Houstonist: Ask a Dilettante: Let Them Eat Lead

DanMan

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:33:02 -0600

I've got to plenty to say here but commenting would be like bringing a gun to a knife fight...

billybaru

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:00:03 -0600

Thank you. I was apparently compensating for the adress with one 'd'. Lesson of the day: misspell address and you look like a bad typist, misspell amendment and you look like a dumbass.

dictionary

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:23:32 -0600

FYI billybaru and dazed and confused - The correct spelling of the word is "amendment."

billybaru

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:55:00 -0600

I don't think anyone has asked Sara to take a position on the larger issue, although it might be fun to have her weigh-in. She has, however; taken a very sensible position on quoting Ted Nugent. So, does the fact that the 2nd Ammendment does not mention minors constitute an omission? If so, does that mean that the 2nd Ammendment does not apply to them?

sara

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:39:23 -0600

billybaru - Re: the Constitution. Rules of statutory interpretation dictate that omissions must be construed as intentional, unless there is some evidence to indicate that the omission was unintentional. But you already knew that, didn't you? I also would point out that I have not taken a stand in the larger question posed by the root article. I did point out that using a Ted Nugent quote to buttress any argument is probably a bad idea, given some of his other more (in)famous quotes. Furthermore, I don't intend to take a position on the larger issue in this forum because there's no point in doing so. Put simply, gun rights activists and gun control advocates don't mix. And thanks for your 'concern', but don't worry, I feel no embarrassment whatsoever.

arthou

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:13:09 -0600

...i dunno red...good question...guess i will jes have to plead to a strict and unalienable right to self abusement...think that's covered in article 27 or there abouts...although i really do like the pictures...

billybaru

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:27:30 -0600

A perverted democratic process is still a democratic process...isn't it?...and for those of us who are having trouble, perhaps someone could point out where in the Constitution the rights of minors to bear arms is adressed. Oh, and don't be embarrassed Sara.

red

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:41:20 -0600

Arthou, if all these posts bother you so much, why do you waste your time reading them?

arthou

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:17:39 -0600

...i do believe the nuge was talking about the most basic human right - the right to protect yourself - and the fact that if we all exercised that right more often by whatever means available (guns, knives, 7 lb cast iron skillets), there would fewer criminals around to complain about their constitutional rights...period...you interjected the notion of a lynch mob...like abortion, the gun control debate has been framed for far too long by the extremes on other either side the issue and is in dire need for cooler more thoughtful heads to come together and chisel out a compromise that allows sane, law abiding citizens the ability to own a gun and adequate protections for society in general to assure they are being used responsibly...actually, i'm more interested in the concept of a dilettante and these inane posts...dilletante...hmmm...showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish, dabbler, an amateur who engages in an activity without any serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge...lol...oops, sorry, my bad...hit that nail squarely on the head...keep up the good work crytal...you go girl...

sara

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:40:27 -0600

lynch mobs are an utter perversion of the democratic process. I'm embarrassed to even have to point that out. as to other questions raised, go read your constitution, socrates.

dazed and...

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:53:13 -0600

Could a raving lunatic have penned "Wangdang Sweet Poontang"? Isn't a lynch mob democratic? Should the accused have both a court case and a trial? Don't trials often protect the accused from the impulsiveness of the democratic mob? Do you have to have a democracy to guarantee the rights of the accused? Speaking of rights, do minors really have 2nd Ammendment rights? Did any serious presidential candidate demand tighter gun control this past week? Was it really a bad week for the gun lobby?

sara

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:01:01 -0600

Sorry, but an argument from Ted Nugent goes absolutely nowhere with me. Maybe you should try quoting someone who isn't a raving lunatic. Anyone remember his opening statements to the crowd at the NRA convention, held right here in Houston? "Remember the Alamo! Shoot 'em! To show you how radical I am, I want carjackers dead. I want rapists dead. I want burglars dead. I want child molesters dead. I want the bad guys dead. No court case. No parole. No early release. I want 'em dead. Get a gun and when they attack you, shoot 'em." No court case? No trial? Just a quick summary execution, right? No thanks, Ted. I believe in democracy, not lynch mobs.

lcmslutheran

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:31:57 -0600

A comment from Ted Nugent; My hero, Dr. Suzanne Gratia Hupp, was not allowed by Texas law to carry her handgun into Luby’s Cafeteria that fateful day in 1991, when due to bureaucrat-forced unarmed helplessness she could do nothing to stop satanic George Hennard from killing 23 people and wounding more than 20 others before he shot himself. Hupp was unarmed for no other reason than denial-ridden “feel good” politics. She has since led the charge for concealed weapon upgrade in Texas, where we can now stop evil. Yet, there are still the mindless puppets of the Brady Campaign and other anti-gun organizations insisting on continuing the gun-free zone insanity by which innocents are forced into unarmed helplessness. Shame on them. Shame on America. Shame on the anti-gunners all. No one was foolish enough to debate Ryder truck regulations or ammonia nitrate restrictions or a “cult of agriculture fertilizer” following the unabashed evil of Timothy McVeigh’s heinous crime against America on that fateful day in Oklahoma City. No one faulted kitchen utensils or other hardware of choice after Jeffrey Dahmer was caught drugging, mutilating, raping, murdering and cannibalizing his victims. Nobody wanted “steak knife control” as they autopsied the dead nurses in Chicago, Illinois, as Richard Speck went on trial for mass murder. Evil is as evil does, and laws disarming guaranteed victims make evil people very, very happy. Shame on us. Already spineless gun control advocates are squawking like chickens with their tiny-brained heads chopped off, making political hay over this most recent, devastating Virginia Tech massacre, when in fact it is their own forced gun-free zone policy that enabled the unchallenged methodical murder of 32 people.