Since no one has c&p the Wall Street Journal article I mentioned in my first post, I will post a summary. Over a decade ago, Brazil passed very strick gun control laws that are very similar to the OR law proposed in the op. The results are, Brazil now has just about the lowest gun ownership in Latin America. Very few private citizens now own guns. Buying a gun is next to impossible. However, in the last 5 years, 200,000 people in Brazil were killed with guns. Over 68,000 last year. Violent crime with guns has skyrocketed. Some businesses are getting robbed at gunpoint 6 times a year. Armed home robberies also greatly increased. In short, the only ones now with guns in Brazil are the criminals. And the criminals are running wild. There is a movement now on to make it much easier for the innocent public to again own guns. So they can protect their families, property and businesses.
I'm sorry but that looks like it could have come out of Brokeback Mountain. OMG, I just checked it out and it is out of Brokeback Mountain. I wonder if Maris would like to take his 'like' back.
I don't think the characters in Brokeback Mountain liked city dwelling liberals any more than the rest of us. Are you impugning their character because they were gay? And Maris too? Rude
LMAO. It's idiotic posts like this that crack me up. Making shit up seems to be a trumpish behaviour and you and maris sure are experts at it.
Making shit up? He gave his opinion of the movie and then asked two questions.. It was someone else that insinuated that since that movie had actors portraying gay cowboys someone else would wouldnt agree with the statement because of a prejudice.
I don't think the characters in Brokeback Mountain liked city dwelling liberals any more than the rest of us And who is the "rest of us"? He is fine giving his opinion about what he thinks, but when he includes a large group that he has no idea what their stance is, then it is bull shit. Just giving him back some of his own medicine.
No, so, not rude. Best to check those things out before you label people. Echoing CupWizier, who is "the rest of us"? The rest of the hicks who are bigoted? (please note, neither hicks nor bigots refer to all country people).
The characters were gay. The rest of us is straight. He was saying, just because they are gay doesnt mean they feel the need for social agendas. They still enjoyed/ wanted thier independant freedom. Pretty clear to me what he was saying.
Umm the labeling started with lanny labeling Maris.... Read above. This is the type of hypocrisy i was referring to when we talked before cup. The thread clearly shows that lanny used the brokeback mountian to call out maris over an assumed prejudice against gays. Body questioned that and you are now saying he is labeling when its plainly clear lanny labeled maris. Im dumbfounded and comfused as to how some here connect certain dots.