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Freedom and Security, a classic dichotomy, though it seems some want both.
They become easy pray for extremist groups...
Was that meant to be ironic too?
then we are at the mercy of those who would harm us.
Only if those people are armed.
In countries with safety-based gun laws, the threat is minor because any assailant is likely to be armed with no more than a knife.
Some 50,000 American were deliberately shot last year - a figure ten times that of any other western nation.
So THATS why most European countries have machine gun armed guards at thier airports, and at thier major infrastructure points, and cultural treasures. i guess they are such poor shots that they need machine gun spray and pray fire against people armed only with knives.....
The recent even, once all the facts have come out, may become a glaring example of the difficulty faced by authorities in thier battle to counter politically motivated groups that resort to violence to achive thier goals (aka terrorists).
The equation simply shows that all these bastards have to do is get lucky once, and they can cause massive damage to even a well protected event. The authorities have to be on the ball constantly to make "getting lucky" by the attackers as difficult as possible.
All of the measures taken in an anti-terrorist program are not designed to stop such attacks on thier own. Thier purpose is to make an attack require more steps to be successful, and give the authorities more chances to get lucky, or for the attackers to get unlucky.
Events, locations, and people can be made attack resistant, they can never be made attack-proof.
Under Obama's watch America has been hit by three terror attacks now. 1st one was Major Hassan the muslim who waged jihad on a military base inside usa shouting allah akbar while mass murdering over dozen people. ( obama called it work place violence ) 2nd one was on American soil at the US EMBASSY which was over run by Islamic terrorists who dragged our ambassador Stevens into the street and raped him before murdering him while White House refused to even call it a terror attack initially and preferred to blame it on a youtube video which later it turned out had nothing to do with it. Yesterday, once again we are told by Obama to wait, we don't know what happened, we need to find out "why" someone would do this. No we don't. It is the same reason they did 9/11. It is religious terrorism. There is nothing political about it. This is religious terrorism folks and Islam is the religion. Stop tip toeing around the 800 lb elephant in the room for Gods sake. The sky will not fall if you tell the truth as it is - instead of burying it under alot of politically correct nonsense.
- Jeremiah
Short of un-inventing firearms/knives/clubs/socks with a billiard ball in them you will never be assured someone who is attacking you in unarmed. .
Short of un-inventing firearms/knives/clubs/socks with a billiard ball in them you will never be assured someone who is attacking you in unarmed. .
No, that's not really true - in any country with safety-based gun laws, you can be fairly sure ny assailant will not be armed.
This is easy enough to prove by looking at how many people are killed each year with guns:
USA. 14,748
UK. 41
Short of un-inventing firearms/knives/clubs/socks with a billiard ball in them you will never be assured someone who is attacking you in unarmed. .
No, that's not really true - in any country with safety-based gun laws, you can be fairly sure ny assailant will not be armed.
This is easy enough to prove by looking at how many people are killed each year with guns:
USA. 14,748
UK. 41
Only if those people are armed.
In countries with safety-based gun laws, the threat is minor because any assailant is likely to be armed with no more than a knife.
Some 50,000 American were deliberately shot last year - a figure ten times that of any other western nation.
So THATS why most European countries have machine gun armed guards at thier airports, and at thier major infrastructure points, and cultural treasures. i guess they are such poor shots that they need machine gun spray and pray fire against people armed only with knives.....
(My bold)
Full-fledged machine guns? On tripods? On pintles of some kind? You probably mean submachine guns or military-style selectable-fire rifles. Despite Rambo & related movies, an honest-to-God MG is a lot of weapon for a single person, which is why they're considered to be crew-served weapons. Just lugging ammo around requires a 2nd person, & that's before you count the weight of MG itself, tripod, spare barrels, spotting optics/laser rangefinder, personal sidearms, web gear ...
Short of un-inventing firearms/knives/clubs/socks with a billiard ball in them you will never be assured someone who is attacking you in unarmed. .
No, that's not really true - in any country with safety-based gun laws, you can be fairly sure ny assailant will not be armed.
This is easy enough to prove by looking at how many people are killed each year with guns:
USA. 14,748
UK. 41
And if your assailant has a gun, you are boned.
Also thier violent crime rate is higher than ours, because the gobs know thier victims are unarmed, and the police dont give a rats ass.
No, that's not really true - in any country with safety-based gun laws, you can be fairly sure ny assailant will not be armed.
This is easy enough to prove by looking at how many people are killed each year with guns:
USA. 14,748
UK. 41
And if your assailant has a gun, you are boned.
Also thier violent crime rate is higher than ours, because the gobs know thier victims are unarmed, and the police dont give a rats ass.
Given we know that the total homicide rate in the UK is 1/4 of what it is in the US, apparently not so many people get "boned".
Much better in my opinion.
Much better in my opinion.
So given a choice between a country with a homicide rate of 4.8 per 100,000 and 1.1 per 100,000, you'd prefer to live in the country with the higher homicide rate.
Interesting.
so they really dont affect me.
Marty -
Firstly, I live in a country with a CONSERVATIVE government - you do not.
Secondly, the fact that the government should not trust you with your own defense is evidenced by the fact that the US enjoys the highest homicide rate of any developed country on earth. That statistic is appalling, disastrous and humiliating, and Americans should want to do anything they can to see it reduced.
so they really dont affect me.
They do, both because you could become a victim at any moment, and also because your taxes pay for the police required to investigate and solve those crimes.
Marty -
Firstly, I live in a country with a CONSERVATIVE government - you do not.
Secondly, the fact that the government should not trust you with your own defense is evidenced by the fact that the US enjoys the highest homicide rate of any developed country on earth. That statistic is appalling, disastrous and humiliating, and Americans should want to do anything they can to see it reduced.
so they really dont affect me.
They do, both because you could become a victim at any moment, and also because your taxes pay for the police required to investigate and solve those crimes.
Marty -
And have you actually been to Scandinavia to see for yourself, or are just a brainless sheep who will believe anything the blogs tell you to believe?
I have a few simple questions:
How much as a percentage do you pay in taxes? More than half?
Does the government provide all your bennies like health care and retirement?
