Comments on: Super on the Sunday OPEN thread

By: Suzie

Suzie — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:58:37 +0000

7000 of 11,200 in the US gun murders were black on black crime and mostly gang related….and mostly with illegally owned weapons. But Kristen wants to spin it back to the mass murders because they tend to carried out by white males. She appears to have no real desire to identify and solve the problems with guns, which is primarily a gang and inner city culture issue.

So if we completely banned gun sales to blacks only, that would eliminate 62.5% of the gun crimes in America?

Let me tell you a little secret: Libbies wouldn’t go along with that one if it eliminated ALL the gun crime.

By: Hillary

Hillary — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:23:59 +0000

Comment by Jack — January 15, 2013 @ 7:31 am
“I searched that article, but didn’t find anything about Virginia. Is Virginia an exception to that “rule?” Virginia, of course, is a Stand Your Ground state.
I am also assuming that you, like Sandi, do not support Diane Feinstein’s proposed bill. Thank you.”

Gee Jack – let’s discount the research because Virginia was not included…boy is that lame. Most studies do not include every variable – too expensive – too time consuming or the state didn’t wish to be a part of the study.
The fact of the matter is, the results indicated that states with the Stand Your Ground law that were included in this study, had a higher homicide rate. Let’s not kill the messenger…

Also, your comment, “I am also assuming…”, well you know what they say about assuming, no?

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:13:14 +0000

There are two things in this conversation that seem to be mistakenly assumed:

1) That you are for some reason obligated to obey what a 911 operator tells you; and
2) that the police are obligated to show up and help.

Neither of these are true.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:57:43 +0000

Yes Leon…Zim has gunned down one more person in cold blood than I have. And unlike Zim…I don’t “hate kids” enough to put a bullet in one. But thanks for playing.

By: Dave Hicks

Dave Hicks — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:54:45 +0000

Re: Warren @ 12:09 am

Unambiguous shorthand like “End the War on Women” and “Good Planets are Hard to Find.” Yawn.

All depends on who’s numbers and/or definitions and/or assumptions you want to believe as to saving more American lives. As always YMMV. Again, yawn.

By: Leon

Leon — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:15:55 +0000

Really, Leon? Being “Neighborhood Watch Coordinator” is a “job” much in the same way coaching your kids Little League baseball team is a “job”. Which is to say…not a job.

Comment by Kristen — January 15, 2013 @ 12:21 pm

Kristen; why do insult coaches who volunteer their time to help children.
Do you hate kids? IMO; Zim does/did more job than you. . .running off at the mouth/keyboard isn’t much of a job.

By: gdad

gdad — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:45:26 +0000

“He/she coordinate with the police, they don’t take it upon themselves to do the police officer’s job.”

IOW, Zimmerman did a poor job.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:21:39 +0000

Really, Leon? Being “Neighborhood Watch Coordinator” is a “job” much in the same way coaching your kids Little League baseball team is a “job”. Which is to say…not a job.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:08:41 +0000

George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old multi-racial Hispanic American, was the appointed neighborhood watch coordinator for the gated community where Martin was temporarily staying and where the shooting took place. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Trayvon_Martin

As requested

Comment by Leon — January 15, 2013 @ 10:41 am

Now tell us, Leon, what did the dispatcher tell Zimmerman when he called in? Was he not told to stay in his car, was he not told not to follow him? A neighborhood watch coordinator is not a police officer. He/she coordinate with the police, they don’t take it upon themselves to do the police officer’s job.

By: gdad

gdad — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:45:51 +0000

“Not to kill things, to kill Americans. Part of the larger terrorist plot to make Americans too fat to fight wars in the middle east.”

Sounds nefarious.