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LadyForex

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  1. Tithing is tithing - not the same as giving above and beyond like an offering. Giving beyond your tithe would be beyond the 10%. A Tithe should go to the church you support and your offering can go to who you see fit and want to support. I just think it's important to distinguish the two. The 10% tithe belongs to the Lord represented by the church you are a member of or frequent, the offering beyond that can belong to whomever you decide to give to, like missions, or whatever organisation you choose to support. So to answer your question, I don't believe the 10% are negotiable who to give to if you want the rest blessed. Giving to a needy organisation is not tithing, it's contributing financially to them.

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  2. Lady... I'll jump in... on my own personal experiences, thoughts and rational. To start with you have kind of stated some very valid points in your post... pro and con. I'll start with this..

    "You're really greeting a burglar/intruder in your home with a semi automatic weapon...and what would be the point of that besides an irrational need to go to jail because you will kill and destroy a heck of a lot more than just the offender."

    A semi automatic weapon describes way more than an assault weapon.. it describes everysingle hand gun in the world that is not a revolver and and every other long gun in the entire world that is not single, bolt or pump action.... your term just included millions of weapons that your not trying to describe.

    You have an uneducated point of view... and thats not a stab at you by any means, but not all of these types of weapons are chambered in a caliber that deadly... Most are, and a responsible owner of this type of weapon would not pull this weapon out of the box to defend his home in an urban environment. Lets take the M16/M4/AR platform... this is the weapon used by our forces in the US. There is a variant of this weapon chambered in 9mm, a hand gun round, that is perfectly suited for home defense and was developed to be used in close quarters where over penetration was a concern. Also, there is amunition designed and in use that are called "Frangables..." meaning that they are designed to break up upon impact and "stop sailing" if you will, thus further reducing the possibility of striking and killing friendly.

    In your above statement you assume that an itruder in the home is an automatic kill fest where the shooter is going to go on a "Spray and Pray" rampage. I think that nothing could be further from the truth. An educated gun owner knows the occupants of his/her home and other homes next door... spray and pray is not an option.

    "Killing" ewwww thats that part that will land you in Jail... I personally have no want to kill anyone... mine is mearly to "defend" my family... you assume that the defender wants to kill... legal gun owners are not of the kill mentality in my opinion... Now with that being said if some one comes into my home and I shoot him and they die... so sorry.. dang the bad luck... should have thought that one out.

    I break for your reply ma'am

    I love the education I am getting, since I am not a "weapon" carrying person and never have. Have always respected people that do, but seen so many that simply think playing the video games we have around these days will teach them how to act once it's a REAL situation. As I said prior I didn't grow up with the right to carry a weapon, Police and similar forces only, so the thought that every private citizen can go to "Walmart" and buy one even after having to wait a week, or whatever the individual laws are, makes me nervous. So yes, could not agree more when one of you guys said it's the person that kills, not the gun. I get that. But knowing everyone else is armed doesn't make me feel safer knowing there are plenty out there that buy and own to defend and have it for that one anticipated moment and then don't know how to use it properly. I assume, there are requirements to train once I own, right? Hope so. I also realize now that semi-automatic style includes any but revolver etc of the old style, thanks for explaining that.

    That all led us away from the initial point the article made, that banning them for PRIVATE use is what is being addressed. Which really seems to be coming down more than anything to "second amendment right" and nothing else. Being that I am familiar with the "rights" but didn't grow up having them engrained into every bit of my being, but grew up with having rights but also obligations and responsibilities. I see many harp on their rights here but when it comes to the later, they are not so thrilled to comply. If it is true that current gun owners feel they are walking down the lane of giving up one right after another, per say, giving the little finger but having the whole hand taken...is that realistic or fear mongering? The United States is one of the most "free" countries I know as of date. Describing what you guys describe here at times, making it sound like we are heading towards communism...you all need to take a trip to those countries and get a reality check!! I lived there and next door and what you have here today doesn't come remotely close to it.

    So, are we saying that to keep it that way, we all need to carry a weapon, to scare each other into not ending up there? You have no idea how paranoid that sounds to someone who has lived in those regimes, is glad to be here and sees people harp on their so called rights and ignore their responsibilities/obligations. Did I open a can of worms now? Love a healthy discussion.

  3. Today in the mail I received a letter from the office of Senator Rand Paul. In it, and without having to paraphrase the entire letter, it was an appeal to gun owners that Secretary of State Clinton has announced the Obama Administration will be working hand-in-hand with the UN to pass a NEW "UN Small Arms Treaty."

    It will be designed to ultimately "CONFISCATE firearms owned by private citizens." It will initially require tougher licensing requirements and, "any unauthorized firearms will be CONFISCATED AND DESTROYED."

    "...to Ban the trade, sale and private ownership of ALL semi-automatic weapons."

    My question to you is..., What are you prepared to do about it? Will you allow someone to come into your house to confiscate your weapon(s)?

    "...to Ban the trade, sale and private ownership of ALL semi-automatic weapons."

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    You're really greeting a burglar/intruder in your home with a semi automatic weapon...and what would be the point of that besides an irrational need to go to jail because you will kill and destroy a heck of a lot more than just the offender. I don't own guns and don't claim to desire to. I have understanding for reasonable gun ownership in a residential setting to protect yourself. But pleeeze explain to me why owning a semi automatic weapon for private use is sensible, for yourself or anyone private around you. I understand the record stands that few crimes are committed by registered users of them...rather logical, but if someone could tell me what "high" you get out of owning one. I also know that for many people in the U.S. just the right, the ability to do so is precious, but I have difficulty relating to it. Having grown up in Europe must have left a larger impression on me that I thought. When I hear about found arsenals of weapons in people's cellars for "private use" I wonder who has lost contact to reality here. How many horrible crimes/accidents could have been prevented and their effect minimized if those semi automatic weapons wouldn't be available to private people. And I'm not saying I'm naive enough to think that the ones trying to commit a crime know that they are available thru other channels as well. Licensing is a filter but not a preventative measure based on what still goes on in our world.

    Is the need to have a certain right, even if it is completely useless for legal use of my time, more important than the safety of everyone around me...again in a private setting.

    If someone has the time and wants to take time to communicate their feelings about this, I would love to discuss. It's one of the few things after having lived here most of my adult life, that I still don't understand...the lack of thinking about the community and the effect of one person's "rights" on it.

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  4. I have been a VIP + OSI member since 2010 and own D since early 2010....I particularly appreciate and respect the people that have been following this ride for years...let's hope we see it's "Finale" real soon. Pls accept my new profile picture as proof and also attached...Sara, pls badge me :)

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