tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post913930847127002368..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: The Danger of Gun RegistrationRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-12321040831401800202012-12-30T16:06:50.309-05:002012-12-30T16:06:50.309-05:00FYI: The new car in their driveway was paid for by...FYI: The new car in their driveway was paid for by their direct engagement(s) in prostitution, Drug dealing, robberies, off-the-books tax free money. This will only become more profound during the second term of Obama. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-84526180065391787602012-12-26T21:33:54.419-05:002012-12-26T21:33:54.419-05:00"All this is well and good, but you haven'..."All this is well and good, but you haven't yet proposed a solution for fixing the problem of insane people getting their hands on rapid-fire weapons."<br /><br />For 'rapid-fire weapons', substitute 'power', and you have described the problem much more precisely.<br /><br />You'll know we have a solution at hand when we start applying it at the ballot box, and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-66624294855136584482012-12-25T20:05:12.206-05:002012-12-25T20:05:12.206-05:00"I fail to see what your problem is."
I..."I fail to see what your problem is."<br /><br />I believe I stated that as my first comment here.<br /><br />So long!Jake Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-53938142300414876182012-12-25T17:00:48.051-05:002012-12-25T17:00:48.051-05:00The "border" needed would be maintained ...The "border" needed would be maintained by the gun free enclave somewhere around their town or whatever it is, and how they plan to keep armed people out would not be my problem, since it is their choice to ban guns.<br /><br />There is no need for the 'armed' enclave to have a border or to monitor what would come in from the gunfree enclave, for obvious reasons.<br /><br />I Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-49438185663361767522012-12-25T14:45:19.756-05:002012-12-25T14:45:19.756-05:00Thanks Bob, a safe and "clean" way out. ...Thanks Bob, a safe and "clean" way out. I'm proud to be a Wenzel.Pete Wenzel, Esqnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-33569540101200810322012-12-25T13:50:32.838-05:002012-12-25T13:50:32.838-05:00Jake, the solution is to let the market fix the pr...Jake, the solution is to let the market fix the problem. There is an obvious profit incentive out there to protect people from this kind of thing happening, and so the government should get out of the way and allow the market to get to work solving it. It is surprising to hear a self-proclaimed libertarian not be aware that this is the libertarian answer. Non-libertarians constantly want to know cotterdan321https://www.blogger.com/profile/06737986508570854479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-43665374293359255972012-12-25T12:46:47.011-05:002012-12-25T12:46:47.011-05:00"That's why more "security" alw..."That's why more "security" always leads to less freedom. Even with more security, massacres by psychotic people still happen. Case in point, massacres in countries that have little or no gun freedom."<br /><br />http://www.businessinsider.com/switzerlands-gun-laws-are-a-red-herring-2012-12<br /><br />"You still haven't answered why you want solutions from other Jake Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-13913994998761471892012-12-25T11:43:04.816-05:002012-12-25T11:43:04.816-05:00"1. I want whichever security agency is in ch..."1. I want whichever security agency is in charge, private or government, to protect me from sociopathic rampages as well as from well-meaning incompetents."<br /><br />They can't, unless you want them to stand guard 24/7. <br />That's why more "security" always leads to less freedom. Even with more security, massacres by psychotic people still happen. Case in point, Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-46732658410359768972012-12-25T11:22:32.626-05:002012-12-25T11:22:32.626-05:00That's just silly. If there is an enclave wher...That's just silly. If there is an enclave where firearms are banned, and another with people armed to their teeth, there has to be a clearer border between the two, and monitoring of things that go from one to the other.Jake Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-67454917386275335822012-12-25T11:18:48.801-05:002012-12-25T11:18:48.801-05:00"Funny way of discussing something when you s..."Funny way of discussing something when you start out by expecting other people to come up with solutions"<br />Simple. Wenzel keeps bringing up the evils of government, post after post, and yet, has not proposed a way to solve the problem. Or do you even deny that there is a problem? Perhaps no one got killed. Perhaps it was all just a misunderstanding.<br /><br />"Also, you were Jake Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-51771988755779019282012-12-25T09:50:59.885-05:002012-12-25T09:50:59.885-05:00By the way, in a free society, there are very like...By the way, in a free society, there are very likely to be enclaves where fire-arms are banned (out of a collective agreement), and enclaves where people are armed to the teeth.<br /><br />I wonder where the criminals and the psycho nutjobs will tend to go...<br /><br />Problem solved.Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-51427188517040758812012-12-25T09:46:30.512-05:002012-12-25T09:46:30.512-05:00@ Jake GDecember 25, 2012 1:20 AM
@ "Qualifi...@ Jake GDecember 25, 2012 1:20 AM<br /><br />@ "Qualified": I don't have an answer. That's one of the reasons I'm discussing it. But, do you agree, in principle, that whichever security agency we subscribe to, private or public, if I live with neighbors, the security agency should ensure that I am not endangering the lives of my neighbors? Building explosives at home is a Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-17839804515559996762012-12-25T09:30:18.738-05:002012-12-25T09:30:18.738-05:00Jake,
"If you propose government "fix&qu...Jake,<br />"If you propose government "fix" the problem, then no...you're not.<br />If you don't propose government "fix" the problem, then why are you demanding other libertarians come up with solutions?"<br /><br />1. I want whichever security agency is in charge, private or government, to protect me from sociopathic rampages as well as from well-meaning Jake Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-3249397291059018042012-12-25T04:44:18.648-05:002012-12-25T04:44:18.648-05:00"I am a libertarian."
If you propose go..."I am a libertarian."<br /><br />If you propose government "fix" the problem, then no...you're not.<br />If you don't propose government "fix" the problem, then why are you demanding other libertarians come up with solutions?<br /><br /><br />"I hope you don't mean that you wouldn't mind either if your neighbor builds a nuclear bomb in his Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-40613284646679093172012-12-25T03:34:29.003-05:002012-12-25T03:34:29.003-05:00@Anonymous December 25, 2012 12:12 AM
I don't ...@Anonymous December 25, 2012 12:12 AM<br />I don't know how you came up with your absurd factoids. You are hilarious!<br /><br />@Anonymous December 25, 2012 12:16 AM<br />"Stop advertising gun-free (i.e. fish-in-a-barrel) zones."<br />Easy! I never advocated it!<br /><br />"Stop the proliferation of laws which discourage law-abiding, non-crazy people from carrying guns."<Jake Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-1749678620143792562012-12-25T01:20:21.650-05:002012-12-25T01:20:21.650-05:00@Anonymous December 25, 2012 12:52 AM
My point abo...@Anonymous December 25, 2012 12:52 AM<br />My point about medications is this: we don't really know if the medications are to blame. We do know that Adam Lanza had issues. I'm aware that the US school system has a tendency to quickly categorize a student as having a mental disability -- because the school gets additional funding for each such student they declare. However, by all accountsJake Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-52727060273672689762012-12-25T00:52:14.355-05:002012-12-25T00:52:14.355-05:00I wouldn't disregard the contribution of SSRI&...I wouldn't disregard the contribution of SSRI's / other medications, utilized in the treatment of mental illness, to violence such as what occurred.<br /><br />The drone comment was directed at our leaders, rather than in your direction, as an example of the poor role model they portray to our populace.<br /><br />As far as "qualified", that's a difficult row to hoe. Who Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-401517989759754952012-12-25T00:19:18.243-05:002012-12-25T00:19:18.243-05:00@Anonymous December 24, 2012 11:04 PM
"Get o...@Anonymous December 24, 2012 11:04 PM<br /><br />"Get off your moralizing high horse, Jake. Insane people don't walk around all the time with rapid-fire weapons (whatever you mean by that) either."<br />My response was perfect for the BS comment by "Anonymous December 24, 2012 9:40 PM". What do I mean by "rapid-fire weapons"? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=rapid-fire+Jake Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-86063847368060713852012-12-25T00:16:51.284-05:002012-12-25T00:16:51.284-05:00Stop advertising gun-free (i.e. fish-in-a-barrel) ...Stop advertising gun-free (i.e. fish-in-a-barrel) zones. Stop the proliferation of laws which discourage law-abiding, non-crazy people from carrying guns. If you think your neighbor is a danger to you, prove your case and get an injunction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-55097170832237064152012-12-25T00:12:32.906-05:002012-12-25T00:12:32.906-05:00Insane people with firearms is better than insane ...Insane people with firearms is better than insane people with more deadly weapons, such as a long-blade stilleto switchblade knife. People get stabbed and don't even realize they're dieing until the perp is long gone. With guns so readily available, these crazy people get lazy and use what they think is most effective without putting real thought or creativity into it, thank God.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-13833451731950180322012-12-24T23:45:12.816-05:002012-12-24T23:45:12.816-05:00@AnonymousDecember 24, 2012 10:48 PM
I am quite a...@AnonymousDecember 24, 2012 10:48 PM<br /><br />I am quite aware of the situation in Australia. I did not suggest a "ban 'em all" approach.<br /><br />"Allow greater amounts of qualified citizens to carry a weapon, require continual training to ensure competency"<br />Good! This is close to what I was suggesting too. QUALIFIED citizens.<br /><br />"Investigate big Jake Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-48277158940171215572012-12-24T23:04:16.323-05:002012-12-24T23:04:16.323-05:00Get off your moralizing high horse, Jake. Insane p...Get off your moralizing high horse, Jake. Insane people don't walk around all the time with rapid-fire weapons (whatever you mean by that) either. <br /><br />Yea, it's a problem...these insane people with guns. An infintesimally smaller problem, an incredibly minscule problem compared to government with guns. <br /><br />Your response to Mike is pretty cheesy, too. You imply that the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-39043364211067893442012-12-24T22:48:22.954-05:002012-12-24T22:48:22.954-05:00Without addressing the foundational / structural p...Without addressing the foundational / structural problems in our country there is no "fixing" the problem. <br /><br />Look at Australia. A heavy handed / "ban 'em all" approach, is not only ineffective but exemplifies a gross misunderstanding of the problem. <br /><br />Government will NEVER be able to legislate away gun violence, any more than it can with murder.<br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-11989163514085279182012-12-24T22:37:54.613-05:002012-12-24T22:37:54.613-05:00@Anonymous: Do you walk around with a rapid-fire w...@Anonymous: Do you walk around with a rapid-fire weapon all the time? If not, your response is empty talk; boring.<br /><br />@Mike: If I'm your neighbor, I suppose you won't object to my building a nuclear reactor or high explosives in MY backyard. (Don't think it is difficult, and don't think it hasn't been done by amateurs.) I did not suggest that we must all disarm Jake Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-32682667635474705252012-12-24T21:40:46.480-05:002012-12-24T21:40:46.480-05:00Sane people with rapid-fire weapons.Sane people with rapid-fire weapons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com