Recent content by pubjohn47

The requirements you listed are not reasonable. The only thing I find reasonable is a scientifically proven brain scan that detects empathy and if empathy is missing or lacking, then no guns to that particular individual. Its better to be safe than sorry . Since we disallow mentally...

yes, because there is less collateral damage unless a person uses a car as a weapon but how many times has a person used a car to commit murder as compared to using a gun. Criminals like guns because it is easy to use and extremely lethal

If a criminal is desperate enough, any number of guns is not going to stop him from committing a crime or murder . So what are we left with ? A country like Malaysia has a simple logic, less guns equals less homicide by guns So for every one homicide by guns in Malaysia, we have 40...

If the request is reasonable. If the government says only individuals who passes a scientifically proven brain scan , that indicates empathy, can purchase a gun ; I would be fine with that demand. If a psychopath who fails the brain scan and who is truly afraid for his life; he can always...

You cannot point to anywhere where I said guns should be banned. All I said was the proper individuals should own guns. I am sure you do not want a mentally unstable neighbor owning a gun , who is a sniper and in his delusional state of mind aims at you from half a mile away with his high...

The facts speak for themselves and if they don't then its up to us to ask our government to conduct serious studies of countries with very strict gun control laws such as Malaysia and compare them to countries with very liberal gun control laws. The lives of your children and your neighbor's...

We could easily have prevented the September 11 terrorist attacks, if we had done the following : (1) Not got involved with the "Muhjahadeen" to oust the Soviet Union from Afghanistan.... ..Osama Bin Laden's life was transformed by the experience he had in Afghanistan. You could say...

I did look at all crimes in Malaysia compared to the US crime rate using all methods including guns. For every homicide in Malaysia using all weapons including guns, two to three Americans are killed but the stark difference is when you are only looking at only guns, forty times more...

Taliban gave Osama Bin Laden permission to stay in Afghanistan but not permission to attack other countries : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F-GUQr4u8Q So instead of mounting a war costing trillions of dollars and the lives of our beloved soldiers and tens of thousands of civilian lives in...

Here is an interview with Bin Laden : http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7204.htm Are his demands for the US government to withdraw forces from muslim lands, reasonable ?

Extremely strict gun control laws in Malaysia : In Malaysia, the annual rate of firearm homicide per 100,000 population is 1995: 0.179 Rate of Unintentional Gun Death per 100,000 People In Malaysia, the annual rate of unintentional shooting death per 100,000 population is 1995: 0.079...