Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-USSR) to introduce assault weapons ban

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Sunday on NBC's Meet The Press that she will introduce an assault weapons ban bill on the first day of the new Congress.



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[O.city]

Originally Posted by patteeu

Should equal effort be put into car safety and safety from extremely rare, crazy, mass murderers or should a sense of proportion prevail?

I'm not sure exactly what you are saying here.

I don't think effort shouldbe taken away from car safety and put other places, but I think we should put MORE effort into the latter.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

I agree so make sure you let TSA know that so I don't have to take my shoes off at the airport anymore.

Also let them know granny in a wheel chair is not I repeat not a terrorist

Thank you

I agree. We need more rational profiling at TSA. I think they should still check your shoes though. And they'd better give Direckshun a full body cavity search.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by O.city

I'm not sure exactly what you are saying here.

I don't think effort shouldbe taken away from car safety and put other places, but I think we should put MORE effort into the latter.

I'm saying that there is a complete lack of evidence of proportionality in your posts. This is a minor problem with major headlines. Auto accidents, cancer, heart disease, and drug abuse are major problems with minor headlines. I'd rather spend whatever research money we're spending on major problems than on headline capturing minor problems. And given our country's financial condition, we ought to be looking for places to reduce spending not increase it.

[BIG_DADDY]

Just so you hippies are aware your prunny box Fineswine has a permit to carry and is packing heat. She just doesn't think other people are worthy of such privledges.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by patteeu

I'm saying that there is a complete lack of evidence of proportionality in your posts. This is a minor problem with major headlines. Auto accidents, cancer, heart disease, and drug abuse are major problems with minor headlines. I'd rather spend whatever research money we're spending on major problems than on headline capturing minor problems. And given our country's financial condition, we ought to be looking for places to reduce spending not increase it.

Cancer and heart disease are things that are highly researched. Some of it is preventable, some not. Cancer is something we likely are going to have to live with. There isn't going to be a magic "pill" to irradiate cancer. This may sound a little cold or crazy, but I view cancer somewhat as natural selection. Same with some Heart Disease.

I tend to think that the way we treat things medically, have allowed "bad" genes to be continually passed along. But I also realize that there are so many more conversations that go into that, that I don't want to get into.


I would like to think that we could put some of our "wasted" funds towards further understanding mental health, as I think that could be the root of alot of problems.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by patteeu

I agree. We need more rational profiling at TSA. I think they should still check your shoes though. And they'd better give Direckshun a full body cavity search.

Taking off our shoes at the airport during security checks as you eloquently put it is a "knee-jerk, emotional reactions to rare tragedies."

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

Taking off our shoes at the airport during security checks as you eloquently put it is a "knee-jerk, emotional reactions to rare tragedies."

I don't think we should be forcing everyone to take off their shoes. Just people saying "Allah Akbar" and shady characters like you and Direckshun.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by O.city

Cancer and heart disease are things that are highly researched. Some of it is preventable, some not. Cancer is something we likely are going to have to live with. There isn't going to be a magic "pill" to irradiate cancer. This may sound a little cold or crazy, but I view cancer somewhat as natural selection. Same with some Heart Disease.

I tend to think that the way we treat things medically, have allowed "bad" genes to be continually passed along. But I also realize that there are so many more conversations that go into that, that I don't want to get into.


I would like to think that we could put some of our "wasted" funds towards further understanding mental health, as I think that could be the root of alot of problems.

Where are you going to get these "wasted" funds? What are you going to cut to pay for this new spending you want to do?

[HonestChieffan]

Originally Posted by patteeu

I don't think we should be forcing everyone to take off their shoes. Just people saying "Allah Akbar" and shady characters like you and Direckshun.

ahhh Profiling. Naughty idea really. Next you will say we need to keep an eye on the insane and unstable.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by patteeu

Where are you going to get these "wasted" funds? What are you going to cut to pay for this new spending you want to do?

So you don't think there is anywhere in the current budget that you could be better managed, or are even needed?

[Fish]

Originally Posted by O.city

Cancer and heart disease are things that are highly researched. Some of it is preventable, some not. Cancer is something we likely are going to have to live with. There isn't going to be a magic "pill" to irradiate cancer. This may sound a little cold or crazy, but I view cancer somewhat as natural selection. Same with some Heart Disease.

I tend to think that the way we treat things medically, have allowed "bad" genes to be continually passed along. But I also realize that there are so many more conversations that go into that, that I don't want to get into.


I would like to think that we could put some of our "wasted" funds towards further understanding mental health, as I think that could be the root of alot of problems.

Cancer could be eradicated within a few decades. We certainly won't have to live with it forever. One day it will be seen in the same capacity we currently view Polio. Nanotechnology will ensure that. It will be our "Magic pill". For that and countless other scenarios that cause cellular damage.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by Fish

Cancer could be eradicated within a few decades. We certainly won't have to live with it forever. One day it will be seen in the same capacity we currently view Polio. Nanotechnology will ensure that. It will be our "Magic pill". For that and countless other scenarios that cause cellular damage.

Cancer isn't so much cellular damage, as it is the cellular "code" that leads to out of control cellular growth and/or damage.


There are leads to possibly leading to decreasing it, but as far as eradicating it, I think a few decades is premature.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by O.city

So you don't think there is anywhere in the current budget that you could be better managed, or are even needed?

I think we need to spend less, not more (and not the same amount on different things either). If we can find waste, we should be cutting it rather than spending it on issues of trivial impact.

[O.city]

So further research into mental health is trivial?

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by O.city

So further research into mental health is trivial?

Random mass murders committed by crazy people are a trivial problem. Have you ever heard of the deficit?