ICTJohnboy Posted May 26, 2022 Author Share Posted May 26, 2022 26 minutes ago, 101 said: Boris as well was against banning guns, I wish Blackford had reminded him of this when he was heaping on "thoughts and prayers" Yes he should have. Strange none of this stuff cropped up yesterday. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnson-exempts-shooting-rule-22693020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 12 minutes ago, Fullerene said: The second amendment made sense at the time. A brand new country had no army, navy or air force. How was it going to defend itself? A militia was the answer. America now has the world's largest military. The purpose of the second amendment is no longer there. It is quite funny that the red neck militias think they could fight the US police and army. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted May 26, 2022 Author Share Posted May 26, 2022 24 minutes ago, dirty dingus said: Cruz flapping and wishing he had a fridge to hide in. C Wow, that was revealing. Well done Sky News. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Venom Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 30 minutes ago, Salt n Vinegar said: Give it a go, I say. Will nobody think of the children? As a society we must do all we can to help our precious youth avoid such wicket influences! Shirley? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweeperDee Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Wow, that was revealing. Well done Sky News.“The freest, safest country in the world”. Only right wing American fundamentalist nut jobs think that’s true. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 2 minutes ago, SweeperDee said: “The freest, safest country in the world”. Only right wing American fundamentalist nut jobs think that’s true. If the safest country in the world routine has massacres at schools, churches and social settings I would be worried about what they thought the most dangerous countries are like, although of course most Americans that have been abroad have only been to a war zone in a war the Yanks started. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 8 minutes ago, ICTJohnboy said: Wow, that was revealing. Well done Sky News. Cruz has shown who he really is countless times. He keeps getting in due to what basically amounts to voter suppression. The texas denizens who would vote against him have either been disenfranchised officially (drug possession conviction = never being able to vote again) or unofficially (hispanics and other african americans tend to have to work so much they can't get the time off to vote). The republicans vote for him because he isn't a "liberal" and because he ascribes to the same performative christianity (talk about taking the Lord's name in vain!) that they do. He also plays a mean dog whistle, and he plays the familiar and soothing music that is right up the streets of white texans. What America needs is another revolution, and I do believe it is slowly happening. The Republicans are moving further into fascism because they're terrified that the inchoate anger of every day Americans is finding some form. The republicans are losing power with the demography of red states beginning to flex its voting muscle. Witness Georgia flipping to Democrat recently, which was no fluke. Stacy Abrams and the Rock The Vote initiative reawakened the latent power of black and latin american voters there and they won't go back in their box. Other states like Arizona and Alabama will follow suit. Young workers are forming Unions and don't buy the "socialism is bad mmkay" narrative which gripped their forebears (it's a quartet of Rangers fans, but never mind that just now). There are obviously reasons to feel jaded and horrified, and especially after recent events, but what we are seeing are the death throws of white conservative America. Guys like Cruz know that their days are numbered. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 50 minutes ago, Fullerene said: The second amendment made sense at the time. A brand new country had no army, navy or air force. How was it going to defend itself? A militia was the answer. America now has the world's largest military. The purpose of the second amendment is no longer there. Plus no assault weapons You're talking about flintlock single shot guns being the apex of personal defence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 The cops left the guy inside the school for over an hour. Getting medical treatment for the children with gun shot wounds wasn't a priority. Quote The gunman who killed 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school Tuesday was on the premises for up to an hour before law enforcement forcibly entered a classroom and killed him, officials said Wednesday. "It's going to be within, like 40 minutes or something, (within) an hour," Texas Department of Public Safety director Steven McCraw told CNN's Ed Lavandera at a news conference. The 18-year-old shooter, Salvador Ramos, was in a standoff with law enforcement officers for about a half-hour after firing on students and teachers, Rep. Tony Gonzales, whose district includes Uvalde, told CNN's Jake Tapper, citing a briefing he was given. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 (edited) Posted this in response to some guy banging on about the second amendment on an American forum a while back.. Quote Why do Americans get so hung up about some stuff scribbled down by a bunch of slave owners 230 years ago? It's like a religious cult. And the bit about the need for a well regulated militia justifying the right of random nutters to stroll down shopping malls with AK47s, what's all that about? Edited May 26, 2022 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Fullerene said: The second amendment made sense at the time. A brand new country had no army, navy or air force. How was it going to defend itself? A militia was the answer. America now has the world's largest military. The purpose of the second amendment is no longer there. Hiding behind a law written over 200 years ago to justify the ownership of assault rifles is disingenuous. Everyone knows it including the gun lobby. Nothing will change in the USA, this thread will be running as long as P&B exists. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 I wonder what all these nutters' attitude to alcohol prohibition is? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkySuperSub Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 (edited) The 2nd Amendment should really by now hold about as much weight as the ancient law that allows a Scotsman to be shot in York with a bow and arrow, except on a Sunday...! But you know, America is full of Americans...soooooo... Edited May 26, 2022 by KirkySuperSub 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 "This is happening because people aren't going to church". Oh my. It must be terrifying going to Japan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 31 minutes ago, Clown Job said: Train the students themselves? Get your 7 year old the perfect Christmas present this year. The Hello Kitty rapid response assault rifle. Texas school health and safety compliant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albus Bulbasaur Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 It baffles me the morons that support arming the school teacher or having guards and extra security at the school. The shooters aren't going to stop they'd probably just wander down to the local shopping centres and inflict their damage elsewhere. Sure it'd be preferable than not having children shot up but I feel like it's spectacularly missing the fundamental issue. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 37 minutes ago, Fullerene said: "This is happening because people aren't going to church". Oh my. It must be terrifying going to Japan. Well, yes, it's full of people who aren't white and don't speak English. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 2 hours ago, SweeperDee said: “The freest, safest country in the world”. Only right wing American fundamentalist nut jobs think that’s true. Its only "free and safe" if you are a white, rich person living in some gated development in the middle of nowhere. People like Cruz are as removed from real life as some of our own cunto westminster wanksacks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 1 minute ago, Leith Green said: Its only "free and safe" if you are a white, rich person living in some gated development in the middle of nowhere. People like Cruz are as removed from real life as some of our own cunto westminster wanksacks. It's the fact that he spouts the "freeist, safest" shite then tells the reporter to "stop being a propagandist" that impressed me the most. A huge number of politicians here in the UK are selfish, amoral arseholes, but at least we don't have the absolute fucking lunatics they do over there 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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