Lets start with 50 plus yrs in prison for committing a crime with a gun....
won't save any immediate lives but it will take ONE gun from ONE criminal for 50yrs.
That is a good post. The problem is most Americans don't coorelate gun ownership with higher gun deaths. In fact, they tend to believe the opposite based on limited, partisan studies. They truly think that more guns means fewer gun deaths.
It's a bizarro reality world we live in here in the US when it comes to guns. Some say it is part of our culture and history, but Canada had a similar wild West/frontier background and tey manage just fine with stricter gun control laws.
Note I do not think weapons bans are a good idea. We are adults and responsible adults should be allowed to own firearms. However, where we go astray -- FAR astray -- in analyzing gun regulations is starting with the entirely incorrect premise that a massively armed populace is some sort of protection against government tyranny. It just isn't anymore.
So Darrin are you saying this is a Liberal, Consevative thing, do you mean that Conservatives are not bothered by 8,000 to 9,000 deaths each year?
Steve, I know you have heard this before, maybe this time you will pay attention.
Cars and cell phones are not designed to intimidate and kill, are they? Yes we have banned drinking and driving, with strict punishment for those who ignore the law. Reckless driving is banned, street racing, also banned. Typically we ban things that kill, the inocent, don't we?
Steve, all the examples of horrible ways to kill you gave, have been banned, except guns! What's your point?
Do you think that drunk driving, reckless driving and street racing should be legal?
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I will ask you again, if guns make you safer, why do we have by far the most gun murders?
trader;393078 What we need is for people to stop being their kids friends and start to be parents again. I for one think we should beat our kids again. [/QUOTE said:Very well put Damian...This is a big issue with me. I would also go one step further - stop dressing like your kids too!