• Re: Armed Teachers

    From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to DALE SHIPP on Thu Apr 6 14:37:00 2023
    Yea I don't want just a couple dopes from Securitas, I want
    real armed police officers. It's gonna be expensive, but
    it's either that or it's surrender to
    the school shooters.

    It would help if we could ban the AR style rifles that are the weapons
    of choice for mass murder (and not much else).

    Many people own AR style rifles that never commit murder, so they must have some other use for them aside from "not much else."

    I also changed the subject as I have no idea what this message thread has
    to do with Peter Frampton. ;)


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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Mike Powell on Fri Apr 7 00:07:00 2023
    On 04-06-23 14:37, Mike Powell <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Armed Teachers <=-

    It would help if we could ban the AR style rifles that are the weapons
    of choice for mass murder (and not much else).

    Many people own AR style rifles that never commit murder, so they must have some other use for them aside from "not much else."

    You are right, but I'd like to hear what those "other uses" are. I'd
    think that they are useless for hunting since they make such a mess of
    whatever they hit. IMO, it must be mostly an ego thing, but prove me
    wrong.

    I also changed the subject as I have no idea what this message thread
    has to do with Peter Frampton. ;)

    Well done.

    Dale Shipp
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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Mike Powell on Fri Apr 7 07:28:41 2023
    Mike Powell wrote to DALE SHIPP <=-

    It would help if we could ban the AR style rifles that are the weapons
    of choice for mass murder (and not much else).

    Many people own AR style rifles that never commit murder, so they must have some other use for them aside from "not much else."

    Remember that the Ignorant Elitists know absolutely nothing about guns other than what the Narrative says (i.e. Guns Bad!).

    The fact that many (non-police) people use guns on a daily basis to protect themselves is something that they ignore.


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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to DALE SHIPP on Fri Apr 7 11:26:00 2023
    Many people own AR style rifles that never commit murder, so they must have some other use for them aside from "not much else."

    You are right, but I'd like to hear what those "other uses" are. I'd
    think that they are useless for hunting since they make such a mess of whatever they hit. IMO, it must be mostly an ego thing, but prove me
    wrong.

    I don't own one so I cannot speak to that reason, but they are very popular
    and at least I'd not want to spend that much on something I don't have any
    use for.

    We will need someone else to provide the proof as to what their uses are
    for.


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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Mike Powell on Sat Apr 8 01:38:46 2023
    Hello Mike,

    Yea I don't want just a couple dopes from Securitas, I want
    real armed police officers. It's gonna be expensive, but
    it's either that or it's surrender to
    the school shooters.

    It would help if we could ban the AR style rifles that are the weapons
    of choice for mass murder (and not much else).

    Many people own AR style rifles that never commit murder, so they must have
    some other use for them aside from "not much else."

    Who are you trying to kid?

    Most people who commit mass murder do so with assault-style weapons.
    After all, that is the purpose as to why those weapons were made.

    AR style weapons are designed to kill, especially people rather
    than critters. One more time, so even the most dense and intelligence
    impaired nitwit can understand - Most school shootings are caused by
    people using assault-style weapons, such as AR-15s. Other than that,
    those weapons serve no other real purpose.

    I also changed the subject as I have no idea what this message thread has to
    do with Peter Frampton. ;)

    Peter Frampton tweeted a message about mass shootings at schools.
    In his tweet, he wrote clearly and directly, straight to the point -

    "It IS the fucking guns!" ~Peter Frampton

    For Life,
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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Dale Shipp on Sat Apr 8 01:38:59 2023
    Hello Dale,

    It would help if we could ban the AR style rifles that are the weapons
    of choice for mass murder (and not much else).

    Many people own AR style rifles that never commit murder, so they must
    have some other use for them aside from "not much else."

    You are right, but I'd like to hear what those "other uses" are.

    Shooting nutria. But most folks opt for .22s as the ammo is much
    cheaper.

    I'd think that they are useless for hunting since they make such a mess of whatever they hit.

    We get paid $6 for each nutria, but only need to bring in the tail
    to collect our bounty.

    IMO, it must be mostly an ego thing, but prove me wrong.

    Most folks shoot them on open water in the marsh. But sheriff
    deputies in Kenner shoot 'em in the canal off the main highway,
    not needing a boat. I don't think they bother collecting the
    tails.

    I also changed the subject as I have no idea what this message MP>thread
    has to do with Peter Frampton. ;)

    Well done.

    Mike knows full well what the subject is all about, and what Peter
    Frampton tweeted. Attempting to change the subject to something else
    shows his own lack of interest in solving the problem at hand.

    For those whose memory is too feeble to remember my original post -

    The subject under discussion is about school shootings.

    Peter Frampton's tweet was spot on -

    "It IS the fucking guns." ~Peter Frampton

    For Life,
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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to DALE SHIPP on Mon Apr 10 18:02:00 2023
    It has been proven that if they are banned, then fewer people are killed
    by mass shootings.

    Mass shootings, yes. The two most recent mass shootings, including one
    just today just up the road from here, were motivated by revenge. Taking
    all the guns away is not going to stop someone so motivated from a mass
    killing if that is what they want, and I see no evidence that they did not
    want that.

    The problem is not guns, but the fact that some people simply don't value
    human life. I want to say "any more" but I don't really know if that has really changed as much as I think it has.


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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Aaron Thomas on Tue Apr 11 00:03:02 2023
    On 04-10-23 10:25, Aaron Thomas <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Frampton Comes Alive <=-

    We could do the same thing with AR15s. They're deadly,
    we'll ban them, and they'll still kill people.

    It has been proven that if they are banned, then fewer people are killed by mass shootings.

    Proven by hypothetical statistics?

    Nothing hypothetical about it. Real world observation. The USA had a
    ban on Ar15 type weapons and mass shootings went down until the
    Republicans failed to renew the law after ten years. At that time the
    mass shootings went back up -- reaching the place today where there are
    often more than one such each day. There was a mass shooting in
    Australia. They banned the AR15 guns (and maybe more) and no more mass shootings to speak of.

    How about tougher security in schools? Or how about home schooling?

    Tougher security in schools would help, but it would come at a cost.

    Wouldn't you agree that we can afford it? If there's money
    for climate change, and there's money for women's rights in
    Pakistan, then I think it's safe to assume that there's
    enough money for school security as well.

    You assume without knowing the cost or effectiveness of various plans
    that have been floated.

    Home schooling is not for everyone. Can you teach your children basic

    The quality of a home schooling education is less important

    Read what you are implying there. You would prefer that your children
    get taught by amateurs at home rather than by professionals at school.
    You would be dooming them to a second class life in adulthood. They
    would most likely not be able to get into any reputable college.

    Dale Shipp
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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Dale Shipp on Tue Apr 11 21:34:26 2023
    On 11 Apr 2023, Dale Shipp said the following...

    On 04-10-23 10:25, Aaron Thomas <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Frampton Comes Alive <=-

    We could do the same thing with AR15s. They're deadly,
    we'll ban them, and they'll still kill people.

    It has been proven that if they are banned, then fewer people are kill
    by mass shootings.

    Proven by hypothetical statistics?

    Nothing hypothetical about it. Real world observation. The USA had a
    ban on Ar15 type weapons and mass shootings went down until the Republicans failed to renew the law after ten years. At that time the mass shootings went back up -- reaching the place today where there are often more than one such each day. There was a mass shooting in Australia. They banned the AR15 guns (and maybe more) and no more mass shootings to speak of.

    I doubt there any place in Australia quite like the South side of Chicago or that other sh*thole Baltimore, the problem is not guns, furthermore gun laws will do nothing for people in urban democratic cities where rage fills the city. That is the real problem that people from your side of the isle never want to talk about.

    Speaking from people from your side of the isle.

    People from your camp are so outraged they remove a black women off of a syrup bottle, but think nothing of it, in putting on a fake black women on a box of chez-it. Same is true with Bud Light, as it was known once as the King of Beers and suddenly now it is the Queen of Beers. This is NOT how "real" women act, It.(Dylan Mulvaney) overly sexualizes with this mockery and is totally disingenuous to real women everywhere.
    How can WE take you seriously with anything?

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:123/525 to Dale Shipp on Sat Apr 15 09:20:12 2023
    It has been proven that if they are banned, then fewer people are kil by mass shootings.

    Proven by hypothetical statistics?

    Nothing hypothetical about it. Real world observation. The USA had a

    What about when they banned opioids? Has the # of overdose deaths decreased since the advent of the opioids ban? I doubt it!

    Australia. They banned the AR15 guns (and maybe more) and no more mass shootings to speak of.

    It's a sporadic thing. I don't wish it on the Australian kids, but it's bound to happen again unless they tighten the security in their schools.

    Pakistan, then I think it's safe to assume that there's
    enough money for school security as well.

    You assume without knowing the cost or effectiveness of various plans
    that have been floated.

    There's no price too high for keeping kids safe. What's 2 more employees gonna cost? What's the benefit gonna be?

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to AARON THOMAS on Sat Apr 15 08:47:00 2023
    It has been proven that if they are banned, then fewer people are
    i
    by mass shootings.

    Proven by hypothetical statistics?

    Nothing hypothetical about it. Real world observation. The USA had a

    What about when they banned opioids? Has the # of overdose deaths decreased
    i
    e the advent of the opioids ban? I doubt it!

    The key to his whole statement is mass "shootings." There were plenty of
    other non-shooting attempts, including at least one (OKC) that was much
    more efficient at killing than any shooting, during the time the AR-15 ban
    was in place.

    You are not going to prevent people who are intent on harming/killing
    others from doing so by banning (a type of) gun(s). You are not even going
    to cut down on the number of people they can potentially kill in an
    incident.

    An AR-15 ban <> fewer mass "killings."


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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Mike Powell on Sun Apr 16 05:17:02 2023
    Hello Mike,

    It has been proven that if they are banned, then fewer people
    are
    i
    by mass shootings.

    Proven by hypothetical statistics?

    Nothing hypothetical about it. Real world observation. The USA had
    a

    What about when they banned opioids? Has the # of overdose deaths
    decreased
    i
    e the advent of the opioids ban? I doubt it!

    The key to his whole statement is mass "shootings."

    By folks armed with assault-style weapons such as AR-15s, nothing
    about opioids of any kind. President Biden called for a ban on those
    type weapons, which were designed with one purpose in mind only -
    to kill people (as many as possible).

    Thanks for playing.

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Aaron Thomas on Sun Apr 16 01:19:00 2023
    On 04-15-23 09:20, Aaron Thomas <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Guns <=-

    Nothing hypothetical about it. Real world observation. The USA had a

    What about when they banned opioids? Has the # of overdose
    deaths decreased since the advent of the opioids ban? I
    doubt it!

    That is a different topic. Please try to keep in focus. Also, the last
    I heard, opioids have not been banned. I take such prescriptions
    regularly.

    Australia. They banned the AR15 guns (and maybe more) and no more mass shootings to speak of.

    It's a sporadic thing. I don't wish it on the Australian
    kids, but it's bound to happen again unless they tighten
    the security in their schools.

    You assume, but you are wrong.
    You could have done the research, but I'll do it for you. Here is parts
    of an article on the topic:

    [quote from
    https://fortune.com/2018/02/20/australia-gun-control-success/ ]

    On April 28, 1996, a 28-year-old man named Martin Bryant drove his
    yellow Volvo to a popular tourist spot in Port Arthur, Australia, a
    former penal colony on the island state of Tasmania, and opened fire
    with a semi-automatic weapon. Before the day was through, he had shot
    dead 35 people and wounded 18 others. Twelve of those deaths came at the
    Broad Arrow Cafe, where Bryant first ate lunch and then sprayed bullets
    with his Colt AR-15 SP1, which he had stowed in a tennis bag. At the
    gift shop next door, he murdered eight more people. Later, he shot a
    young mother running away with her two children--all three at close
    range.

    [snip]

    Within just weeks of that tragedy, elected officials in each of
    Australia's six states and two mainland territories--pressed forward by
    police chiefs across the continent and by the then-newly elected prime minister--banned semi-automatic and other military-style weapons across
    the country. The federal government of Australia prohibited their
    import, and lawmakers introduced a generous nationwide gun buyback
    program, funded with a Medicare tax, to encourage Australians to freely
    give up their assault-style weapons. Amazingly, many of them did. (Simon Chapman, an emeritus professor in public health at the University of
    Sydney, and an influential proponent of the original firearms
    legislation, has a very good summary here. You can also read his free
    ebook here.)

    [snip]

    So what happened after the assault-weapon ban? Well therein lies the
    other half of the story twist noted above: Nothing.

    Nothing, that is, in a good way.

    Australian independence didn't end. Tyranny didn't come. Australians
    still hunted and explored and big-wave surfed to their hearts' content.
    Their economy didn't crash; Invaders never arrived. Violence, in many
    forms, went down across the country, not up. Somehow, lawmakers on
    either side of the gun debate managed to get along and legislate.

    As for mass killings, there were no more. Not one in the past 22 years.

    [end of quote. You can read the entire article at the web site above]

    Dale Shipp
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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to DALE SHIPP on Sun Apr 16 07:23:00 2023
    As for mass killings, there were no more. Not one in the past 22 years.

    How do they treat their mentally ill? I am guessing they are less likely
    to let them roam free because locking them up is mean/cost too much money.


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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Mike Powell on Mon Apr 17 01:39:02 2023
    On 04-16-23 07:23, Mike Powell <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Guns <=-

    As for mass killings, there were no more. Not one in the past 22 years.

    How do they treat their mentally ill? I am guessing they are less
    likely to let them roam free because locking them up is mean/cost too
    much money.

    Plus it would be impossible to even know all of the people with some
    sort of mental problem. IMO, the truly mentally ill are not the people
    who are doing the mass shootings in the USA. They are people with some
    sort of problem / grudge / disorder that might be called a mental
    problem but usually not even noticed by those closest to them as being
    serious enough to result in a mass shooting except in retrospect after
    the fact.

    In Australia, the similar people don't have access to AR15 type of
    automatic weapons to carry out their delusional vendetta / suicide. A
    hand gun with a limited magazine cannot do the carnage that can be done
    with an AR15 and multiple 30 bullet magazines.

    Dale Shipp
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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Dale Shipp on Mon Apr 17 13:14:37 2023
    Hello Dale,

    Nothing hypothetical about it. Real world observation. The USA had a

    What about when they banned opioids? Has the # of overdose
    deaths decreased since the advent of the opioids ban? I
    doubt it!

    That is a different topic. Please try to keep in focus. Also, the last
    I heard, opioids have not been banned. I take such prescriptions regularly.

    As James Carville would say, "It's the guns, stupid!"

    Too bad President Biden forgot all about Corporal Cueball when
    he called for a ban on assault-style weapons ...

    [..]

    So what happened after the assault-weapon ban? Well therein lies the
    other half of the story twist noted above: Nothing.

    Nothing, that is, in a good way.

    Until Republicans decided to let it expire.

    Australian independence didn't end. Tyranny didn't come. Australians
    still hunted and explored and big-wave surfed to their hearts' content. Their economy didn't crash; Invaders never arrived. Violence, in many forms, went down across the country, not up. Somehow, lawmakers on
    either side of the gun debate managed to get along and legislate.

    Australia is not the "land of the free and the home of the brave?"

    As for mass killings, there were no more. Not one in the past 22 years.

    Francis Scott Key asked a question for Americans to answer.
    We still have yet to figure it out.

    [end of quote. You can read the entire article at the web site above]

    I was friends with two Australian lasses when I was in college.
    Gave them some soft-shelled crabs to have for dinner. Unfortunately,
    I took it for granted they knew how to cook them. Silly me. The last
    mistake I ever made when it came to Australian lasses ...

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to DALE SHIPP on Mon Apr 17 15:53:00 2023
    How do they treat their mentally ill? I am guessing they are less likely to let them roam free because locking them up is mean/cost too much money.

    Plus it would be impossible to even know all of the people with some
    sort of mental problem. IMO, the truly mentally ill are not the people
    who are doing the mass shootings in the USA. They are people with some
    sort of problem / grudge / disorder that might be called a mental
    problem but usually not even noticed by those closest to them as being serious enough to result in a mass shooting except in retrospect after
    the fact.

    I disagree. In a lot of cases, the persons are described by others, after
    the fact of course, as someone with issues, but they are often already known
    to law enforcement because of said issues.

    For example, both the kid who shot up the high school in Florida, and the
    kid who shot up the grocery in upstate NY, were either known to local law enforcement or the FBI.

    In Australia, the similar people don't have access to AR15 type of
    automatic weapons to carry out their delusional vendetta / suicide. A
    hand gun with a limited magazine cannot do the carnage that can be done
    with an AR15 and multiple 30 bullet magazines.

    That last bit is not true. In 2007, the Virgina Tech shooter used two pistols to kill 33 (including himself) and wound another 23. There are not that
    many mass shooters who can claim such numbers.

    One of his two pistols was a Walther P-22 which, as the name suggests, is a
    .22 pistol. A year later, another mass shooter (in Finland) used a Walther P-22 (and only that pistol) to kill 10 and then himself.

    That was the second mass school shooting in Finland in a little over a
    year. The first perpetrator also used a .22 pistol. He killed 8 before shooting himself.

    Australia is also not immune to mass killings. After the shooting you
    refer to, they do indeed have no more "assault weapon" mass shootings, but
    they still have had mass-shootings, mass-stabbings, mass-bashings, mass-vehicular-homicides, and at least three mass-arson killings (that killed 15, 10, and 11).

    As I told Aaron in another message, you are not going to stop people who
    want to kill from not killing by taking their guns.


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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Mike Powell on Tue Apr 18 01:38:02 2023
    On 04-17-23 15:53, Mike Powell <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Guns <=-

    I disagree. In a lot of cases, the persons are described by others,
    after the fact of course, as someone with issues, but they are often already known to law enforcement because of said issues.

    For example, both the kid who shot up the high school in Florida, and
    the kid who shot up the grocery in upstate NY, were either known to
    local law enforcement or the FBI.

    But, none of the people who knew of the "issues" did anything to stop
    the soon-to-be shooter.

    In Australia, the similar people don't have access to AR15 type of
    automatic weapons to carry out their delusional vendetta / suicide. A
    hand gun with a limited magazine cannot do the carnage that can be done
    with an AR15 and multiple 30 bullet magazines.

    That last bit is not true. In 2007, the Virgina Tech shooter used two pistols to kill 33 (including himself) and wound another 23. There are not that many mass shooters who can claim such numbers.

    I recall the Virginia Tech shooting. As I recall, the shooter was
    shooting from a concealed position in a tower. It took some time to
    identify where the shots were coming from and to get someone up there.
    I also thought that he was using a rifle. I would not have thought that
    he could have been so accurate using a pistol at that distance.

    One of his two pistols was a Walther P-22 which, as the name suggests,
    is a .22 pistol. A year later, another mass shooter (in Finland) used
    a Walther P-22 (and only that pistol) to kill 10 and then himself.

    That was the second mass school shooting in Finland in a little over a year. The first perpetrator also used a .22 pistol. He killed 8
    before shooting himself.

    In each case, I stand by my statement, with the additional caveat of the
    amount of time taken. An AR-15 can do a lot more carnage in a short
    time than a shooter with a pistol could do.

    Australia is also not immune to mass killings. After the shooting you refer to, they do indeed have no more "assault weapon" mass shootings,
    but they still have had mass-shootings, mass-stabbings, mass-bashings, mass-vehicular-homicides, and at least three mass-arson killings (that killed 15, 10, and 11).

    Not immune, but it certainly seems from the reporting that they were
    greatly reduced.

    As the adage says, "don't let perfect get in the way of good".

    As I told Aaron in another message, you are not going to stop people
    who want to kill from not killing by taking their guns.

    True -- but what I am lobbying for is not taking away their guns. It is removing military style automatic weapons from readily available public consumption.

    Dale Shipp
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  • From Donald@1:218/602 to DALE SHIPP on Tue Apr 18 09:49:00 2023
    Dale Shipp wrote to Mike Powell <=-

    On 04-17-23 15:53, Mike Powell <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Guns <=-

    I disagree. In a lot of cases, the persons are described by others,
    after the fact of course, as someone with issues, but they are often already known to law enforcement because of said issues.

    For example, both the kid who shot up the high school in Florida, and
    the kid who shot up the grocery in upstate NY, were either known to
    local law enforcement or the FBI.

    But, none of the people who knew of the "issues" did anything to stop
    the soon-to-be shooter.

    In Australia, the similar people don't have access to AR15 type of
    automatic weapons to carry out their delusional vendetta / suicide. A
    hand gun with a limited magazine cannot do the carnage that can be done
    with an AR15 and multiple 30 bullet magazines.

    That last bit is not true. In 2007, the Virgina Tech shooter used two pistols to kill 33 (including himself) and wound another 23. There are not that many mass shooters who can claim such numbers.

    I recall the Virginia Tech shooting. As I recall, the shooter was shooting from a concealed position in a tower. It took some time to identify where the shots were coming from and to get someone up there.
    I also thought that he was using a rifle. I would not have thought
    that he could have been so accurate using a pistol at that distance.

    One of his two pistols was a Walther P-22 which, as the name suggests,
    is a .22 pistol. A year later, another mass shooter (in Finland) used
    a Walther P-22 (and only that pistol) to kill 10 and then himself.

    That was the second mass school shooting in Finland in a little over a year. The first perpetrator also used a .22 pistol. He killed 8
    before shooting himself.

    In each case, I stand by my statement, with the additional caveat of
    the amount of time taken. An AR-15 can do a lot more carnage in a
    short time than a shooter with a pistol could do.

    Australia is also not immune to mass killings. After the shooting you refer to, they do indeed have no more "assault weapon" mass shootings,
    but they still have had mass-shootings, mass-stabbings, mass-bashings, mass-vehicular-homicides, and at least three mass-arson killings (that killed 15, 10, and 11).

    Not immune, but it certainly seems from the reporting that they were greatly reduced.

    As the adage says, "don't let perfect get in the way of good".

    As I told Aaron in another message, you are not going to stop people
    who want to kill from not killing by taking their guns.

    True -- but what I am lobbying for is not taking away their guns. It
    is removing military style automatic weapons from readily available
    public consumption.

    Military style automatic weapons are already not readily available for public consumption. Just saying.....



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  • From Donald@1:218/602 to DALE SHIPP on Tue Apr 18 10:03:00 2023
    Dale Shipp wrote to Mike Powell <=-

    On 04-17-23 15:53, Mike Powell <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Guns <=-

    I disagree. In a lot of cases, the persons are described by others,
    after the fact of course, as someone with issues, but they are often already known to law enforcement because of said issues.

    For example, both the kid who shot up the high school in Florida, and
    the kid who shot up the grocery in upstate NY, were either known to
    local law enforcement or the FBI.

    But, none of the people who knew of the "issues" did anything to stop
    the soon-to-be shooter.

    In Australia, the similar people don't have access to AR15 type of
    automatic weapons to carry out their delusional vendetta / suicide. A
    hand gun with a limited magazine cannot do the carnage that can be done
    with an AR15 and multiple 30 bullet magazines.

    That last bit is not true. In 2007, the Virgina Tech shooter used two pistols to kill 33 (including himself) and wound another 23. There are not that many mass shooters who can claim such numbers.

    I recall the Virginia Tech shooting. As I recall, the shooter was shooting from a concealed position in a tower. It took some time to identify where the shots were coming from and to get someone up there.
    I also thought that he was using a rifle. I would not have thought
    that he could have been so accurate using a pistol at that distance.

    One of his two pistols was a Walther P-22 which, as the name suggests,
    is a .22 pistol. A year later, another mass shooter (in Finland) used
    a Walther P-22 (and only that pistol) to kill 10 and then himself.

    That was the second mass school shooting in Finland in a little over a year. The first perpetrator also used a .22 pistol. He killed 8
    before shooting himself.

    In each case, I stand by my statement, with the additional caveat of
    the amount of time taken. An AR-15 can do a lot more carnage in a
    short time than a shooter with a pistol could do.

    Australia is also not immune to mass killings. After the shooting you refer to, they do indeed have no more "assault weapon" mass shootings,
    but they still have had mass-shootings, mass-stabbings, mass-bashings, mass-vehicular-homicides, and at least three mass-arson killings (that killed 15, 10, and 11).

    Not immune, but it certainly seems from the reporting that they were greatly reduced.

    As the adage says, "don't let perfect get in the way of good".

    As I told Aaron in another message, you are not going to stop people
    who want to kill from not killing by taking their guns.

    True -- but what I am lobbying for is not taking away their guns. It
    is removing military style automatic weapons from readily available
    public consumption.

    I have a Ruger 10/22, extremely popular .22, that I can make look like one of those scary "Military Style" weapons. It doesn't make it "Military Grade" though. Much like my AR, it's just a "scary looking" semi-auto....



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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to DALE SHIPP on Tue Apr 18 17:11:00 2023
    For example, both the kid who shot up the high school in Florida, and the kid who shot up the grocery in upstate NY, were either known to local law enforcement or the FBI.

    But, none of the people who knew of the "issues" did anything to stop
    the soon-to-be shooter.

    Exactly!

    That last bit is not true. In 2007, the Virgina Tech shooter used two pistols to kill 33 (including himself) and wound another 23. There are not that many mass shooters who can claim such numbers.

    I recall the Virginia Tech shooting. As I recall, the shooter was
    shooting from a concealed position in a tower. It took some time to
    identify where the shots were coming from and to get someone up there.
    I also thought that he was using a rifle. I would not have thought that
    he could have been so accurate using a pistol at that distance.

    No, that is not the one. At Virginia Tech, the shooter entered a dorm
    building and, later, a classroom building, shooting persons in multiple classrooms after securing the exits. He used two pistols, and one was a .22.
    I am not sure about the other one as it is/was available chambered for
    multiple calibres.

    In each case, I stand by my statement, with the additional caveat of the amount of time taken. An AR-15 can do a lot more carnage in a short
    time than a shooter with a pistol could do.

    The instance you cited, the guy killed 35. At Virginia Tech, the shooter killed 33 in a similar amount of time.

    Meanwhile, during our AR-15 ban, the Oklahoma City Bombing killed many more than both of these shooters (168, and injured 680) in just a manner of
    moments.

    Not immune, but it certainly seems from the reporting that they were
    greatly reduced.

    As the adage says, "don't let perfect get in the way of good".

    Not really. If you look at their history, that shooting incident was an anomoly. Most of the killings before and after did not use that kind of weapon, if they even used a gun at all. They do not appear to have reduced their number of mass killings. Per capita, if you look at a list, it
    appears they likely average less than the USA does, but that was true
    before and after the shooting.

    The difference is probably cultural, and I would guess they do a much
    better job with their mentally ill. I work downtown in a small town. I
    take 2 15 minute breaks a day where I go out and walk. I run into at least
    one obviously mentally ill person a day... often one per walk.

    If I worked in downtown Louisville, I doubt I'd leave the safety of my building.


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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to DONALD on Tue Apr 18 17:07:00 2023
    I have a Ruger 10/22, extremely popular .22, that I can make look like one of those scary "Military Style" weapons. It doesn't make it "Military Grade" though. Much like my AR, it's just a "scary looking" semi-auto....

    I also have one and have wondered about that. They often say "AR-15
    'style'" weapon, which basically means it just looks like one. I think the media does that to make them sound scarier than "a modified .22 rifle."


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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Donald on Wed Apr 19 00:29:02 2023
    On 04-18-23 10:03, Donald <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Guns <=-

    I have a Ruger 10/22, extremely popular .22, that I can make look like
    one of those scary "Military Style" weapons. It doesn't make it
    "Military Grade" though. Much like my AR, it's just a "scary looking" semi-auto....

    No 22 can do the sort of carnage such as that done by an AR-15 using
    hollow point bullets. In the Texas school shooting, the bodies of the
    children were so destroyed that for some identification could not be
    made by usual means. The bodies looked like they had been put through a
    wood chipper.

    Dale Shipp
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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to DALE SHIPP on Wed Apr 19 15:14:00 2023
    I have a Ruger 10/22, extremely popular .22, that I can make look like one of those scary "Military Style" weapons. It doesn't make it "Military Grade" though. Much like my AR, it's just a "scary looking" semi-auto....

    No 22 can do the sort of carnage such as that done by an AR-15 using
    hollow point bullets. In the Texas school shooting, the bodies of the children were so destroyed that for some identification could not be
    made by usual means. The bodies looked like they had been put through a
    wood chipper.

    Dead is dead, and a .22 can certainly do that.


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  • From Donald@1:218/602 to DALE SHIPP on Wed Apr 19 10:48:00 2023
    Dale Shipp wrote to Donald <=-

    On 04-18-23 10:03, Donald <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Guns <=-

    I have a Ruger 10/22, extremely popular .22, that I can make look like
    one of those scary "Military Style" weapons. It doesn't make it
    "Military Grade" though. Much like my AR, it's just a "scary looking" semi-auto....

    No 22 can do the sort of carnage such as that done by an AR-15 using hollow point bullets. In the Texas school shooting, the bodies of the children were so destroyed that for some identification could not be
    made by usual means. The bodies looked like they had been put through
    a wood chipper.

    What happened to those children was horrible. Anyone who could do something like that has a special place in Hell waiting for them. I have no answers as to why people have taken to taking as many people with them as they can when commiting suicide. Anger at the world I guess. Still, until that is addressed, they will always find a way.... Punishing the innocent and law abiding because of the actions of some nut is not the answer.

    Every one of my semi-autos can shoot hollow points, 10/22 included, and some are of a way larger caliber. So, any nutjob that wants to do those kinds of things would have plenty of even more damaging options even if the AR platforms were banned. It's a slippery slope and what could be banned next?

    BTW, my M&P has to be broke open to even drop the magazine. I also don't like the larger magazines and even in the Army we only had 10 and 20 round mags. Too easy to get over-zealous and overheat and damage the barrel. I was not impressed with the 5.56 and took up the 7.62 M-60 as my weapon with a .45 sidearm.

    With that I will close, and from what I see, you have your views (not changing them) and I have my views (not changing them).

    Donald
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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Mike Powell on Thu Apr 20 04:43:43 2023
    Hello Mike,

    No 22 can do the sort of carnage such as that done by an AR-15 using
    hollow point bullets.

    [..]

    Dead is dead, and a .22 can certainly do that.

    Nobody is calling for a ban on a .22 you stupid fuck.

    For Life,
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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Lee Lofaso on Wed Apr 19 23:02:44 2023
    Nobody is calling for a ban on a .22 you stupid fuck.

    Losing your temper like this will not serve you well.
    Mike has point dead is dead.
    Gun Control does not work and I can prove it in one word. Chicago.

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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Gregory Deyss on Thu Apr 20 01:24:02 2023
    On 04-19-23 23:02, Gregory Deyss <=-
    spoke to Lee Lofaso about Re: Guns <=-

    Mike has point dead is dead.
    Gun Control does not work and I can prove it in one word. Chicago.

    Gun Control does work, and I can prove it one word -- Australia.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Gregory Deyss on Thu Apr 20 07:46:44 2023
    Gregory Deyss wrote to Lee Lofaso <=-

    Losing your temper like this will not serve you well.

    That's what happens to Ignorant Elitists when they are proven wrong.

    Mike has point dead is dead.
    Gun Control does not work and I can prove it in one word. Chicago.

    Facts have no power over the Ignorant Elitists.


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  • From IB Joe@1:342/200 to Lee Lofaso on Thu Apr 20 10:22:38 2023
    On 20 Apr 2023, Lee Lofaso said the following...

    Hello Mike,

    No 22 can do the sort of carnage such as that done by an AR-15 using
    hollow point bullets.

    [..]

    Dead is dead, and a .22 can certainly do that.

    Nobody is calling for a ban on a .22 you stupid fuck.


    AR-15 is a .22 ... .226

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to GREGORY DEYSS on Thu Apr 20 18:35:00 2023
    Losing your temper like this will not serve you well.

    That is his MO... try to act smart but then curse at you if you don't take
    his word or prove him wrong.


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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to IB Joe on Fri Apr 21 15:24:39 2023
    Hello Joe,

    Dead is dead, and a .22 can certainly do that.

    Nobody is calling for a ban on a .22 you stupid fuck.


    AR-15 is a .22 ... .226

    Nobody is calling for a ban on single shot .22s ...

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Dale Shipp on Fri Apr 21 15:25:01 2023
    Hello Dale,

    Mike has point dead is dead.
    Gun Control does not work and I can prove it in one word. Chicago.

    Gun Control does work, and I can prove it one word -- Australia.

    Let's not forget about New Zealand. And Canada.
    Which both did the same as Australia.

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From IB Joe@1:342/200 to Lee Lofaso on Fri Apr 21 19:33:04 2023
    On 21 Apr 2023, Lee Lofaso said the following...

    Hello Dale,

    Mike has point dead is dead.
    Gun Control does not work and I can prove it in one word. Chicago.

    Gun Control does work, and I can prove it one word -- Australia.

    Let's not forget about New Zealand. And Canada.
    Which both did the same as Australia.


    Nope... I have guns... both hand guns and rifles ... you just can't buy a new hand gun or give what handgun you have to anyone else.

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to IB Joe on Sun Apr 23 13:14:05 2023
    Hello Joe,

    Mike has point dead is dead.
    Gun Control does not work and I can prove it in one word.
    Chicago.

    Gun Control does work, and I can prove it one word -- Australia.

    Let's not forget about New Zealand. And Canada.
    Which both did the same as Australia.


    Nope... I have guns... both hand guns and rifles ... you just can't buy a new hand gun or give what handgun you have to anyone else.

    The issue is not your Red Ryder BB Gun, podnuh. It is semi-automatic
    and automatic weapons, banned in Canada, the UK, NZ, and Australia.

    For Life,
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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Gregory Deyss on Mon Apr 24 21:53:09 2023
    Hello Greg,

    Nobody is calling for a ban on a .22 you stupid fuck.

    Losing your temper like this will not serve you well.
    Mike has point dead is dead.
    Gun Control does not work and I can prove it in one word. Chicago.

    One shot fired by single-shot .22 = one dead at most. Multiple shots
    fired by AR-15 assault-style weapon = scores of dead. No gun control
    = endless number of dead that can never be counted ...

    For Life,
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