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Texas Shooting Spree Leaves 2 Dead, 5 Wounded

Texmex said:
This idea of yours is not only ignorant, but absolutely something that would be impossible to do. Thankfully BS like this will never be implemented. I imagine the strongest support will be from MRI manufacturers and technicians to operate the new machines. As far as widespread support among the thinking public is concerned, I doubt you will find much support there.
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This is a lot better. Thanks.

Anyway this is my position and solution for the time being regarding this issue of guns and murders that you guys suffer ever so frequently. Will be presenting this proposal a few times more when other sad incidents such as this in Texas occur.

Sometime along the line I will probably get bored from saying it to no avail as you say. For now though it feels great to use brand new technology to try to stop murderers from doing their ill intent.
 
Was the college a gun free zone ?
 
Texmex said:
I wouldn't have fired unless the shooter was shooting at me. Otherwise there is too many unknowns to just see something happening and start shooting. As a shooter, I am responsible for every round that exits my gun. Accidentally shooting into a house is a major no no and can land a person in custody and could lead to prison.
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Every bullet has a layer attached to it.
 
TurtleDude said:
The NAACP is a black organization

Over half the murders committed in the United States are committed by blacks

does that Make the NAACP a "murder organization"

see how STUPID your point is?
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How come every thread I read you always provoke race baiting?
 
DDD said:
Not entirely correct. The "millions" you speak of would be Americans who can and want to get a legal gun. The rest do not need to be screened.

Secondly, we would not be searching for one "bad apple" (that can poison a dozen like in Texas), but for millions of: psychopaths, sociopaths, mass murderers, implicit murderers, and paranoid schizophrenics. The goal here is to make it harder to get to legal guns, thus increase the odds of being arrested while purchasing illegal ones.

Thirdly, refer to the second deviation from the intended communication. That there is the goal. Not have an entire US population round of for a crazy experiment just to have a research. Who would do such a thing! Why would you bring this scene up?

The reason I brought up research is because you asked for answers in an area that could be best researched after such a policy would first be put in place. You want more accurate numbers how more the odds would drop if fMRI is involved in background checkes, that research needs to be done after such policies - was my point. Not have a whole nation experimented upon!
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You clearly have your own goals. Why do you only want to "millions of: psychopaths, sociopaths, mass murderers, implicit murderers, and paranoid schizophrenics" to be screened when purchasing a gun? Plenty of serial killers, for example, have used weapons other than guns. Do you really think there are "millions" of them? Making it harder to get a legal gun, your stated objective, is strictly to increase the odds of being caught buying an illegal gun. What is the impact of the odds when that happens as you describe? The US is a country where it is a felony to lie on a gun application (I don't remember the form) and yet the government doesn't prosecute those people. Prosecuting people who self-identify on a federal form would do more to reduce gun crimes than your fMRI would.

I truly don't think you've come up with a policy for using your instrument. You like your instrument and you want it used, but you have never expressed a scope for your additional experiments. How about we do it in your region and you can tell us how it went.
 
DDD said:
I am a Dardanian. We have cultural codes related to guns. Even the passage of rite to have a gun makes one a real man for the true followers of the Albanian ancient code (before guns there were other weapons involved). One way to discipline your teenage son is to take away his gun. So we are sons a guns like you also.

We do not have the 4th amendment. Interested person obtains a license to have a gun that is not difficult to get. Then you can purchase one and go practice shooting at newly build areas.

I do not think it is Orwellian since it promotes using of guns for protection while it attempts to inhibit using of guns for murder. It is the "murder" part that I am not alright with that is all.
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We too have that right of passage here in Texas. Nice to see it exist in other countries.

(BTW: all these people who talk bad about Texas are just jealous)

Have you seen the movie or book "1984" This is what I fear your machine might be used for.

Nineteen Eighty-Four - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
DDD said:
This is a lot better. Thanks.

Anyway this is my position and solution for the time being regarding this issue of guns and murders that you guys suffer ever so frequently. Will be presenting this proposal a few times more when other sad incidents such as this in Texas occur.

Sometime along the line I will probably get bored from saying it to no avail as you say. For now though it feels great to use brand new technology to try to stop murderers from doing their ill intent.
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With all due respect, anyone who thinks a MRI should be required before purchasing a gun might want to schedule one themselves to make sure everything is in working order.
 
AliHajiSheik said:
You clearly have your own goals. Why do you only want to "millions of: psychopaths, sociopaths, mass murderers, implicit murderers, and paranoid schizophrenics" to be screened when purchasing a gun? Plenty of serial killers, for example, have used weapons other than guns. Do you really think there are "millions" of them?
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Yes, blaxshep kept on providing the number of millions of people with personality and character disorders.

AliHajiSheik said:
Making it harder to get a legal gun, your stated objective, is strictly to increase the odds of being caught buying an illegal gun. What is the impact of the odds when that happens as you describe? The US is a country where it is a felony to lie on a gun application (I don't remember the form) and yet the government doesn't prosecute those people. Prosecuting people who self-identify on a federal form would do more to reduce gun crimes than your fMRI would.
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It is a move. I think it is positive move to make it harder to get legal guns to murderers of various kinds.

The form captures people lying. While fMRI reveals their innate ill intent as associated with such disorders. But I do not mind. Both reinforcing the form and the fMRI might also do for me. Why not.

AliHajiSheik said:
I truly don't think you've come up with a policy for using your instrument. You like your instrument and you want it used, but you have never expressed a scope for your additional experiments. How about we do it in your region and you can tell us how it went.
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I do not have experiments of my own with fMRI's yet. I have read other neuroscientists work and believe that it may work. Hence I do not have a "scope" for you with my work. But I could provide references to these authors if you wish?

But the way I have seen things work is that great things happen in USA first then the rest of the countries follow the good idea as a model. They think "if the ones in USA are using it it can't be bad" while the scientists may have promoted the idea in their own country to deaf ears all along.
 
WCH said:
We too have that right of passage here in Texas. Nice to see it exist in other countries.

(BTW: all these people who talk bad about Texas are just jealous)
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I never doubted that they are :mrgreen: . What is the age of the rite of passage and guns? Here is 15. He is issued the gun after being told of his manly duties and roles. Then on he is the man according to the code.

WCH said:
Have you seen the movie or book "1984" This is what I fear your machine might be used for.

Nineteen Eighty-Four - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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I have seen the movie. I would not want such control over the liberties of people taken away neither.

But these fMRI's they screen out the bad guys amongst us and leave us be in peace with our guns WCH? What is wrong with that? How can this grow to be a Big Brother like tight control on ones thoughts?

Thoughts cannot appear in fMRI for one. Just what you feel, and what kind of a guy one is does (especially them bad ones).
 
66gardeners said:
He said people who are not insane. That doesn't leave to many to pick from in Texas.
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Come now. I think all countries have people that resemble Texans. People in Mallishevë, Strellcë, I think are like that here in Dardania. Cannot claim them all are insane can you?
 
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