tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post7737625465496605905..comments2024-03-28T21:41:32.110-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Why are they allowed to have guns?Grimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-62537318444374701662015-11-24T21:15:29.317-05:002015-11-24T21:15:29.317-05:00Hm, yes I see that it does appear to be true, havi...Hm, yes I see that it does appear to be true, having done a five minute look around also. Looks like 'vive le resistance' is in France still, perhaps, as it appears they are the highest percentage of guns per population in continental Europe after the Swiss and Serbs.douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241790925053112959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-61999587335683972542015-11-24T08:50:43.849-05:002015-11-24T08:50:43.849-05:00Mike, I know Belgium enacted stricter gun laws in ...<i>Mike, I know Belgium enacted stricter gun laws in around 2006 after a shooting, but it also has a long tradition of gun manufacture and ownership to the tune of some 900,000 guns in a country of around 11 million (IIRC)- do they really have more restrictive laws than France?</i><br /><br />That's what has been reported in the news. And it would not surprise me in the slightest that the vast majority of weapons manufactured by FN are forbidden to its citizens. But according to a 2014 survey I just looked up, there were about 17.8 guns per 100 citizens, whereas France has 31.2 guns per 100 residents, so that lends some credence to the idea that Belgium is stricter.MikeDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116809134355184859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-46751024468804655942015-11-23T19:07:06.302-05:002015-11-23T19:07:06.302-05:00For the Paris attack (in a country with strict gun...<b>For the Paris attack (in a country with strict gun control... sorry "common sense" gun control), they did not get their weapons from the US, or another lax gun control law nation. </b><br /><br />Oh, that's what Fast and FUrious 2 is going to fix. The stuff people "don't know about" is larger than the stuff people think they know about.Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-20715442906974411802015-11-23T16:55:14.933-05:002015-11-23T16:55:14.933-05:00" If all it took was an unelected official to...<i>" If all it took was an unelected official to declare that the NRA was a terrorist group to forbid its membership from purchasing firearms legally, well then you don't actually believe some future administration wouldn't be a bit tempted to do so, do you?"</i><br /><br />No, not at all, anymore than they might be tempted to inter people they thought might be enemy sympathizers. Use that one to respond to these people, that'll throw them into a brain spaz of cognitive dissonance.<br /><br />Mike, I know Belgium enacted stricter gun laws in around 2006 after a shooting, but it also has a long tradition of gun manufacture and ownership to the tune of some 900,000 guns in a country of around 11 million (IIRC)- do they really have more restrictive laws than France?douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241790925053112959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-75546229965369533122015-11-23T16:43:55.799-05:002015-11-23T16:43:55.799-05:00SPLC decides who goes on that list, especially bik...SPLC decides who goes on that list, especially biker clubs and patriotic militias.<br /><br />How did a bunch of con artists in a mailing list get that power? Because it's an alliance, not a bunch of random coincidental organizations.Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-50044896205276096262015-11-23T16:15:14.130-05:002015-11-23T16:15:14.130-05:00And it's not like innocent people could ever g...And it's not like <i>innocent</i> people could ever get on these watch lists, right?<br /><br />https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=Stephen+Hayes+terrorism+watch+listMikeDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116809134355184859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-84856387678283915592015-11-23T12:37:12.878-05:002015-11-23T12:37:12.878-05:00...well then you don't actually believe some f...<i>...well then you don't actually believe some future administration wouldn't be a bit tempted to do so, do you? </i><br /><br />Well beyond tempted, I always assumed this was what they were planning to do as soon as they could figure out how to obtain the power. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com