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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
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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
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Every time America has tried to "higher road," our enemies have exploited that and moved in for the kill.
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Police said that the incident is a perfect example of children in crisis, and said they hope the children get the help from the community that they so desperately need.
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Carrying guns with responsible people is about being prepared. You acknowledge a dangerous situation and decide to protect yourself. It isn't really a fear of the criminal but a fear of losing one's life.
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Hatred does not cease by hatred; by love alone does it cease’.
Tolerance must be practised if peace is to come to this earth. Force and compulsion will only create intolerance. To establish peace and harmony among mankind, each and everyone must first learn to practise the ways leading to the extinction of hatred, greed and delusion, the roots of all evil forces. If mankind can eradicate these evil forces, tolerance and peace will come to this restless world (Buddha).
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If the US is found responsible for putting guns into the hands of ppl who recruit children soldiers, their international credibility diminishes.
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The US' approach to bring democracy to other countries of the world is honourable, but many ppl think: wtf! Look at their own country, death penalty and reckless shootings of innocent children and students, forged elections or at least a faulty electoral system, no dignity but hypocrisy. What are they trying to teach us?
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You say that there are not enough funds to enforce the national gun laws, at the same time you have enough funds to support militias overseas (like the one in Sudan).
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Yes Fire Tom, it’s difficult to convince anyone that guns in civilian hands only make matters worse. You only have to read the mouse gun stories to see the problems they cause. Or look at the anarchy that followed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. America’s major threat is not from the outside, but from the armed populace within.
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America stayed out of WWII for a long time due to economic reasons, the major one being the cost of WWI. Roosevelt supported Churchill. I’m not sure what happened leading up to Pearl Harbour, but for sure you saved Australia in the end. That’s why we support America in places like Vietnam and Iraq.
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Lurch, seat belts save peoples lives, guns take peoples lives.
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Lurch, your scenario of being willing to lay down your life for a child is noble, but take out the guns and the fantasy. You could just as easily go down to the Children’s Hospital and donate your kidneys if you wanted too. Not that I’m suggesting you do that. No, I'm suggesting you see your highly emotive scenarios for what they are, fantasy.
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The UN never sanctioned the US led invasion of Iraq. Many people thought it was a bad idea at the time. That’s where the criticism is coming from.
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I'd do the same if there wasn't a gun involved Stone. A child dieing in need of a kidney is not a result of a failure of society. It's not because the average person is a sheep and lacks the conviction to intervene in violent situations, they simply run the other way. They are highly emotive scenarios, but they are hardly fantasy.
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, looting, violence, and other criminal activity became serious problems. With most of the attention of the authorities focused on rescue efforts, the security in New Orleans degraded quickly. By August 30, looting had spread throughout the city, often in broad daylight and in the presence of police officers. "The looting is out of control. The French Quarter has been attacked", City Councilwoman Jackie Clarkson said. "We're using exhausted, scarce police to control looting when they should be used for search and rescue while we still have people on rooftops."
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On August 31, New Orleans's 1,500-member police force was ordered to abandon search and rescue missions and turn their attention toward controlling the widespread looting. The city also ordered a mandatory curfew. Mayor Nagin called for increased federal assistance in a, "desperate S.O.S.", following the city's inability to control looting and was often misquoted as declaring martial law in the city, despite there being no such term in Louisiana state law (a declaration of a state of emergency was instead made).
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On the same day, Governor Kathleen Blanco announced the arrival of a military presence, stating that they, "[knew] how to shoot and kill and [expected that] they [would]." Despite the increased law enforcement presence, crime continued to be problematic. Several armed attacks on relief helicopters, bus convoys, and police officers were reported[citation needed], and fires erupted around the city at stores and a chemical storage facility. By September 1, 6,500 National Guard troops had arrived in New Orleans, and on September 2, Blanco requested a total of 40,000 for assistance in evacuation and security efforts in Louisiana. Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, multiple reports of confiscations of civilian weapons by law enforcement began coming out of New Orleans. Warrantless weapon searches of evacuees were carried out prior to allowing them into evacuation centers, unconstitutional house-to-house weapon confiscations were reported, and the superintendent of police was quoted as saying "Only law enforcement are allowed to have weapons" and "We are going to take all of the weapons". Gun Confiscations in New Orleans
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Compass, the police superintendent, said that after a week of near-anarchy in the city, no civilians in New Orleans will be allowed to carry pistols, shotguns or other firearms of any kind.
"Only law enforcement are allowed to have weapons," he said.
But that order apparently does not apply to the hundreds of security guards whom businesses and some wealthy individuals have hired to protect their property. The guards, who are civilians working for private security firms like Blackwater, are openly carrying M-16s and other assault rifles.
Compass said that he is aware of the private guards but that the police have no plans to make them give up their weapons.
Nearly two weeks after the floods began, New Orleans has turned into an armed camp, patrolled by thousands of local, state, and federal law enforcement officers, as well as National Guard troops and active-duty soldiers. Although armed looters roamed unchecked last week, the city is now calm. The city's slow recovery is continuing on other fronts as well, local officials said at a late-morning news conference. Police prepare to use force
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On September 12, 2005 National Rifle Association executive vice-president Wayne LaPierre spoke out against these confiscations. "What we’ve seen in Louisiana — the breakdown of law and order in the aftermath of disaster — is exactly the kind of situation where the Second Amendment was intended to allow citizens to protect themselves," LaPierre said. The NRA filed suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District in Louisiana.
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Lurch, there is nothing positive about guns. I think that is apparent from reading the mouse gun verse man stopper stories. They are mostly domestic disputes, and no one would have been killed if it was not for the guns. Makes sense.
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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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Would you be upset if the someone broke into your house and stole something? Would you be more upset if it was the GOVERNMENT breaking into your house and stealing something that was perfectly legal for you to have? You better be, gross breaches of trust and authority like that should NOT be tolerated.
They had no right, and no authority to take those actions, yet they did anyways. Do you not see a problem with that? I'm guessing you would think differently if it was anything besides guns. So far you haven't shown me chaos, you've shown me government misconduct and mismanagement.
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Tom, for once I actually partially agree with you, the kids at VT *should* have done more They could have taken Cho out long before the death count got that high, some tried, just not enough.
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So I ask you, what is the best way to take out an armed and dangerous person intent on killing as many people as he can?
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32 women dressed in black gathered on a busy street corner in Bethesda yesterday. Orange and maroon ribbons hung around their necks.
At noon, they began lying down one by one on the sidewalk. Supporters handed out fliers explaining their message: a protest against the U.S. gun laws that allowed Virginia Tech student Seung Hui Cho to obtain the weapons he used in the fatal shooting rampage on campus last month. Each of the protesters represented one of his victims. (...)
The idea came from Abigail Spangler, 42, a mother of two and a cellist with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic. Two days after the April 16 shootings, Spangler decided to organize a women's "lie-in/die-in" that would last only a few minutes, "representing the amount of time it took for the shooter to buy his gun in the United States." That protest was held April 22 in front of Alexandria City Hall. (...)
Tina Gehring and her daughter Geneva, a rising senior at Virginia Tech, participated together. "We'd like it to be as difficult to get a gun as to get a driver's license," Tina Gehring said. "I had no idea that you could walk into any private Virginia gun show and buy a gun" without a background check. (...)
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One needs to be very cold blooded in order to keep a cool tempered head. I'm not blaming anyone for not "standing their grounds" or conspiring against an armed killer. Hence I don't think that another student with a gun would have made that much of a difference, it's all so nice in theory.
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* University of Texas at Austin massacre - Austin, Texas, United States; August 1, 1966
* Orangeburg Massacre - Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States; February 8, 1968
* Kent State shootings - Kent, Ohio, United States; May 4, 1970
* Avivim school bus massacre - Avivim, Israel; May 8, 1970
* Jackson State killings - Jackson, Mississippi, United States; May 14-15, 1970
* Ma'alot massacre - Ma'alot, Israel; May 15, 1974
* California State University, Fullerton Library Massacre - Fullerton, California, United States; July 12, 1976
* Brenda Ann Spencer, Cleveland Elementary School - [I'd GUESS...] United StatesJanuary 29, 1979
* Parkway South Junior High School shooting - Saint Louis, Missouri, United States; January 20, 1983
* Stockton massacre - Stockton, California, United States; January 17, 1989
* École Polytechnique Massacre - Montreal, Quebec, Canada; December 6, 1989
* University of Iowa shooting - Iowa City, Iowa, United States; November 1, 1991
* Concordia University massacre - Montreal, Quebec, Canada; August 24, 1992
* Simon's Rock College of Bard shooting - Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States; December 14, 1992
* Richland High School shooting - Lynnville, Tennessee, United States; November 15, 1995.
* Frontier Junior High shooting - Moses Lake, Washington, United States; February 2, 1996
* Dunblane massacre - Dunblane, Scotland, United Kingdom; March 13, 1996
* Sanaa massacre - Sanaa, Yemen; March 30, 1997
* Pearl High School shooting, Pearl, Mississippi, United States; October 1, 1997
* Heath High School shooting, West Paducah, Kentucky, United States; December 1, 1997
* Jonesboro massacre - Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States; March 24, 1998
* Thurston High School shooting - Springfield, Oregon, United States; May 21, 1998
* Columbine High School massacre - Littleton, Colorado, United States; April 20, 1999
* W. R. Myers High School shooting - Taber, Alberta, Canada; April 28, 1999
* Heritage High School shooting - Conyers, Georgia, United States; May 20, 1999
* Santana High School - Santee, California, United States; March 5, 2001
* Appalachian School of Law shooting - Grundy, Virginia, United States; January 16, 2002
* Erfurt massacre - Erfurt, Germany; April 26, 2002
* Monash University shooting - Melbourne, Australia; October 21, 2002
* Rocori High School shootings - Cold Spring, Minnesota, United States; September 24, 2003
* Southwood Middle School tragedy, Miami, Florida; [I GUESS]United States; February 3, 2004
* Red Lake High School massacre - Red Lake, Minnesota, United States; March 21, 2005
* Campbell County High School - Jacksboro, Tennessee; [I GUESS] United States; November 8, 2005
* Dawson College shooting - Montreal, Quebec, Canada; September 13, 2006
* Platte Canyon High School shooting - Bailey, Colorado, United States; September 27, 2006
* Amish school shooting - Nickel Mines, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States; October 2, 2006
* Weston High School shooting, Cazenovia, Wisconsin; [I GUESS] United States;September 29, 2006
* Springfield Township High School Shooting-Springfield, Pennsylvania; [I GUESS] United States;Dec. 12, 2006
* Henry Foss High School - Tacoma, Washington, United States January 3, 2007
* Beirut Arab University shooting - Beirut, Lebanon; January 25, 2007
* Virginia Tech massacre - Blacksburg, Virginia, United States; April 16, 2007
* C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute shooting - Toronto, Ontario, Canada; May 23, 2007
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Germany, November 1999: A 15-year-old student in Meissen, eastern Germany, stabbed his teacher to death after taking bets from classmates he would dare commit the crime.
He was later jailed for seven years.
Germany, March 2000: A 16-year-old pupil at a private boarding school in the Bavarian town of Branneburg, shot a 57-year-old teacher, who later died from injuries.
The teenager - who also shot himself - was facing expulsion from school after failing a cannabis test.
Germany, February 2002: A former pupil killed his headmaster and set off pipe bombs in the technical school he had recently been expelled from in Freising near Munich.
The man also shot dead his boss and a foreman at the company he worked for before turning the gun on himself. Another teacher was shot in the face, but survived.
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Once Whitman began facing return gunfire from the authorities, he used the waterspouts on each side of the tower as turrets, which allowed him to continue shooting while largely protected from the gunfire below, which had grown to include civilians who had brought out their personal firearms to assist police. Martinez, an officer credited with neutralizing Whitman's threat, later stated in his book that the civilian shooters should be credited, as they made it difficult for Whitman to take careful aim without being hit.
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Myrick, the assistant principal, was a former Army Officer and had a valid Concealed Pistol License, authorizing him to carry a handgun; however, due to the law, Myrick was not allowed to carry his pistol while on school property. When Woodham began shooting in the school, Myrick ran over 1/4 mile to his truck to retrieve his weapon. He then sprinted back to the school, where he confronted Woodham...Woodham had been planning to drive to the Pearl Middle School to continue his murderous rampage, only Myrick's intervention prevented this from happening.
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When Odighizuwa exited the building where the shooting took place, he was approached by two students with personal firearms[5] and one unarmed student.
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President Bush praised security guard Derrick Brun on March 26, 2006. He said "Derrick's bravery cost him his life, and all Americans honor him... ...Although he was unarmed, Derrick ignored the pleas of a colleague to run for his life... ...by engaging the assailant; he bought vital time for a fellow security guard to rush a group of students to safety."
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* Sophomore Jeff May rushed the gunman armed only with a pencil. He stabbed the shooter in the side with the pencil. As he wrestled with the shooter he was shot in the face. Jeff's May's teacher, Missy Dodds says that Jeff's actions saved many of his classmates lives and hers.
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The gunman later committed suicide by shooting himself in the head, after being shot in the arm by police.
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# Eric Hainstock, a freshman, entered the school with a handgun and a shotgun, both owned by his parents. After arriving at school at approximately 8:00 a.m., he aimed the shotgun at a teacher, but it was wrestled from him by the custodian. A struggle ensued, and the shotgun was taken away.
# Still armed with the handgun, Hainstock sought out and confronted the school's principal, John Klang. Klang attempted to subdue Hainstock; in response, Hainstock shot Klang several times. Klang then managed to sweep away the gun and wrestle Hainstock to the ground, where others helped to hold him down.
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Written by: ]Contrary to many media reports at the time, martial law was not declared in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, because no such term exists in Louisiana state law. However, a State of Emergency was declared, which does give unique powers to the state government similar to those of martial law. On the evening of August 31, 2005, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin nominally declared "martial law" and said that officers don't have to worry about civil rights and Miranda rights in stopping the looters. [4
Federal troops were a common sight in New Orleans after Katrina. At one point, as many as 15,000 federal troops and National Guardsmen patrolled the city to curb its descent into chaos and looting (wiki).
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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
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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
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We don't control our primitive responses as pro-gun people. I don't own a gun. But I'll protect people's right to do so. Really, isn't it the other way. They are dangerous. Shouldn't we run from danger, like animals away from fire? Instead, we learn and overcome. We don't want ever to use it on a human being. How it was put was sort of insulting. We are very aware why we have guns and have nicely spelled it out in different ways multiple times.
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No doubt it's the "part of their daily lives" aspect of gun ownership that has golfers packing guns, like when I golf, I carry my wallet, not because I'll need it but because I'm used to doing so.
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Nagin didn't have any legal authority to declare "martial law" nor give the "police" the authority to do what they did, in fact he denies ever doing that now. State of Emergency or not, they had no right to take anything from those people.
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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
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After analyzing numbers, mapping deaths and collecting data on Milwaukee homicides, law enforcement and social service agencies have found strength in a simple approach: talking.
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Killings in Milwaukee are more often than not sparked by an argument. Disagreements that are settled with deadly force account for 40% of the city's homicides, which total more than drug- and gang-related deaths.
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