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Forums > Living in Kunming > Coloradans and guns

About Breivik, less than 10 people were killed by a bomb and the rest by firearms.

I think it makes a big difference if you ban or control firarms, which are only designed to kill without any other purposes,
or using an random item such as fertilizers, cars, or whatever you can think of, to kill someone and compare it to guns, in the gun control argument.

You can kill someone with basically anything but the chances to get killed by such an item are far more unlikely and easier to avoid, in the intend of harming or killing you, (Broken bottle-barfight, ex-wife/husband running you over with a car, a businesswoman using poison to kill British business men..etc.).

But if you insist of bringin it into a weapon control argument, then also expose how likely it is to be killed by fertilizer bombs (in comparison with a firearm) . Then we will see that it wouldn't stand as a fact based realistic argument.

About China homicide
I agree many countries polish their homicide cases by up or downgrading them in their categories, murder manslaughter...etc..
There is one thing I want to add for all the pro gun guys living in China.
If you really believe in the points you mentioned about selfdefense, defending against the opressive gov. etc....
So I want to ask would you like to have open gun laws similar to the U.S. here in China as well?

And if the gun guys really believe in it why don't they(lobbies) try to promote it to other countires (as usually prosporpus and potentially great ideas are being lobbied internationally) ?

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Coloradans and guns

Thanks laotou, not sure if you are pulling my leg, if not thanks. :)
Reading the last post of mine seeing all the spelling errors, makes me wonder...!?!?! :D

You guys are cool and I have to say the GoKMG forum is great from maintenance to the people posting.

I know Moderator it's not subject related but it had to be said!

Cheers guys

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Coloradans and guns

Apology accepted and the same here, if my tone was insulting or agressive, I apologize for it.
Also wasn't trying to step on your or anyone else's for that matter.
I agree, disagrement helps to learn new point and gather knowledge.
Sometimes I get carried away in my cynicism and sarcasm.

And yes you are right, I don't like to share where I am from, for safety reasons. Not many people from my country in Kunming, so I would be easy to spot
Please, don't misunderstand I' m not trying to be a child, really just safety stuff.

No worries Geezer, I'm a good stone dodger, they didn't hit me too hard. :)

Sorry from my side for being an ass.
Thanks Geezer,

The Dudeson's

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Forums > Living in Kunming > New visa rules for Chinese visas

Most of the forums have to close, since most answers can be found through calling or researching the right place to find the needed information.
in this example:
Beijing PSB they will have all the answers, or the Chinese Embassies and Consulates in your country if you are applying abroad.

I think this thread/ OP, could have been posted in News and Information in the classifieds section.

The Visa regulation quite literally change all the time and are subject to the the province, if visa is applied in China.

If applying abroad, the local Consulates have all the informations, you need.

In my experience if you want to make sure you get your visa, go through visa consultants (at least in Europe) they are a bit pricy but they have the extra Zing to get your Visa done even if there are some errors in the application form, or less crucial documents are missing.

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What you are talking about vicar, and alien are so called gateway drugs.

Most gateway drugs must have a strong physical addiction potential, or because they are extremely easy to get. And most important it depends on when you are starting with substances which could lead to addiction.
And then number one gateway drug[s] are alcohol and tobacco.

As most kids experiment with these two early on, then the way is paved.

Weed comes in [usually] at a later age, at which you should have already physically and psychologically learned, how to say no.

Otherwise, how is it that states with open cannabis laws, have a lower addiction rate for harder drugs?

In my opinion alcohol and nicotine are the worst of all drugs and gateway drugs.

If you are talking crime, then legalizing the ones that do less harm than the legal drugs, is a necessary step.

Tax alcohol 300%, tobacco 800% and state grown cannabis, peyote, mushrooms at Value Added Tax and 300% if it's blended in with tobacco. And you will see, less barfights, domestic violence, rape, murder, drug sales, vs. increases in consumption of cartoons and animations, boosting the snacks industry, music awareness, camping, et cetera. Lol

Alcohol is a nerve toxin. THC isn't.

In general people wanna get high, always get high.

Is there any person ever getting robbed for weed? The purse snatching story is more in the line of alcohol, meth or crack.

The best way is to stay away form any substances that alter your state of mind, ...if you can.

War on drugs has always failed and will always fail.
Humans are crazy about getting high, for whatever reasons.

It's just about choosing your drug.

Sport, coffee, tea, alcohol, chocolate, tobacco, sex, talking crap in forums and chat lines, there is nothing people can't get addicted to.

And people will always get high if they want to.

So decriminalizing, prevention, education is the way to go.
State controlled outlets for drugs, addicts get free and clean needles, and check ups for typical drug fiend diseases.

Holland has worked fine, and so are Canada, and most of the states in the US, as far as you can say over the short period of time.

The judicial system get's relieved over something it cannot stop anyway.
Taking care of the hard drug users and addicts, and education and prevention from the taxes on legal drugs, and you have a good chance to succeed.

China is playing USA in the 1980's, a few crop incentives won't help, while people are being thrown in jail over smoking a bit of pot, or taking XTC. But hopefully they will see the stupidity of it.

@vicar
It's incorrect weed or soft drugs don't lead to addiction or demand for harder drugs.
It's an individual problem, some people take heroin, once and never feel like taking drugs again. Some drink a few drinks and soon are hitting it hard.

There is no rule or solution for personal addiction.

Great! Thanks for putting it up.

Do they also accept scooter and e-bike parts?

I mean not through Salvador, perhaps. I guess they wouldn't like their café to be an 'old scooter storage'.

But since every idiot is hailing Tesla's and e-mobility, and forgetting that they riding toxic waste and mountains of carbon fumes around, it would be worth knowing how to at least get rid of the old batteries and e-parts,....-properly!

I don't have much sympathy for the shop owners. I agree with Haali, Mike and Tiger.

They sell cheap taobao, crap for up to 500% its value, most stuff has nothing to do with Lijiang and 5 drum shops on 200meters of road is a bit overkill.

None of the stuff ever sold in China, is by customer demand. Some Dongbei bloke, thinks Lijiang needs fake African drums, and shiny toy drones, so they open 60 shops in the old town, because they have money. And think the more annoying, loud and screamy advertisement you have the more people buy.

All others investors, due to lack of creativity, will open shops with the exact same product, in 30 shops of their own, in Chinese, then it's called cultural preservation. No shop owner in Lijiang is local. The locals all rent out, cause they can make tons of money. They don't give a crap. If you own property in the old town, you are rich.

Lijiang and Dali = greed, from all sides.

The tourists buy the crap that is offered, cos they have no idea, what is local culture....hence China not having any real culture left, after the Revolution....

So welcome to Yunnan Disneyland.

For all I care, charge 500RMB each time you enter the old town, 1000RMB if you must.
Let the shops go out of business, I rather see a run down but original old town, than that freak show.

I don't go there anyway, I rather go to small village guesthouses, in the area, and spend my money on hiking, good local food and relaxation, rather then squeezing through million of tourists, on roads that are barely big enough to let squirrels pass.

Lijiang and Dali were once really beautiful spots. Now they are just money laundering and cash mills. The real China is never found in touristy old town.

@scally
The article is great and thanks for putting it back into the view of the public. Yeah that girl and her lawyer, really have balls, to go against the people convicting her.

But these people don't like to be messed with. They will probably put her against bars again.

But I hope they also try to find the murderer, otherwise there is still a babykiller on the loose. See Steven Avery.

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