If there were 1000 gun deaths and 50 were perpetrated by mentally ill who slaughtered 5 to 30 at a time they would still want to take guns away. What do you control for Boston Marathon kooks?
So to reiterate gun ownership is not just a right you still must prove competency to own in the USA.
Larry L [COLOR=Red said:I'm not going to sit here for the next however-many-hours/days debating the subject. We've gone thru it all B4. So, y'all might just as well save your keyboards the wear and tear. 'Waste of time..[/COLOR].
If the only reason to ban guns was to save lives, cars would be banned well before guns.
Sure it's working. 320,000,000 guns, 6,000 murders per year, that's .0001875 per gun. If it were concern for life, and not "control"............................ They sure don't seem concerned about Chicago, Detroit, New Orleans, Los Angeles, or Oakland where the majority of the 6,000 murders are committed. But then it's black on black or Hispanic and you can't scream "racism". Funny how death is political.
I do not believe the cars vs guns argument is valid because cars are, rightly or wrongly, perceived as necessary for everyday life.
...life goes on just fine without (guns) in countries where there is strict gun control.
Cant go with this one Al , no one gives a toss about the junkies and gang warfare murders, its a form of culling. I only feel for the law enforcement officers that are trying to keep a lid on it for the sake of the innocent public. The frightening thing is the stats are all guesstimates, no one knows how many guns there are or who has them. There are app 120 million households in the states with estimates of 38/40% owning guns. Thats a shit load of guns unaccounted for so best bump the decimal point over an guesstimated amount. As for the "cars" they are hardly a weapon used for murder, they may be driven by incompetent people that cause death but there is not the same intent as the man that pulls a trigger.
Bob
As for the "cars" they are hardly a weapon used for murder, they may be driven by incompetent people that cause death but there is not the same intent as the man that pulls a trigger.
Hassumes that U.S. armed forces personnel would actually fire on their fellow citizens if ordered to do so by a tyrant. Me thinks the vast majority of 'em wouldn't.
Buuuuuut, that's just my personal 'take' on the whole deal...
His gun ownership/slave ownership comparison is, shall we say, a real strrreeeeeeeeetch, innit...as are a number of his positions/viewpoints.
fails to recognize the fact that the number of GUNS in this country, as well as the number of people who know how to use 'em, faaaaaaaar exceed the number of govt drones.
Well, if you take away "no one gives a toss about the junkies and gang warfare murders, its a form of culling." you have less than 1,500 gun related murders each year.
This just happened and you didn't even hear about it because it doesn't have the correct "racial political" content. Granted only four people not nine. If it doesn't get votes, it's not worth mentioning. Sharpton and Jackson must be beside themselves, can't cause a riot in Charleston.
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So you think you still need a gun to defend yourself from U.S. armed forces personnel the vast majority of which you think would not actually fire on their fellow citizens if ordered to do so by a tyrant.
"A real strrreeeeeeeeetch, innit" sic to believe your many guns and defense rifles can take on these, no matter how much their owners know how to use them, but hay ho
'Way to twist and spinnnnn both what I said and what I was getting at, Nick.
What ?