I responded to your last comment, and if you wish to continue the conversation I expect you to respond to my questions and the points in good faith without deleting and editing your posts.
Arkouda
joined 1 year ago
Never said “never” but it’s certainly not a very large amount compared to illegal weapons.
Legal firearms and licensed firearm owners are not the problem in Canada and never have been; smuggling weapons out of the US to known criminals is where the issue lies, and where the violence comes from.
I would recommend a rephrase of your argument then, because you clearly said legal weapons and owners are not the problem and never have been.
My suggestion:
"Legal firearms and licensed firearm owners make up a small percentage of violent crimes using firearms in Canada; Smuggling illegal weapons into Canada makes up a larger percentage of violent crimes using firearms, and the priority should be increased border enforcement."
I’ve bowhunted, it’s a pain in the ass for providing food and frankly, I’m not in it for the thrill of the chase. I’m feeding myself and my family.
There are ways to feed your family without hunting. I don't find "I am not good at bow hunting" to be a solid argument in support of firearms being necessary. This is because hunting isn't necessary.
And if they got them banned, they’d have to actually find a productive job.
Who is they?
Legal firearms and licensed firearm owners are not the problem in Canada and never have been; smuggling weapons out of the US to known criminals is where the issue lies, and where the violence comes from.
What causes you to believe that Legal Firearms are never used by a Licensed firearm owner in a problematic way?
Do you believe that 100% of illegal firearms in Canada are smuggled?
But hunters, collectors and competitors get to pay the price for these groups to keep the gravy train going that keeps them employed.
Have you considered that we do not need firearms for hunting, do not need to collect very dangerous weapons, and that firearm competitions are incredibly wasteful because of the resources needed to create firearms, bullets, targets, and the like?
If they ever managed to get all firearms banned, they’d have a very bad day.
What do you mean by this?
What do people get out of reading “both sides” (or all sides) of editorialized news? Specifically compared to just reading the facts of the situation.
For me it is about knowing what potential rhetoric and falsehoods are being spread outside of simply what the facts are.
I find this important because many people who are discussing "facts" that they have read in editorialized articles, with editorializing being a widespread and dangerous issue, are usually also pushing the narrative of the article. It is helpful for me to know how the facts are being spun in order to have a productive discussion because I can prepare for the rhetoric, and try to keep it on the facts.
What? What is the IDF doing other than oppressing Palestinians? That’s literally their whole thing. Israel has sent hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Gaza whose whole purpose is to kill and displace Palestinians, not to mention their operations and enforcement of Apartheid in the West Bank. There is no way to be an innocent IDF soldier., because everything they do is evil.
I would highly recommend you look up what "Conscription" is, and the consequences of avoiding service.
Well there’s nothing can Palestinians can do to stop Israel except violence.
One can clearly see that violence is not benefiting Palestinians, Israelis, Iranians, Lebanese, Syrians, or any other people involved in this.
Thank you for the time and opinion!
Probably going to do a little more digging before I make a decision, and I appreciate your help.
What kind of push back have you been seeing? I haven't seen any myself and you aren't the first to bring it up so If you can point me anywhere that would be helpful!
I am okay at doing that myself as well, but it is more of a time issue than a skill issue for me. I spend too much time trying to keep up with the news I find important. haha
That sounds like a very good use for it, especially considering how horrible being glued to Fox is. I wish your Mom well and hopefully it can help pull her partner out of the Fox sphere!
What tier are you currently using?
I was thinking about the bottom $10 myself just for the breakdowns and such because I don't want to spend all day hunting sources. haha
This was my red flag as well. I trust my sources that are advertising it, and haven't seen any bad sources advertising it, so I figured it best to ask just in case.
Have you seen any notably bad sources advertising it? I feel like I may not have the full picture.
Thank you for sharing this. I will take a look into it.
Is it actually free or is it "free" for the low low price of my private data?
Lack of Military funding. Nothing to wonder about.
Yes, it is flawed from start because it is supposed to be News. Yes it must be factual and free of ideology to accomplish the goal of informing people about the facts.
Unfortunately humans are inherently biased, and it isn't as easy as you are making it seem to drop trust worthy sources with some bias in favour of other factual sources without bias in the current climate.