catholicinsd Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 So I got a phone call from the NRA asking about the Supreme Court Case regarding a gun ban in DC. Then I told the woman what I thought, she started to jiggle at me. I asked her why, she said she wasn't laughing at me but the idea. She also told me it was a yes/no question and I should just answer it. My response was "I think guns should be banned from crazy people like you." Your thoughts?
goldenchild17 Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 My first thought is... what does a jiggle look like over the phone?
Norseman82 Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='catholicinsd' post='1453060' date='Jan 30 2008, 06:59 PM']So I got a phone call from the NRA asking about the Supreme Court Case regarding a gun ban in DC. Then I told the woman what I thought, she started to jiggle at me. I asked her why, she said she wasn't laughing at me but the idea. She also told me it was a yes/no question and I should just answer it. My response was "I think guns should be banned from crazy people like you." Your thoughts?[/quote] What did you say to the woman that caused her to start jiggling? What idea was she laughing at?
Socrates Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='Norseman82' post='1453073' date='Jan 30 2008, 08:32 PM']What did you say to the woman that caused her to start jiggling? What idea was she laughing at?[/quote] I wish more women would jiggle at me. (though not on the phone where I can't see the jiggling)
Seven77 Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 catholicinsd: you win the award for the funniest typo i've ever read!
Laudate_Dominum Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 What made you think she was crazy? What did she say?
Colleen Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 I know someone who works for the NRA. She's very nice. Although I could see her [i]giggling[/i].
catholicinsd Posted January 31, 2008 Author Posted January 31, 2008 Yes my jiggling should be giggling.
catholicinsd Posted January 31, 2008 Author Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='Norseman82' post='1453073' date='Jan 30 2008, 07:32 PM']What did you say to the woman that caused her to start jiggling? What idea was she laughing at?[/quote] That if you remove all the guns, crimes involving guns go down.
Socrates Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America: A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, [b]the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed[/b]." The facts: since D.C.'s strict handgun ban in 1976, murder rates have gone up, not down. Gun control does nothing to reduce murder and other violent crime. And that's nothing to jiggle at. [url="http://www.aei.org/docLib/20050628_LottGunControlTable1.pdf"]D.C. murder rate chart by year[/url].
catholicinsd Posted January 31, 2008 Author Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='Socrates' post='1453134' date='Jan 30 2008, 09:57 PM']The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America: A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, [b]the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed[/b]."[/quote] Does that ever say people, cilvilians, have the right to own guns?
Norseman82 Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='catholicinsd' post='1453113' date='Jan 30 2008, 09:22 PM']That if you remove all the guns, crimes involving guns go down.[/quote] Have you ever seen Star Trek V? There was a quote from the character played by David Warner: "We forbade them weapons; they made their own". People will find other weapons to use. Prime example: do a Google search on Roy Trumblay. In 1999, he was murdered in Chicago (which has a handgun ban as well) by being bludgeoned with a table leg across the street from a police station. Second, just how do you propose to "remove all the guns"?
MissScripture Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='catholicinsd' post='1453137' date='Jan 30 2008, 10:06 PM']Does that ever say people, cilvilians, have the right to own guns?[/quote] I'm pretty sure that it says people, when it says people...?
Socrates Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='catholicinsd' post='1453137' date='Jan 30 2008, 11:06 PM']Does that ever say people, cilvilians, have the right to own guns?[/quote] That's right, it says "the people" have the right to "keep and bear arms." In the U.S. Constitution, "the people" [i]always[/i] refers to the citizens of the United States. "Arms" means weapons, including guns. Couldn't be more clear.
Norseman82 Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='catholicinsd' post='1453137' date='Jan 30 2008, 10:06 PM']Does that ever say people, cilvilians, have the right to own guns?[/quote] What in your view does "the people" mean then? Also, have you ever fired a weapon (like at a range)?
ardillacid Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='catholicinsd' post='1453137' date='Jan 30 2008, 10:06 PM']Does that ever say people, cilvilians, have the right to own guns?[/quote] lol
catholicinsd Posted January 31, 2008 Author Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='Norseman82' post='1453145' date='Jan 30 2008, 10:11 PM']Also, have you ever fired a weapon (like at a range)?[/quote] Indeed I have. I have completed a hunter's safety course. My step-dad is a (lack-ulster) member of the NRA.
Deb Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='Socrates' post='1453142' date='Jan 30 2008, 10:10 PM']That's right, it says "the people" have the right to "keep and bear arms." In the U.S. Constitution, "the people" [i]always[/i] refers to the citizens of the United States. "Arms" means weapons, including guns. Couldn't be more clear.[/quote] I think that all people should be able to bear arms, they should only be allowed to bear the same arms that were in existence when that was written. If the framers knew what the future held, they would have made it more clear they were discussing a militia. Not joe next door. How it got from owning a gun to be entitled to military grade weapons I will never know. Nothing like the culture of death.
Norseman82 Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='MissScripture' post='1453141' date='Jan 30 2008, 10:10 PM'] I'm pretty sure that it says people, when it says people...? [/quote] To paraphrase the Barbara Streisand song: "People.....people who have weapons....."
catholicinsd Posted January 31, 2008 Author Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='Deb' post='1453148' date='Jan 30 2008, 10:15 PM']I think that all people should be able to bear arms, they should only be allowed to bear the same arms that were in existence when that was written. If the framers knew what the future held, they would have made it more clear they were discussing a militia. Not joe next door. How it got from owning a gun to be entitled to military grade weapons I will never know. Nothing like the culture of death.[/quote] Yes, the 2nd Amendment really deals with national defense more then the right to own guns.
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