HARTFORD, Conn. -- The Connecticut Senate on Thursday approved a measure that would ban children under 16 years old from handling or shooting machine guns.The legislation, which passed on a 31-2 vote, stems from the October death of an 8-year-old Ashford boy who accidentally shot himself in the head with an Uzi at a Massachusetts gun show."For a young person, a minor, to handle an automatic weapon ... it's like saying that it's OK to pick up a rattlesnake and that it is somehow going to be safe," said Senate President Donald E. Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn. "It's not going to be safe and it should not be legal and I would think that a lot of folks would be shocked that there was not a law." read the rest of this nonsense
1. Let go ahead and make it a law that 8 year olds should not juggle chainsaws. Let’s make a law that 8 year olds shouldn’t wrestle gorillas. Let’s make a law that 8 year olds shouldn’t drink and drive while talking on the cell phone and juggling knives.
THIS IS STUPID
2.Lets use a law already on the books. How about Child Endagerment or Negligence on the part of the PARENT. “no matter how many times I told little Rufus not to play with the fully automatic loaded machine guns, he was always playin with em!” what KIND OF IDIOT …never mind, you get the point.
3.And the reason they will not hold the parent responsible is because the Government does not want parents to be responsible, the Government wants to be responsible for children
4.Why was the gun loaded at the gun show?
5.So they expect us to believe that a parent, and a gun trader allowed a loaded machine pistol to be handled by an 8 year old child, never dawning on these two geniuses that it might not be a good idea, but a LAW is going to stop it?
“Well Rastus, I would like to let you play with the fully loaded machine gun, but it is against the law” COME ON!
6.The metaphor here is all wrong as well. I could take the average 8 year old and in an afternoon educate that child, guide and direct that child, in short, Parent that child, in such a way that a loaded gun would be no more a danger to them than any other extremely powerful tool. I do not care what you say, handle rattlesnakes long enough you will get bit. Take reasonable care and you can handle guns your whole life and not get hurt.
7.And seriously what difference if it was an UZI or a single shot .22 rifle. Kid picks up a gun in the middle of a gun show (still want to know why it was loaded) and shoots himself in the head, he is just as dead. One gun is not really that much different from another in that regard…which brings me to my next point
8.This is step one. There is now a law on the books banning certain people from handling certain guns. Now watch the Judicial and Legislative creep begin.
9. Lastly...what...do we have to have a law for everything? I am not shocked there was not a law against this. I am also not shocked there is not a law against using your child for alligator bait either...maybe we need that law too?
10. So everything that is not safe must be illegal? That is the thinking folks...and therein lies our downfall. Once again, reminds me of Demolition Man. "salt has been deemed bad for you, therefore it is not good, and anything not good for you has been banned"
BUT IT IS “FOR THE CHILDREN!” Gag me with a spoon. "THIS CANNOT HAPPEN AGAIN, NOT IN AMERICA!" look, as long as there are stupid people, there are going to be tragedies. once again, google "Eugenics" that is where these fools will lead us.
May 01, 2009
A good parable...and this morning's Rant.
The Haircut
One day a florist went to a barber for a haircut. After the cut he asked about his bill and the barber replied, 'I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community service this week.' The florist was pleased and left the shop. When the barber went to open his shop the next morning there was a 'thank you' card and a dozen roses waiting for him at his door. Later, a cop came in for a haircut, and when he tried to pay his bill, the barber again replied, 'I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community service this week.' The cop was happy and left the shop. The next morning when the barber went to open up there was a 'thank you' card and a dozen donuts waiting for him at his door. Later that day, a college professor came in for a haircut, and when he tried to pay his bill, the barber again replied, 'I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community service this week.' The professor was very happy and left the shop. The next morning when the barber opened his shop, there was a 'thank you' card and a dozen different books, such as 'How to Improve Your Business' and 'Becoming More Successful.' Then, a Congressman came in for a haircut, and when he went to pay his bill the barber again replied, 'I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community service this week.' The Congressman was very happy and left the shop. The next morning when the barber went to open up, there were a dozen Congressmen lined up waiting for a free haircut.
And that, my friends, illustrates the fundamental difference between the citizens of our country and the members of our Congress.
Simply put there are givers and there are takers in this world.
The biggest bunch of takers are people in Government who want a huge centralized government. The second bunch are the people who, because of promises of all kinds of goodies taken from others, vote for them. They tell us over and over and over again that the EVIL RICH™ are the takers, but they are the only ones producing anything…they are the givers. Everyone who pays more in taxes than they receive back from the Government is a Giver.
The news stories bear this out, the very people who say they are there to help the poor and downtrodden, are the ones when closer inspected give nothing to charities. These same folks are the ones who don’t pay their taxes. (what is it, about 8 in the administration already? And these are people who are supposed to be the BEST in Washington, what does that say about the rest of the clowns up there?) Meanwhile the guy working in a nasty sweaty hot factory on a graveyard shift goes to church and gives all he can afford. The farmer who works from “come light to can’t see” in the sun and the heat and the rain and the cold, volunteers on the Fire Department, or is part of the church, the local Jaycees, helps kids in FFA or 4H. What are the weasels in Washington doing? Taking jets 3000 miles across country to see their families every week at taxpayer expense, spending nearly half a million dollars to fly the president's party plane on a low buzz of NY scaring the bejeebers out of folks for a freaking photo op. Pouring money into teachers unions across the country and killing the best program there has ever been to educate kids in inner city DC. Confirming a Pro abortionist to HHS secretary, burying Planned Parenthood in money to abort babies in Inner cities and then have the gall and nerve to claim they feel the plight of the poor black women who live in those cities. We have a president that has promised to spend more money than the country has spent since its founding, then says he is making his staff cut the budget by 100 million, then a week later asks for 1.5 Billion for flu research… which should put things in perspective. He says he doesn’t want big government, that he doesn’t want to run these companies and doesn’t want to micro-manage. But he didn’t let the board of directors decide Rick Wagoner’s fate…he fired him personally. Contradiction? Car companies were all too big to fail, couldn’t go bankrupt, had to bail them out, now they are going bankrupt, and being ran by the UAW and an Italian maker of craptastic inferior product. The UAW and the SEIU were gung ho about card check and amnesty…ever stop to wonder why? Make it so they can bully people into joining the union and make it so there are a bunch of uneducated poor folks streaming across the border… connect the dots there. Somehow this legislation was killed thank the Lord.
See any trends with Unions in this administration? By the way, (in my best Yosemite Sam voice) “Ah Hate Unions!”
It is a pretty neat trick Unions and Washington Weasels play on people. They fool us into thinking they are givers when all they are doing is taking, and all so they can stay in power and take some more.
Sorry I didn’t mean to go on so long , I just wanted to share a cute story…then I got all worked up.
One day a florist went to a barber for a haircut. After the cut he asked about his bill and the barber replied, 'I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community service this week.' The florist was pleased and left the shop. When the barber went to open his shop the next morning there was a 'thank you' card and a dozen roses waiting for him at his door. Later, a cop came in for a haircut, and when he tried to pay his bill, the barber again replied, 'I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community service this week.' The cop was happy and left the shop. The next morning when the barber went to open up there was a 'thank you' card and a dozen donuts waiting for him at his door. Later that day, a college professor came in for a haircut, and when he tried to pay his bill, the barber again replied, 'I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community service this week.' The professor was very happy and left the shop. The next morning when the barber opened his shop, there was a 'thank you' card and a dozen different books, such as 'How to Improve Your Business' and 'Becoming More Successful.' Then, a Congressman came in for a haircut, and when he went to pay his bill the barber again replied, 'I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community service this week.' The Congressman was very happy and left the shop. The next morning when the barber went to open up, there were a dozen Congressmen lined up waiting for a free haircut.
And that, my friends, illustrates the fundamental difference between the citizens of our country and the members of our Congress.
Simply put there are givers and there are takers in this world.
The biggest bunch of takers are people in Government who want a huge centralized government. The second bunch are the people who, because of promises of all kinds of goodies taken from others, vote for them. They tell us over and over and over again that the EVIL RICH™ are the takers, but they are the only ones producing anything…they are the givers. Everyone who pays more in taxes than they receive back from the Government is a Giver.
The news stories bear this out, the very people who say they are there to help the poor and downtrodden, are the ones when closer inspected give nothing to charities. These same folks are the ones who don’t pay their taxes. (what is it, about 8 in the administration already? And these are people who are supposed to be the BEST in Washington, what does that say about the rest of the clowns up there?) Meanwhile the guy working in a nasty sweaty hot factory on a graveyard shift goes to church and gives all he can afford. The farmer who works from “come light to can’t see” in the sun and the heat and the rain and the cold, volunteers on the Fire Department, or is part of the church, the local Jaycees, helps kids in FFA or 4H. What are the weasels in Washington doing? Taking jets 3000 miles across country to see their families every week at taxpayer expense, spending nearly half a million dollars to fly the president's party plane on a low buzz of NY scaring the bejeebers out of folks for a freaking photo op. Pouring money into teachers unions across the country and killing the best program there has ever been to educate kids in inner city DC. Confirming a Pro abortionist to HHS secretary, burying Planned Parenthood in money to abort babies in Inner cities and then have the gall and nerve to claim they feel the plight of the poor black women who live in those cities. We have a president that has promised to spend more money than the country has spent since its founding, then says he is making his staff cut the budget by 100 million, then a week later asks for 1.5 Billion for flu research… which should put things in perspective. He says he doesn’t want big government, that he doesn’t want to run these companies and doesn’t want to micro-manage. But he didn’t let the board of directors decide Rick Wagoner’s fate…he fired him personally. Contradiction? Car companies were all too big to fail, couldn’t go bankrupt, had to bail them out, now they are going bankrupt, and being ran by the UAW and an Italian maker of craptastic inferior product. The UAW and the SEIU were gung ho about card check and amnesty…ever stop to wonder why? Make it so they can bully people into joining the union and make it so there are a bunch of uneducated poor folks streaming across the border… connect the dots there. Somehow this legislation was killed thank the Lord.
See any trends with Unions in this administration? By the way, (in my best Yosemite Sam voice) “Ah Hate Unions!”
It is a pretty neat trick Unions and Washington Weasels play on people. They fool us into thinking they are givers when all they are doing is taking, and all so they can stay in power and take some more.
Sorry I didn’t mean to go on so long , I just wanted to share a cute story…then I got all worked up.
Get out the aluminum foil hat...why I think we are being made to fear the swine flu.
Look, I am not a doctor. I am also not fully and conpletely informed on every aspect about the swine flu.
I have heard that in the U.S. Due to our better general health and sanitation that this illness is having about the same mortality rate as the regular ol flu. From what I have read you are more likely to die in a car wreck than you are to die of this disease. We have entire school systems shut down in Ft. Worth because of this thing and there haven't even been any confirmed cases there. From what I can trll the only thing special about this outbreak is that it came later than the regular flu season. Here are some stats that I was told today. There are 300+ million folks in this country. Each year statistically 30 million will get the flu. Out of those 30 million .1% will die..30 thousand people. What have we had so far? 100 plus cases in the U.S.? If it is 100,000 cases and assuming it is twice (in the U.S. It appears to be less than that) as deadly as the regular flu then that is 200 fatalities.
It has been in the news 24/7 for three days...why?
Remember..."do not let a crisis go to waste"
Kathleen Sebelius's confirmation for Health and Human Services secretary was not looking too great, but bam! We are in a crisis and she sails through...coincidence? Happenstance? Unrelated events...I am not so sure.
I have heard that in the U.S. Due to our better general health and sanitation that this illness is having about the same mortality rate as the regular ol flu. From what I have read you are more likely to die in a car wreck than you are to die of this disease. We have entire school systems shut down in Ft. Worth because of this thing and there haven't even been any confirmed cases there. From what I can trll the only thing special about this outbreak is that it came later than the regular flu season. Here are some stats that I was told today. There are 300+ million folks in this country. Each year statistically 30 million will get the flu. Out of those 30 million .1% will die..30 thousand people. What have we had so far? 100 plus cases in the U.S.? If it is 100,000 cases and assuming it is twice (in the U.S. It appears to be less than that) as deadly as the regular flu then that is 200 fatalities.
It has been in the news 24/7 for three days...why?
Remember..."do not let a crisis go to waste"
Kathleen Sebelius's confirmation for Health and Human Services secretary was not looking too great, but bam! We are in a crisis and she sails through...coincidence? Happenstance? Unrelated events...I am not so sure.
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