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Subject: [Leica] [Lexica] Gun control
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 03:41:54 -0500

I just ask as I 'm keeping and eye on the Cappuccino vs. Browning Automatic
ratio here in the US.


On 12/15/12 3:38 AM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

> # of Starbucks in US?
> 
> 
> On 12/15/12 3:03 AM, "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
> 
>> # of Starbucks worldwide : less than 18,000
>> # of gun stores in US : more than 130,000
>> 
>> Any questions?
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
>> frozenlight.eu>wrote:
>> 
>>> I hope that you are right and that I am wrong. But I believe otherwise,
>>> sadly.
>>> 
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> YNWA
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Dec 15, 2012, at 8:12 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>> 
>>>> My gut feeling is you're wrong too many children on both American coasts
>>>> have just died I've just seen the photo of Obama's face in the news.
>>>> 
>>>> Was reading an economic thing yesterday. Not so good but private arms
>>> sales
>>>> in the USA are way up. Why? Because they know the writing is on the 
>>>> wall.
>>>> This is their last chance to put finishing touches on their beloved
>>>> arsenals.
>>>> I think in a week and a month our blood will still be up.
>>>> And the NRA goes down.
>>>> And in a year.
>>>> The anti gun legislation papers will have to be wrestled from Obama's
>>> cold
>>>> dead hands. Americans are going to be taking to the streets and I'm
>>> going to
>>>> be one of them.
>>>> 
>>>> This stuff happening  now happens nowhere else in the world.
>>>> Constant people being shot.
>>>> I think I will be great for tourism as right now we are viewed by the
>>> entire
>>>> world as a bunch of gun nuts. And they're right. But think its time has
>>>> come. We're going to have more people not afraid to come visit here.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 12/15/12 1:47 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Most European countries have those rights and more.
>>>>> 
>>>>> But anyway, it is a useless debate. The NRA has too much political
>>> power and
>>>>> the gun culture is too deeply ingrained in the US for anything to
>>> change.
>>>>> There will be outrage and sorrow for a few days, but it will die down
>>> and our
>>>>> collective attention will move on to something else.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>>>> Alicante, Spain
>>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>>>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> YNWA
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Dec 15, 2012, at 7:29 AM, Phil Forrest wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Most countries in the East also don't have the freedoms of speech,
>>>>>> religion, press like we do here. Right to due process of law. 
>>>>>> Innocence
>>>>>> until proven guilty by a jury of one's peers. Right to a speedy trial.
>>>>>> Right to be secure in one's effects. Equal protection under the law 
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> all citizens. Right to vote. The list goes down the Bill of Rights and
>>>>>> through the rest of the US Constitution. No matter what nation says
>>>>>> they have it right, they are wrong. Nobody is perfect, including the
>>>>>> USA but here in the USA we have these rights and many are willing to
>>>>>> give their lives to protect them.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Phil Forrest
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:11:42 +0800
>>>>>> David Ching <davidhhching1 at yahoo.com.sg> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Most countries in the East ban possession of fire-arms by individuals
>>>>>>> and unlicensed bodies. Schools here do not have metal detectors.
>>>>>>> The students in general study in safe environments little affected by
>>>>>>> violence, drugs or extortion. Only bullying by peers rears its ugly
>>>>>>> head in certain schools. We watch the same violent movies. Have the
>>>>>>> same concerns about safety. This is the 21st century. Why does
>>>>>>> Americans need to have guns for self-protection? Stop shooting games
>>>>>>> & hunting with bullets. 'Shoot' with glass! Capture not kill not
>>>>>>> maim. It's time to act when little innocent kids get killed and
>>>>>>> scarred for life.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> It's indeed a very sad day in the history of the USA. And I am
>>>>>>> certain some other shooter will try to outdo this latest insane act.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Mark, the firearms industry and gun toting lovers will always defend
>>>>>>> the right to arms. Until one of their kind is personally affected, I
>>>>>>> suppose. Sorry but I don't see the logic. Perhaps our differences in
>>>>>>> lifestyles account for this madness. It's not matter of the East
>>>>>>> versus the West. The Europeans do not bear arms.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> As I see it, the only way out is a total ban on guns for the civilian
>>>>>>> population. Of course with the usual exceptions..
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> David Ching
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
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