grayokc said:
Benjamin, the point of my reply to your thread was that someone had used a car to mow down a large group of people, killing two, and I haven't seen a "shocked (and frankly discouraged)" post from you about cars.
But when someone does something wrong, or evil with a gun, you are all over it and adding it to this post.
Let me ask you, what do you propose we do about guns? You appear to be quite concerned, what do you propose?
the difference is the guy that killed all those people, there is pretty much NO QUESTION that he will end up guilty, everyone knows that. THAT is the difference, when people misuse cars they get prosecuted. When you approach an unarmed teen and shot them, walk free. Some kid plays rap music too loud, take your gun out kill him and you won't even get prosecuted for killing him (only attempted murder for unloading you gun at a fleeing car), shot a teen in bed and all i read on the internet on gun boards is how if they were on the jury he would walk free and how he will probably get off. So not sure how you don't see the difference... please
1. point out to me how the "car community" is defending the actions from the story above
2. please point out all the people in the last year and have done something similar and gotten no punishment
am i concerned, OF COURSE innocent people die and all people do is either defend the people that killed them or post "car stories" because they are less concerned about the loss of a human life then people are about their "rights" getting taken away. My issue is not that "people do bad things with guns" my issue is that close to everyone defends them and numerous cases people walk free. My issue when people die from a car, no one says "well thanks to that car for cleaning up that thug/guy that might have sex with my daughter/they did us a favor because that person/persons was going to hurt society anyways. The complete lack of respect for human life does concern me. When the car tragedy happened, everyone was upset across the board.. it should be the same with guns.....
Go back and read the first post, i propose that people act more like the pit bull/bully breed community does and actually step up and condemn the behavior, the people, etc.. i think there needs to be STRICTER laws about killing unarmed people. It is not some toy that you just use whenever you want.
I made this thread in an effort to raise awareness and hopefully make a difference, obviously a waste of time..
MODS PLEASE CLOSE, i misread how this thread would be taken...