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GOP embraces a new foreign policy: Bomb Mexico to stop fentanyl
Hanaguma replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
Other possible solutions? Perhaps interdict the Mexican coastline to stop the precursor chemicals coming from China? -
Care to provide some of these "splendid options"? Generally the sitting VP is the choice, but it seems that few people would be happy if she were the nominee. Like I wrote on another thread, a centrist like former Senator Tester of Montana could help bring the party back to the center and peel off some GOP votes.
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Italy moves to rescue 1,200 migrants on boats
Hanaguma replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Getting on an over crowded boat after paying a scumbag human trafficker for the privilege? I would call that foolish. -
Democrats who might run for president if Joe Biden does not
Hanaguma replied to Social Media's topic in World News
No argument here. Oz was a poor choice and ran a very lackluster campaign. I pity the good people of Pennsylvania for having to choose between the two of them. -
How about we look at my link? According to it, the homocide rate in Australia flatlined after the gun control legislation (your link shows that as well), before resuming the downward trend that already existed BEFORE the laws. and overall violent crime (including robberies and armed robberies) actually INcreased. https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/lbrr/archives/cnmcs-plcng/cn32226-eng.pdf Seems no relation between the law and crime in general at all. Rates for most crime went up until years later.
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Italy moves to rescue 1,200 migrants on boats
Hanaguma replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Blah blah blah. The story doesn't even say where the passengers were from, so how can you make that judgement? Plus, Italy hasn't been in the colonial business for a long while. -
Trump too. That's why I said I want BOTH parties to choose new candidates. Also perhaps why so many Democrats want to dump him as candidate. The only think keeping him remotely in the picture is the dread spectre of Kamala Harris getting the nomination. Perhaps Joe's best decision was installing her as VP. What a great insurance policy...
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Italy moves to rescue 1,200 migrants on boats
Hanaguma replied to Social Media's topic in World News
What a surprise, you do it once and suddenly it happens again. How about taking them back to where they came from and leaving them on the shore there? People who foolishly put themselves in danger should not be rewarded for their actions. -
No, I am saying the place to start is not simplistic and ineffective things like calling for bans on certain guns. You are right, it is a thorny problem and will require long term and stubborn thinking. Mental health awareness, training, and if necessary hospitalizing people before they can cause havoc. Longer and mandatory prison sentences for crimes committed with firearms or even illegal possession of them. And yes, I would be a fan of background checks too.
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Unless you ban every firearm (which no country on earth has done to my knowledge) then "banning" certain types of firearm will do nothing to alleviate the problem. A shooter who is deprived of an AR15 would simply use 2 or 3 extra pistols (same weight to carry) and also easier to use indoors. So removing the AR does nothing to remove the problem. It DOES deprive millions of people their safe and legal property though.
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Mass murders, though tragic, are meaningless statistically. Ten individual murders are just as heinous as one mass murder of 10 people. No evidence that the limited ban and buyback in Oz stopped any deaths. The murder rate by firearm had been decreasing before the ban, and continued to decrease at the same rate after the ban.
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In the US that horse has long left the barn. How many of the 8 million Americans who own AR rifles do you think would voluntarily surrender them to authorities? Never mind the tens of millions of others with handguns, shotguns, etc? Banning and confiscation are not the answers, they simply won't work.