Very recently a man managed to get a loaded pistol in his carryon luggage past TSA. He told the news he didn't realize it was in his backpack and didn't want to get anyone in trouble. His pistol travelled in his checked baggage on the return trip.
They won't submit but because they are forming a terror 'state' (with a return address for a bomb in a pirates port) instead of a terror 'group' conventional bombing methods can contain their growth and reduce it's influence until the Daesh 'state' is seen as not successful in it's plan to 'end the world' and the current leaders are seen as imposers to the true next rulers of the magic kingdom.
I know or more accurate, I thought so much.
I wasn't aiming my comment at you. Several people have said one thing or another about disarming the honest, legitimate citizens. I was announcing my opinion to all.#12 I do get the every civilian armed argument but the cancer lies deeper than that. Plus a guy with a bomb in his backpack...A gun ain't a help there...
The disarming that I mentioned earlier was pointed against those people that we are at war with. Sorry if I did not make it clear enough.
Thinking a completely helpless society is safe is also delusional. Speaking in absolutes invites valid disagreement.
In fact, being safe by being armed or not armed is relative to the culture involved. Take the Swiss, for instance, it is my understanding that, by military law, every citizen must own and keep a gun in good conditions. And yet you don't hear of mass shootings happening there. But, with all due respect, I wonder what would happen if Somalia were to arm every one of its citizens?
Most of the weapons are supplied by Saudi Arabia, they bought out old Croatian weapon stockpiles which included plenty of machine guns, rifles, grenade launchers and RPGs. They said that they are going to use those to get familiar with the weapons, pretty sure you don't need thousands of weapons to get familiar with it.
Not actually the case - body search/scanning are requirements of passage via certain transportation facilities - not of travel itself --- I feel arbitrary/impromptu 'searches' conducted on public highways (e.g. the RIDE program
) are far more egregious than airport security --- That said, air terminal security doesn't seem to 'work'
A pandemoniac free-for-all followed by a loooooong 'quiet spell' (WWIII in a teapot, if you will...)
If there are any honest people there, they would shoot back at the pirates.
To clarify, are you presenting an opinion, or trying to finish my thoughts for me? I was merely addressing the prevalent opinion that an armed society is a safe one.
I imagine most of the problems in Somalia would eliminate themselves along with most of the population.
To clarify, I am pointing out that making blanket statements (with no reference to anyone you intend to address) invites valid disagreements. I leave finishing other people's thoughts to persons that are very different from me.
oh man.... you're like athlete's foot... it can be annoying, but it's also a pleasure to scratch....
Ok... I'm probably gonna catch some flack for this (NPI) -- I feel it's both arrogant, and, I daresay, disingenuous in the extreme of the US Govt to censure Russia for taking the initiative! --- It's a good deal someone 'stepped up to the plate', as it were, in Syria!?!? -- To all screaming 'but Putin is in it for his own gain' - I would ask; what international player is not??? The US Government's/Media's continued regard/portrayal of Russia as 'the villain' is both outdated and childish -- and while I'm at it; UKRAINE IS NONE OF THE WEST'S FREAKING BUSINESS!!!
Sometimes he who would be free of flies must tolerate spiders... It might be the hoops. Here, guns are freely available to almost anyone regardless of mental stability. Another possibly is the difference in a fervent, almost religious belief that guns are the magic elixir to all of society's ills. School gets shot up, we need more guns. Terrorists attack killing thousands, more guns. Bears beat the Lion, more guns. People here get nearly orgasmic over guns, never considering the damage they've done to our society. When a piece of dangerous iron is worshiped over all human life, then a society is in grave danger. I imagine that although Canadians are armed, they aren't all ga-ga over their arms, and worship them above all else. And perhaps, this allow Canadians to approach gun ownership and usage in a more rational and responsible way. Maybe to ya'll, a gun is a tool, and not a religious icon.
And, by this, you mean automobiles, right?
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