Grog wrote:shootthesheet wrote: I don't like that the O.P. expressed an opinion contrary to the majority so I say we ban him from this board. He has no freedom of speech because I don't think he is responsible enough to exercise it properly so he needs to be forced to pay a fee each time he expresses an opinion.
He has no Freedom of speech here because it is a private web forum, he can stand on the street corner and say whatever he wants but he sure can be booted from here if the owner(s) want to.
What I read from the O.P. was some people don't want the poor, old, inexperienced or maybe just somebody of another color or belief to be able to protect themselves. I don't know if that is what was meant by posts like that. But that is what comes out in the minds of the defenseless people looking for a way to protect themselves or at least it would me. That casual elitism would deny even more defenseless people their ability to save their lives and that offends me to the core. It is bad enough the disabled and week have to pay and submit to government for what is a God given right. Do those who call for more restriction EVER think of those who have no way to fight off attacks? Or do they just want to hang on to the feeling they are better than others because they can afford to buy this privilege?
