Comments on blog.CarlRydquist.com: In memory of a friend

Btw I am not in this to make a legal writing excer...

2009-04-21T13:36:00.000-07:00

Btw I am not in this to make a legal writing excercise and neither should you. A great friend was killed by someone firing a bulled into his body over an cellphone and trying to use that fact as an excuse to pick at my wording is an awful thing to do.

Did you ever try cooking with a handgun? Sure it w...

2009-04-21T13:29:00.000-07:00

Did you ever try cooking with a handgun? Sure it worked out great. Luckily that is how our world developed, knives are more often used for preparing food these days than for butchering people. A rather more peaceful thing to do. Slavery is also part of the American history, the attempt to extinct jews another example from Europe. You think we should still cling on to those beliefs too, just because for a lot of people that was the right thing to do/believe in at the time? Today, that would be totally outrageous (unless you were brought up in the 3rd world and thought it was a good thin - kind of like you thinking guns are great). It is time to evolve from "everybody can have a gun" too. People prove over and over again that "everybody CAN NOT have a gun". These get stolen, lost, end in the wrong hands. With a systematic elimination of guns, that CAN NOT even happen. If there were no guns, some kid can't walk into a school and shoot all his class mates and himself. Yeah, he can bring a hammer and assault someone, with some luck that someone can at least defend himself/herself, or at least a bunch of pepole won't get murdered by a wreckless person pulling the trigger. Improve the world. One person at a time will eventually work. We might not get to see too much as it can take a long time, and with reactionary people/fanatics being blind to core facts it will NEVER happen.

Thank you. I didn't mention here or that my state...

2009-04-21T11:56:00.000-07:00

Thank you. I didn't mention here or that my statement was a fact, why don't you check the facts. Lawful gun ownership is a rich part of this nations history and the motivation to amend the Constitution of the United States was to allow fire arms to be used for defense for the citizens and that is its lawful intent. You mention intent. So, if one is harmed with a butchers knife should knives be banned too since they have been rooted in human history as a weapon?

Now Carl, again, you mention intent. The intent in this case was a humans opportunity to take an action and that is where the blame should reside. Blaming this action on guns, as you did, vilifies those who own or have purchased them lawfully under the right to keep and bear arms.

Besides, the intent of the hammer is to be a tool....

2009-04-21T11:15:00.000-07:00

Besides, the intent of the hammer is to be a tool. Make an extension of your argument to cars, spoons, surfboards... The designed intent for these are transportation, cooking/eating, recreation.

You can have your opinion, but don't state it as a...

2009-04-21T11:03:00.000-07:00

You can have your opinion, but don't state it as a fact b/c you are wrong. Try to kill someone from 30 feet away with a hammer, see how easy that is. Coming from someone who doesn't even stand up enough to write his/her name you basically prove that you don't even believe your own words. Good, it gives some hope.

Hey Carl, sorry to hear about your friend. Guns a...

2009-04-21T10:50:00.000-07:00

Hey Carl, sorry to hear about your friend. Guns aren't the problem. A hammer can kill a person just as easily and the world cannot ban hammers.