Erm. We follow archaic laws to this day that were beneficial to pirates stealing, raping, pillaging and genociding across the world to create and uphold an empire.
The difference is we can change them almost at will. The only real basic law in this country is that Parliament is sovereign and that no future government can be bound by its predecessors.
Then they're not really rights when they can be changed at will by whomever is in power
I just spent one minute on that site. What an absolute abortion it is.
I'm not really sure what you mean. My point was that there is an idolization of the US constitution among primarily conservatives that treat it as an infallible document, that I don't really see in other countries.
The US constitution is unique, it doesn't grant the citizens any rights at all, what is does is prohibit the Government from infringing on the rights that people already had/have, part of the problem is that a lot of folks don't actually understand that.
Yeah funnily enough criminals are a lot more discerning about they will allow to buy guns to than the US govt.
In terms of guns, the fact that the constitution became active, then within the same calendar year, the bill of rights became a thing (although I believe not yet ratified) and included an amendment specifying well-regulated militias having the right to bear arms, all in the wake of a war of independence when firearms were very much still in their infancy, it's just mystifying how that's seen as any way proper legal documentation in a modern context. It's like the weird laws you hear about every now and then about how an Englishman in Chester has the right to kill a Welshman with crossbow after midnight. It's quite clearly been superseded by actual enforceable law.
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Coward.
He was dead in a wood while the LE were 'negotiating' with an empty house...?
That tweet was from some idiot with a paid blue check. I wouldn't put any confidence in what it was posting.
Agree. That piece of shit should have been finished off by the angry police.
Mass shooters don't get gunned down by the police. They interviewed the brother/uncle of two of the victims. His nephew was only 14 years old. He said this is the only outcome that would have brought them any justice. If he was captured he would have plead insanity and our hard earned tax dollars would go towards keeping the dipshit alive.
Probably something like schizophrenia due to hearing voices in his head.
Mental illness, racism, xenophobia, fear of the country being subsumed by a darker race, hate radio / social media, teen angst writ large, bullying, those are the top of mind things I just thought of. Defo leaving out many.
Yep!More like right wing talking points if his social media is to be believed
Those too definitely.
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It's broken. It's pointless to advocate for anything with a society like this. Assault weapons will never get banned and people will keep dying. You have to start wondering if it's worth living here just to be in fear on a daily basis.
All the addicts rushing to get their fix incase the supply becomes dry.
This is so sad to read. It is not a nice situation and feel terrible for your predicament. On a side note, my son is moving for work to Manhattan for an initial period of a year and evaluate thing after. Makes me uneasy - although in big cities everywhere there lots guns being used unfortunately. Just a sad world at times really.
What got me like a kick in the nuts is reading about the deaf corn hole players at the pub who were mercilessly gunned down with no opportunity to evade the gunman. I think the overall number was seven of them & their coach were killed.
It is the guns. All this nutjobs exist in every country but as example switzaerland, even being very liberal it pales compared with US. You have to be 18, background checks (mental illness and violent criminal records), register your guns, no carry in public (exceptions) stringent permits for automatic and other crazy arms and proven tat you are using it in periods of times. And so many other differences. Regulations.
