@skunkpants Maybe the French government is afraid of other countries' guns, missiles or influence and that's why they don't mistreat their people. Just a thought, I'm not trying to be a wiseacre.

@zombieseesmeat @JimmeyBurrows You hear about news reports where a kid finds his dad's gun or someone's gun and ends up accidentally shooting his friends or siblings or someone to death; that's why I think it would be a good idea to teach a young person about guns and gun safety.

I'm not saying they should be taught to be weapons experts, but they shouldn't remain ignorant of them either; not saying they should be taught how to fire them, that's a decision for the child's parents.

@nwaboy79 No one believes Jesus owned an AR-15. NO ONE.

@nocoolnamejim I don't see the update yet, but I'm sure I will in time. Will it support the claim that it was the game industry that suggested this to Obama?

@nocoolnamejim Do you have a link?

@Gelugon_baat @JustPlainLucas Since the compound adjective, "well written," was not preceded by a noun, it should not have been hyphenated. But I appreciate it because it exposes who proofreads carefully before posting and who doesn't.

@Dat-tsu To say it "is here to stay," is an absolute statement. I don't believe that you can foresee the future.

@Total_mischief How do we know that nature hasn't been corrupted? I'm not looking for an answer, just trying to provoke thought. Really, I hate arguments like these, it's just something else for people to be divided over.

@Smokescreened84 @Lance-Marvelous "Always has been." Can we really know that? Just saying.

@Spawnblade Some 10,000 species of animals are discovered each year.

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0934288.html

.........I'm not sure what my point is.