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December 2010 I was sitting in front of Google wondering what to do since I didn't want to go to Facebook or Wikipedia... So i searched "what to do on the internet" and after some hours browsing through different websites I found TED. TED has deeply changed the way I perceive people and the opportunities I have to make a change in the world! *December 2011* TED has made me resolute in my objective to do as much good (and litte harm) as possible, i'm rigth now trying to figure out the best ways to impliment good ideas, I just got involved in politics and there may be some potential for change there ;)

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  A reply on Conversation: Has the time come for the U.S Second Amendment to be repealed or amended?

  Jan 7 2013: Larry,
  
  "I'd rather keep my God given rights vs. having a human dictate my rights." Do you mean to say that the constitution was written by God? Or how are your rights God-given?
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  A reply on Conversation: Has the time come for the U.S Second Amendment to be repealed or amended?

  Jan 3 2013: Wow, great insightful response to Xaviers comment here... I love the way the pro-gunners respond sometimes...
  
  I'll try to answer it for you, excuse me if I'm out of line.
  
  @Ivory: I think he's referring to a film (or rather four films) with Bruce Willis, but he misspelled it. The correct title is "Die Hard", good movies!
  
  @Gary: I don't think that Xavier knows how every American would react, I think he's basing his assumption on classical psychology. That does not mean that he's a psychic.

• A reply on Conversation: Has the time come for the U.S Second Amendment to be repealed or amended?

  Jan 3 2013: I love it when someone brings stats into a conversation, the hard part is reading them correctly...
  I'm not too sure about the stats from Nationmaster, they seem to be misleading in some areas, hence I find it an unreliable source.
  
  Google is however, according to me a very reliable source.
  But I'm not qualified to read these statistics (Further more I don't even know what the term GCI stands for)...
  
  I share your opinion on your assumption about the safety of both countries is correct, also the relationship between them.
  
  I do think that some possible causes for Japan being somewhat less safe has to do with the dense population and recent war history.

• A reply on Conversation: Has the time come for the U.S Second Amendment to be repealed or amended?

  Jan 3 2013: I see many of the errors of my country, I'm also probably, as you say blind to some of them.
  Btw, did you know that the proverbial frog is somewhat of a myth, it really only worked when you removed the brains of the frogs...
  Was Pats' statement what you wanted to say Gary?
  
  @Krisztián,
  
  "the abyss of socialism" - Really? I don't see it that way, have you read up on the matter? If you haven't perhaps you should start with this Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism

• A reply on Conversation: Has the time come for the U.S Second Amendment to be repealed or amended?

  Jan 2 2013: Well, there are other conversations for smoking... this one is about weapons, it's kind of hard discussing everything at the same time.
  
  But yes, without the mass shootings we would probably not have seen this conversation as a featured one.

• A reply on Conversation: Has the time come for the U.S Second Amendment to be repealed or amended?

  Jan 2 2013: I beg to differ about you being biased, so I started a conversation about it.
  
  http://www.ted.com/conversations/15670/is_everyone_biased.html
  
  EDIT: Oh yeah, it needs to be approved first, well I'm off to bed. good night and we'll talk more tomorrow.

• A reply on Conversation: Has the time come for the U.S Second Amendment to be repealed or amended?

  Jan 2 2013: This conversation is not only about mass shootings, it has spread it's wings in all kinds of directions.
  Here are some topics that are being discussed.
  
  "Has the time come for the U.S Second Amendment to be repealed or amended?"
  "Is it only druggies and psychos that kill?"
  "Do guns kill people or do people kill people?"
  "What is a militia?"
  "How can Americans be safe from the government if Americans don't have guns?"
  "What was the intent with the second amendment?"
  "Should guns be allowed at all?"
  "What measure of force should a state be allowed to use against it's citizens?"
  "Does Jimmy Strobl read Joseph Stalins diaries?"
  
  This and much more... There hasn't been that much about mass shootings actually..
  
  Btw, did you know that about 600 Americans got shot (with fatal outcome) by accident last year!?

• A reply on Conversation: Has the time come for the U.S Second Amendment to be repealed or amended?

  Jan 2 2013: You're quite welcome... Actually it's good practice to provide a definition of both the most referenced text and the most used word in a Conversation explanation. We mostly forget that there will be so much quarreling about those things just because people (I myself am also a person, sometimes) don't know the things their citing or the meaning of words... We see many examples of this in this Conversation.
  Some of the highlights are Militia, Psychosis and Assault weapons ^^

• A reply on Conversation: Has the time come for the U.S Second Amendment to be repealed or amended?

  Jan 2 2013: Why did you delete your comment?

• A reply on Conversation: Has the time come for the U.S Second Amendment to be repealed or amended?

  Jan 2 2013: Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_weapon
  CivilLiberty http://civilliberty.about.com/od/guncontrol/a/Assault-Weapons.htm