Quote: Originally Posted By hbdgirl on 9/10/2009I have no idea. I'm a 25 year old girl ( and an anti gun democrat ) who has never touched a gun in my life and never will. All I know is there were guys in camouflage in the stations with big guns
See, thats a big part of the problem. Anti-gun...Guns don't kill people, just like cars don't kill people. People kill people. Guns save many more lives every year, and prevent more crimes every year, than the gun-related deaths and crimes that you hear about in the news all day long. But preventing a crime doesn't make for entertaining television.Taking the time to learn a little bit may not change your mind, but it might give you a small understanding of the difference between a semi-automatic handgun, and a full-auto machine gun. One saves lives, the other is a weapon of war. There is no comparison between the two. Obama lost my respect when he made the claim that he didn't understand why anyone would need a semi-auto pistol. It showed his ignorance on the subject, which made his extreme anti-gun stance even more ridiculous. If you are going to have an opinion on something, you should research the subject and at least be able to use the correct terminology. I hope he can do something to fix this economy, but I'm not holding my breath for ANY of our current politicians to do the right thing for the right reason. There is no integrity in Washington.If he wants to figure out how to fix the healthcare situation, he needs to look across party lines and see how the program Mitt Romney introduced in M***achussetts is doing. No public option, but subsidies for people to get private health insurance. Insurance companies that are willing to work with the government to ensure that everyone has an option that works for them. I've been using the Veteran's Hospital in Detroit the past few years since I haven't had insurance since I got out of the military. If public healthcare works anything like the VA, you do not want it. 2 month waits to get in for an appointment and doctors that don't really know you, or care about you. I'm so happy I finally have real health insurance, now I just need to find a doctor before my allergies start causing the extreme headaches my VA doctor couldn't diagnose. This is what you have in store with a public, government-run healthcare system. And now its 3am, and I'm rambling. Good night all.