LittleMisfit's Waterfall
Only 16% to 18% of Liberals think guns should be banned for everyone except law enforcement. [1]
Below are some other stats on political differences of opinion about guns.
Note: In the stats from source #3, Republicans include Republican-leaning Independents, and Democrats includes Democrat-leaning Independents.
• 0% of consistently Conservatives, 6% of mostly Conservatives, 16% of consistently Liberals, 18% of mostly Liberals, and 13% of Moderates think guns should be banned for everyone except law enforcement. [1]
• 24% of Republicans and 75% of Democrats think gun laws should be more strict [2]
• 46% of Republicans and 17% of Democrats think gun laws are about right [2]
• 30% of Republicans and 8% of Democrats think gun laws should be less strict [2]
• 56% of Republicans and 84% of Democrats want a federal database of gun sales [3]
• 79% of Republicans and 88% of Democrats want background checks for gun shows [3]
• 89% of Republicans and 89% of Democrats want laws to prevent the mentally ill from buying guns [3]
• 54% of Republicans and 80% of Democrats want to ban assault style weapons [3]
• 47% of Republicans and 79% of Democrats want to ban high-capacity magazines [3]
• 77% of Republicans and 90% of Democrats believe there should be background checks for private gun sales and gun shows [3]
• 82% of Republicans and 85% of Democrats believe people on federal watch lists should not be allowed to buy a gun [3]
• 72 of Republicans and 26% of Democrats want to allowed concealed carry in more places [3
• 69% of Republicans and 26% of Democrats want to allow teachers to carry guns in K-12 schools [3]
• 51% of Republicans and 25% of Democrats want shorter waiting periods for buying guns [3]
• 30% of Republicans and 10% of Democrats want to allow concealed carry without a permit [3]
• 32% of Republicans and 65% of Democrats see gun violence as a very big problem [3]
• 42% of Republicans and 28% of Democrats see gun violence as a moderate problem [3]
• 23% of Republicans and 7% of Democrats see gun violence as not a problem [3]
• Out of the top 25 states with the most gun-related deaths per capita, 21 of them voted Republican, and 4 voted Democrat in the 2016 election. [4] [5]
• 24% of Republicans and 11% of Democrats who own guns are NRA members [6]
• During the 2016 election, the NRA spent $265.00 supporting Democratic candidates, $37,010,516 against Democratic candidates, $17,385,437 for Republican candidates, and $2,281 against Republican candidates. [7]
SOURCES
[1] http://www.people-press.org/2014/06/12/section-4-political-compromise-and-divisive-policy-debates/
[2] http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2017/06/
[4] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/
[5] https://www.270towin.com/presidentialmapnew/maps/oKgr9.png
[7] https://www.opensecrets.org/
We don't need guns to fight off zombies, we need one of these.
"I got almost exactly in the middle with Centrist, leaning just a smidgen left, "
I think you're more liberal than you think. I bet if you take the quiz at http://www.isidewith.com/political-quiz, you'll get centrist, like I did. Don't miss the "Answer more questions" buttons under each topic if you want to get more accurate results.
Only 16-18% of liberals think guns should be banned for everyone except law enforcement. The vast majority support the right to own a gun. (source)
Little do they know that the 72 virgins just want to play Dungeons & Dragons with them.
So the person that got run over can't sue the driver, but can the driver sue the protester for damage to their vehicle? They should at least have to pay for the car wash.
The intelligent designer seems to have a few flaws in his design (NSFL)
Sorry, but I'm not going to spend hours going through copied and pasted gish gallop. I will, however, address a few of the issues with the overall argument of fine tuning.
1. If the universe requires a fine-tuner, then so does a god that is so fine-tuned that it has the capability of creating a fine-tuned universe. To say otherwise is just special pleading.
2. That list doesn't give any numbers. It just says "if larger" and "if smaller". If larger/smaller by how much? For all I know it be, if larger by 1 million percent.
3. It doesn't consider the fact that if you change one of the values, as long as one of the other values also changes to compensate for it, it can still work.
There are other issues, but since you didn't actually address my arguments, and just copied and pasted stuff that doesn't even include sources, I'm not going to spend a lot of time writing a detailed response.
The Earth is in an elliptical orbit around the sun, causing the distance between the Earth and the sun to vary by 3 million miles (5 million km).[1] It could be many millions of miles closer without us burning up. There are an estimated 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 planets in the observable universe.[2] It's no surprise that some of them are at a habitable distance from a star.
Do you have a source for your gravity claim?
Sources:
[1] http://factsfromfiction.blogspot.com/2012/06/if-earth-was-ten-feet-closer-to-sun.html
[2] http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/
I'm definitely more left than right, but I think both parties have major issues and I agree and disagree with both sides on various issues.
Actually, I remember a year or two ago we took a political poll and you were more left than right. In fact, if I remember correctly you and I have very similar political positions.
Seems like I struck a nerve. What's the matter you precious little snowflake, does it make you sad to know that your party has a bunch of angry, racist, rednecks in it. Oh wait, you're one of them, so of course it doesn't make you sad, it makes you jizz in your pants. Guess what buttercup, both sides of the political spectrum have major issues. Both sides are full of uneducated, ignorant, bigoted idiots that are so blinded by their hate for the others side that they can't see that they are doing the exact same things they complain about. No political party is idiot free. The reason you can't see that is because you are one of the idiots.
"Put up or shut up"
I'll put up. Here's the Tea Party march on DC. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/
Now go ahead and shift the goal posts and rant like you always do. I'll be ignoring you after this post, because you are just trolling like usual.
Search google images for Obama protests and see what you get. I tried linking to it, but CD keeps screwing with the URL.
"If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secret of getting along - whether it be business, family relations, or life itself." - Bernard Meltzer
"If I have my opinion about something, you have your opinion about something, we don't have to fight over it. And we can have a conversation. We can also disagree without being disagreeable, and we can just disagree, which is fine. It doesn't mean that I don't like you, or you don't like me. We just disagree." - Don Lemon
"Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy" - Edward Newton
I agree with all of that. If someone stands in the middle of the road and blocks traffic it should be legal to run them over. Blocking traffic does nothing to further their cause, it does just the opposite, it makes them and the people they claim to represent look like hooligans. Anyone who thinks making people mad is going to win them over to their cause is delusional.
"If we get rid of the electoral college, candidates will campaign in big cities because that's were the majority of the votes are."
Currently candidates campaign mainly in swing states, which is also a problem. This video goes into detail on why the electoral college doesn't actually do what it was designed to do.
