A chronically obese guy goes to his doctor for a routine check-up. After a thorough examination, the doctor informs him that he has high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol levels and type two diabetes. Fat dude ponders this for a while and then announces that he will cure all of his ailments by eating more Big Macs and drinking even more Coke. The doctor patiently puts before him evidence from all over the world that tells fatso that his strategy will result in his death. At this, lardass pounds the doctors desk, calls him a liar and ells him that his arguments lack logic. He further tells the doctor that it's his god given right to eat what he wants and as much of it as his (ridiculously strained) heart desired.
Two weeks later, the fat guy has a massive heart attack and drops down dead.
The local news station turns up at his home and interviews his grief stricken wife. She tells them what a wonderful guy he was, that he was an amazing father and husband. His mother, who was also at the house, tells them that he was a dutiful son and a credit to the family.
The TV crew then takes to the streets and starts to interview his friends and neighbours. All echo the sentiments of his widow and mother. All bemoan his sudden and tragic passing. However, one of them mentions his recent visit to the doctor.
They track down the doctor who tells them that he was morbidly obese and that he had warned him about the possibility of a heart attack. The doctor tells them about the guys test results. The doctor tells them about the research and medical facts that he showed his former patient. The doctor tells them that the recently deceased fat guy had refused to listen to his medical advice and had instead cited his “god given right to eat what he wants and as much of it as his heart desired.”
The piece was picked up, and re-broadcast, by Fox News. Hannity & co ridicule the doctor and the causal effect of bad diet and heart disease. Hannity blusters that McDonalds and Coca-Cola are much loved American institutions and that every American must defend them against leftist, liberal doctors.
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1. The second amendment has commas in it to identify two clauses, i.e., a militia and the rights of citizens. 2. The Supreme Court has upheld the right of US citizens to own guns, with some restrictions.
So it is not as if this concept has not been addressed before by the courts.
If you wish to legally challenge the Second Amendment you'll need to come up with something new because these arguments have already failed in the courts.
@HoraceGreenley I'm not challenging your BS 2nd amendment. Because any rational person can see that it is out-dated and completely pointless. The fact that your Supreme Court can't see that simple truth is yet more evidence of how screwed up you are as a nation.
So which is it? Is America a nation of homicidal maniacs or, are the lower gun deaths in the countries listed a direct result of their stringent gun control laws?
@HoraceGreenley That's the point of my analogy. That fat guy also didn't know and, despite the evidence put before him, decided that he liked his Big Macs etc more...........AND IT KILLED HIM!
@room101 it is not the Wild West here. Firearm homicides occur in very specific places in the US. It is in poor urban areas. If you don't live in those places you never experience this.
@HoraceGreenley Where did you pull that info from, your arse? Seriously, if you can't say anything sensible and factual then, please, just don't bother to comment on my posts. There are plenty of nutters on this site that you can wallow in your misinformation with.
@HoraceGreenley Sure, just like the information that mass shooters only use illegally obtained weapons, that you pulled out of your arse earlier in this discussion.
Mate, every country has urban areas and every urban area has poor neighbourhoods. But, it's only America that has an average of 32,000 gun deaths every single year. Even if we pro rata the figure down to account for population size, you still have far more gun deaths than any other country in the developed world.
The fact that you, and many Americans, argue against that simple truth tells me that maybe you are a nation of homicidal maniacs after all.
