.5 million population = "armed to the teeth"
" In a word, Switzerland, which is awash in guns, has substantially lower murder and robbery rates than England, where most guns are banned.
" Besides the [Swiss] militia system requiring automatic rifles and/or semiautomatic pistols to be kept in the homes of all males aged 20 to 42, firearms are readily available for purchase in gun shops. Yet firearms are rarely used in violent crime. Notes Clinard, "These facts contrast strikingly with the belief that a low criminal homicide rate is due to strict firearms regulations." Homicide is tied to a willingness to resort to violence, not the mere presence of firearms..."
What about those folks in the rest of the U.S. having guns? You know, places like California, Virginia, Texas, Missouri, and Ohio, just to name a few. Are you fine with that, too? From the tone of your earlier messages, I gathered you weren't so keen on that.
He's ok with it everywhere except DC. He doesn't realize that his city is no different from hundreds of others that respect civil rights & is really only one of a small group that violate their citizenry's basic rights.
Sorta like he doesn't realize that a career as a submariner, as honorable as it is, does not make one an expert on anything, except submarines & certainly not an expert on self defense of any type, firearms included.
But we must remember, that we are just the "Joe six packs" that pay the freight & not enlightened ex public servants like him.
Why have the mods let Tricky completely hijack this thread? I thought the "Great Debates" forum had specific rules which disallowed this type of behavior. What gives?
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Actually I said they are so rare that the police don't even track them as a separate crime. Some people are afraid of their shadow. Pitiful.
They fall into Burglaries here - they happen quite often - and we have homeowners / home occupants defending themselves regularly with firearms.
Hell - we even had a rancher in So. AZ who has detained, at gun point, over 12000 illegals crossing his property and turning them over to ICE -
You haven't got what it takes to protect others
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And my answer still is that Ghandi did just that.
After all, the British claimed to be civilised.
This follows the same line of 'logic' that because crime is only committed by the living, we should kill all the living if we want to get rid of crime.
Anywayz, if he only wanted to restrict gun control to the US he should've been more clear about it in the title.
Okay maybe I should've stated that only Americans who love American Football believe that a 1st strike qualifies as a defensive manoeuvre. 
Yet after 9/11 most Americans agreed that invading Iraq was a good idea (because of the presumption that Iraq had WMDs).
Swiss solution
