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That was a simplistic, callous, and ignorant response. Let's forget that I participated here.

Sounds fun Bill. Sign me up for the next Republican party in your neighborhood.

The problems with this line of reasoning also apply to your examples of gun violence in other countries.

OK. Ive told this story before but here it goes again. When my step son was about 12, his father's Schitzophrenia acted up and he was hearing the voices of "5 evil demons" (not good demons mind you) telling him to kill his own son. My daughters were 2ys and 2 months respectively. My wife at the time, mother of all three kids, was in denial and would not try to have the guy locked up. One night at about 11PM the front door started thumping loudly as though someone were trying to kick it in. Sure enough, there is the ex-hubby holding a tire iron and standing about 6'2" in my front hall. Of course, I knew what was going on and had thought out every scenario I could and planned what I would do if this happened. So I had the mother take all the kids into a back bedroom when the thumping started and had her call 911. Then I sat at the top of the stairs with my loaded pistol wondering if I was going to have to shoot my stepson's father. When he came through the kicked in door I had the legal right to shoot him dead in self defense. But that did not seem like the best thing for the whole family scene. So I called his name and showed him the pistol and told him the police were on their way. He stood there looking confused for about 20 seconds which is a really long time. I had planned that if he started up the stairs, I would have no choice. Finally, the police showed up and he ran away. They didn't catch him that night. Tell me that you would not have wanted to have a gun for the rest of that night.

Chastity belts are coming back eh? Ooooooooooo. I love a challenge.

Domestic cats kill an estimated 29 million song birds every year. Karma.

My first wife had a bed like that.

What wrong man the pills ain't working for ya? Maybe just get yourself a guitar and start playing with that instead. All I would like is to be able to get on a freaking plane. I am going on one week of being stuck in Bangkok, I guess there could be lot worst places to be stuck. The pills still work fine sonny. Its the "all toys & no responsibilities" that looks good. As for Bangkok, look around and consider where you will be in 20 years. Store that memory. Mine are very useful.

There are lots of trip reports on the nf route. If you use the search function you will get more than you care to read. Enjoy!!!

I want to go through puberty again.

Has someone had a baby recently!

Sounds to me like you are angry at him for what you perceive as him copying your MO. Cheerio!

The South African experience proves you dead wrong. Crime rates in Joburg are among the world's highest. Because of this many homeowners are armed. Because of this, many burglars enter and shoot the first person they see, assuming the owner is armed. Out of desperation, homeowners contract with private security firms, who respond to tripped alarms. They fire two shots in the lawn, then come in blasting. Many homeowners are shot by their own private security firms every year due to false alarms. The proliferation of guns has turned what would be simple property crimes (which suck, admittedly) into homocides. Just sayin. The 'common sense' that's behind many of these gun arguments is very often 180 degrees wrong. Almost everyone I knew in Montana growing up loaded their own ammo. I see this as a corporate run for monopolistic practices. The essence of this law will make large weapons corporations the only place to get ammo and they will then control the price more easily. I am talking about keeping gun laws and ammunition access pretty much the way they are. I doubt that you are arguing that if we keep going with the laws that currently exist, we will end up like South Africa. Right? I would argue that there are other variables in the mix that make S Africa a different scenario.

Some decent comments for once, but do you really understand what the elimination of semi-autos would leave? Bolt action, lever action, pump action, single fed. That's it. Did you really mean to say this? How about revolvers? Some consider them semi-auto, some don't. No. Not every Semi-automatic. Just those that are clearly designed to take out dozens of people. It does not seem like a good idea to have anybody spraying bullets indescriminantly. If someone tries to burglarize my house, I can put two in the chest and one between the eyes from 50 ft no problem. And my 357 is not going to be slowed down a lot by a flimsy modern door or drywall. Owning a gun requires responsibility. If you are going to pull one out and pull the trigger, you should have taken the time to know what you are going to hit. If you can do that, you don't need a military clip full of ammo. And for most people (without good aim), the best defensive gun in a house is a shotgun.

Just a few humiliation techniques. Carry on.

Your ignorance of how many bullets it takes to stop a zombie is appalling. But I do not like this or any other gun control other than for automatic and semi-automatic weapons. I just do not beleive that honest people without guns are going to be as safe as they are with guns out there. I mean, if a robber has to wonder if he is going to be shot he will likely not rob as often. If he knows he will be up against an unarmed person almost every single time, I think robberies will increase. Purely opinion but $0.02.

Cheerio then!

Sorry you weren't able to read the post were I made a few different points. But that would explain why you post so many empty insults with no thought or counter point. There just isn't anything to back up your points so why make them. Right? I mean, you have been flaming anyone who did not totally agree with you and Bush/Cheney for years now. Now that it is clear that they were focused on getting richer off the backs of people like you, and didn't give a rat's ass about this country, it must be a hard pill to swallow. All those years and you were just wrong. Wrong about Bush/Cheney and wrong to be such a mean spirited person.

Um, actually, yes. Ya think? Hmmm, lemme see: Waterboarding with no lasting physical effects or...slowly strangled to death by a chord hung from a crane in front of a large cheering crowd... Ok, I've decided now. I'll take the waterboarding please! I didn't know you were gay. Must have been hard to come out in this forum.

Yeah. Something inside me is stirring. It is almost like sex only lasts longer. My legs know what it is. My bloodshot eyes must be retrained on the eastern horizon. Mountains. Lots of them. It is time to pack.

Sick sarcastic irony was your point? OK.

Is it as much as a bitch to harvest as say.....oil? Yes. Energy return on energy invested for oil is currently around 40:1 while for hemp oil it is less than 5:1. (and note: 1.3:1 for corn ethanol and around 20:1 for tropical sugarcane ethanol) Not counting the economic costs of global warming with oil and deforestation with tropical sugarcane.

Who cares.

I am sure the Christian right would support that given the power. Abstention IS the answer right? Oh and if you do have sex and go to an abortion clinic, they will shoot you. I'm so glad we aren't in Iran where they have religious fundamentalists running ammouck. I mean, what if they got into our Supreme court? Well, they'd prolly stop at abortion right? Or would they go after gays? It is a sin you know. It even says so in the Bible (can you help me with which verse that was?). And once they erradicate that sin, they will need another one to focus on. Eventually, they will be knockin on Bill's door for posting prn on the internet. Keep them guns handy Bill.

Your anger is sad. I wish you well.