tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post4179059785081750082..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: EPJ Versus The Huffington PostRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-37574598949996211002012-12-23T07:29:57.781-05:002012-12-23T07:29:57.781-05:00Those of us in the pro gun movement remember very ...Those of us in the pro gun movement remember very clearly that the same types pushing for gun bans now back in the 90s and early 2000s went crazy predicting that crime and murder would explode as CCW laws were passed in most of the states. They also predicted the same would happen when the AWB lapsed in 04. The Sarah Brady types and the Wa Post, Ny Times, etc were all completely and horribly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-40723150805774004092012-12-23T00:58:31.271-05:002012-12-23T00:58:31.271-05:00Progressives love guns so long as they are in the ...Progressives love guns so long as they are in the hands of government goons carrying out their loony plans for fixing the ills of society. Ironic, but progressivism is totally built on the threat of force and violence that is backed up by guns. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-13727647610844711462012-12-23T00:51:48.185-05:002012-12-23T00:51:48.185-05:00Well, it's simple then:
HufPo is pro-genocide...Well, it's simple then:<br /><br />HufPo is pro-genocide.<br /><br />In fact, the whole lot of anti-gun People are pro-genocide.<br /><br />They're pretty sickening individuals. I see why they get along so well with the pro-war killers side now, too.<br /><br />No wonder they're not phased in the least by facts such as, "108,000 crimes are thwarted annually due to private Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-11201797880292100062012-12-22T20:39:23.039-05:002012-12-22T20:39:23.039-05:00And how many people were saved because the crime w...And how many people were saved because the crime was never committed due to a fire arm brandished by the intended victim?<br /><br />Brady Center's own numbers estimate that 108,000 crimes are thwarted annually due to private ownership of guns. Dr. Gary Kleck in a 1993 study at FLorida State University, estimates the number at 2.5 million. Reality is likely somewhere in the middle.<br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-12644096622840648452012-12-22T18:39:43.597-05:002012-12-22T18:39:43.597-05:00'Never let a good crisis go to waste.' Oba...'Never let a good crisis go to waste.' Obama and his minions (i.e., cronies & lemmings) know how to play that one.Stargazernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-56068159643583540102012-12-22T18:07:26.974-05:002012-12-22T18:07:26.974-05:00The other day they posted an article saying in re:...The other day they posted an article saying in re: gun control- "The time for debate is over". <br /><br />They had better pray to whatever gods they believe in that we haven't come to the end of talking about it, because that leaves something else, and... who has all the guns? <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-35535746060951782572012-12-22T17:51:57.612-05:002012-12-22T17:51:57.612-05:00Good point. The Huffington Post, Piers Morgan, and...Good point. The Huffington Post, Piers Morgan, and the rest of the leftwing anti-gun rights people are just hyping up any convenient incident they can find, and they ignore the fact that people can find alternative means to do violence. Meanwhile, guns daily foil and deter huge amounts of crime, violence, and yes, tyranny from the state. And even with these (rare) mass shootings, the trend over Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09153766510906010466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-73333507988387719432012-12-22T15:31:37.365-05:002012-12-22T15:31:37.365-05:00The Nazis murdered ~12 million people: ~6 million ...The Nazis murdered ~12 million people: ~6 million Jews and ~6 million mental/physical/social 'undesirables'. And, I think you cut Mao some slack...several more 10s of millions starved to death during the Great Leap Forward. Hmmm! Forward. Where have I heard that slogan recently.Stargazernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-10421250577954929772012-12-22T14:33:59.652-05:002012-12-22T14:33:59.652-05:00No, dude, that is using too much mathematics.
Yo...No, dude, that is using too much mathematics. <br /><br />You should do it like the following. Use '*' to represent 100.<br /><br />Then you have <br /><br />*<br /><br />**************************************************<br />**************************************************<br />**************************************************<br />**************************************************<Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-30063358888636097032012-12-22T14:06:59.018-05:002012-12-22T14:06:59.018-05:00Slight correction... 6 million Jews died at the h...Slight correction... 6 million Jews died at the hands of the Germans... 12 million or more total people were killed by the Germans in the Holocaust. <br /><br />Add in the extra 6 million and you get 54.9 million people killed by governments after disarming the people. Bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077948782058824246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-70194617311342215952012-12-22T14:02:54.175-05:002012-12-22T14:02:54.175-05:00It's spelled "its."It's spelled "its."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-89263970212511609662012-12-22T13:45:09.607-05:002012-12-22T13:45:09.607-05:00I took a look at some of the comments to the story...I took a look at some of the comments to the story over on the Huffington Post. I looks like a lot of people aren't buying their garbage. Americans want to keep their guns. The MSM seems to only be talking to themselves. It is a good thing that less and less people are following the MSM everyday. I do have hope that more and more people are getting sick and tired of the status quo and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-1951442033350769422012-12-22T13:36:19.972-05:002012-12-22T13:36:19.972-05:00Wow Wenzel I haven't seen someone get owned th...Wow Wenzel I haven't seen someone get owned this badly since Piers Morgan lol. Really important facts that will help strengthen pro choice arguments regarding gun ownership. DAKaragiannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02784775886668685130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-70679852710113079102012-12-22T12:57:10.231-05:002012-12-22T12:57:10.231-05:00RW you are forgetting a very important event.
The ...RW you are forgetting a very important event.<br />The genocide of Tutsi peoples by Hutu peoples.<br />This took place mostly with machetes because the people were unarmed.<br />Ask Huff-Po to explain Rwanda.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-64528374733898795392012-12-22T12:56:09.649-05:002012-12-22T12:56:09.649-05:00To make the typical HuffPo readers understand, you...To make the typical HuffPo readers understand, you need to write out 1 million as 1,000,000, preferably on separate lines, like this:<br /><br /> 100<br />48,900,000 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-20294601471316586622012-12-22T12:43:56.709-05:002012-12-22T12:43:56.709-05:00The 100 approximation is senseless. I'm sure a...The 100 approximation is senseless. I'm sure at least 75% of the shootings were due to handguns. I'm 100% sure HuffPo won't support a ban on handguns. With this being said, the chronicling of death holds no water.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-35190893078772419032012-12-22T12:35:35.242-05:002012-12-22T12:35:35.242-05:00Good point and their list contains no analysis of ...Good point and their list contains no analysis of deaths where government policies were a major factor, eg, the progressives' drug war.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03136499688626739994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-45275509369342988092012-12-22T12:25:00.769-05:002012-12-22T12:25:00.769-05:00Oh snap!Oh snap!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com