Ted Nugent's yard sale.
If only there were some way to study the gun violence problem.
Oh, wait... Congress passed a law that prohibits it. Darn.
Sadly, I think you probably think any type of study is a waste of money.What's to study? People use guns to kill people.
An outright ban on guns will make ownership illegal.Would those crime have happened without guns? Could someone use a bomb to achieve the same or better results? How about a vehicle or setting
fire to property?
Will outlawing guns restrict access to guns for criminals?
The US border is permeable to all sorta of smuggling. Do you think that more or less guns will be smuggled in the case of a ban?
I'm not.It depends on the person. For me history plays a large role.
How familiar are you with U.S. history?
Can you please give an example of how I might ask a government to enforce my wishes?Thank you for being open minded.
People have guns for lots of reasons, but I'd say the main one for many people is to exert defensive force if someone else is attempting to use offensive force on them. Everybody should be able to defend themselves from aggressors.
I'd say the main reason unreasonable people have guns is because their ideas suck and a gun allows them to gain what they couldn't, by using offensive force (or threats of it) . Government as an entity fits into that category.
I sure hope you consider every time you ask government to enforce your wishes against people who aren't doing anything to you, you are in a sense asking for gun violence to be initiated.
It is an indisputable fact that government's persuasion tool is not reason, instead it is violent threats for noncompliance... using a gun.
no, I live in a civilised area where no one owns guns.
If only there were some way to study the gun violence problem.
Oh, wait... Congress passed a law that prohibits it. Darn.
no, I live in a civilised area where no one owns guns.
Neither have I felt the need to own one to defend myself...I'm rather good at that
First off, most of our gun deaths are suidice.An outright ban on guns will make ownership illegal.
You'd be able to arrest those that own guns (if aware) before gun crime is committed.
If I wanted a gun (in uk) I could get one, easy.
Given the consequences of ownership I'd have to be a total knob to carry it without intent to use, so at the very least gets rid of all gun crime except premeditated gun crime and surely that is a positive
Can you please give an example of how I might ask a government to enforce my wishes?
It could be my post pub head but I can't think of an example
it is about ten times more likely that granny or her family gets killed by that gun than an intruder.a gun in the hands of granny can stop a more powerful intruder intent on using offensive force dead in his tracks or serve as a powerful deterrent.
Okay, I preface this by saying I haven't read any of this thread here. I just saw the topic and rolled my eyes..
I have a question, in my new home of Colorado, I see a lot of these billboards. They say "Never Again!" and have dallas and baton rouge listed on the bottom..
So let's expand this out to the logical end, we give everyone guns.. Every mother fucker walking around has guns. Then how do we decide who the bad guy with the gun is? We all just start randomly shooting each other? Someone looks at me strange so I pop off? That guy has a middle eastern look about him, better shoot him first before he goes full terrorist?
Less extreme, version. Let's give all black men age 18 guns.. Everyone that all these scared ass ignorant white people (my family members, so I'm free to talk) thinks are coming for them and the cops, let's get them strapped and packing too. So now all these scared white people, and all the 'scary' black people have guns. Then we'll have no problems any more?
This is just ludicrous.
I will likely vote Hillary now that Bernie is not an option, and I don't want to take your guns. I just don't want you able to purchase more if you're mentally unstable, or have a history of violence.. Or I don't know, on the fucking no fly list??
yes, it is most likely that granny will shoot herself or her family members, and they won't get up. that is by far the most likely conclusion.
Well that's a quote from Steve and didn't come out of my mouth. Luckily I can see grey.. Something you must have trouble with?