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Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Thich Nhat Hanh
Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
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There was research conducted a few years ago with individuals convicted of violent crimes. These cons were in prison for serious, predatory crimes of violence: assaults, murders and killing law enforcement officers. The vast majority said that they specifically targeted victims by body language: slumped walk, passive behavior and lack of awareness. They chose their victims like big cats do in Africa, when they select one out of the herd that is least able to protect itself….
Sheepdogs are born that way, and so are wolves. They didn't have a choice. But you are not a critter. As a human being, you can be whatever you want to be. It is a conscious, moral decision.
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Even highly-trained police officers lose control of their handguns; according to the FBI, 5 out of 41 law enforcement officers (12%) killed by gunfire in the line of duty in 1999 were killed by an adversary with the officer's own service weapon. And police officers know that the very sight of a gun can escalate a situation, so that instead of simply losing your wallet, you can lose your life. That's why almost every major law enforcement organization - including the International Brotherhood of Police Officers and the International Association of Chiefs of Police - opposes the weakening of CCW laws (CCW Bardy)
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Denial kills you twice. It kills you once, at your moment of truth when you are not physically prepared: you didn't bring your gun, you didn't train. Your only defense was wishful thinking. Hope is not a strategy. Denial kills you a second time because even if you do physically survive, you are psychologically shattered by your fear helplessness and horror at your moment of truth.
Gavin de Becker puts it like this in Fear Less, his superb post-9/11 book, which should be required reading for anyone trying to come to terms with our current world situation: "...denial can be seductive, but it has an insidious side effect. For all the peace of mind deniers think they get by saying it isn't so, the fall they take when faced with new violence is all the more unsettling."
Denial is a save-now-pay-later scheme, a contract written entirely in small print, for in the long run, the denying person knows the truth on some level.
And so the warrior must strive to confront denial in all aspects of his life, and prepare himself for the day when evil comes. If you are warrior who is legally authorized to carry a weapon and you step outside without that weapon, then you become a sheep, pretending that the bad man will not come today. No one can be "on" 24/7, for a lifetime. Everyone needs down time. But if you are authorized to carry a weapon, and you walk outside without it, just take a deep breath, and say this to yourself...
"Baa."
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Trust me, I do not wish to beat you into submission, but open your consciousness to the apparent facts that IMHO are undeniable.
If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Thich Nhat Hanh
Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
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If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Thich Nhat Hanh
Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
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Please stop telling and repeating lies of the NRA (amongst them that assault weapons are not used in crimes).
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The sheep generally do not like the sheepdog. He looks a lot like the wolf. He has fangs and the capacity for violence. The difference, though, is that the sheepdog must not, can not and will not ever harm the sheep. Any sheep dog who intentionally harms the lowliest little lamb will be punished and removed. The world cannot work any other way, at least not in a representative democracy or a republic such as ours.
Still, the sheepdog disturbs the sheep. He is a constant reminder that there are wolves in the land. They would prefer that he didn't tell them where to go, or give them traffic tickets, or stand at the ready in our airports in camouflage fatigues holding an M-16. The sheep would much rather have the sheepdog cash in his fangs, spray paint himself white, and go, "Baa."
Until the wolf shows up. Then the entire flock tries desperately to hide behind one lonely sheepdog.
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If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Thich Nhat Hanh
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The firepower of assault weapons makes them especially desired by violent criminals and especially lethal in their hands. Prior to the Act, although assault weapons constituted less than 1% of the guns in circulation,14 they were a far higher percentage of the guns used in crime. ATF's analysis of guns traced to crime showed that assault weapons "are preferred by criminals over law abiding citizens eight to one. ... Access to them shifts the balance of power to the lawless."15
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In the 1991 BJS Survey of State <**>Inmates, about
8% of the inmates reported that they had owned a
military-type weapon, such as an Uzi, AK-47,
AR-15, or M-16. Less than 1% said that they
carried such a weapon when they committed the
incident for which they were incarcerated. A
Virginia inmate survey conducted between November
1992 and May 1993 found similar results: About
10% of the adult inmates reported that they had
ever possessed an assault rifle, but none had
carried it at the scene of a crime.
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With an assault weapon is all about spraying bullets as you run for a defensive position. Assault weapons are for cowards, not heroes.
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Soon after its passage in 1994, the gun industry made a mockery of the federal assault weapons ban, manufacturing 'post-ban' assault weapons with only slight, cosmetic differences from their banned counterparts. Impact on crime.
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The few available studies suggest that attacks with semiautomatics – including AWs and other semiautomatics equipped with large capacity magazines – result in more shots fired, more persons hit, and more wounds inflicted per victim than do attacks with other firearms.
Most of the assault weapons used in crime are assault pistols rather than assault rifles. Large capacity magazines (LCM) are used in crime much more often than and accounted for 14% to 26% of guns used in crime prior to the ban. Impact on crime.
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In the 1980s, law enforcement reported that assault weapons were the "weapons of choice" for drug traffickers, gangs, terrorists, and paramilitary extremist groups. Limiting civilian access to such weapons lessens the need for law enforcement to carry assault weapons themselves in order to match the firepower capability that criminals with assault weapons would have (Brady)
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Following implementation of the ban, the share of gun crimes involving AWs (Assault Weapons) declined by 17% to 72% across the localities examined for this study (Baltimore, Miami, Milwaukee, Boston, St. Louis, and Anchorage), based on data covering all or portions of the 1995-2003 post-ban period.
(...)
reducing criminal use of AWs and especially LCMs could have nontrivial effects on gunshot victimizations. The few available studies suggest that attacks with semiautomatics – including AWs and other semiautomatics equipped with LCMs – result in
more shots fired,
more persons hit, and
more wounds inflicted per victim than do attacks with other firearms.
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In 2004, 29,569 people in the United States died from firearm-related deaths – 11,624 (39%) of those were murdered; 16,750 (57%) were suicides; 649 (2.2%) were accidents; and in 235 (.8%) the intent was unknown.
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If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Thich Nhat Hanh
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However: Why does a hunter have to shoot 20 rounds of pellets into a flock of birds? Why is a singe action rifle not enough for hunting? I'm amazed that you have such a concept on hunting... IMHO
(a) hunters these days do not depend on their catch like they did in the past
(b) extended technology has provided them with great advantages over the game (guns and scopes)
(c) as far as I have experienced hunting, it's all about that single shot, the "kill"... Fact of the matter is: you don't need an AK47 to hunt down Bambi and Thumper, other than being an or completely retarded.
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Lurch, my mind is not open to gratuitous violence. The only reason to own a military assault weapon is to kill someone, and to me that is just plain anti social. If the only difference between military assault weapons and regular civilian assault weapons is cosmetic, then by the same token, you won’t be needing military assault weapons.
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Assault weapon are designed for and used in assault operations. The rapid rate of fire and spray-fired from the hip military assault weapons are not in the best interest of public safety. Perhaps you think Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapons should also be available to the public.
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Violent acts are not inevitable; they don’t have to be part of society.
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Why is all the legislation that tries to reducing gun violence for political reasons and not for increasing public safety? Why is everything to do with gun safety and reducing gun violence sabotaged by the NRA?
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Soon after its passage in 1994, the gun industry made a mockery of the federal assault weapons ban, manufacturing 'post-ban' assault weapons with only slight, cosmetic differences from their banned counterparts.
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Lurch - do the math: 5% of 11.624 people are 581 people saved - meaning that 581 families do not have to mourn their members - not to speak about friends. 581 ppl - that is about 17 times the VT shooting...
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reducing criminal use of AWs and especially LCMs could have nontrivial effects on gunshot victimizations. The few available studies suggest that attacks with semiautomatics – including AWs and other semiautomatics equipped with LCMs – result in more shots fired, more persons hit, and more wounds inflicted per victim than do attacks with other firearms.
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- The gun laws across the US are flawed and do not prevent gun ownership of criminals and felons
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The purpose of the act is to prevent firearms manufacturers and dealers from being held liable for crimes committed with their products. However, both manufacturers and dealers can still be held liable for damages resulting from defective products, breach of contract, criminal misconduct, and other actions that they are directly responsible for.
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You're saying gun owners have penis envy now FireTom? Not everyone with a BMW speeds, not everyone buys them to compensate. Maybe some are buying them simply because they are nice cars? Look good, and drive nice?
I mean this in the most respectful way possible, but if you only wear your seatbelt to stop the alarm, and to keep the police from giving you a ticket you're an idiot. I sincerely hope you were being sarcastic, but if not, how dare you critique my life choices and lecture me about 'putting myself and my family at higher risk' when you are so reckless yourself.
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Many compare the need to own a big fast car with needing a penis elongation, or that men who need to own big fast cars do have a small penis or low self esteem.
I personally am not signing for that, but maybe its true that people who need to have big fast cars, do in fact have "power issues" and similar might apply to gun ownership.
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The prefrontal cortex then monitors what the basal ganglia have learned. Its slower, more deliberate learning mechanisms allow it to gather a more judicious "big picture" of what is going on by taking into account more history and thereby exert executive control over behavior, Miller said.
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You choose violence. That’s your choice. Though, we all have the potential to evolve, it’s written about in all the Holy Books. Mahatma Gandhi, the greatest leader of all time, drove the British from India with non-violence. I think pre 1960’s Bhutan would have been a peaceful place to live.
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