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This is exactly the case. Only if you care about Americans being killed. As with many of the problems our country faces, the majority of the people that are incredibly stubborn on this issue are those in their later years. Another 20 or so years after a lot of these people have passed away...

No. In general, Americans are much more self-centered than citizens of other countries. There are many Americans that are dead-set against any kind of national healthcare plan because they feel that it is every person's individual responsibility to care for his/herself & family. This same...

No, he couldn't have. Have you actually been following this thread, or is this simply a knee-jerk reaction? You mean that incident where 20 children were slashed with a knife but none of them died? That incident? And you'd like us to consider that as a reason to not ban assault rifles...

So the mother is to blame and the son is to blame. And 26 people were killed. Why does the mother making a mistake and the son having mental problems allow 26 people to die? Why do we allow 1 person making a mistake to put that much killing power into a person's hands? At least some of the...

You hit the nail on the head.

So what would be your rationale for reasonable limits? Is it because a tank has the capacity for mass slaughter, or a different reason? Assuming that your agreement with reasonable limits stems from the fact that tanks, jets, bombs, etc have the potential for mass slaughter, than this is a...

I don't know about you, but I'd much rather read the details of a story and find out that a person had to circumvent several barriers in order to get their hands on an assault rifle rather than it simply being in their home. I agree that people are responsible for their own behavior, but what...

Of course not. People who are intent on breaking the law and committing harm are going to try their best to do so. However, if no one is allowed to own high-capacity magazines and assault rifles, then where would this kid have gotten one? I don't think we have all the details yet, but...

Agreed on both points.

The first one of course. You're living in the past. Teamsters & teacher's unions have been declining in power for years now. The gun lobby is so powerful that after a mass shooting, politicians are scared to talk about gun control. That's sad. Its too bad her being irresponsible has...

There won't be new laws, at least not in the USA. The pro-gun lobby is one of the strongest there is.

No, not at all. That is called circumstantial evidence. I understand where you are coming from. I have relatives that I suspect (but could not prove) do the same thing. There is no good way to handle this kind of situation though. I try to subtlety encourage them to take more...

I'm socially liberal, fiscally I'm much more center. I think that it is the government's responsibility to monitor the appropriate use of public assistance. I think we start to get into some very bad territory when we turn citizens on one another by having them monitor their neighbor's...

If you think they're defrauding the government, do you have proof? Actual, stand-up-in-court kind of proof? If you are just guessing and don't have the proof, I would say don't try to turn them in. If you have proof but it is not rock solid, then I would say no. If you have 100% concrete...

If that's not a sin, it should be :p

Are there any other types of opinions? Can you think of anyone's opinion that is not informed at least to some degree on unsubstantiated statements?

It is very encouraging to see one of the older folks speaking like this. Unfortunately, you're from Canada, which is more advanced than the US in many ways. I wish some of our old timers would get with the program.

Agreed. I think it is part of the growing pains of religion. An objective look at most religions reveals that they are purely control devices. However, when raised with a religion, it is often very difficult for the believer to see this fact. The more moderate religious people know this, but...

I would definitely not recommend it.

Sure you can. Everyone values things differently. For example, I am very much against harming animals. However, there are millions of animals that are kept in terrible conditions, and then slaughtered for human consumption. Clearly the people that keep and slaughter animals don't hold animal...