tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post115766902949482636..comments2024-03-29T03:31:54.220-06:00Comments on The Michael Bane Blog: "What Must They Think of Our Guns?"Michael Banehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1157869159890436542006-09-10T00:19:00.000-06:002006-09-10T00:19:00.000-06:00Uh, not trying to start anything here, but I gotta...Uh, not trying to start anything here, but I gotta ask.<BR/><BR/>Why would anyone bother reading anything with "huffingtonpost.com" attached to the end of it?<BR/><BR/>I've seen links to this particular article at least three other places on the Internet.<BR/><BR/>And you know what? I've still managed to avoid reading it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1157851809737250312006-09-09T19:30:00.000-06:002006-09-09T19:30:00.000-06:00Clam,I suspect that the Anonymous poster was being...Clam,<BR/><BR/>I suspect that the Anonymous poster was being sarcastic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1157847532001361012006-09-09T18:18:00.000-06:002006-09-09T18:18:00.000-06:00So what the above poster saying is, if I happen to...So what the above poster saying is, if I happen to be a poverty-stricken "minority" and lacking of an education level of some arbitrary standard of your choosing, that I have no right to defend myself with a firearm?<BR/><BR/>How ignorant of you.<BR/><BR/>Also, rights are absolute insofar as long as they do not tread upon the rights of others. The fact that I own a firearm in no way treads upon Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1157807765532959442006-09-09T07:16:00.000-06:002006-09-09T07:16:00.000-06:00Mr. Williams is only advocating a more stringent s...Mr. Williams is only advocating a more stringent system that screnes out the wrong people. For instance, we know that so much crime occurs in the inner cities among heavily minority communities. With a system like Japans we could effectively keep guns out of these "inner city hands."<BR/><BR/>Let's face reality. So many people in America do not have the education or intelligence to safely own Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1157757891477846032006-09-08T17:24:00.000-06:002006-09-08T17:24:00.000-06:00I recall reading somewhere that every person in Ja...I recall reading somewhere that every person in Japan is required by law to go to the police station once a year for an "interview" with the cops - presumably to see that they've been good little boys and girls and haven't been bothering their neighbours by playing their steroes too loudly...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1157722626965071592006-09-08T07:37:00.000-06:002006-09-08T07:37:00.000-06:00"Imagine if America embraced the type of gun contr..."Imagine if America embraced the type of gun control similar to Japan."<BR/><BR/>OK, let's examine Japan, where only the Yakuza and Police have guns. For common folk intent on commiting crimes of violence against another, or suicide (over 35K a year!), they must resort to all other sorts of horrible means to accomplish their goal. They've been known to use knives, golf-clubs, dish-towels, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com