A FOLLOW UP!!!

hello america!!! this is an update to yesterdays post "JUST WHAT IS GUN CONTROL"...the senseless killings at sandy hook sparked a political showdown over 'gun control' led by obama & yet, there is no outcry for the following...http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8964090...this happens a lot more often then we even care to think about or talk about. &, don't forget, there's the 'shaking the baby syndrome' that leads to death.

while there are laws on the books for all homicides, they are not enough to stop them. yeah, i know, i'm stupid but hey, who in america doesn't know about 'DUI's' & yet, almost every day, we see them in the news. hell, i've been guilty of driving drunk however, i was fortunate enough not to have been caught & i didn't run into anything or anyone (THANK YOU GOD)...

there is no answer to preventing someone from taking another persons life---at best, we have to change the 'thinking' of those we can identify as 'possible killers' & man, that's almost an impossible task because you'd have to know the breaking point of everyone. let's be real, not all homicides are planned. we go to clubs to have a good time & yet, if somebody grabs your girls breast, you get in a beef---all it takes is for you to push the other person; they hit their head on a concrete floor & like magic, you're arrested for homicide. while you're 'manning up' for your girl, the DA is going to be telling the jury that you should have walked away.

to 'politicize' gun control because of sandy hook is just a talking point &, more so when you have no plans to actually minimize deaths by bullets. on the other hand, just look at all the deaths caused by cars---we want them safer, we want them faster, we want them with all the bells & whistles & yet, we knowingly drive them too fast, lose control & cause an accident to property or life.

let's just say obama was successful in getting everybody to surrender their guns; i'd bet knives would be next on the list, then he'd have to go after 2x4's & baseball bats.

being realistic, i look at all the money & manpower used in the war on drugs & we all know there isn't a section of america that we can't find somebody willing to sell drugs.

gun control is not the answer...................

JUST WHAT IS GUN CONTROL???

hello america!!! can anybody tell me how the following will stop or even slow down gun violence???
1....remove (&/or hinder buying) assault type weapons from the lawful
2....severely scrutinize those applying to purchase guns legally
3....restrict the number of rounds in a magazine to 7
4....enter all those 'deemed' to be having a 'mental problem' in a national database & deny them gun access
5....ban all citizens from legally carrying a gun on their person
6....limit the number of ammunition one can purchase at one time
7....ban all those with a criminal record from legally purchasing a gun
8....add more mandatory prison time to those convicted of illegally having or, illegally using a gun
9....restrict the number of guns one can legally own
10..ban the sale of guns at gun shows
11..mandate that all gun owners surrender their guns

we all know that something must be done to halt all of the senseless killings but, what will any of the above do to keep those hellbent on 'taking a life' from doing so? what impact would any of the above have on the following (&, this is in my neck of the woods)........
http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-d-allentown-freddies-bar-fight-homicide-20130203,0,2801838.story

http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-allentown-murder-emmaus-avenue-20130203,0,1541879.story

http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-d-bethlehem-homicide-scoobies-gentlemens-club-20130128,0,4015796.story?obref=obinsite

http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regional-lehighvalley/Allentown-police-investigating-first-homicide-of-the-year/-/132502/18198636/-/view/print/-/gws784z/-/index.html

http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-bethlehem-shooting-fritz-drive-20130131,0,4382919.story

from obama on down, no one has offered anything credible to getting the guns out of the hands of those that wish to use them for everything but sport & hunting. nor has anyone come up with a plan to change their mentality of taking a life so easily..........

at this point, all the gun control proposals on the table only affect those wishing to obtain them legally or, already have them. hell, even off-duty cops have been known to go 'postal'.

just so you'll know, there's this::::http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2013/02/04/obama-minnesota-gun-control-plan/1889971/

& then, there's this...http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2985068/posts

JUDGE HIM BY HIS ACTIONS!!!

hello america!!! i ran across this article & thought i would share it with you...http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/02/03/obama-super-bowl-interview-cbs/1887839/

obama talks about 'washington dysfunction' however, does he forget that in his first 4 years, he did everything but focus on our economy & jobs...he wants the boy scouts to allow 'gays' in &, is on record for saying if he had a son, he wouldn't want him playing football & yet, he'd readily send females into combat (does that include the front lines?)...he wants 'smart cuts' in spending---okay, in the prior 48 months, exactly what cuts has he been able to accomplish?...he proposes 'closing tax loopholes' but doesn't say which ones & yet, isn't this the same person that has created his own his own 'tax loopholes?'...

i keep telling you, i don't make this stuff up...judge obama by his actions, not his words.....he got his tax raise on the rich & now says the gov't needs more. you were told (during the campaigning) that raising taxes on the rich would not even put a dent on what we actually need & obama & company told you the exact opposite &, here we are, needing lots more....

I DON'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP!!!

hello america!!! you bet all your chips on a party that sues states to keep them from mandating id cards & wants stronger gun control & yet, allows the transfer of sophisticated weaponry to egypt...http://www.thecommentator.com/article/2627/gun_control_usa_but_f_16s_for_the_muslim_brotherhood   if you care to remember, at one time, egypt was our friend & was somewhat stable & then came the 'arab spring'.

we can't close our borders; we can't be truthful about letting guns walk to mexico; we can't be truthful about why american lives were lost in benghazi but hey, we have plenty of time for this...http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/31/us-modelo-abi-antitrust-idUSBRE90U0X620130131

we also don't have time to be truthful why so many 'obama funded green projects' failed & yet, we can do this...http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/01/lawmakers-press-for-answers-assurances-after-sale-us-company-to-chinese-rival/

we have become a nation of contradictions...http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/01/us-workforce-shrinks-ages-in-obamas-first-term/   we need jobs more than we need anything else & yet, the very 'obama-hand-picked' group of people that were brought together to help us is going to become a thing of the past...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obamas-jobs-council-expires-thursday-white-house-has-no-plans-to-renew-it/2013/01/31/30217a28-6bb7-11e2-8f4f-2abd96162ba8_story.html

how can one talk about female equality & then support a country where the females have no rights? how can one talk about keeping us safe & then do nothing but talk to those countries hell-bent on building nukes? how can one say an oath on the HOLY BIBLE & then allows GOD, prayers & related symbols to be stripped from the public view?

A VERY BLEAK FUTURE LOOMS!!!

hello america!!! have you ever noticed that when our national unemployment rate lowers by .01%, they say it 'dropped'; they say it 'fell'; they say it 'shows promise for our future' however, when the rate rises by .01%, they say it is 'essentially unchanged'. i still think the depart of bls should be thoroughly investigated to account for their reporting methods. here is the bls's report...http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

people of color voted overwhelmingly for obama & have very little to show for it. obama is entering his 5th year so, that 'give him more time' excuse doesn't work. here is where people of color stand nationally in the jobs picture...http://www.nationaljournal.com/thenextamerica/economy/jobs-report-employment-remains-scarce-for-minorities-20130201   jobs have never been 'big' on obamas screen &, whenever he talks about jobs growth, he starts counting after his 1st 15 months in office & that's why the numbers seem so good &, other than foxnews, the rest of the media (& you) won't challenge him on this. i have, i am &, i will continue to challenge his math &, what makes this so sweet is: i'm 100% correct. you just can't be in office for 48 months but only count the last 32 of them &, to do so, is to lie.

speaking of lies::::when obama was campaigning for re-election, he kept saying how well the manufacturing market was doing &, i was on here challenging him. this market has been on a down-fall ever since the summer & obama knew it...http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/01/news/economy/manufacturing-jobs/index.html?iid=HP_LN

hey good people, please read this & then tell me how you will afford it...http://cnsnews.com/news/article/irs-cheapest-obamacare-plan-will-be-20000-family     &, for those of you that think you'll get around being covered, guess what???http://www.factcheck.org/2012/06/how-much-is-the-obamacare-tax/   when you don't pay your taxes & they catch up with you, you go to jail so, keep a very open mind when they say they're not out to jail you...

& 4 PLUS YEARS LATER, IT'S JUST NOT GETTING ANY BETTER!!!

hello america!!! let's start with yesterday's jobless claims---i don't care who spins the numbers or the reason for them, they are not good...http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm

&, this is the vaunted, obama hand-picked jobs council that has not done anything to help america get back to work because obama rejected all of their suggestions from day one...http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/31/obama-jobs-council-shutting-down-thursday/

now, how could i continue without bringing more recently found negatives about obamacare into the fray. i find the comments from the whitehouse to be somewhat disturbing because the dems wrote the bill, obama made all those 'backroom deals' & signed the bill into law. to blame congress for the writing of the bill (2,000 plus pages) & then force it through both chambers without ample time to read it is one thing:::for obama to have signed it without fully reading it is another...http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/national/Some-families-to-be-priced-out-of-health-overhaul_47997491

can you remember obama campaigning in michigan telling us how his auto-bailout was helping the state? so why do we have this???http://www.nbcnews.com/business/stuck-reverse-detroit-edges-closer-bankruptcy-1C8149698

if you can remember the above, you should also be able to recall obama telling you how the economy was bouncing back...well, it bounced but, it's bouncing backwards...http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324156204578273611039517142.html

yeah, i know, give him more time. wait a minute, he's going into his 5th year so don't me that crap. oh, i almost forgot...there's this 'not-so-good-news'...http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324039504578263772492524536.html

YOU SHOULD READ THIS & BE ASHAMED!!!

hello america!!! this country got all bent out of shape over the senseless killings at sandy hook elementary school (20 children & 8 adults) & the incident went straight to the whitehouse. what bothers me the most is, last year, chicago had 500 plus violent killings &, 270 plus of them were children--facebook & twitter were silent. the vast majority of those killings were of people of color & again--facebook & twitter were silent. here it is, 31 days into a new year & chicago already has 40 killings &, facebook & twitter are silent. here's the latest one which could be anyone of our children. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-hadiya-pendleton-20130131,0,4361139.story

i call it like i see it: 500 plus killings (mostly people of color) & you didn't hear crap from obama, the dems, the repubs. 500 plus people killed in 1 year & there was no cry for gun control. 28 people were killed (mostly white) & the incident has gone world-wide. do you mean to tell me that those 28 deaths are more important then the 500 plus? must be, because i can't remember anybody on my facebook asking us to pray for the children of chicago...both black's & latino's asked for prayers for sandy hook & didn't say crap about their own people. &, up until now, obama never said anything about chicago.....go figure.

look, i really don't care where you stand on gun control but, everything i've been hearing from obama & the dems in congress is definitely not the answer...their actions simply go to inserting more regulations. stricter background checks may only weed out a few from obtaining a gun legally &, mandating that you can only have 7 rounds in a magazine will only be obeyed by the lawful. be real, the guns & bullets are out there if you really want them-no id card needed. on the other side, the approach they're going to take concerning 'mental health' is going to 'negatively brand' people for the rest of their life...if you can't be trusted to buy a gun, you'll not be trusted to drive & you won't trust them to work next to you.

stiffer penalties just don't work. we already have a 3-strike law on the books that doesn't work. we have stiffer laws for drug offenders that don't work. the laws for rape & burglaries don't hinder those that want to take what they want. hell, prisoners make their own deadly weapons in our prisons.

prisons are not the answer: according to the us depart of justice/bureau of justice statistics report (11 dec 2011), 10,005 prison deaths (not all of them homicides) were reported between 2000-2009 so, jail alone is not the answer. hell, at the end of 2011, we had 6,977,700 offenders either locked up, on probation or, on parole.

way back on 20 aug 1986, a postal worker shot & killed 14 co-workers, wounded 6 others & took his own life & remember, he did it with two .45 cal pistols. & there are reports of postal workers going 'postal' starting back in 1983 so, deaths by violence goes back a ways.

i find it strange that we can ask for prayers for the victims of sandy hook (vastly white) & not ask for prayers for our own.........makes me wonder where you get your news from.........