Gun Legislation

[Leo Lyons]

Vrede could have replied to my post in a manly, sensible manner like other posters, but no, he had to have his extreme narcissism and grandiose moment to belittle, as evidenced below:

Someone must be drunk or huffing the gun oil.

So, anyone making the lame comparison between guns and drugs is:
Impaired;
Too infatuated with his fetish toy compensations to engage in serious debate;
Too desperately wussy to admit the complete fiasco his prohibition wrought;
Incapable of telling the difference between apples and oranges.

I've been trying to think of the condition that inflicts Vrede when he's posting in a forum, and the other day I heard someone mention the word
"SCOIOPATH" , and I'll be damned if it doesn't fit him to a tee!

I'm willing to bet that each member here, after reading what a sociopath is, will agree that Vrede matches the majority of descriptions in that link.
(He'll say I'm attacking or whining about him --- that "Irresponsibility/Unreliability " thing)

It's time to grow up, little boy. Maybe you'll "grow a pair" as well; you're pathetic without 'em.

[GoCubsGo]

Vrede could have replied to my post in a manly, sensible manner like other posters, but no, he had to have his extreme narcissism and grandiose moment to belittle, as evidenced below:

Someone must be drunk or huffing the gun oil.

So, anyone making the lame comparison between guns and drugs is:
Impaired;
Too infatuated with his fetish toy compensations to engage in serious debate;
Too desperately wussy to admit the complete fiasco his prohibition wrought;
Incapable of telling the difference between apples and oranges.

I've been trying to think of the condition that inflicts Vrede when he's posting in a forum, and the other day I heard someone mention the word
"SCOIOPATH" , and I'll be damned if it doesn't fit him to a tee!

I'm willing to bet that each member here, after reading what a sociopath is, will agree that Vrede matches the majority of descriptions in that link.
(He'll say I'm attacking or whining about him --- that "Irresponsibility/Unreliability " thing)

It's time to grow up, little boy. Maybe you'll "grow a pair" as well; you're pathetic without 'em.

Who knew our own Vrede was really Trump?

[Vrede too]

Oh my my my, someone sure got triggered by my responding to his idiotic, wimpy and self-serving drug-gun comparison with exactly the derision it deserved. So, instead of an adult defense or retraction, I get this desperate and hilarious Dr. Phil deflection. Poor baby. Oh well, at least he's got the insight to recognize that it's his lack of personal responsibility. He can build on that . . . eventually.

[neoplacebo]

Well, that's it. I think I'll just go out and get some drugs and a gun.

[Leo Lyons]

Isn't it amazing how Vrede and every poster he disagrees with winds up in a major, name calling pissing contest?
Why can't they simply disagree and move on? Why does Vrede have to be an asshole?
(Borrowed: "I enjoy a challenge, but there's not much challenge in arguing with a moron.")

Who knew our own Vrede was really Trump?

They do have the same personality traits, don't they.

Example:

Oh my my my, someone sure got triggered by my responding to his idiotic, wimpy and self-serving drug-gun comparison with exactly the derision it deserved. So, instead of an adult defense or retraction, I get this desperate and hilarious Dr. Phil deflection. Poor baby. Oh well, at least he's got the insight to recognize that it's his lack of personal responsibility. He can build on that . . . eventually.

I rest my case:

Manipulative and Conning
They never recognize the rights of others and see their self-serving behaviors as permissible. They appear to be charming, yet are covertly hostile and domineering, seeing their victim as merely an instrument to be used. They may dominate and humiliate their victims.

Grandiose Sense of Self
Feels entitled to certain things as "their right."

Oh my my my, someone sure got triggered by my responding to his idiotic, wimpy and self-serving reply with exactly the derision it deserved.
So, instead of an adult reply or debate, I get this childish and self-serving name-calling fest. Poor baby. Oh well, at least he's got the insight to recognize that it's his lack of personal responsibility and social skills that identifies him with a full blown narcissistic sociopath. He can build on that . . . .

If you want to reply to posts like an asshole, expect to be treated like an asshole. Take another enhancement pill.

[Leo Lyons]

Well, that's it. I think I'll just go out and get some drugs and a gun.

May as well, Vrede done shut this thread down.

[neoplacebo]

Well, that's it. I think I'll just go out and get some drugs and a gun.

May as well, Vrede done shut this thread down.

I could have been under the influence of previously or currently banned substances (or both) when I wrote that. In fact, I'm sure of it. But today I'm chilling out. It's my birthday and I figure to break the law again before too long. As for Vrede, I think we see pretty much eye to eye on the vast majority of things. I can't think of anything we've ever argued about. Vrede being a prolific advocate for various causes, activist, and big poster on the forum doesn't in itself become toxic. When you talk about the legalization of drugs not "solving the problem" you completely miss what the problem is. Here's a hint: since alcohol was again made legal in 1933? I can't recall anyone being killed over access or distribution of it. Sure, there's always drinkers who get loud and brave and eventually die from their ignorance, but nothing like the open warfare with machine guns and gang wars of the 1920's. Same thing will happen if pot were legal; nobody will be able to establish a criminal enterprise to compete in access and distribution of it, and there would be no drug lords with all that brings with it. You are correct in that there's always going to be a criminal element in the business of getting high; we see it now with the opioid thing now. Well, I'm gonna go have birthday cake and break the law.

[Vrede too]

As Superstar Cultmaster I certainly have the authority and persuasive power to shut a thread down. However, there was no need to exercise it. Everyone called you an ammosexual idiot prohibitionist in their own way, you cowered from the points made in order to whine about me, as usual, I laughed at you, no need for further discussion.

[Leo Lyons]

I could have been under the influence of previously or currently banned substances (or both) when I wrote that. In fact, I'm sure of it. But today I'm chilling out. It's my birthday and I figure to break the law again before too long.
Happy Birthday!

As for Vrede, I think we see pretty much eye to eye on the vast majority of things.
I also agree with much he says as well, but unlike you or any of the other posters, Vrede cannot reply in a civil manner without exerting his caustic, sociopathic superiority in order to belittle anyone he disagrees with. No one who has ever expressed any leaning toward conservatism, religion, anti-gay, or even hinting at being anything other than a Dem (or liberal) will ever find themselves in an actual good-hearted debate with him; as evidenced above in his first comments to my post.

I can't think of anything we've ever argued about. Vrede being a prolific advocate for various causes, activist, and big poster on the forum doesn't in itself become toxic.
I'm not certain I follow your meaning there, but if you look at the link I posted re: 'Sociopath', you will see Vrede in most of the descriptions.

When you talk about the legalization of drugs not "solving the problem" you completely miss what the problem is. Here's a hint: since alcohol was again made legal in 1933? I can't recall anyone being killed over access or distribution of it. Sure, there's always drinkers who get loud and brave and eventually die from their ignorance, but nothing like the open warfare with machine guns and gang wars of the 1920's. Same thing will happen if pot were legal; nobody will be able to establish a criminal enterprise to compete in access and distribution of it, and there would be no drug lords with all that brings with it. You are correct in that there's always going to be a criminal element in the business of getting high; we see it now with the opioid thing now. Well, I'm gonna go have birthday cake and break the law.
"the business of getting high" I hadn't looked at that angle, but yes, you are correct. My opinion is that; legal or illegal, drugs, alcohol, and guns are going to be a problem to humans as long as you, myself, crusading sociopaths, and those who don't want any of the aforementioned abolished, roam this planet.

Thanks for the civil reply. Send Vrede an instruction sheet.

[Leo Lyons]

As Superstar Cultmaster I certainly have the authority and persuasive power to shut a thread down.
•Authoritarian -- Can create, and get caught up in, a complex belief about their own powers and abilities.
•Believe they are all-powerful, all-knowing, entitled to every wish, no sense of personal boundaries, no concern for their impact on others.
(Is it at this point in your sentence we're supposed to bow? We have a POTUS with the same powers as you! Y'all must be twins!)

However, there was no need to exercise it.
•Grandiose Sense of Self -- Feels entitled to certain things as "their right."

Everyone called you an ammosexual idiot prohibitionist in their own way, you cowered from the points made in order to whine about me, as usual
Everyone? Ummm, no. "Everyone" else replies to a post like a grown-up, not like some grandiose snotty little boy that begins a
reply with name-calling.
•Extreme narcissism and grandiose. --
•Does not see others around them as people, but only as targets and opportunities.
•Blames others; sees himself as the 'victim'.

I laughed at you, no need for further discussion.
Thank you; we're laughing at you as well; you provide excellent entertainment, despite our knowing you're a mental case.

[billy.pilgrim]

heheh, leo may have called me a civil grown-up. that funny

[Vrede too]

heheh, leo may have called me a civil grown-up. that funny

As Superstar Cultmaster, I made that happen.

[Leo Lyons]

heheh, leo may have called me a civil grown-up. that funny
You can sometimes be rude and crude; you're funny. You rarely come across as a jerk.

As Superstar Cultmaster, I made that happen.
•(They) Believe they are all-powerful, all-knowing. . .

I've been visiting the CPF forum a bit lately; totally uninteresting; however it is amazing how Vrede mirrors Solar. :idea: :idea:

[Vrede too]

Bleeding control instead of gun control: (NC) House Select Committee on School Safety shirks mandate

[neoplacebo]

heheh, leo may have called me a civil grown-up. that funny

As Superstar Cultmaster, I made that happen.

I thought Leo was complimenting me as being civil. But I'm not averse to sharing the glory.....as I can just as easily be a menace as be civil.

[Vrede too]

I thought Leo was complimenting me as being civil. But I'm not averse to sharing the glory.....as I can just as easily be a menace as be civil.

A civil Admiral seems like a contradiction.

I am not an evil Superstar Cultmaster, just a stern one. Even upon Admirals of the Fleet (also the Slow), I bestow good tidings (Fleet - tide-ings, get it? ).

[neoplacebo]

I thought Leo was complimenting me as being civil. But I'm not averse to sharing the glory.....as I can just as easily be a menace as be civil.

A civil Admiral seems like a contradiction.

I am not an evil Superstar Cultmaster, just a stern one. Even upon Admirals of the Fleet (also the Slow), I bestow good tidings (Fleet - tide-ings, get it? ).

It's true there's no genuine Civil Admiral, but there is a Vice Admiral whose main function is to manage and administer vice in all its myriad forms. And of course there's the Rear Admiral who is charged with cleaning up any vice left behind by Vice Admiral. All good tidings, whether low or high, are appreciated.

[Vrede too]

It's true there's no genuine Civil Admiral, but there is a Vice Admiral whose main function is to manage and administer vice in all its myriad forms. And of course there's the Rear Admiral who is charged with cleaning up any vice left behind by Vice Admiral. All good tidings, whether low or high, are appreciated.

homerfobe was a Rear Admiral, but it meant something different with him, nttawwt.

[Vrede too]

Gun Violence Archive 2019
(Suicides not included)

907 Deaths
1584 Injuries
33 Children (age 0-11) Killed or Injured1
143 Teens (age 12-17) Killed or Injured
19 Mass Shootings, incidents in which four or more people were shot or killed, not including the shooters
108 Unintentional Shootings

Zephen Xaver: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Zephen Xaver has been identified as the suspect accused of opening fire inside a bank in Sebring, Florida ...

Xaver was hired on November 2, 2018, by the Avon Park Correctional Institution in Highlands County as a correctional officer trainee, WTSP-TV reports. He resigned on January 9, 2019, and had no disciplinary violations on his record while employed by the Florida Department of Corrections, the agency told the news station....

Zephen Allen Xaver is a Sebring, Florida, resident, police said. According to his Facebook page, Xaver is originally from Plymouth, Indiana, and has also lived in Bremen, Indiana....

Zephen Xaver’s Facebook page reveals few details about him. Xaver “likes” the page of far-right activist Milo Yiannopoulos along with a page dedicated to memes featuring conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Xaver also reviewed Yiannopoulos’ page, leaving a 5-star rating in 2017....

Xaver is registered to vote in Florida with no party affiliation, records show. His address is listed as Pine Tree Lane in Sebring. He registered to vote on January 7, 2019. Xaver has two younger brothers. His father lives in Indiana. According to WESH-TV, Xaver lives with his mother and stepfather in Sebring. A neighbor told the news station they are a “sweet family.” ...

Alex Gerlach, who dated Zephen Xaver when he was living in Indiana, told WSBT-TV that Xaver has been “fascinated with death and guns” for a long time. Gerlach said they had an off-and-on relationship for two years, but kept in touch after breaking up. She said Xaver talked often about wanting to hurt people, and recently showed her a photo of a handgun he had purchased.

“I never understood where it started,” Gerlach told the news station. “For some reason [he] always hated people and wanted everyone to die. He got kicked out of school for having a dream that he killed everybody in his class.”

Gerlach said she tried to warn people in the past, but she was never taken seriously by anyone. She also talked to The Washington Post and said Xaver bought the gun last week, but “no one thought anything of it” because he has always liked guns.

Gerlach told the newspaper that Xaver moved to Sebring, Florida, with his mother in the fall....

[O Really]

Yep, your regular "good guy with a gun" who numerous people knew to be a nut and nobody could do anything. Heresy to say in the US, I'm sure, but I think there's such a thing as too much "freedom."

After the "thoughts and prayers" who will be the first to suggest that all bank employees go to work armed?

People have kept referring to this as a "senseless killing." But they say they don't know the motive. How do they know it's "senseless"?