Hope is in the eye of the beholder.
Finding silver linings in the clouds of most of today's top news stories sometimes takes a lot of work. Hell, even finding reasons to be optimistic about day-to-day life is tough. But on occasion I've been able to come up with some consoling thoughts about things that either scare me or really piss me off.…
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26 - weebeast
Infringed, shall not be infringed. I mistyped encumbered and didn't catch it in time, I apologize.
27 - Dave Nalle
A nice new handgun, ok?
Dave
28 - sr
#24 Weebeast. Well stated. I dont recall anything about a LADY you mentioned, however Ms. spell check and grammer police come to mind. What was the movie, maybe mistee in Seattle. Yes we are a Republic. Take away the 2nd Amendment and all the rest become void. Hitler would have a field day with America today. Guess who would be first on the list. Great comment Weebeast and for my friend A.SCOTT. MERRY CHRISTMAS. SEMPE FI. My friend Weebeast. What is a Weebeast?
29 - weebeast
Why it is a wee beastie of course ;)
30 - sr
Wee Beastie of course;) You gave me the laugh I needed this day. Gracias Amigo. MERRY CRISTMAS. Wiskey make me forget grammer and spell check. Mistee in Seattle where art thou when I need you?
sr
31 - sr
Rob Bruno. Asked you in Dec 05 what gun law are you talking about. Your silence speaks for itself
32 - Stan
Hope you find this interesting. It's a muliple-choice question.
You are female, liberal and anti-gun. Your boyfriend, a gun-nut are sharing a Friday evening playing a bord game and watching some decorrating show on HGTV. Then comes the sound of broken glass from the back side of your rented house. Before you can react a man walks in. Yes young lady, you did implement that restraining order 2 months ago against your old boyfriend now standing in front of you. Of course he said that he would kill you. To protect yourself the restraining order made it all legal which for sure would keep him away. In front of you are two items. Your cell phone and your boyfriends 357mag. Do you pick up the the phone and call 911?
Or do you pick up the 357mag? The correct answer is your cell phone. Why? You are female, liberal and anti-gun. You have no clue how to point the gun, let alone what a trigger is. Thank God you picked the cell phone and called 911. Now the police will be-able to find your new dead boyfriend and your raped dead body.
YOU CHOSE WISELY LIBERAL ANTI-GUN PERSON.
RIP
This is based on true facts which happen over 10,000 times per year in the US.
33 - Stan
Wrote this 3-18-06. No comments. That was to be expected because it cant be challenged. Where are all the anti-gun libs. Watching butt back mountain no dought and wish they could spell Glock.
34 - Stan
HO HUM
35 - Stan
So where,s the Brady Bunch on this? Calling all liberal anti-gun types. Chime in.
36 - Stan
From the AP wire. Sarah Brady, The founder of Handgun Control was just arrested for Illegal possession of an unlicenced firearm. Not sure this news story is correct, however Im searching to validate if true or not since this was given second hand. Will keep you posted since this may be a scam or something. Some input would help if this is true.
37 - Dave Nalle
OMG that would be ironic if true.
Dave
38 - Stan
Dave, let me know what you find. Im still searching. Must admit I always question the source like you.
39 - R-Tard
Make's it so you can't reproduce...
Wow you truley are ignorant, and you speak of Natural Selection & Survival of the fittest. Sound's to me like you would be one of the first to go.
How about some medical documentation? Anything with proof other than your bottle of wine you oviously downed before you wrote this.
40 - Stan
Richard Marcus, Like all things this is just a part of natural selection. You cant fight it. Relax and accept it. Let evolution be your guide into the future.
41 - MoreGuns LessCrime
Well, it's been over a year since your little uniformed rant on guns and the crime rate in Florida continues to drop. The blood baths you predicted never happened and the streets of Florida are more safe. How does it feel to be totally wrong, again?
Too bad about the pesky thing we call the Constitution that gives us the right to bear arms huh? Otherwise you we'd have more dead people who died because the criminal knew they were unarmed and couldn't defend themselves. Then again, your concern isn't really to save lives. You just don't like guns. When people die because criminals are running rampant, you'll look the other way.
42 - Stan
MoreGunslessCrime#41. So few comments. You said it best. R-Tard must have me pegged for liberal. Not so sir. I speak Glock, AK47 and many others. God bless the 2nd Amendment. Do linerals tot guns? Think not. What easy prey.
43 - sr
Im still waiting for the death and destruction due to Florida's new gun law. Will check back later. Im sure we will have some stat's of the defistation it caused. Just dont hold your breath folks. Libs and anti-gun types please feel free to hold your breath 5 minutes or longer. Of course you could also let rosy o caress your face with them big fat sweat cheeks. Must depart. Think its time to vomit/heave. Uaaaggghhhh.
44 - Floridian
Being a Floridian, I'd just like to state: Allowing law abiding citizens, to own, carry, and draw when threatened, without fear of persecution, only takes power away from the criminals, and puts it in the hands of the responsible, law abiding citizens.
God bless the Gunshine state!
45 - Gun Owning Dem
2 years later and FLA hasn't turned into the Tombstone. Silly fear mongers, when are you gonna learn some humility?
46 - Skyler
^ Seriously. Relax. Florida is nowhere near the ridiculous picture you paint in this post. Pretty funny that it's been over two years and nothing even close to this has happened.
47 - Kb
Sorry, but your description of everyone in FL, or moving to FL being a gun toting nut is inaccurate. Also, your description of a shoot-out everyday...well, that has been occurring way before the new gun law was passed. Why should I have to run when being attacked and in fear for my, or my families life? Lastly, the responsibility of owning and carrying a gun is not without consequnce and willy-nilly as you explained it. Guns cannot legally be carried into bars for example (as you wrote it). Besides, do you think this new law really changed much as to who owns/carries a gun and/or where they carry it? I don't. The law states that even if a person uses deadly force upon another - it is a fine line and there is a MANDATORY prison sentence the person is facing if found that there was no real threat. This scares the hell out of me. I am a gun owner and have the CWP - but I do not carry it on me unless I go camping. It is not worth it and others I know feel the same...because the LAWs suck! They protect the criminals the most!
48 - annon
i think you should know fags and cars kill more people per year than guns, AIDs kills more than guns so why not kill everyone with AIDS, cars and fags to eliminate 99% of the world that way the otehre 1% could carry guns but never run into any one as they are the only person with in 100 miles, alternative you can take the guns away from people and then illegal guns will be imported or made, (very simple to make a gun) and there will be no way of catching people with these guns as the police wont be allowed them,,, MURDER FOR ALL..
P.S. every house should have a gun, every man should be allowed to carry a gun on his person, for defence and attack,i like the saying : bullets change govenments far surer that votes. and also : ACTIONS SPEAK LOADER THAT WORDS< we really need to kill every govenment in this world and distroy all religion. only then will we be free.
49 - Anon
Three years now. And no gun battles in the middle of city streets. The guy that wrote this article i feel sorry for. He is very closed minded.
50 - Dr Dreadful
Three years now. And no gun battles in the middle of city streets.
Ah, but how do we know there isn't somebody standing next to you holding a gun to your head and making you type that...?
51 - STM
Lunacy ...
52 - zingzing
#48 there deserves an award.
53 - nothing like you
i have to agree with #44, i am a florida citizen, and i see nothing wrong with allowing some decent people to carry guns, and if someone pulls a gun on me i sure as hell am not just going to stand there and let them shoot me without a fight... if you want to pick out flaws in a state, choose illinois, more specifically CHICAGO, highest crime rate in AMERICA, and people like you made their senator our president, thanks alot
54 - Floridian
Almost four years since your "article". Funny how your biased and close minded view of the situation has not occurred yet. I am a law abiding, concealed carrying, Floridian, and still applaud my state for passing this resolution.
55 - Chandler Strickland
This is proposterous.
-Bass does not effect ones sperm count cite your sources for this.
-The outburst of violence on the streets is rediculous
It was humorous however, i like your writing style.
Oh, and ill keep the bass down low for ya' ;)