Oh, I’m just in a mood tonight. Time to vent.<\/p>\n
“In this age of unfettered violence, isn’t there something that can be done to prevent the sale of semi-automatic weapons to anyone not in a police agency? Surely a homeowner wishing to protect his or her family would find a revolver sufficient for such purpose.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
A revolver is<\/em><\/strong> a semiautomatic weapon, numbskull. The term means that the gun fires as quickly as you pull the trigger; you don’t need to manually chamber your next round.<\/p>\n
Fully-automatic weapons– that is, machine guns– fire as long as the trigger is depressed. Private ownership of them has been illegal since the 1950s.<\/p>\n
If any of those facts surprise you, you probably should do some basic research before voicing an opinion in the gun debate. <\/p>\n
“I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, [the George W. Bush] administration has been the worst in history.” — former President Jimmy Carter\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Begging your pardon, Mr. President, but didn’t your administration help depose the Shah of Iran (himself no sweetheart) and support his replacement, a radical Muslim whose publicly stated goal was to control a country in order to bootstrap jihad<\/em>, and who wasted no time in taking 66 Americans hostage, holding 52 of them for almost a year and a half, until the very day you left office? <\/p>\n
Not to say that you didn’t inherit your own problems, or didn’t face tough choices, but maybe a more supportive attitude would be more constructive in helping the current administration deal with issues that your<\/strong> administration helped create– or, at absolute best, failed miserably to solve.<\/p>\n
“(My) Turn Offs (include): lack of intellegence.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
[draw breath to reply]<\/p>\n
I–<\/p>\n
Bu–<\/p>\n
[shake head, defeated; turn around and walk out]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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