Yet another antigun teacher projecting her insecurities

Are there no "middle aged fat men" in the UK or Australia?

Now how is stating that the UK and Australia have a lower gun crime rate a strawman?

Mexico has what Australia and the UK do not have - a neighbour with a loose border who imports loads of illegal weapons

 

Is the united states not regarded for having the highest rates of obesity in first world nations?

 

Are there no "middle aged fat men" in the UK and Australia??

 

Are there still work houses in the U.K. ?

 

Funny thing is, Mexico gets many illegal guns from the U.S. to arm civilians unable to procure guns legally in Mexico to fight off Drug cartel personnel, these guns get seized by the Mexican authorities, police etc....

However, the Drug cartels are not armed with these weapons, they are armed with RPGs and full auto machine guns and other Military grade weapons purchased from China much cheaper than anything purchased or stolen in the U.S.

I have conducted my own investigation into the matter and the actual truth about guns in Mexico differs greatly from the lies printed in the media.

 

Prohibition was a bad idea last millennium, it is still a bad idea now.

 

Sorry - are you implying that there ARE such things in the USA?

My point, which is often ignored, is why is it necessary in the USA to be armed when it is not outside the USA?

 

There are certainly debt prisons in the united states. If you cannot pay the inflated court fees for even minor traffic citations, it is an imprisonable offense, which generates even more fees.

Being unable to be armed in other countries does not mean that it is unnecessary to be armed. That is a point that you choose to ignore.

 

Yeah, If I had not had a gun, I would not have survived various attempts on my life, home break ins, Robberies, personal assaults.... etc....
I am much more at risk of dying, if I don't have a gun...........

 

This was my take on it too, the professor did act unprofessional. I don't believe she's having trouble deciding what to do, I think she already has decided she doesn't want to write the letter and now what she's really asking for is for someone to tell her how she can act like a bigot but not be seen as one.

 

What is this "Safe space" nonsense?
The professor is projecting her own fears onto the student.That's not right at all.

 

Unless you can point to anyone who has said it is necessary to be armed while in the US, your point is straw, and you're begging the question.

 

Arms are not Only guns.

 

Not about countries but mindset. Can own gun anywhere. But depends if need one, or feel the need have no other way.

Some people only feel secure with guns. As see in this topic. But many dont.

 

Most of the hoplophiles on this thread

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I have no issue with those that do not feel the need to be armed - most Aussies don't, most UK residents don't

 

Your lack of a specific quote indicates that you know your statement is not true.
And so... unless you can point to anyone who has said it is necessary to be armed while in the US, your point is straw, and you're begging the question.

 

So what? she doesn't want to write a letter of recommendation. That's her choice. Plus this doesn't actually affect the nation. She and her student had a disagreement and she did what she thought was right. Someone please explain to me why this is an example of govt. oppression and tyranny.

 

Yes... an ignorant misguided, dishonest and perhaps even bigoted choice.

 

Who said it was government oppression and tyranny?

It is the professor's choice not to write a recommendation. However, instead of writing a "woe is me" editorial about it, she should simply tell the student that she can't do it, instead of hanging onto the recommendation for weeks. It's just unprofessional, and doesn't give the student much of a chance to find another reference. I don't care why the professor doesn't want to write the recommendation. The right thing to do is be up front and tell the student.

 

For the same reasons a bakery might not want to bake a cake for a homosexual.

Explain to me how a professor who would have written the recommendation until it was discovered the student was a gun owner is not the same thing.

 

Here you have two issues, a Professor that has a personal issue with firearms, and a student that chose to reveal a personal insight into owning and using firearms, enter hypocrisy as the Professor uses a position to deny a recommendation based on a personal whim or fancy.

Morale to the account ? do not reveal personal details, to people that can screw up your life.

 

Lol like 50% of her state are gun owners. There goes her career, surely!

 

That era is gone and will never return. I am stunned that the resurgence of the 2nd A post-1987 has occurred at all. It's the only significant example I've found of government power moving in the reverse direction. It almost always increases over time.

I don't trust this to hold into the long term.

 

i concur, though they must be law-abiding

 

if they were not, they would be arrested and sentenced by a court... punishment happens during sentencing, if we want longer punishments, that is the place it should happen