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Kiba Eve Fumihiro wrote...
Oh..I don have other accounts I was just getting harassed by someone and I told some friends to help fix if they wanted to...That's why I said no more reps for me....
Cool.
Side note: I do wish more people would not care about rep, it's an utterly useless number that means absolutely nothing on these forums.
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Kiba Eve Fumihiro wrote...
Ohhhh....kayyy....noo reps...for me? Onegai...Not sure if that was at me, but ill address it so as to clear up any misunderstanding. It's only rep manipulation if you're using an alternate account to do it. Continuously de-reping someone because you don't like them or they were mean to you a few times isn't against the rules, it's just real fucking childish. If anyone on Fakku does something like that and we have to look into it, they wont be banned but I will think less of you(possibly the other mods too?).
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Dropping by to remind you guys(no one in particular) rep manipulation is against the rules, anyone found to be guilty of it will be punished. Also to anyone who's fighting please for the love of God grow the fuck up, this is an adult porn site, act like it.
Gonna take this down in a few days.
Gonna take this down in a few days.
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Dropping by to remind you guys(no one in particular) rep manipulation is against the rules, anyone found to be guilty of it will be punished. Also anyone who's fighting please for the love of God grow the fuck up, this is an adult porn site, act like it.
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cruz737 wrote...
I don't agree with almost anything you've said except that if there was no guns there's be no gun related crimes. But that's an extremely hollow statement, very detached from our reality. If you consider it a "victory" in any way, congrats on the poor reasoning? Overall they're better at deterring crimes than causing them, and your constant claims of "YOU ONLY WANT THEM, YOU DON'T NEED THEM" are not only misguided but dangerous.
Yeah, I don't consider it a "victory", I'm simply too drained to continue to argue when there is no possible way we're going to convince each other. I still don't agree with the "better at deterring" comment but there's no point even talking about it. So I guess I'm just dropping it?
Foreground Eclipse wrote...
Typical knee-jerk reactions after mass shootings.Not exactly a knee-jerk reaction when what I'm talking about is the norm up here, and almost everywhere else. You get you're not the only country in the world right?
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cruz737 wrote...
Let me guess this right, a lot of crimes have been prevented while crime is declining, homicides by half, but that doesn't mean there's less crimes...This is going just as well as your attempt to explain the validity of objectivity. lol
>America is similar to Canada culturally
Sure, in many ways we are but there's a lot more significant differences that can be explained in a few sentences (things out the top of my head are slavery and all baggage that came with it centuries after, battle of independence, cold war, Spanish American war, Indian wars/westward expansion and the change of the American identity, etc. etc.). Some similarities doesn't mean we can compare gun crime rates in a way that isn't meaningless. Your countries population alone is just only comparable to that of my state.
FYI that lady and her child could have easily die from that attack. People being killed from physical impact isn't exactly uncommon. Her having a gun could've given her the upper hand, maybe to the point where she wouldn't have even needed to shoot it.
So far you've asked: "Why is that a right you need?" "you don't NEED guns... you simply want them", etc. etc. ,and I have more than proven that only are they not some boogie men like the sources you posted say (I do however agree that we need to stop stereotyping all Muslims or be paranoid over terrorist attacks), but they're great for stopping even preventing crime. You've questioned the validity of self defense several times already, despite you saying you weren't.
You've also argued, "not having guns would reduce gun related crimes", and yes, in this magical world where America had not a gun to it's name, we'd have less gun crimes. We could be like the UK where they outnumber us in violent crimes despite not permitting guns to normal citizens. Wouldn't that be a joy? And those 2.5 Million occurrence annually, not important or significant, none of them will end badly because they can be just like you! They'll call the police and file a report and everything will be okay.
It doesn't mean there's less crimes then there would be without firearms.
You've agreed to the points I care about and if I continue this circular argument will never end. So I gave a brief read of what you wrote and it's probably the closest Ill ever get you to may way of thinking.
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Sindalf wrote...
Was she nuts or did YOU just drive her to almost suicide. Think about that for a moment.If anyone did it was tms with his draino comments.
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animefreak_usa wrote...
Yeah, but i can force it out sometimes. I guess it's more of a protein shot than a frothy shake.Maybe you should pick a new pervy come on...
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cruz737 wrote...
Except it's not just a weapon of war. Saying it's something for just killing is far from the truth.I said they were created as weapons of war.
cruz737 wrote...
We still far outnumber you and if a countries formation doesn't have a large cultural significance, especially if having the independence to do many things among them own guns, isn't important in your mind, well...On your cultural heritage and pride, 2 things you can put aside to prevent needless human loss of life. You're not fighting against government oppression anymore.
cruz737 wrote...
Linked already proved that wrong, and as I said above, it prevents more crime than deaths. (considering you again didn't consider suicides or justifiable use of self defense...I'd say no statistics are on your side)You haven't proven there would be less crime, just that Americans prevent a number of crimes with guns.(not something I disputed btw) You have no idea what your society would be like without guns so unless we use the stats of other countries we have nothing to go on.
cruz737 wrote...
If you're going to keep insisting that the US would be safer like you did above, then the article refutes that sentiment. Or that they're only killing machines.Spoiler:
lolkay
I kinda have proven that though, every other nation has less firearms per capita, has less violent crime, less gun deaths, and when comparing America to it's cultural brother or any other nation that has a similar past they still have less violent crime. Blame all the extenuating circumstance you want but this is really about Americas liking guns and not caring about the deaths of the less wealthy.
cruz737 wrote...
You have every right to believe that dealing with your situation in that way is appropriate but not everyone has that luxury. Unfortunately some people's reality is this:(inb4 BUT THIS NEVER HAPPENS)
Spoiler:
And if they don't want to personally carry anything to defend themselves, that's fine. But I don't want to prohibit them from doing so because of fear mongering.
Everyone has that luxury, it's a choice cruz. So she isn't dead and is getting a security system, smart. If either of them had a gun that might have ended differently, thank you for providing that video.
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Didnt you say you had retrograde ejac freak?
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cruz737 wrote...
The point of the paragraph was to say that the majority of gun owners use them to protect themselves, not a something "kill" but to deter. Your thoughts on the purpose of guns:
Sure, but don't delude yourself; guns were originally designed to kill other humans beings.
Yep, I made the original statement, guns replaced the crossbow as a weapon in war... So your link doesn't refute my point, it's talking about something different, something I wasn't arguing.
cruz737 wrote...
Oh look at that you did it again. Still not "refuting" something I said...
cruz737 wrote...
So Canada has that many guns currently? Canadians have the same racial tension as Americans with their cops? Canadians have a history of fighting for their independence? COOL. WAIT UP GUYS, PROBLEM SOLVED, WE'RE JUST LIKE CANADA SO WE DON'T NEED GUNS AND A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF.We're up there per capita, you're around 88 guns per 100 resident, and we're around 30, which places us 12th in the world. Not sure why a war you fought 250 years ago means you need guns today but you're right, you don't NEED guns... you simply want them.
cruz737 wrote...
Statistically more crimes are stopped. Compare your 400,000 over several years to 2.5 mil annually.There would be less crime and gun deaths if you didn't have guns.
cruz737 wrote...
Yes, NRA is deeply pro-gun rights but they do use a lot of sources that are reputable like the department of justice. If you're going to disregard something, disregard the sources, not just on the basis of them being on NRA pamphletSorry, find those sources yourself, I'm willing to take them. I'm not bringing MSNBC into this or other left wing groups to argue my point, you should avoid doing so as well.
cruz737 wrote...
You'll stop more people by helping the health issue. Maybe get rid of gun free zones could be a good start. As I pointed in the other one, with more crimes being deterred the amount of crimes naturally go down, so disarming everyone will make things worse, especially for the most vulnerable. You'll stop more people from committing most violent crimes altogether if you simply don't have firearms anywhere except the police, it's not all mental instability that's killing people with guns.
cruz737 wrote...
I said cities with more minorities tend to have both increased rate of crimes and gun laws restricting ownership and use. Rather than saying they're the reason (well in some cases the crimes are more attributed to them), they're more than likely to be the victims. The police, the people their suppose to trust, are sometimes the cause of more tension and violence. If anything the NRA cited is plain wrong, feel free to point out their faulty statistics and let them know too while you're at it.I'm not really arguing to convince you so I don't care if the source you gave me has any faulty statistics, I only came back when you mentioned how your link "refuted" my post when that wasn't what I took from the link.
You asked for a source, and I gave you mine, I answered your "source" and pointed out how almost none of it was related to my points. If you want to argue about my points we can, but that wasn't what you showed me.
Sneakyone wrote...
I don't know much about the political climate regarding firearms in Canada, but I have friends on both sides of the spectrum there. It's pretty interesting considering that Canada has some pretty open gun laws as well, some even more gracious than certain states here like New York and California.Ill quote something off Wikipedia that I found on the per capita page as I was writing my post to cruz
About the requirements of owning/obtaining a gun in Canada:
A license is required to own or possess firearms. Federal government safety course required before applying for a license. To be authorized to carry a handgun or restricted long gun for a lawful occupational purpose, such as trapping or working in a wilderness area, an individual must be a Canadian resident, have a firearms licence with restricted privileges and obtain an Authorization to Carry (ATC) permit from the CFP. [8] Semi automatic firearms have size restricted magazines (rimfire rifles excluded) Automatic firearms not permitted.
I'm a conservative but I just don't see the need; some criminal robs me at gunpoint he can fucking have my money, ill write up a police report and that will be the end of it. If someone wants to kill me for no reason while robbing me it'll make his life more difficult and ill be dead, so it's hard to care.
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W.O.C183 wrote...
Wait Longevity got banned, fo wat?Trolling.
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cruz737 wrote...
Why did you ignore the links? Especially the first one that refutes all of your points? You are not arguing in good faith, and you clearly don't understand statistics.
I didn't ignore them, I took the time to read them and most of which deal with points I haven't even made.
"The majority of Americans favor strict new additional federal gun controls."
I never made that point.
"The only purpose of a handgun is to kill people."
Again, not my point, guns were created to replace the bow, a weapon. Other uses exist, but that was never my point.
"Since a gun in a home is many times more likely to kill a family member than to stop a criminal, armed citizens are not a deterrent to crime."
Never said that.
"Honest citizens have nothing to fear from gun registration and licensing which will curb crime by disarming criminals."
Good point, criminals aren't affected by gun laws, so let's do away with background checks altogether... That doesn't even make sense, if you just didn't have any guns there would be nothing to fight over.
"Stiff `gun control' laws work as shown by the low crime rates in England and Japan, while U. S crime rates continue to soar."
Here he says their point doesn't take into account many things like cultural, and economic differences between the United States and other nations. Solid point if I wasn't Canadian and live in a culture which is similar to your own with a weaker economy than yours, where are the gun deaths here?
"Most murders are argument-related `crimes of passion' against a relative, neighbor, friend or acquaintance. "
Don't think I made that point either.
"Semi-automatic firearms have no legitimate sporting purpose, are the preferred weapon of choice of criminals, and should be banned."
Was never my point but I do think trying to argue that you need an ak-47 to hunt elk is a bit ridiculous.
"The righ t guaranteed under the Second Amendment is limited specifically to the arming of a `well-regulated Militia' that can be compared today to the National Guard."
Seems they made a typo. My question was why do you need that anymore? Not a debate about the wording made 250 years ago.
"A person in a public place with a gun is looking for trouble."
Again, this was never my point? Do you even know what the word refute means?
"Gun control reduces crime."
Gun deaths, my point was that you would have fewer gun deaths without guns.
P.S. This whole article you use to "refute" my points was written and researched by the NRA... you can do better than that, they aren't a legitimate source just as you wouldn't take anything from MSNBC or the Democratic Party.
cruz737 wrote...
Is throwing a lot of numbers around without context your argument? Because that's what you're doing. And yeah, good thing it was only one because as I proved early, gun control doesn't do shit when it truly matters. Less than 1% (.6%) deaths in America are murders. Out of all murders less than 1%(.2%) of those are related to mass shootings. Compare that 2.5 Mill annually crimes deterred. HURR less than .1% of murders are from mass shootings so let's tightly regulate guns despite it not working and making things worse for inner city people. Let's also ignore the mental health issue in America because it's easier to blame guns! Do you not believe what I'm saying as it does not suit your point? I don't mind showing you where I got my info.
here.
Less than 1% is still more than everywhere else in the world. It's fine to work on the mental health issue but lets start by not allowing those people to LEGALLY PURCHASE FIREARMS...
cruz737 wrote...
Protect against what you ask? Did you not read the link. Over 2.5 Million crimes are deterred annually, as you opposed to you 400,000 over a large period of time. Not to mention you didn't break down those 400,000 million in a meaningful way (a collection of years while not making a distinction between suicide used with guns or deaths where it was legit self defense). Numbers are just numbers with out context.How many of those crimes would happens if the criminals didn't have guns themselves, you're right in that you need them now because you've given EVERYONE a gun, but if you simply removed them you'd have a lot less deaths in your country.(there can be no debate about this) No guns = less gun deaths, that simple. I did differentiate between homicides and accidental and otherwise.
Waar wrote...
Between 2000 and 2014 there's been close to 165,700 gun homicides and 420,000 gun deaths(underestimate), compared to the 3,300 deaths due to terrorism during that time.cruz737 wrote...
You're full of shit for suggesting I'm blaming minorities and not the draconian gun laws that create more victims than they save. I never blamed a single minority, only pointing out the fact that the places with minorities always have the most gun laws and gun murders.[edit] Except Texas. El Paso Texas has a lot less crimes per 100,000 people. YOU CAN PROBABLY GUESS WHY.
We already restrict guns places with high gun violence, what reality are you arguing against exactly?
Again, read the first source. You can't argue against things that simply aren't true. Throwing around big scaway numbers without proper context isn't going to help your case either.
Refute everything said in here: http://people.duke.edu/~gnsmith/articles/myths.htm
or concede.
You pointed out how minorities have the most gun murders... how is that not you linking them to gun violence? You may not believe them to be the problems but that doesn't change what your words implied. I'm not trying to blame guns, they're inanimate objects, people are obviously the problem but as you cannot find a solution to solve the problem why don't we just get rid of all the guns(except those in the hands of law enforcement and military) and let the police deal with crimes.
Now my posts have context and Ive examined yours more closely, if you want to continue I'm all for it, but find a different source other than the NRA.
Sneakyone wrote...
Sneakyone wrote...
I do like firearms, I wasn't ever lying to myself, and I'm not a criminal nor intend to become one so I'm going to keep owning and buying them.Waar wrote...
Hopefully you remain that way, it doesn't take much for someone's mind to break.I don't mind people who have guns, I have friends that own a few(hunting rifles) just as long as they stay the hell away from me with their guns.
I respect that, its just a hobby for me, not a way of life.
Can you believe in my Country I'm what you would consider a conservative?(your Republicans)
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Kenjugs wrote...
Assuming you could even catch a fly to begin with.Sindailf would catch the fly right away, bugs are a source of protein.
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Loner wrote...
Wasn't there a false suicide thread that involved ketchup and majority knew was fake except one user that took it quite seriously?I can do that in the story of Ziggy.
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cruz737 wrote...
Nice stats. Big scary numbers. I don't think they reach 1% of deaths or violent crimes, or compared to total handguns. 70Mill+ and counting bby.Is that an actual argument? There's 70 million guns so we should ignore the 400,000 deaths in the last 15 years? So one in 300 wackjobs can get his hands on a gun(as there is 70 million) and kill some innocent people, good thing it was only one...
cruz737 wrote...
I'm not entirely in disagreement with your sentiment, but often the case a lot of these social outcast are allowed to let lose because the abysmal mental health system or govt. incompetence (rather than the laws themselves), trying to hammer one of the people who are statistically less likely to do something stupid and dangerous with guns is an exercise in futility. To answer your first question, people use it mainly for self defense (because of the nature of the crime, it's hard to get an exact number of assaults or home invasions stopped), and I personally don't feel like collecting guns is in itself dangerous as long as you're well informed and cautious.The man from Oregon legally owned 13 guns, and was not marked as a risk to society when he purchased them during background checks. Self defense? Against what? Europeans and Canadians don't need guns, we make it hard(harder than Americans) to purchase and obtain firearms. Our violent crime is at a fraction of what the United States has, if you want your number to lessen you should start by removing the tools designed to kill. Why would you need to collect more than one gun? Again, it's because you like guns, plain an simple.
cruz737 wrote...
A more personal reason why I'm skeptical of more restrictive gun control is crime statistics themselves. It's not a surprise to many that gun control was something originally brought up to disfranchise minorities, especially blacks in the south and newly arrive immigrants in the more urban east coat areas (if they can't legally defend themselves, it's easier to hang/rob them). Ironically, to this day, cities like Chicago, Washington DC, New Orleans, and others densely populated areas with a lot of minority presence have the strictest gun control. So not only did we not learn from history, but as a result, there are more violent crimes in those cities and many don't have the option to defend themselves. If we were to ignore those 3 cities, the US would be significantly lower in gun crimes.You're right, you didn't learn from history; the United States has a violent crime epidemic and exist no where else on earth.(perhaps war-torn countries) You may blame minorities for all of those crimes but you can also point to the tools of death they use, and only one of those issues can be removed.
So it comes down to this: you can't remove minorities from major cities so you either restrict guns(like the sensible nations that exist) and save a lot of your citizens, solving most violent crimes, or you go on as always having, killing your own citizens with inaction.
Sneakyone wrote...
I do like firearms, I wasn't ever lying to myself, and I'm not a criminal nor intend to become one so I'm going to keep owning and buying them.Hopefully you remain that way, it doesn't take much for someone's mind to break.
I don't mind people who have guns, I have friends that own a few(hunting rifles) just as long as they stay the hell away from me with their guns.
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Old ass bitch.
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cruz737 wrote...
Hibia did nothing wrong. Ok, so that's wrong.
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Sneakyone wrote...
You have a point but when you imply we don't need them because there is no government oppression like there was back then you open the door for other rights to be taken away as well because they can be deemed dangerous, the majority of gun owners own them legally and follow laws.Why is that a right you need? You say that as if the Government is trying to take away the right to free speech, or the right to a fair trial. Between 2000 and 2014 there's been close to 165,700 gun homicides and 420,000 gun deaths(underestimate), compared to the 3,300 deaths due to terrorism during that time. How can a reasonable person possibly justify numbers like that just to keep a right which doesn't apply anymore. Aren't you concerned about the amount of deaths simply because Americans believe it's their God given right to carry firearms? What other rights do you think Canada, or anywhere in Europe have been taken away because of the lack of gun rights? Gun permits don't even stop people if background checks aren't done, the guy from Oregon had a permit. Stop lying to yourself, you want firearms because you like firearms... no other reason, seems like a flimsy reason to fight for considering the amount of people lives that hobby has cost.
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Lughost wrote...
But just think of the dramaThe secret to how I've kept my job all this time is that I know just how to push Jake, so thay won't be happening.
Sweet Rolls wrote...
Wha- Really? I've been waiting since your parable to hear that story. Guess thats part of the archive thats classified. Whats next?
Not really classified, it disappeared in the crash. I mentioned coco-tan is the next story.