Posted on 12/17/2012 9:45:57 AM PST by JustSayNoToNannies
Whether it be a mass casualty shooting at a school or other public space in the United States or the regularly occurring gun violence on the streets of Chicago, “the people who are civilized must care enough to stop it now,” the Rev. Jesse Jackson said on Saturday.
While speaking to the audience at the Rainbow-PUSH headquarters on the South Side, Jackson reflected on Friday’s shooting in Connecticut, as well as the ongoing violence on the streets of Chicago.
Noting that, “It’s easier (in the United States) to buy a gun than a cup of coffee,” Jackson said, “None of us are safe until all of us are safe. These military assault weapons have no place in society.”
“You don’t hunt with semi-automatic weapons,” Jackson said. “These are designed to kill people.”
Jackson wondered aloud how many more senseless acts of gun violence “do we require?” before something is done to stop such events from occurring again.“We are the most violent nation on earth,” he said. “We make the most guns and we shoot them, we make the most bullets and we fire them.”
Tying together the deaths of the children in Connecticut and all the young people who have died from gun violence in Chicago, Jackson said, “the people who are civilized must care enough to stop it now.”
He also mentioned the bill that passed the Michigan legislature on Thursday that would allow those with concealed carry permits to bring guns into schools, churches, and daycare centers. “We’re going to fight that,” Jackson said.
I know plenty of people that don't hunt.
I don't "need" to hunt...but I enjoy the hunt. I mostly bow hunt...and enjoy wild game on my plate.
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I wish someone would give me a couple of free ARs/
LOL
Would you like a Cafe Mocha AR-15 or a Vanilla Latte AR-15? They come in different flavors you know.
Wrong Jesse.. Browning Auto 5 shotgun, Winchester Model 100, Remington 742, just a few of the best hunting guns ever made, some have been around longer than you have.
Chicago is catching up, however. Chicago wants to be number 1 at everything, apparenlty. (If considered annually).
Having given this some thought based on research and some life experience, I'd venture to surmise instead:
The degradation of the American Family culture has hit minorities the hardest (doesn't everything). While feminism sought to empower women to get out of the house and make their own way, liberalism sought to denounce the importance of males and father figures. Liberalism refuses to accept that men and women are DIFFERENT. Both sexes, generally speaking, have their strengths and weaknesses. They are built different, wired different and parent different. This is scientifically proven (as well as it could be) and is consistent with almost every other breathing creature on this planet. The males and females play separate but equal roles in rearing the next generation of their species.
Now, we have generation after generation passing on self imposed limitations, low expectations and a lifestyle to subsequent generations that is completely acceptable, even noble in some twisted neighborhoods. We have 18 year old kids that wear bullet scars, tattoos and a rap sheet as badges of honor amongst their peers. Being educated and articulate is shameful and discouraged. In the same way, having children out of wedlock and without any responsibilities is no big deal for the girls or the boys in the culture they were breed and born into.
Jesse Jackson perpetuates and encourages that culture.
I don't even know how to hunt. I can get rounds on a target. A shotgun would be much better use for sustenance hunting, mostly birds ans small game. Not much big game around in my part of the country.
Interesting. I do hunt (game bird, deer, turkey, rabbit and sometimes squirrel). Depending on where you live, if you ever did have to survive by hunting and killing your own protein, I would add a decent medium/high caliber rifle to complement the shotgun especially if you don't want to have to work that hard to kill your next meal. Shotguns are great for birds. But you need to be pretty close with bird shot and a slug/sabot will only get you 50-75 yards accurate/consistent range (not including specialized slug guns).
Where ever you live in this country, you are not far from medium to big game (deer are medium).
very well thought out but if you don;t mind I;d like to add to your part of expectations.
Many parents and teachers today and over the last few years think getting a C is good, I;ve heard that so many times.
I tell my kids that I want A’s but know they have got high B;s but I have set the bar so to speak.
When these kids get in the real world they can;t compete, they can’t understand failure or not getting what they want.
My oldest and I have just had a long discussion about today and kids and parents.
The kids doing well and have morals all have two parents at home, they all have respect and work hard.
Now here is the kicker.
One girl has a mother, she is not around much and every weekend this girl sees a different guy in her kitchen every weekend.
The girl has a different boy friend every two weeks, see how the pattern is going for this girl as she gets older?
I honestly beleive the attacks on the traditional family have led to many kids thinking the world evolves around them and many kids killing themselves and acting all freakish.
Yes, but whites can’t even get a hearing as to the crime rate AGAINST them. If blacks are so depraved to raise kids who murder their own, that’s their problem.
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