Denmark confirms US sent rendition flight for Snowden

Re:Denmark confirms US sent rendition flight for Snowden by peeters on Friday February 05, 2016 @10:27AM (#11041998)

Are opinions on guns really divided along generational lines though? I mean going from my experience on Reddit, any time someone even suggests the U.S. should restrict gun ownership, that person gets a dozen or so upvoted replies reminding them that God gave Moses the 2nd Amendment on Mt Sinai. I find it hard to believe those are all baby boomers.

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Re:Denmark confirms US sent rendition flight for Snowden by themartorana on Friday February 05, 2016 @10:58AM (#11042216)

The gun debate never uses rational language on either side. For or against regulation, you hate America.

If you believe, as I do, the 2A is rooted in codifying the ability to take up arms against an oppressive (gun-restricting) government, as had just been done a few years prior, you're out of touch. If you believe in gun ownership for protection, you're going to accidentally shoot your child. If you believe all guns are bad, you're point of view is to be enforced at the business-end of a government-owned gun.

It's all madness. Try not to form a view of the argument from Reddit.

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Re:Denmark confirms US sent rendition flight for Snowden by matwood on Friday February 05, 2016 @11:14AM (#11042357)

That's a good summary. It is also very regional/local. If I lived in Chicago I may think we should ban all guns tomorrow. But I do not live in Chicago and, having been around guns my whole life, do not see how removing them from legal owners fixes anything.

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Re:Denmark confirms US sent rendition flight for Snowden by cvwright on Friday February 05, 2016 @11:33AM (#11042503)

The bitter irony is that Chicago already tries very hard to ban guns.

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Re:Denmark confirms US sent rendition flight for Snowden by themartorana on Friday February 05, 2016 @12:15PM (#11042836)

To which some may reply that trying to remove a symptom does not a cure make.

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Re:Denmark confirms US sent rendition flight for Snowden by lostlogin on Friday February 05, 2016 @01:13PM (#11043366)

Until it does, and judging by the row of analgesics at the supermarket dulling the pain is often enough.

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Re:Denmark confirms US sent rendition flight for Snowden by themartorana on Friday February 05, 2016 @06:05PM (#11045358)

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic - I'll assume you are. I don't imagine you actually believe perpetual use of pain killers is ever better than solving the root cause (and how tenuous a solution it is at that, ready to flare up worse than ever, with the patient now addicted to pain killers to boot).

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Re:Denmark confirms US sent rendition flight for Snowden by cname on Friday February 05, 2016 @12:59PM (#11043254)

> The gun debate never uses rational language on either side.

Case in point?

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Re:Denmark confirms US sent rendition flight for Snowden by pyre on Friday February 05, 2016 @10:41AM (#11042089)

I think that you'll find sometimes those opinions vary greatly between subreddits.

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Re:Denmark confirms US sent rendition flight for Snowden by voodootrucker on Friday February 05, 2016 @10:52AM (#11042174)

Detailed demographics:

http://www.pewresearch.org/files/old-assets/pdf/gun-control-...

(hint: it's very divided - somewhat by age, but not enough to back up my original point)

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Re:Denmark confirms US sent rendition flight for Snowden by peeters on Friday February 05, 2016 @12:31PM (#11042984)

Thanks for this. The most interesting one to me is that there seems to be clear political will to restrict gun ownership in urban areas. I'd always wondered if the whole debate wouldn't be a lot less heated if it was done at a regional level, rather than even a state level.

The most depressing one to me is the divide between registered voters (slightly pro-gun) and non-registered voters (heavily anti-gun). If you want political change, maybe try voting!

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