tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post4699670425261819915..comments2024-03-28T12:39:47.394-04:00Comments on THE BLOG: WHERE IS OUR BOBBYRumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-38217099586938903962016-06-17T07:40:17.413-04:002016-06-17T07:40:17.413-04:0010:14 - show me a pic of everyone who overdosed on...10:14 - show me a pic of everyone who overdosed on drugs last year. Maybe that'll convince me the war on drugs is working....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-31634256122737166542016-06-16T12:32:26.089-04:002016-06-16T12:32:26.089-04:00 “Put an interlock in every car.” This jerk is tr... “Put an interlock in every car.” This jerk is trying to be funny, but the question is why don’t we put an interlock into every car?<br /><br /> DUI is an engineering problem. We have one ton machines that move a mile in a minute. The machine operators tend to use substances that impair their ability to safely run said machines, causing damage to persons and property. Do we, as a society, say to the machine’s builders, “hey, we know drunks are gonna want to drive these things, figure out how to stop them?” No. We give the task to lawyers. Stupid. Our solution is to have impaired people make good decisions. THEY CAN’T - THEY ARE IMPAIRED!<br /><br /> Every car should be designed so that drunks can’t drive them. The problem is one of engineering and design; not one of laws and legislation.Kissimmee Kidhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_Callnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-3036249748483282672016-06-16T11:03:02.798-04:002016-06-16T11:03:02.798-04:00Solution to DUI: limit the amount of alcohol a per...Solution to DUI: limit the amount of alcohol a person can buy and punish straw buyers of liquor or beer. Limit the number of horsepower and cylinders a vehicle's engine can have. Put an interlock in every car with a GPS to report to police where the vehicle is and also install a cannabis smoke detector that reports in real time to police. Force every driver to give DNA to test for alcoholism genes before getting a driver license. That's the same logic of those taht would ban weapons by type and limit magazine capacity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-61185388470729146732016-06-16T10:14:34.273-04:002016-06-16T10:14:34.273-04:008:48 is absolutely right. Publish crime scene phot...8:48 is absolutely right. Publish crime scene photos of slaughtered children at Sandy Hook and see if the NRA can justify the "need" and "right" to own a military inspired weapon. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-61698743604000950132016-06-16T02:45:44.076-04:002016-06-16T02:45:44.076-04:00
Rump. You got your stats wrong on handgun violenc...<br />Rump. You got your stats wrong on handgun violence. The number you gave of 32,000 are the number of deaths by firearm in a calendar year. But two out of every three of those, about 21,000 are suicides. The other 11,000 are homicides. Of course that number is just as unacceptable. I am all four a ban on assault weapons in our country. Limiting the amount of bullets in a clip is another way to legislate. California has done that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-8338519236107451932016-06-15T23:33:44.017-04:002016-06-15T23:33:44.017-04:008:29, your left-wing statist "logic" is ...8:29, your left-wing statist "logic" is based on the collectivistic idea that, somehow, some "enlightened elites" in government can paternalistically abrogate for themselves the "right" to choose for others how to exercise a constitutional right. That blind "logic" does not allow you to see facts like most gun owners do buy AR-15's and all kinds of semiautomatic modern sporting rifles including AK-47's , the vast majority of which are used for sport and are never used to hurt anyone. Look up the FBI statistics and you will see how facts, like the fact that rifles of all types are used in a very small fraction of homicides, destroy your left-wing "logic". Look in the mirror and ask yourself who do you think you are to come up with the wholly illiberal "logic" to try to impose your preferences on others and force them to buy/not buy the product that you believe they should buy/not buy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-86981627727885642512016-06-15T23:15:42.020-04:002016-06-15T23:15:42.020-04:005:53 p.m., please inform yourself with accurate in...5:53 p.m., please inform yourself with accurate information and first hand knowledge before repeating ignorant myths and misconceptions about firearms. Perhaps you should get the CD from one of the CLE seminars taught by Tom Cobitz and Ricky Gomez on firearm laws so that you don't make statements like the ones in your comment that demonstrate an utter lack of knowledge on the subject.<br /><br />AR-15's are not automatic weapons. They are semiautomatcs that fire one round per pull of the trigger. The M-16's and M-4's used by the military are fully automatic true assault weapons but are highly restricted and unavailable to most civilians. AR-15's look outwardly like M-16's but the mechanism of fire is totally different. Contrary to your non-factual assertions, AR-15's are used by their tens of millions of owners mainly for target practice at ranges. They are also used for protection of homes and businesses and many police agencies issue them to their officers for defensive use. AR-15's are used for hunting small game with the required 5-eound magazine. They are classified as modern sporting rifles not as "assault" weapons as the media likes to falsely portray. Contrary to your assertion, AR-15's are not "designed to kill a whole lot of people quickly". They fire .223/5.56x45mm cartridges witb small and light bullets, usually 55 grains in weight and with full-metal jackets which have a much lower lethality than larger hunting and, even, handgun rounds. That is the reason why more than half of the victims shot survived and why it takes 2 to 3 shots of that ammo to kill a person.<br /><br />Re-read your post and you will see that, while exudeing plenty of emotion, it is wanting in logic and reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-14685000039574309532016-06-15T20:50:40.979-04:002016-06-15T20:50:40.979-04:00Judge that had PD handcuffed to teach her a lesson...Judge that had PD handcuffed to teach her a lesson loses election. 😀<br /><br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/conrad-hafen-judge-loses_us_57618da5e4b09c926cfdd61f?section=Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-19014255736762082102016-06-15T19:03:10.611-04:002016-06-15T19:03:10.611-04:00It sounds like none of you have ever fired an assa...It sounds like none of you have ever fired an assault rifle. If you have and you still think you should be able to own one, you just like your toy and feeling like a bad ass child. <br /><br />There is a huge difference between the damage that someone can do on a crowd with an assault rifle compared to a handgun. It is just not the same thing. <br /><br />1) An assault rifle has reduced recoil<br />2) It has much greater accuracy at short, medium, and long range<br />3) You can easily put a "bump fire" stock on an AR-15 (completely legal) and effectively make it an automatic rifle (see the internet and youtube)<br />4) You can legally buy a 150 ROUND magazine for an AR-15 (see the internet)<br /><br />What do you want, need, or anything a killing machine like that for. You might as well give people hand grenades. How do assault rifles in the hands of civilians make this a better country? The Russians aren't really going to invade like in "Red Dawn" people.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-28837376860247061012016-06-15T18:00:03.026-04:002016-06-15T18:00:03.026-04:00Those wanting to ban guns or allow heavy governmen...Those wanting to ban guns or allow heavy governmental regulation of guns are no doubt well-intentioned. What they are not is influenced at all by the Founding Father's intense, experiential distrust of governmental tyranny. <br /><br />It's funny that so many of them are apparently defense attorneys, because we wouldnt have a career were it not for this same intense distrust. Proof BRD is an absurdly high standard, when crime is pernicious. It would be so much easier and make things so much safer for the 90% of people who follow the law to just lower that standard.<br /><br />And it might save some lives (though after the UK ban on handguns murder went up!) to ban guns or some types of guns.<br /><br />But our fathers were terrified of giving government that much power. And that fear permeated every decision they made.<br /><br />Today's liberals do not share that fear. At all. <br /><br />They may be right or wrong about government, but it's worth pointing this out. They have a remarkably different starting point and world view, and this explains the enormous cognitive dissonance. If government can generally be trusted and should be the solution of first resort, then of course -- why wouldnt you grant government the power to ban guns?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-56794601135471241502016-06-15T15:00:17.428-04:002016-06-15T15:00:17.428-04:00Ah yes!! Bobby Kennedy, that liberal pure of soul ...Ah yes!! Bobby Kennedy, that liberal pure of soul and heart who would have slayed all that is bad in this world had he not been gunned down in a hotel kitchen in 1968. Before we all genuflect to this after the fact hagiography, the record should bear out that:<br /> 1. RFK worked for Joe McCarthy and Roy Cohn. McCarthy was a world class nut case who had a wild imagination about the US Army being controlled by communists. But RFK, who should have known better, went along for the ride to bolster his and his brother's anti Red bona fides.<br /> 2. RFK illegally tapped MLK's phones at the behest of J Edgar Hoover, another crackpot right up there with McCarthy, whom he and his brother feared more than any man on earth.<br /> 3. RFK was responsible for the attempted sabotage of MLK's I Have A Dream speech. Justice Department henchmen tried to cut the speaker wires during the speech. They were not successful. Got this tidbit of info from an interview of Bayard Rustin.<br /> 4. And finally, RFK hated LBJ for reasons that I could never fathom. They were both philanderers, liars, and purveyors of the black arts of politics. But for real insight into what type of person our "Bobby" was, check out Robert Caro's biography of LBJ. Give RFK some credit for never actually shitting all over LBJ to humiliate him but he did just about everything else. Nice guy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-89344282068808383252016-06-15T14:51:06.609-04:002016-06-15T14:51:06.609-04:00We can discuss why nobody needs an AR15, but is th...We can discuss why nobody needs an AR15, but is that some sort of new Constitutional standard. Where does the "need" standard fall. Is it something less than rational basis, because I never learned that one in law school.<br /><br />While we are at it, why does anyone need a lawyer if they did nothing wrong? Why should anyone insist on a warrant if there is nothing to hide? <br /><br />The cops could have tortuted this terrorist and probably prevented this by getting a confession. Or maybe they could have indefinitely detained him until they gathered proof of a crime.<br /><br />Why not make it a crime to express anything remotely like praise or sympathy for Islamic terrorists.<br /><br />I'm sorry, I thought this was a blog for Constituitoonal lawyers. If you want to talk expedient solutions, there are plenty of practical solutions that would be highly effective.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-85067718970406882352016-06-15T08:29:21.468-04:002016-06-15T08:29:21.468-04:007:27 - what exactly is your point? Can you finish ...7:27 - what exactly is your point? Can you finish a thought? Of course he does not represent all gun owners. He does not even represent all bigots. Most gun owners however do not go out and buy AR-15's. Is it any coincidence that all of these mass shootings involve more than just simple hand guns? Most of us liberals agree with your right to have gun. We just cannot see why it is necessary for an average citizen to have AK-47's and AR-15's. That is the over-riding liberal logic that you are attempting to discredit. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-91204991090649602632016-06-14T21:12:06.751-04:002016-06-14T21:12:06.751-04:00Zero. Reset the clock. Zero days since an Islamic...Zero. Reset the clock. Zero days since an Islamic attack on America. See Texas Walmart violence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-34074590813798941072016-06-14T20:48:16.417-04:002016-06-14T20:48:16.417-04:00Publish the crime scene photos and see if the Amer...Publish the crime scene photos and see if the American people can still stomach their gun addiction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-54655014971336220282016-06-14T18:55:43.261-04:002016-06-14T18:55:43.261-04:00Sorry Rump, but the AR 15 he purchased is not a fu...Sorry Rump, but the AR 15 he purchased is not a fully auto weapon, it's a semi-auto. This means he would have to pull the trigger on the AR15 just as many times as on the any other semi-auto handgun, which are most handguns except revolvers and a few specialty guns. Keep in mind he had a G-license which even allowed him to open carry, let alone conceal carry.<br /><br />That said, he clearly had a mental illness and that needs to be the focus. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-92165765365271263012016-06-14T18:19:40.941-04:002016-06-14T18:19:40.941-04:00Interesting. Last time i checked, murder was ille...Interesting. Last time i checked, murder was illegal in every state in the US. That didn't seem to stop this guy. What makes you think tougher restrictions on possession of rifles by law abiding people would have stopped him? Let's say this guy decided to strap a bomb around his waist and kill not 50 but 100 people. Would you be advocating a ban on the raw materials that are used to make these devices? Of course not. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-23541483798169691722016-06-14T17:53:05.914-04:002016-06-14T17:53:05.914-04:00Brexit won't occur. Just got back from London ...Brexit won't occur. Just got back from London today. It won't happen. <br /><br />7:27- the Orlando shooter doesn't represent all gun owners. What he is a glaring example of is a derranged person who could waltz into a gun store and buy and automatic rifle which is designed only to kill a whole lot of people quickly. Not for hunting. Not for target practice. Not for protection but to kill. <br /><br />Your attitude, which lead to the mass shooting at a school and in Orlando is typical of a neanderthal gun owner and it will never change until a nut with an AR kills someone close to you who was at a movie or shopping or at church or a football game. Until then, you and your NRA pals will shout about the second amendment. <br /><br />What you can't see is that he doesn't represent all Muslims or gun owners. What he does represent is what a mentally ill person can do in America in 2016. <br /><br />BTW- 93 more GSW deaths today. Just an average day in the United States. Hope that gun feels good under your pillow. <br /><br />Rumpolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-14268850646008655842016-06-14T15:31:50.704-04:002016-06-14T15:31:50.704-04:00Whither Brexit Horace? And how should one play the...Whither Brexit Horace? And how should one play the markets as it approaches?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-70535570985396910502016-06-14T11:49:47.718-04:002016-06-14T11:49:47.718-04:00Crying out for Bobby Kennedy is almost a daily eve...Crying out for Bobby Kennedy is almost a daily event for me.The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16514637876618184788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-5274812292527388412016-06-14T07:27:24.611-04:002016-06-14T07:27:24.611-04:00If the Orlando shooter doesn't represent all M...If the Orlando shooter doesn't represent all Muslims, why does he represent all gun owners. Liberal logic...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com