Originally Posted by Jim B. (Post 3069161)

and normally I would not place it here. But this time i will.

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I saw this one the internet

Dodie Bishop


twas' 11 days before Christmas, around 9:38 when 20 beautiful children
stormed through heaven's gate.
their smiles were contagious, their laughter filled the air.
they could hardly believe all the beauty they saw there.
they were filled with such joy, they didn't know what to say.

they remembered nothing of what had happened earlier that day.
"where are we?" asked a little girl, as quiet as a mouse.
"this is heaven." declared a small boy. "we're spending Christmas at God's
house."
when what to their wondering eyes did appear, but Jesus, their savior, the
children gathered near.
He looked at them and smiled, and they smiled just the same.
then He opened His arms and He called them by name.
and in that moment was joy, that only heaven can bring those children all
flew into the arms of their King and as they lingered in the warmth of His
embrace, one small girl turned and looked at Jesus' face.
and as if He could read all the questions she had He gently whispered to
her, "I'll take care of mom and dad."
then He looked down on earth, the world far below He saw all of the hurt,
the sorrow, and woe then He closed His eyes and He outstretched His hand,
"Let My power and presence re-enter this land!"
"may this country be delivered from the hands of fools"
"I'm taking back my nation. I'm taking back my schools!"
then He and the children stood up without a sound.
"come now my children, let me show you around."
excitement filled the space, some skipped and some ran.
all displaying enthusiasm that only a small child can.
and i heard Him proclaim as He walked out of sight, "in the midst of this
darkness, I AM STILL THE LIGHT."

Written by Cameo Smith, Mt. Wolf, PA

Originally Posted by t walgamuth (Post 3069104)

I didn't say it would.

Originally Posted by Botnst (Post 3069077)

Few tools are more useless than a gun locked in a safe.

It's like having the police only minutes away.

Gee, thanks.

Originally Posted by Botnst (Post 3069199)

Enact a law for no particular reason. Great.

Originally Posted by davidmash (Post 3069089)

Perhaps I am missing something but would you rather have a law in place that prevents you from being killed or one that is in place that will prosecute the person who just killed you?

I am trying to present ideas that I think would help prevent the person from getting a gun to kill you, if it fails we can still prosecute but I'd like to prevent your death if at all possible.

Originally Posted by Benz Dr. (Post 3069153)

....
Fast forward to today. The millitary or the police could out power anything you could throw at them. We have things today that the founding fathers never would have imagined or believed possible......

Originally Posted by Botnst (Post 3069083)

Yeah, because the gov always has our best interest at heart, we should trust the gov.

Ignore history.

Originally Posted by jplinville (Post 3068936)

The crazy relative would have to travel nearly 300 miles to get to my house...no chance of that happening.

As for demonstratable proof of ownership of a certain caliber gun, are you suggesting that you show up at the place of ammunition sale with your firearm?? That begging for more problems...

Originally Posted by dropnosky (Post 3069201)

Correct, a rifle and two handguns locked in a safe securely might have changed the course of events this past week how?

Originally Posted by dropnosky (Post 3069218)

Aren't you placing a lot of trust in the fact that you don't think that would happen? 300 miles is no big deal, 5 hour drive.

I'm sure mrs Lanza had absolutely no conception that such a thing would happen either, but it did.

I'm suggesting that proof of ownership be presented to buy ammunition. A gun regitration in your name with the correct firearm listed. Also, I would ban internet sales of ammunition shipped to individuals. Everything must happen in person, and an original document displayed, I'm thinking along the lines of using a drivers license to buy alchohol, that level of bother, which is not much.
Everything would have to match up though, no discrepencies, addresses accurate, weapon accurate, ect. Special ammunition could be ordered, but only shipped to a gun store, followed by the same process of verifying you actually legally own the weapon that the rounds will work with.

Originally Posted by Botnst (Post 3069223)

"might"

Originally Posted by engatwork (Post 3069232)

It is a warped world in which we live.

It seems the Prez is going to be discussing gun control in the US (which is fine) while supporting the rebels that are trying to overthrow the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad:rolleyes:. What is wrong with this picture?



Based on what I have read she did realize she had a problem with the kid. Knowing this it sounds to me like she was as much at fault for having unsecured firearms around but that is just my opinion.

Originally Posted by engatwork (Post 3069232)

I
Based on what I have read she did realize she had a problem with the kid. Knowing this it sounds to me like she was as much at fault for having unsecured firearms around but that is just my opinion.