[quote][b]RightIswrong[/b] -
If you think it's a dictatorship, then how do you know you're at its halfway mark? Cue the 2nd amendment solution comments; which to me only highlights how nutty and off base some people have become in the last few years.
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I'm really not amazed that you chose to actually quote the word "QUASI", then immediately try to nullify it in your retort. You liberals have a habit of contorting text to suit your position!
That must be your 1st amendment solution, you off base nut!

[quote][b]Emperor1972[/b] - "..Obama steps into 2nd term.."
And Lady Liberty continues to sink into the cesspool of Obama's agenda ... [/quote]

Trying to be positive, one way to look at it is that are over the halfway mark of this horrible quasi dictatorship!

[quote][b]crazy8golfer[/b] -
Back in my younger days, I worked in the retail food business and we would chase shoplifters until we caught them. They received several pop knots before the police got there. In today's society I would not do that !!!!!!!
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Too many folks scared of TV lawyers nowadays, though society needs a few more thievin noggins knocked!

[quote][b]Joe Johnson[/b] -
If the spittle lands on an open wound it can be transmitted.
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That is incorrect. Saliva does not carry HIV. Though I would certainly defend myself with extreme predjudice due to the risk of Hepatitis.

[quote][b]the athens resident[/b] - BACON MAKES EVERYTHING TASTE GREAT!!!
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Then you can cover her in Bacon and eat it yourself, cause I'd go Jewish before I would EVER touch THAT!

Will somebody please tell me how this is not a violation of the 27th Amendment of the Constitution?

[quote][b]Associated Press[/b] - Police tell The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://bit.ly/ZA2h7N) that the suspect who survived, a 21-year-old man, was taken into custody and is facing charges including armed robbery[/quote]

Shouldn't he be facing Murder charges as well?

It's up to the parents. It is not my place to decide for another parent, what is best for their child, or how they should raise them.

Best wishes, and Prayers for President Bush, and his family.

[quote][b]Jim Thompson[/b] - In the aftermath of the Friday shootings in Newtown, Mass., that left 20 first-graders at Sandy Hook Elementary School dead[/quote]

Where is Newtown, Massachusetts? And when was there a shooting there?

[quote][b]mpd0.59[/b] - Senator Scott Brown says he now supports a federal ban on assault weapons
By Robert Rizzuto, The Republican
Updated December 19, 2012 at 4:08 PM
"What happened in Newtown where those children were subject to that level of violence is beyond my comprehension. As a state legislator in Massachusetts I supported an assault weapons ban thinking other states would follow suit. But unfortunately, they have not and innocent people are being killed," Brown said. "As a result, I support a federal assault weapons ban, perhaps like the legislation we have in Massachusetts."

http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/12/sen_scott_brown_says_...
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I wonder if he will backpedal now that the investigation has proven that the weapons used in Connecticut were not, what the media incorrectly describes as "Assault weapons".

I do not believe that such records are considered "Public Records" and subject to FOIA in the State of Georgia.

[quote][b]RightIswrong[/b] -
Is that anywhere remotely similar to fabricating the falsehood that Iraq possessed WMD?
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http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/iraq-sarin-stockpiles-found/s...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4997808/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/t/bom...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,120137,00.html

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1653841/posts

[quote][b]louie53[/b] - (I posted this earlier today on a different thread but it bears reposting)
a study at Harvard by two criminologists found that gun control is actually counterproductive:
"The study, which just appeared in Volume 30, Number 2 of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy (pp. 649-694), set out to answer the question in its title: "Would Banning Firearms Reduce Murder and Suicide? A Review of International and Some Domestic Evidence." Contrary to conventional wisdom, and the sniffs of our more sophisticated and generally anti-gun counterparts across the pond, the answer is "no." And not just no, as in there is no correlation between gun ownership and violent crime, but an emphatic no, showing a negative correlation: as gun ownership increases, murder and suicide decreases.
The findings of two criminologists - Prof. Don Kates and Prof. Gary Mauser - in their exhaustive study of American and European gun laws and violence rates, are telling:
Nations with stringent anti-gun laws generally have substantially higher murder rates than those that do not. The study found that the nine European nations with the lowest rates of gun ownership (5,000 or fewer guns per 100,000 population) have a combined murder rate three times higher than that of the nine nations with the highest rates of gun ownership (at least 15,000 guns per 100,000 population)."
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I got it for you right here:

http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol30_No2_KatesMauseronlin...

[quote][b]bosshawg[/b] - @Shawn: that to. sounds like you already been there done that
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Yes..Been there, Done that

[quote][b]bosshawg[/b] - always watch for the students moving in and out lots of wood and stuff thrown away
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Alot of the rubbish left out by them is IKEA style cardboard crap

[quote][b]oakwerks[/b] - As a woodworker, I would love access to recycled material... Lumber available at the local big box stores is mostly unusable because of the way it's stored....
If I do find a piece of hardwood that's not bowed, the cost is so high that there is no profit to be made.... I have gone to buying rough oak, drying, and planing it....
I can't find maple or cherry anywhere.....
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Have you considered sawmills? There are few local ones that can provide ample supplies for you. Off the top of my head there is one in Shady Dale that would be more than happy to let you come select your wares.
There is also the option of buying a personal sawmill!

[quote][b]gooddogmom[/b] - I heard today about a marine standing guard (with military fatigues and no weapon) at his children's school.[/quote]

Craig Pulsley is a Stolen Valor POSER. He is not a Marine, and never was. Though he went to Boot, he was never assigned a billet, never earned an MOS, and was booted for being UA while still in recruit status.He certainly never went overseas or earned Sergeant stripes

[quote][b]keepitsimple[/b] - Should be an island somewhere for people like Captain Golden Shower...just drop them off and let them live among other perverts of their own kind. If anything unauthorized leaves the island....sink it.
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Nuke the San Andreas fault, and send ALL of the pervs and felons to California...to float away

[quote][b]ppensyl[/b] - I love my Mother, but she's not suited to combat and wouldn't be a deterrant..that clear enough? [/quote]

I'm sure your Mom is a wonderful lady, and fully capable of using a firearm to defend herself.

[quote][b]ppensyl[/b] - My offspring are my business, not yours so lets just leave them out of it since I am not soliciting parenting advice from you in this discussion.[/quote]

I'll take this opportunity to point out that I am not offering parenting advice. However this is a thread regarding school security, and as such, I am offering my opinion. If you don't enjoy the friendly banter, I might suggest that you find another past time.

[quote][b]ppensyl[/b] - I do trust PLENTY of people to be armed, but CLEARLY not EVERYONE should be and this kid that just murdered people proves tha[/quote]

I'll point out that the "kid" in question was NOT legally armed!

[quote][b]ppensyl[/b] - Maybe adjudicated is the correct word[/quote] I hope so, it is the term that has been used to identify those that are prohibited by virtue of criminal record, or mental incompetence recognized by courts for a decades.

[quote][b]ppensyl[/b] - Again, I have no issue with weapons. I own them, have been around them all my life and have qualified as expert in the Military with several of them. [/quote]

I'll shake your hand and consider you a Brother in Arms. We have similar backgrounds in that regard.

[quote][b]ppensyl[/b] - Weapons are a necessity at times, no question from me there. I do not think removing weapons is a good idea. Nor do I think arming everyone is. Just my opinion, you are certainly free to yours[/quote]

You know what we say about opinions. And Hell, Even me and my REAL Brothers disagree at times.

Take care, Brother

[quote][b]ppensyl[/b] - There are plenty of people I would trust with my kids that I wouldn't necessarily trust going into combat with, when there is fire and return fire that's combat.[/quote]
I hope you reconsider your choices on who you allow to take charge and responsibility for your offspring.
Would you prefer there to be fire from a perp, and NO return fire from someone defending your kids lives?

[quote][b]ppensyl[/b] - Again, I own firearms, not against firearms. Just don't believe EVERYONE should be armed.[/quote]

We are not going to agree. I believe that anybody not adjudicated should be able to arm themselves if they wish...no matter where they are.

[quote][b]ppensyl[/b] - So , just as a devils advocate question...what do you do when one of those goes nuts? Or a Student in HS overtakes the teacher for his or her weapon?
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Also...A good gun owner practices CONCEALED carry....It is nobodies business what is under my coat or shirt tail!

[quote][b]ppensyl[/b] - So , just as a devils advocate question...what do you do when one of those goes nuts? Or a Student in HS overtakes the teacher for his or her weapon?
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You shoot them!

If you can't trust them with a simple tool of self defense, what the Hell are you doing trusting them with your kids.

The anti-gunners tried the same argument after 9/11 when we armed airline pilots. "What if they go nuts" they said...."What if they get overpowered"...
If they go nuts...THEY ARE DRIVING A PLANE, If they are overpowered, the next pilot shoots the perp.
No difference really!

[quote][b]ghostwriter[/b] - Why should school campuses or certainly the school doors be open to anyone or lunatic that wants to walk in anyway[/quote]

Said "lunatic" walks up to the door with a gun. You think a metal detector or a door code is going to stop him dead in his tracks...or is he going to wait for his moment of opportunity.
Armed staff provides a fighting chance to survive!

[quote][b]Bishop59[/b] - @Shawn: Why not? He is supposively a legal responsible owner. Why wasn't the gun put in a secure place to prevent it from being stolen. Just like the Conn killer, why didn't his mother have the guns locled away. It was her responsibility, One thing for sure is if they were locked away he would not have used her guns to kill everyone.
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Locked away guns serve no value when you wish to defend yourself.
Using your logic, we should charge the victims of car theft when their stolen vehicles are used in a crime. We should charge the victims of medication theft when their stolen wares are sold illicitly.

Criminals do not care about laws...and will find a way to conduct their criminal desires. Making victims criminally accountable serves no legitimate purpose.