Recent content by Pneumonic

It is perhaps time for concerned Oppo owners to grab up some spare drive/laser mechanism's just in case. Doing so should equip you long enough to get to the timeframe for a cap change in the PSU. Of course, by then, you might well be streaming everything and have no need for physical media.

But why? A privilege is easily taken away from people who don't deserve it to be. A great many people never want to face this possibility which is why this is highly unlikely to transpire, without a major constitutional crisis. Besides, as it pertains to mass murdering ...... any mass murderer...

That's because gun ownership is a privilege there and not a right. Privilege's are easily taken away; rights, not so much.

Thanks. So, the #1 issue isn't necessarily gun control but, rather, it's proper enforcement of the gun control laws already in place? Do those laws need to change in any way? Just for clarification. If we could properly manage the enforcement of current laws, you would be OK leaving the laws as...

Hopefully we don't have to re-visit under that circumstance but, should we, perhaps by then you'll have figured out which guns you want to see banned and what "controls" can be implemented that are not already in place. Might I suggest you reference the following acts: National Firearms Act...

You have answered but the question wasn't directed to you.

We have controls already in place. It seems that they are aren't always being properly implemented but they are there. Besides licensing, which I have agreed might be a plausible addition to the existing control set, what controls do you propose that are different from the current laws that...

How silly and patently false. Further, there is no win or lose in a gun control argument for there can be no right answer.

Again, you are being selective, very much so if you specify an AR15, about the weapon that does the murdering .... why is that? And why would you only require an owner of an AR-15 to visit the parents? So many other parents have to face devastating news of a child's senseless death afterall. Or...

I'm not denying that the AR-15 is the weapon of choice for mass murders. This doesn't change the fact that I don't want to see it banned. Not sure what the point is about visiting the parents of those killed by a gun. Why would you expect a gun owner to visit them? If I were the owner of, say a...

So, we have finally cleared up the mystery; you want to ban AR-15 but have a qualifier ..... only in civilized residential areas. I dare not ask you to define what you consider to be a "civilized residential area" Re: arming teachers. I already voiced my position on arming teachers in a...

Then you are sending very confusing statements and mixed messaging. In post #175 you stated the following in your discussion with Brad: "So I am not anti-gun, and nor is the general ethos here in Australia. I just believe they need to be appropriate for the task, properly stored, and owners...

Would you prefer I used the term livid instead? Does this sound better to you "sure I would be livid if they were murdered by a gun. Just as I would be livid if they were murdered by a vehicle, or if they were stabbed to death with a knife or if they were poisoned or if they were unfortunate...

Sure I would be upset if they were murdered by a gun. Just as I would be upset if they were murdered by a vehicle, or if they were stabbed to death with a knife or if they were poisoned or if they were unfortunate to meet up with a suicide bomber, etc. But, in each case, I wouldn't blame the...

There already are laws that control guns in the US. AR-15 included. Or, by control do you really mean, ban? But, you have me confused. You stated earlier that you are not for the banning of guns except a few types ... is one type not the AR-15 which we have been most talking about? If not...