Sound__Off's Blog

It always makes sense to create legislation that removes guns from the public. This way, it's much harder to keep criminals and politicians (pardon the rudundency) in check. Besides, there is no better way to create a huge black market in gun sales, driving up price and demand and increased gun violence. It will also help make the honest people much better targets. It's always good to rob,rape or kill somebody who is unarmed. It reduces the chance that the criminal might actually get hurt during the encounter. So yes, it always makes sense to keep the public unarmed.

Nice way to l;ead your 5 PM newscast "..stopping the police from making our streets safer."

That's not news coverage, that's pontificating, especially since there is no evidence that any of the laws that city council passed unlawfully have any impact on crime. In fact, there is evidence that laws which disarm the law abiding have the general effect of increasing crime.


Trying to punish the law-abiding gun owner has been continually disproved as an effective tactic to fight crime.

City council should address the cause of the crime in Philly, not a symptom.

It's laughable that you thinks Osama Bin Barak is any better. They will both be absolutely disasterious for America.......FOR ONCE IN YOU LIFE, BE SMART LIBERALS..... change parties and vote Mccain

Guns are not the problem. The problem is the moral breakdown of the country, the destruction of the family unit, the absence of responsible fathers in our cities, the lack of swift justice and adequate punishment fitting the crimes, the liberal trap of maintaining a victim mentality in which you are totally dependent on and look to government to solve all your personal problems and provide you an income, the lack of personal responsibility, and the lack of respect for human life - from the embryo to the comatose and elderly. If citizens have guns and use them to protect their property and family as necessary, that's a lot more effective than taking them away and having to rely on government to protect you. They're already failing at this. Taking guns away isn't going to make it any better. In fact, it will most likley get worse when criminals don't have to worry about a potential victim having a gun and using it.

And to answer your question about socialized government, it is the government's responsibility to ensure the well being of its consitituents. It's not like these things are financing luxuries, but things like food and healthcare, the basics of life should be guaranteed. It is morally wrong to have the very rich continue to get richer while the poor starve to death. Conservative policies are so very selfish... if we were all Liberal, the world would be a better place. God forbid you were to be sued or become a victim of a serious accident and could not afford the medical coverage. You would then need the government to step in and ensure your well being. That is the unfortunate part with capitalism, in order for it to work, the rich will always get richer and the poor will get poorer. You have to pretty much think of schemes to get people to pay for products or services they did not receive. I personally believe that every person should have a decent quality of life, even if that means the basics of education, healthcare, and food.
On the flip side... I'm not naive and am well aware that issues like welfare fraud do exist and these so-called "disabled" people collecting disability when in reality they could probably work. But it is not fair to punish the percentage who actually rely on these things (such as the elderly). Welfare reform programs like "welfare-to-work" are in place to help curb this problem. Everyone should be required to work and contribute to society including to benefit from such government programs. (Unless they are really disabled or retired) In my opinio

Who said guns were a good thing?? The fact is that they exist, and our founding fathers determined it best that every citizen have the right to own one if they so choose. Number 1, it's a deterrent to dictators and kings taking over. Number 2, it's a deterrent to crime if guns are not just in the hands of criminals. They can and will get them, legal or not.

government itself. It would be better off to collect tax dollars and turn them over to a private firm to manage. The level of care and provision for the needy would be vastly improved and increased.

You need to travel a bit. If you did, you would see such suffering you could not believe that would make anything you are complaining about in America pale in comparison. We can always do better, but socialism/communism is not the answer. Capitalism is by no means perfect. But it's the best the world has seen so far. You should live in Scandanivia or in China for a year under their form of governing and socialism/communism. Then come back and tell us nasy conservative capitalists if you feel the same way. Perhaps you will, but I doubt it.