>>>>>>>>>> This type of talk is good for election year but lost relevance now. No matter how you cut it, president Obama is still leader of the " Capitalist world". I don't think he ever wanted to turn it into anything near communist system. Maybe average Americans know VERY little about communist system and gullible enough buy such propaganda.
However like every system, American laws and culture needs to be re-visited. Gun was important and essential 280 years ago when natives and settlers gotten into frequent fights but today it became more of a burden on " Modern America".
Now we are begging for legalizing drug
>>>>>>>>>> The movement is to legalize Ganga/Marijuana not hard core chemicals. While I am against it but calling it "Begging for legalizing drug" is a bit inaccurate.
I see civilians are ready to surrender their rights
>>>>>>>>>>> Now a days very few educated people call carrying guns a " Right". Even in conflict torn Israel have much stricter gun control laws (Albeit government regularly arm settlers) in most cases. In a civilized and modern country, no citizen should be forced to carry guns to protect themselves. Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, UK, U.A.E has lot less violence than the US.
As I said earlier, this will be tough discussion because gun culture is engrained in American culture. I do not think most mid-western and southern states will be willing to give it up to any perceived liberal president. So unless some republican come up with a bold proposal, this discussion will die down like many earlier discussions.
Shalom!
From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
To: mukto-mona <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Jan 1, 2013 10:55 am
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Gun Control in the USA: Time to Make It Happen
Gun-culture in the USA is going to be hard for people, like me, to understand as I came to this country from a place, where civilians have no right to bear or own arms; only criminals in the society have arms. I do not understand why it is a sport to hunt animals or be a member of the shooting range. I do not understand why no one complains about violent video games and movies, which fill young impressionable minds with violent outbursts, and make them insensitive to violence and killing. I do not understand why people buy or own so many high power-firearms for personal protections. I do not understand why President cannot halt assault weapon sell to the public right away using his executive power, if he is so touched by the recent event in Connecticut. I do not understand why he is asking senators and congressmen, who are influenced by lobbyist, to do it. I do not understand the cowboy culture in America. So, it is easy for me to ask for the ban of these weapons.
I know President said when he was first elected to the office that he wanted to see a strong civilian force as powerful as military, if not more. Do we know what did he mean? He wanted to arm civilians for what, except to fight ideological battle or for personal protection? I know - he did not do it, but - that was the intent. I smelt Pol Pot or Stalin or Mao Tse Tung in the intent of the President, and millions of Americans do so.
I believe - banning firearm-ownership will only disarm civilians and empower culprits. Haven't we banned drugs already? Why do we still see thousands of drug related deaths and violence on the street? Now we are begging for legalizing drug. Have we thought about it? I see civilians are ready to surrender their rights, but culprits are not. Have we thought about it?
I know – tragedy happened in Connecticut, but is gun control the solution? Don't we have laws against access to firearms for mentally challenged people? That did not stop this psychopath to get access to the firearms. I think - we need more security and protection at schools, not less.
Jiten Roy
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From: Avijit Roy <charbak_bd@yahoo.com>
Subject: [mukto-mona] Gun Control in the USA: Time to Make It Happen
To: "Mukto-mona YahooGroups" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Monday, December 31, 2012, 2:21 PM
[Just after the Shikh Temple massacre in Wisconsin a few months ago, Time Magazine published an article titled 'The Case for Gun Control', where the author Fareed Zakaria made a strong case in favor of stricter gun control laws. Although he offered valuable insight concerning the topic, the masses paid him little attention after the media revealed that he had plagiarized a portion of the article.
Since then, two more major massacres have taken place. Of them, the recent one was the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School that occurred earlier this month in Newtown, Connecticut, where a man armed with two semiautomatic pistols killed 7 adults and 20 children, most of whom were only six years old. ] Read more from here:
http://mukto-mona.com/wordpress/?p=1564
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Re: [mukto-mona] Gun Control in the USA: Time to Make It Happen
except to fight ideological battle or for personal protection? I know - he did not do it, but - that was the intent. I smelt Pol Pot or Stalin or Mao Tse Tung in the intent of the President, and millions of Americans do so.
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I wrote a blog just after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on the necessity of Gun control in the USA:
I am glad to see that the modified version has also been appeared in NFB today:
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