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Nobody could have predicted this would happen…

If only someone could have predicted this would happen.

Oh wait, I did 

I don’t think Trump will use twitter much, he invested a lot of money in Truth Social, and may have some kind of exclusivity contract with it.

How could I answer your question?  There is an ALLEGATION that Trump had classified documents.  When FACTS are known, THEN you have a question.  Are any of the 30 MILLION documents Obama removed from the White House classified?  Why did Hillary have classified information on a private server that she maintained in her bathroom closet?

Trump fil…[Read more]

You’re just so fing dumb.

But you might enjoy this:

Excuse me. My rod tip is twitching again.

Did a dog just walk past you?

Imagine if tRump’s arse was still sitting in the White House. Not one dollar of aid would have been given to Ukraine and russia would now be at the Polish border and threatening not to stop until they had reached Lisbon.  

Moron,

You know nothing, and your opinion is worth less than nothing.  You don’t even know the facts here. Putin didn’t star…[Read more]

Given the choice, I would choose Trump any day over China, Russia, or impotent, socialist western Europe.  I had to laugh today when Biden claimed that NATO members are going to start paying their fair share under the alliance.  Trump demanded it years ago.  Only when Putin scared the west by invading Ukraine did any of these countries even co…[Read more]

I’m much more likely to be harmed by a police officer than a criminal.

No police in this country are unarmed though, they all carry tasers, which are much more dangerous than most people seem to think they are.

You caught me by surprise, Drac.  I would never want unarmed police.  We don’t have them unless they’re metermaids writing parking tickets.  Unarmed police mean criminals can be in charge if all they do is bring a gun with them.

The nature of the police is also a significant difference between the US and the UK, although with the refusal of the police to intervene in some of the recent school shootings clearly shows that they don’t exist to protect people.

I have always been deeply distrustful of the police, i’m not sure how this is a surprise to you 

“One of the reasons I moved out of Manchester was because there were armed police patrolling everywhere.”

That seriously is the stupidest thing you ever wrote.  Debating retards is a waste of my time.  It’s like trying to play chess with a houseplant.  There is no point for me to participate in this thread any longer.

Nothing in the article you linked contradicts anything I said 

Yes, there are background checks, but you also need those in the US to buy a gun.

Its not very much harder to get one, the difference is cultural not legal.

The main argument being made in this thread is that crime rates in the UK are lower because of ‘gun control’.…[Read more]

And yes, I know class 2 licences only cover shotguns, but it takes about 5 seconds to modify a breach loading shotgun into a rifle.

Doing that is probably illegal, but so is shooting people.
So I dont think that’s the problem.

Therefore, to claim that gun violence in the UK is lower because of ‘gun control’ is nonsense.

Anyone who wants a gun can fairly easily obtain one, not sure where the ‘control’ is.

Even ignoring the bill of rights, class 2 firearm licences are shall issue, which means they cannot legally be refused and must be given to anyone who asks for one.

Gun ownership is legal in the UK.

Not only is it legal, it is a right.

You can get AR-15’s in the UK.

Are you saying that a sane person could murder a classroom of very small children, Andy?  Thank god you can’t get your hands on a gun as you are crazier than a shithouse rat.  Or bone stupid.  Maybe both.

https://www.thefactual.com/blog/how-biased-is-the-atlantic/

Over a dataset of 1,000 articles, The Atlantic scored an average Factual Grade of 68.5%. This is above the average of 61.9% for all 240 news sources that we analyzed. This places The Atlantic in the 79th percentile of our dataset.

The Atlantic scores above average mainly due to thor…[Read more]

Florida’s ‘red-flag’ law eyed as example amid gun debate
Supporters say law has saved ‘untold’ number of lives in state
As a national debate rages over gun laws after last month’s mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, proponents of “red-flag” policies point to a Florida law as a model for states seeking to strip deadly weapons from pe…[Read more]

From a 2016 article.  I’ve chopped it up a bit (***) but the entire article is found here:

https://www.vox.com/2016/8/8/12351824/gun-control-sweden-solution
Sweden may have the answer to America’s gun problem
By Tom Heberlein  <time class=”c-byline__item” datetime=”2016-08-08T12:00:02″ data-ui=”timestamp”>Aug 8, 2016, 8:00am EDT</time>
gun viole…[Read more]