tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post3748199384868836890..comments2024-03-24T11:22:15.548+00:00Comments on Lustig's Letter: "Guns don't kill people." Really?Robin Lustighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00578195216460807588noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-3647631111057167732012-12-29T15:53:49.981+00:002012-12-29T15:53:49.981+00:00As I had hoped, the NewYork suburban ´Journal News...As I had hoped, the NewYork suburban ´Journal News´is continuing its publication of hand gun weapons holders.<br /><br />The Gannett company that owns the newspaper has 82 newspapers and 23 TV stations --so has a reasonable clout if it supports the ´Journal News´editor.<br /><br />http://www.gannett.com/article/99999999/WHOWEARE/100427016/Our-Company<br /><br />This is becoming interesting --Rights work both ways.<br /><br /> http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/29/us-usa-guns-newspaper-idUSBRE8BS05U20121229<br /><br />( if links are not active -- mark and paste, it is not necessary to type them)quietoaktreenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-73209228075035990352012-12-27T17:30:57.321+00:002012-12-27T17:30:57.321+00:00With a local newspaper in the state of New York pu...With a local newspaper in the state of New York publishing the names and addresses of over 33,000 hand gun owners in its area with an interactive Google map -- the ´Right to bear arms´has taken an interesting twist.<br /><br />After the argument that ´no weapon zones´are an invitation to potential killers --now there is a cry for secrecy.<br /><br />Using the ´Freedom of information´, now neighbors, renters, employers etc. can also know who has hand guns.<br /><br /> With discrimination against ´smokers´at all levels of society -- gun owners may find themselves on the same slippery slope --with even more justification.quietoaktreenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-43026600645242480922012-12-25T22:32:05.845+00:002012-12-25T22:32:05.845+00:00With America having 25% of the worlds prisoners in...With America having 25% of the worlds prisoners in jail and with locally elected Sheriffs and judges with real power within communities --there may be a Constitution but there are few ´checks and balances´over the whole country ensuring the worshipped ´Freedoms´are distributed throughout the population.<br /><br />It would be interesting to see the statistic on whether ´The Right to bear arms´is equally distributed.<br /><br />http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/us-approach-to-guns-apparent-from-early-advertising-a-874420.html<br /><br /> --as here--<br /><br /> http://chronikler.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Bikini-gun.jpgquietoakreenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-49353347096319787732012-12-21T09:17:37.106+00:002012-12-21T09:17:37.106+00:00Robin - A first class article and one which would ...Robin - A first class article and one which would be almost universally accepted outside the U.S.<br /><br />The question must be why are 'Middle-American' attitudes so alarmingly different to 'ours' and what are the long term implications of this divergence?<br /><br />I'm very sorry that you're no longer presenting TWT.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03434514232780933855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-22458459286508138982012-12-21T09:15:49.595+00:002012-12-21T09:15:49.595+00:00Awesome comment as usual. Merry Christmas! Awesome comment as usual. Merry Christmas! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com