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You're leaving out the racial components. Black men account for 6% of the population, but 60+% of the murders by shooting. Most of those are inner city - Chicago has the toughest gun laws in America - but most have illegal hand guns. White males die from guns too - 80% are suicides. @73 Reds has it correct - Americans need protection against criminals that could care less what guns laws are in place. Heck, in Chicago, if a black is caught with a gun, they just take it away.

Heck, you should see what's happening in Minnesota with the state/local government going hog wild to protect the thousands of Somali thieves that are stealing the state blind. It's worse!

Indeed you have, and I, for one, respect that. Good old John is part of the Hate Trump resistance, where any criticism of Europe is met with "It's Trump's fault". Trump, America, all European countries and leaders are fair game for criticism. In the end, we should all be good allies, but the relationship was badly in need of a reset. We need a strong Europe in the West.

It's called being "asleep at the wheel" and naive thinking. Russia has always been there and Putin has always been dangerous. That Europe got caught with their pants down is a tribute to inept leadership. "If you want peace, prepare for war" - this saying is thousands of years old - and Europe learned nothing from it.

@Sweet is just expressing why few European countries have a standing and viable military. Everyone knows why but you @John Hjorth TDS runs deep in Europe.

Yeah, pretty much right on. Not until Trump made the Europeans keep their word, did NATO actually become stronger. They tried to wait Trump out, which worked for a while, now it won't. So they get forced into supporting NATO lest it collapse, but they'll never forgive Trump. Oh, well, somebody needs to be the bad guy. If they ever kick this weak generation of European leaders out Europe will be much stronger.

+1 - can't express it better! Merry Christmas all!

This is pretty funny really. Department of War was almost wrecked under Biden - they missed all their recruiting goals, driving out soldiers that wouldn't take a vaccine, while Biden lets millions of illegals into the country without requiring vaccines. Now our military is over enlisted due to Hegseth. Dept. of Health was run by a tranny who is fully on-board with castrating children. FBI was THE most corrupt department in the Feds as they run around fabricating and hiding evidence against Biden's political foes, then lying to congress about it all. Witkoff settles the Gaza/Israel campaign, while Biden pays Iran to fund their terrorist proxies. Talk about a clown show...

@dwy000 I think you REALLY got Trump this time! Enjoy your Christmas!

You got to be kidding - All I heard was tariffs were a disaster and a depression was coming! LOL

For the Trump-is-a-moron crowd --- I can't wait to hear more about their economic predictions of tariff armageddon and world economic collapse. It was highly entertaining this year coming from everyone but the Trump administration.

I'd have to agree. The whole Trump knew Epstein drama is a huge nothing-burger. Yet, not a peep about hundreds of thousands of children/women sex-trafficking via the Biden open border. Homan reported this week that Homeland Security has located 129,000 unaccounted children of the 450,000 that Biden administration had "lost". Unfortunately- they found 16 dead - no one gives a fuck about them or the other 300,000 missing children yet to be accounted for... But let's hear some more about Epstein and ignore real tragedy.

Damn @LC - please get your mom on this board!

Absolutely true. Look no further than sanctuary cities and local jurisdictions that feel they can disobey any federal law they wish. They will twist, bend, and break any law that their evil ideology says they must.

That's hilarious. The clowns at Brown University really screwed the pooch. $90,000 per year to have the cameras turned off. The only reason they catch the guy is because of the neighbors security cameras.

+1 - this is exactly why Islam can not co-exist with the west. In so many of the Islamic countries, you are in big trouble if you are non-Islamic. There is no such thing as freedom of religion or speech. Go to Israel where 2 million Muslims live and shout "Allahu akbar" on the street - and nothing will happen to you. Try yelling "Praise Jesus" or "Hear O' Israel" in many Islamic countries and you're a dead man.

What's happening in Europe is a preview of what is coming in the USA if it is not snuffed out. Couldn't be more clear. You're right to be worried.

Always good to hear from CoBF's Sigmund Freud Merry Christmas Deal

It wouldn't surprise me in the least. I'm still surprised the White Sox haven't moved to Nashville!

^^ of course, there is some BS in there. The MAGA "cult" wants a return to what made America what it used to be: accountable, traditional American values, and a Federal Government that actually works for the citizens - not the DC cesspool we've had for years (Republicans included). I've no interest in saying "I was right" - only a return to sanity and accountability.

Just don't move to CA or WA state where it is illegal for the schools to inform you as a parent that your child is transitioning. Because when you as a parent find out and resist - the state will remove the children from your happy home.

You just hate it when I mention the destruction these 2 losers hoisted upon America and the world. It's completely relevant in any discussion of US policy and results - given those bozos ran the country for 12 years. Just look at their most famous accomplishments: 1) Foreign affairs: funded the re-armament of the Iran nuclear program and Iran's world-wide terror campaign, wreaking terrorism upon the world. 2) Domestic affairs: Eliminated the Southern borders allowing 12 Million (just Biden) illegals, including several hundred thousand criminals entry - causing vast amounts of crime & destruction of social services to American citizens. 3) Federal Corruption: Targeted their leading political candidate for 300 years in prison with full weaponization of all Federal Security agencies. The doozy is that this was a joint Obama/Biden campaign to manufacture evidence and lock Trump up. That will be their lasting legacy along with Obama cronies running the Federal Gov for 4 years while lying to the public for 4 years about Biden's mental incapacitation. Get a clue @cwericb

^^^ I think that's the point: Trump is an over communicator - so you kinda know what he's going to say.

^^^^ Nah, you're just pissed that Trump is making Biden and Obama look like the total failures they are - dividing and destroying the country - and setting the world on fire abroad.

^^ That's pretty funny, neither did I... I was reading a book all night!