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Kinda ironic in a way.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
That 40% (I think it was actually 42% or something like that) must be of adults, then.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
On a side note (as it's a guitar forum) they (husband and son) went on a hunting trip organised by that nutter Ted Nugent.
That being said, as a side note before this became a hot topic, in the UK if I could have a gun in the house then I would, (I mean handgun not rifles). Where I grew up fear of burglary was rife, not that we had much to steal like, so it would be nice protection. The cricket bat I had required being closer to whoever decided to bust in. I'm being serious before anyone starts, who knows what motivation the people breaking in your house have at 2am, I have kids and my wife to protect. I'm not there to ask questions. Get out or get hurt....... If you're holding a gun then they tend to take you more seriously.
My head said brake, but my heart cried never.
Here's where the gun to protect your family thing doesn't work. If the chances were that most home owners would have a gun, then it would mean the guy breaking in would make sure he has one too.
Now the guy breaking in has gone from getting startled by the home owner and running to taking a shot back, or even breaking in and putting a gun to your kids head while he ties you up and terrorises you in his own time rather than sneak around with the fear of being discovered.
Then home owners buy bigger/more guns, so does the thief and the cycle continues.
My head said brake, but my heart cried never.
Almost all criminals in the US are armed, and they will be ready to use their guns, probably before you are.
If you do really want a gun to try to defend yourself, don't choose a handgun - that takes some skill and discipline to use under stress - you want a shotgun... harder to miss with.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
My head said brake, but my heart cried never.
To be totally serious - I've seen semi-auto shotguns advertised for 'home defence' in the US, and I don't see a problem with that. They aren't just a better weapon for the purpose, they're more difficult (obviously not impossible) to use for criminality or mass shootings since they're harder to carry and conceal than a handgun and don't have the rate of fire, magazine capacity or range of an assault rifle.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
You could apply the same argument to every election where turn out is low, ish, like most of our general elections. Popularity is a separate argument: if a person doesn't vote, then its (IMO) churlish to complain about who's in power. So, again IMO, popularity polls are incidental, as they often don't really represent the electorate that could be arsed to turn out.
The harsh fact of the situation is that outside of the liberal west coast and N East coast, a large chunk of the US likes Trump and what he stands for.
Neatly sums up why the rest of the world is sick to the back teeth of america and everything it has come to represent.
No, not a large chunk - this is why I disagree with you. Simply the third largest minority - less than 26% of the electorate, both behind Clinton and (far) behind those who did not vote.
So it is wrong and unfair on them to say that a large chunk of Americans support what he stands for, whether it's on gun control or anything else - an aggressive minority do, and that's the problem.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
the point I am trying to make, is that America has made its bed; lie in it. 2% of anything isn't big, but I agree, often this is the sort of margin that determines results, as most people sit in the middle of any debate tbh.
If a quarter isn't a large chunk, I don't know what is. We can argue the toss about what is this, that and the other, until we are blue in the face, and one of us feels he's won some pointless pedantic discussion about elections, turn outs, moral majorities, whatever.
The fact remains: he won the election.
The second fact remains: he's a div.
I never said he's popular, but he did win a majority in terms of how the election is set up. Whether that is flawed is another argument - it is mental that you can win the election, but lose the popular vote.
Latest approval ratings are what, 48%? So, the slight minority think he's alright. DOn't know how that compares ot other presidents, and tbh, I don't care. I'm more interested in how our shower of berks are "managing" brexit!
Less likely to go through walls, too.