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John Stewart and Stephen Colbert are more reliable sources than organizations such as Fox, CNN, etc. I gladly abandoned labels a long time ago. I just want to know the facts of the matter. well now i know exactly what is wrong with this country, everyone is getting their info from hard left ...

This is inaccurate. The Los Angeles Times was printing nothing new when it reported in January this year that "Already, private contractors constitute the second-largest "force" in Iraq. At last count, there were about 100,000 contractors in Iraq, of which 48,000 work as private soldiers, according ...

while i would like to hear the NRA's full argument, i will say that terrorists dont normally use guns to cause terror, they prefer to strap bombs to themselves.

Many sources indicate that amongst other military personal/people from Chile and Colombia are also being recruited and sent to Iraq. So while the "company" itself is American run/founded, recruitment is not exclusive to Americans.
Blackwater usa is an "American Only" group, and i believe that ...

Mercenaries are despicable in my book. If a nation wants to fight a war, it shouldn't pay some poorer country to do it for them, but sent its own troops. Im not sure why you would say that about them, theyre exactly like regular soldiers only they get paid more. Also, by hiring them, were not ...

Um, he indicated that he got his "information" (sic) from Power Line, which is about as far removed from reality as you can get without disappearing into another dimension. I have never been to that site before, i just happened upon it in a google search, i dont know anything about them. I watch ...

Im talking about the contractors like Blackwater, Cresent Security, and all the others like them.I should have specified

Logically, if an organization wanted a less violent society, they wouldn't oppose bans for private ownership on automatic assault rilfes, which are not used for hunting, and are only used for person-on-person violence. The two points are mutually exclusive. And like i just said, if that ...

The use of private contractors in wars has been happening for thousands of years, should the US be using them in Iraq now?

I highlighted the relevant passage. If the NRA has fought to prevent bans on automatic assault rifles, then how does this promote a less violent society? If it is your belief that more guns = less crime then that would be what they are fighiting for, and if i recall correctly, the vast majority of ...

I would much appriciate you to cite the info you claim so i can read it and decide for myself where the truth is. Denying this kind of detailed reality is common among those who have less regard for the simple truth than they do for fiction-based propaganda, but I didn't figure you for one of that ...

Then why has it thrown such huge sums of money into advertising to defeat various state propositions designed to ban the private ownership of automatic assault rifles? There's no "side" involved in that fact.
No side? the "sides" are as clear as republican and democrat, its pro-gun vs. anti-gun ...

@Moonbiter: Nice system, and I see why it works. Linking gun ownership to concrete reasons for ownership other than "self-defense" is absolutely the way we ought to go in my country. Overcoming the deep pockets of the NRA would be the chief obstacle in any attempt to introduce common sense firearm ...

11. Valarie plame was a nobody who worked at a desk, if she were actually an "agent" i would think differently

Another factual error. Plame testified under oath before Congress that she was a NOC (non-official cover), or covert agent. She also indicated that she was active in the field, at her ...

I cant find the article online so ive just typed it below

CITY COULD SEIZE LAND
Bob Jones park could grow by 17.7 acres if southlake has its way. But aquiring the acreage has proven difficult.Attempts by city officials to purchase the property have been met with no response by Marylyn Milse and ...

In a place like iraq you would have to go house to house and even if they claim they sold them search their entire house, if they claim that they didnt have any and you find one, then arrest them on terrorism charges and let the iraqi courts charge them.
oh yeah mr spanky, the reason i was offended ...

Where i live in the city is planning to use eminent domain to expand a park by 17 acres, should the government be allowed to seize privately owned land if the owner is unwilling to sell.

Actually it appears to me the only defense an unmechanized militia would have if we were taken over by a foreign power would lie in guerilla warfare. Explosives and suicide bombs.

Personally I'd rather just adapt to the conquerors way of life and live peacefully I think the constitution should ...

...or else!

*waves fist threateningly to the computer screen*

very funny, i forgot to add the, "or else" part, thanks:laugh:

@chanak, Im curious to know how your gun control policy would treat people already in possession of the weapons you believe should be restricted, would people be forced to turn them in, or would you include a measure to fully reimburse those people, or would you allow those who already lawfully own ...