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By: thinkingman on 7/30/09
I sure am glad we keep passing all these easy access to guns laws in Tennessee! I know, I know... guns don't kill people. Children of rednecks with gun collections kill people.
I sure am glad we keep passing all these easy access to guns laws in Tennessee! I know, I know... guns don't kill people. Children of rednecks with gun collections kill people.
By: Trvlace on 7/30/09
I don't see where your coming from thinkingman. I don't think your thinking to clearly. And Stereotyping gun owners as rednecks won't get you far in Tennessee! Defend your statement? You can't! No new law makes it any easier to get a gun than before. Just it allows us to carry our weapons like our constitutional rights say we can!
I don't see where your coming from thinkingman. I don't think your thinking to clearly. And Stereotyping gun owners as rednecks won't get you far in Tennessee! Defend your statement? You can't! No new law makes it any easier to get a gun than before. Just it allows us to carry our weapons like our constitutional rights say we can!
By: Farmall on 7/30/09
Yes, that no guns allowed sign really helped. Keeps out all those who lawfully carry a gun.
Yes, that no guns allowed sign really helped. Keeps out all those who lawfully carry a gun.
By: matt73557 on 7/30/09
Based on the locations and descriptions of the suspects, I dont think you have to worry about redneck children being the ones who are more likely to kill people....just sayin.
Based on the locations and descriptions of the suspects, I dont think you have to worry about redneck children being the ones who are more likely to kill people....just sayin.
By: redbird on 7/30/09
I don't believe thinkingman was thinking when he made his bigoted post.
I don't believe thinkingman was thinking when he made his bigoted post.
By: bennychaff on 7/30/09
What law give easy access to guns? You're the kind of trash that gives law abiding gun owners a bad rap. If you have a problem with rednecks I suggest you get out of the South. We've been here and we're not going anywhere.
What law give easy access to guns? You're the kind of trash that gives law abiding gun owners a bad rap. If you have a problem with rednecks I suggest you get out of the South. We've been here and we're not going anywhere.
By: tnlonestar on 7/30/09
check this Video out if your interested in our Goverment laws?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeYscnFpEyA
check out the latest from a police officer in Australia. Is this what all you idiots want like thinkingman?
Up-Date On Australia
Gun Laws
Here's a thought to warm
some of your hearts .
From: Ed Chenel,
A police officer in Australia
Hi Yanks, I thought you all would like to see the now available data from Down Under.
It has now been one year (12 months) since gun owners in Australia were forced By a new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by Our own government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500 million dollars.
The first year results are now available:
Australia-wide, homicides are up 6.2 percent;
Australia-wide, assaults are up 9.6 percent;
Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent);
In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent as compared with the last one year period when private ownership of a firearm was legal. (NB: the law-abiding citizens did turn in their personal firearms, the criminal element did not and thus criminals in Australia still possess their guns.)
While data for the 25 years preceding the confiscation of privately owned guns showed a steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months as criminals now are assured their victims will be unarmed.
There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the elderly, while the resident is at home.
Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense was expended in 'successfully ridding Australian society of guns.'
This story of well intentioned government intervention in the rights of lawful individuals to own and possess firearms won't be seen in the mainstream US media or on the American evening news.
Senator Obama who advocates a similar confiscation in the US will not be reporting any of this to you.
But, the Australian experience speaks for itself. Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws affect only the law-abiding citizens. Americans may want to take note before it's too late!
check this Video out if your interested in our Goverment laws?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeYscnFpEyA
check out the latest from a police officer in Australia. Is this what all you idiots want like thinkingman?
Up-Date On Australia
Gun Laws
Here's a thought to warm
some of your hearts .
From: Ed Chenel,
A police officer in Australia
Hi Yanks, I thought you all would like to see the now available data from Down Under.
It has now been one year (12 months) since gun owners in Australia were forced By a new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by Our own government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500 million dollars.
The first year results are now available:
Australia-wide, homicides are up 6.2 percent;
Australia-wide, assaults are up 9.6 percent;
Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent);
In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent as compared with the last one year period when private ownership of a firearm was legal. (NB: the law-abiding citizens did turn in their personal firearms, the criminal element did not and thus criminals in Australia still possess their guns.)
While data for the 25 years preceding the confiscation of privately owned guns showed a steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months as criminals now are assured their victims will be unarmed.
There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the elderly, while the resident is at home.
Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense was expended in 'successfully ridding Australian society of guns.'
This story of well intentioned government intervention in the rights of lawful individuals to own and possess firearms won't be seen in the mainstream US media or on the American evening news.
Senator Obama who advocates a similar confiscation in the US will not be reporting any of this to you.
But, the Australian experience speaks for itself. Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws affect only the law-abiding citizens. Americans may want to take note before it's too late!
By: ahhhdude on 7/31/09
Mayor Bragg.I blame you and all your cronnies for all this crime because you make it easy for criminals and you advertise to them how helpless we citizens are.You're out of here!
Mayor Bragg.I blame you and all your cronnies for all this crime because you make it easy for criminals and you advertise to them how helpless we citizens are.You're out of here!
By: jg13 on 7/31/09
So every time there's a shooting it's going to bring out the gun advocates? Do you just sit at home and pray for this stuff to happen so you can play a very weak "I told you so" game. The interesting, and so far ignored, part of this story is that this guy defended himself without the use of a gun. Yes, he got shot, but nobody died. If this person were carrying a gun, death would have been almost a give. I think it's appalling that gun owners salivate every time an innocent bystander gets shot. These are people, not propaganda. And this was a person that should be commended for defending themselves without resorting immediate death for one and all. Crime will happen even if every man, woman, and child on the planet is carrying a gun. The difference is size of the body count at the end of the day.
So every time there's a shooting it's going to bring out the gun advocates? Do you just sit at home and pray for this stuff to happen so you can play a very weak "I told you so" game. The interesting, and so far ignored, part of this story is that this guy defended himself without the use of a gun. Yes, he got shot, but nobody died. If this person were carrying a gun, death would have been almost a give. I think it's appalling that gun owners salivate every time an innocent bystander gets shot. These are people, not propaganda. And this was a person that should be commended for defending themselves without resorting immediate death for one and all. Crime will happen even if every man, woman, and child on the planet is carrying a gun. The difference is size of the body count at the end of the day.
By: Duvics on 7/31/09
jg13-
Right on the money, bro. As soon as I saw the headline I knew all the gun toters would have a field day. Get over it, crimes happen everywhere with or without guns and our city is grownig. More residents = more crimes, no matter what the gun laws are or who the politicians are.
Don't sit around pointing blame at everyone but yourself when people make stupid decisions.
jg13-
Right on the money, bro. As soon as I saw the headline I knew all the gun toters would have a field day. Get over it, crimes happen everywhere with or without guns and our city is grownig. More residents = more crimes, no matter what the gun laws are or who the politicians are.
Don't sit around pointing blame at everyone but yourself when people make stupid decisions.
By: mhm2a on 7/31/09
The first person to post was NOT a "Gun Advocate" or a "Gun Toter". It was a person who believes that guns are the root of the problem. Guns are only as dangerous as the people who are holding them. The same can be said for knives, hammers, bats, and many other objects. These items are used to assault, maim, or kill people everyday.
Yes, I will continue to support my right to carry and defend myself and my family. You are supporting your opinion in the same manner, however, we both think we are right. Fortunately, we are the United States of America and those who came before us gave us the Right to Bear Arms. These are the same people that gave us the Right for Freedom and to be able to express our opinions.
The first person to post was NOT a "Gun Advocate" or a "Gun Toter". It was a person who believes that guns are the root of the problem. Guns are only as dangerous as the people who are holding them. The same can be said for knives, hammers, bats, and many other objects. These items are used to assault, maim, or kill people everyday.
Yes, I will continue to support my right to carry and defend myself and my family. You are supporting your opinion in the same manner, however, we both think we are right. Fortunately, we are the United States of America and those who came before us gave us the Right to Bear Arms. These are the same people that gave us the Right for Freedom and to be able to express our opinions.
By: Farmall on 7/31/09
The shoe is on the other foot for once, the gun control people have been saying I told yo so at every shooting for years. Neat how it has been turned around on them.
The shoe is on the other foot for once, the gun control people have been saying I told yo so at every shooting for years. Neat how it has been turned around on them.
By: TFS94GT on 7/31/09
jg13 with his idiotic rhetoric as always. How dare you come in here spouting off your nonsense about gun owners commenting on a shooting article. You sit here and post your anti gun drivel every chance you get and try to drum up any kind of defense you can come up with to further your weak limp wristed argument. How about the comment you posted in a non shooting related article today that reads- "Unfortunately a lot of people in TN would rather arm students with guns than an education"? How hypocritical is that?
What you're neglecting to see is that a pizza delivery driver was robbed and beaten with a baseball bat. Should we ban all baseball bats now seeing as how they have a mind and their own and tend to beat and rob people.
You seem to be appalled at the thought of the man defending himself as opposed to running. "If this person were carrying a gun, death would have been almost a give" (given?). Sorry dude, but your bleeding hear pacifist mentality is in the minority. If he'd have killed the criminal in self defense most people would congratulate him, rightfully so.
BTW-What happened to the Murfreesboro crime rate being "minuscule" huh? LMAO.
jg13 with his idiotic rhetoric as always. How dare you come in here spouting off your nonsense about gun owners commenting on a shooting article. You sit here and post your anti gun drivel every chance you get and try to drum up any kind of defense you can come up with to further your weak limp wristed argument. How about the comment you posted in a non shooting related article today that reads- "Unfortunately a lot of people in TN would rather arm students with guns than an education"? How hypocritical is that?
What you're neglecting to see is that a pizza delivery driver was robbed and beaten with a baseball bat. Should we ban all baseball bats now seeing as how they have a mind and their own and tend to beat and rob people.
You seem to be appalled at the thought of the man defending himself as opposed to running. "If this person were carrying a gun, death would have been almost a give" (given?). Sorry dude, but your bleeding hear pacifist mentality is in the minority. If he'd have killed the criminal in self defense most people would congratulate him, rightfully so.
BTW-What happened to the Murfreesboro crime rate being "minuscule" huh? LMAO.
By: Dave42 on 8/1/09
By the way jg13, did you notice that in all these reports it was the cirminal element that was toting the guns, not the victims? To quote former Tennessee U.S Senator Fred D. Thompson "Why do they call it common sense when it is soooooo uncommon?"
By the way jg13, did you notice that in all these reports it was the cirminal element that was toting the guns, not the victims? To quote former Tennessee U.S Senator Fred D. Thompson "Why do they call it common sense when it is soooooo uncommon?"
By: jg13 on 8/4/09
TFS94GT,
You're right, unfortunately my bleeding heart pacifist -and I'll add turn the other cheek and strive for peace - mentality is in the minority. Which is amazing give(n) that we're in the bible belt. Guess that whole "Prince of PEACE" thing only applies on Sunday morning. By the way, since you're so astute to my writings, perhaps you should reference other posts where I've said that I'm not at all opposed to gun ownership. Just don't feel the need to be armed in the park and feel that if you're going to own a handgun in this state, there should be a slightly stricter barrier to entry than there currently is. I would think gun owners would want a stricter barrier to entry as well. It'll keep the fringe from make everyone else look bad. I also don't feel the need to use the pain and suffering of others to promote my agenda.
Dave42,
“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.”
-Albert Einstein
TFS94GT,
You're right, unfortunately my bleeding heart pacifist -and I'll add turn the other cheek and strive for peace - mentality is in the minority. Which is amazing give(n) that we're in the bible belt. Guess that whole "Prince of PEACE" thing only applies on Sunday morning. By the way, since you're so astute to my writings, perhaps you should reference other posts where I've said that I'm not at all opposed to gun ownership. Just don't feel the need to be armed in the park and feel that if you're going to own a handgun in this state, there should be a slightly stricter barrier to entry than there currently is. I would think gun owners would want a stricter barrier to entry as well. It'll keep the fringe from make everyone else look bad. I also don't feel the need to use the pain and suffering of others to promote my agenda.
Dave42,
“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.”
-Albert Einstein
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