tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post4342072103439824892..comments2023-11-09T02:06:49.126-06:00Comments on Rancho Santa Clara: On guns: Couldn't have said it better myselfalcubanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-18117648563121818382018-02-21T23:26:01.730-06:002018-02-21T23:26:01.730-06:00Those hateful nuns with their knuckle rapping and ...Those hateful nuns with their knuckle rapping and very painful ear twisting turned many away from the Catholic church, and that's a good thing.<br />Dana JenningsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03922547230766895676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-63163603890882226542018-02-21T11:59:42.424-06:002018-02-21T11:59:42.424-06:00I too grew up with toy guns. In fact there's t...I too grew up with toy guns. In fact there's truly ridiculous picture me when I must have been ten years old, at a birthday party, dressed like a cowboy and pointing a gun at the camera. This was in Cuba, where we don't have cowboys and the Spaniards killed off all the Indians. Yet through the power of television or the movies we took up the cowboys-and-Indians routine. Weird. And yet my dad taught me to be kind to people and animals and I've never had any serious thought of owning much less pointing a weapon at anyone. More than violence, I think we might be living in a society where FEAR is part of the operating system and guns are a response to that. I agree with your thoughtful observations but I'm stumped how we turned this thing around. <br /><br />alalcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-6726250572724930902018-02-21T11:59:11.999-06:002018-02-21T11:59:11.999-06:00I would truly like to see a student rebellion like...I would truly like to see a student rebellion like we had in the Vietnam war era. Nail these politicians and tell them that unless they take on the damn NRA the students will organize their families, friends and neighbors to put them out of office. It can be done, they work for us and someone has to remind them of that.Crofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634815881045387152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-9027726036096576152018-02-21T11:56:18.234-06:002018-02-21T11:56:18.234-06:00Trump "says" he might do something. That...Trump "says" he might do something. That thought will stay in his tiny brain until the next shiny object or Playboy Bunny distracts him.Crofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634815881045387152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-3743297051608004242018-02-21T11:44:36.496-06:002018-02-21T11:44:36.496-06:00I believe that Australia implemented a very succes...I believe that Australia implemented a very successful buy-back program after some mass shooting there that shocked everyone into action. And there was some sort of assault-weapon ban in the U.S. for several years that expired and Congress failed to renew. I'm not feeling too optimistic though. Congress failed to act even after the killing of 20-something elementary school kids. If that didn't trigger action I don't know what will.<br /><br />al alcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-90947904908382747452018-02-21T11:40:33.644-06:002018-02-21T11:40:33.644-06:00And big money it is. According to PolitiFact, the ...And big money it is. According to PolitiFact, the NRA poured more than $200 million into political campaigns between 1998 and 2017. People who clamor for gun control have to be willing to put their money where their mouths are in order to counteract that sort of political force. <br /><br />alalcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-68585481305611380602018-02-21T11:37:46.122-06:002018-02-21T11:37:46.122-06:00Here's a link to a story about the shifting pu...Here's a link to a story about the shifting public opinion in Fla. following the shootings.<br /><br />https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/21/us/florida-gun-control-republicans.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-newsalcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-55169301179345287002018-02-21T11:32:45.059-06:002018-02-21T11:32:45.059-06:00Slowly, definitely too slowly, there may be a move...Slowly, definitely too slowly, there may be a movement forming to expose politicians who take NRA money and mumble BS every time there is mass shooting. It seems to be hitting Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a guy who has the principles and spine of an amoeba. <br /><br />alalcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-31771880445256965772018-02-21T11:29:46.751-06:002018-02-21T11:29:46.751-06:00It sounds like even Trump is willing to do somethi...It sounds like even Trump is willing to do something right now, rather than postpone action indefinitely. <br /><br />alalcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-2791200196391773552018-02-21T11:28:18.694-06:002018-02-21T11:28:18.694-06:00Among all the lame, do-nothing responses, "th...Among all the lame, do-nothing responses, "thoughts and prayers" is the lamest one of all. <br /><br />alalcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-24459085361505056842018-02-21T11:27:05.532-06:002018-02-21T11:27:05.532-06:00I'm not sure what to say either, except that r...I'm not sure what to say either, except that relying on emails to teachers that some nutty student should not be allowed on campus seems to place the teachers in the role of police officers, something they are hardly qualified to perform. The same for the suggestion that it's all a mental health issue, unless we're willing to concede that Canadians are much saner, given the rarity of mass shootings up there. <br /><br />alalcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-48168958986634872032018-02-17T11:09:43.428-06:002018-02-17T11:09:43.428-06:00Here's my plan: Ban the manufacture, importati...Here's my plan: Ban the manufacture, importation, or sale of assault weapons. Have the Federal Government offer to buy any assault rifle currently in private hands at a price that makes it very hard for anyone else to compete. Creigh Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05267728698204033199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-83695765445116805232018-02-17T00:22:35.654-06:002018-02-17T00:22:35.654-06:00I was mentioning this latest tragedy to my wife ov...I was mentioning this latest tragedy to my wife over the dinner tonight and was wondering what exactly has changed that has caused this situation to sort of become the "norm"? I grew up in a time where we played cowboys and indians, cops and robbers and each got shot, got up, and continued to play another day. We were taught a different set of values in school and at home where life was important, you didn't going around killing people and there was a difference between TV cowboys shows, and life in the streets of the city. Discipline was allowed in class, both in public and parochial schools and the nuns did a great job of making the best impact of the ruler on your knuckles if you did something bad. Now CPS would haul Sister Mary Ignatious away.<br />Today it seems like time outs are the worst punishment, everyone is a winner and has plenty of self esteem and the school is over run by bullies. We had bullies but somehow we learned to deal with them, and in all my years I cannot recollect any child committing suicide because "bullies" got to them. Moral instruction and values were both taught in school and from families. Guns were accessible but we didn't see mass shootings or workplace violence incidences. There is no reason to have weapons that wipe out large quantities of lives unless you are in the army, but lets be real. If they don't find an AR, now they just use a pick up truck and start mowing down people on the street. There is a greater problem which no one seems to be addressing, but now the knee jerk reaction will fill the news propose more laws and in reality nothing will happen. The cause needs to be addressed, violence which has become the normal from Hollywood is unchecked and is imprinted on the minds of the children 24 hours a day. You don't see other countries like Japan or other cultures that honor family having these issues, or is it that I just don't pay attention. The media in my estimation is also part of the problem, as they say, blood doesn't sell newspapers.Tanchohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196129338636347646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-30640157164470323642018-02-16T11:14:50.097-06:002018-02-16T11:14:50.097-06:00Nothing is likely to change until Big Money of all...Nothing is likely to change until Big Money of all kinds is forced out of US politics. Democracy with Big Money is an oxymoron.Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-64457682745281631402018-02-16T08:17:12.671-06:002018-02-16T08:17:12.671-06:00In SIX minutes seventeen people died. No words ot...In SIX minutes seventeen people died. No words other then get rid of the damn guns and the politicians who took and take the blood money.Babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609157345912932083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-38501981382277824192018-02-15T16:50:25.544-06:002018-02-15T16:50:25.544-06:00"Thoughts and prayers" and even worse, &..."Thoughts and prayers" and even worse, "Now is not the time to discuss gun control, now is the time to grieve". With shootings every single day, when exactly is the right time? So sad!Crofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634815881045387152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-6157861333288055862018-02-15T13:16:22.595-06:002018-02-15T13:16:22.595-06:0018 school shootings this year. That's 3 a wee...18 school shootings this year. That's 3 a week. I am also Canadian, in the US for the winter, and I'm not coming back to a country where there has averaged 1 mass shooting every day this year, where thoughts and prayers are almost as common as the guns Americans have ingrained in their culture.Krisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-30100680917460058422018-02-15T10:51:34.464-06:002018-02-15T10:51:34.464-06:00There were so many warning signs. Sending an email...There were so many warning signs. Sending an email to teachers saying that he should not be allowed on campus with a backpack is not doing enough to make a safe environment for teachers and students. I live in Canada and have very little exposure to guns until recently. Both our sons are in the military and now have guns in their homes. A fiance is an RCMP officer so she has a gun at her side all the time at work. I do not know what else to say. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04340754457769990679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-7320247060233308502018-02-15T10:37:18.502-06:002018-02-15T10:37:18.502-06:00Another sad day in the USA.Another sad day in the USA.Peter Kouwenhovenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10197113786491782884noreply@blogger.com