I enjoy "guns" (though around here in Arkansas you dont call them guns. its either Rifle or pistol) I personly own 2 at the moment.
I have a 300 Win Mag Remington 710 Modelor basicly an elephant rifle that I deer hunt with.
I also have a civilian version M16. (AR something rather) I use this to practice my marksmanship. Do note I am in the US Army so knowing how to shoot and keeping up my shooting is very important.
oh andI also plan on buying a Desert Eagle when I get the money for it
Guns don't kill children. Children kill children.Originally Posted by The Unknown Guru
Thank you. My point exactly, minus the sarcasm.Guns don't kill children. Children kill children.
Guns bore me. They also kill squirrels.
Oh god. I HATE when people HATE on that statement. It's like. Obviously guns don't walk around shooting people on their own accord but guns are dangerous, guns ARE used to kill people, guns do make it easier to kill people than back in the day when you had to like strangle people or cut them with a knife. Aaaaaahhrhrhrhrhggg!
Squirrels make good eatingGuns bore me. They also kill squirrels
If you are walking down the street and I have a gun on me, how are you even going to know or be affected? You won't. If YOU don't cuase me trouble and try to rob me then you have nothing to worry about form me. Why take my right to protect myself.How freedom is defined depends on the person. To me, freedom is the ability to walk down a street without fearing who has a gun concealed on their person.
This is a fact featured in the film Bowling for Columbine (or Farenheit 911, one of the two).Before Northern Chaos God declares "pwned" like an immature child, I would like to see a source to the truth of this statement.
By the same token, cars can cause more violent and bloody deaths than guns can. Obviously cars don't drive around hitting people on their own Accord (wahahah, total pun here) but cars are dangerous, cars ARE used to kill people, cars do make it easier to kill people than back in the day when you had to like strangle people or cut them with <s>a knife</s> your bicycle.Oh god. I HATE when people HATE on that statement. It's like. Obviously guns don't walk around shooting people on their own accord but guns are dangerous, guns ARE used to kill people, guns do make it easier to kill people than back in the day when you had to like strangle people or cut them with a knife. Aaaaaahhrhrhrhrhggg!
Why don't we just do away with automobiles and stop all the mentally unstable from abusing them?
Because that right had been abused time and time again.If you are walking down the street and I have a gun on me, how are you even going to know or be affected? You won't. If YOU don't cuase me trouble and try to rob me then you have nothing to worry about form me. Why take my right to protect myself.How freedom is defined depends on the person. To me, freedom is the ability to walk down a street without fearing who has a gun concealed on their person.
This is a fact featured in the film Bowling for Columbine (or Farenheit 911, one of the two).Before Northern Chaos God declares "pwned" like an immature child, I would like to see a source to the truth of this statement.
I'm not saying you necessarily will do it, but many have before, and many will still.
In Canada, we don't need to protect ourselves with guns because we don't need that kind of protection. There are other ways to protect one's self, and most of the time there is no need for protection.
We don't have that fear of needing protection, but you Americans do. Maybe if you weren't conditioned to fear through your TV news and didn't have guns around, you wouldn't think to need protection, just like us.
Pretty much everyone agrees that carrying around a sharp stick is okay. Pretty much everyone agrees that having a nuclear bomb in your basement is not okay. Where you draw the line between those is ultimately arbitrary.
I think people should be allowed to have guns. Hunting rifles and handguns, at least. I can't think of any possible reason to allow automatic rifles or hand grenades or worse, so I would be okay with those being outlawed to the public.
New Hampshire is the only state I know which allows anyone in the public to carry a concealed weapon, and its crime numbers are very low.
That's not freedom. That's called safety, and there's a difference.How freedom is defined depends on the person. To me, freedom is the ability to walk down a street without fearing who has a gun concealed on their person.
If you've ever seen any of viators posts, you'd have known that was a joke.Before Northern Chaos God declares "pwned" like an immature child, I would like to see a source to the truth of this statement.
Although, I imagine the amount of murders in those two countries are relatively similar, but I can't say for sure.
Although, I have been looking at murder statistics on the internet for the past 30 minutes or so, and I will say that they are not easy to come by.
Edit: Jeez this thread moves fast. Anyhow, I don't support gun ownership so that I can defend myself from some random criminal. The reason I support gun ownership is so that the government will think twice about stepping out of line. Guns should be easy to access so that revolutions arent hard to throw. I think fully automatic weapons should be legal for this reason. Although, I can't say for sure why I draw the line there instead of allowing personal nukes.
Last edited by nik0tine; 11-28-2006 at 03:49 AM.
Oh come on. A car is for transportation. A gun is for killing. If a car couldn't hurt people it'd be better. If a gun couldn't hurt people it'd be pointless.By the same token, cars can cause more violent and bloody deaths than guns can. Obviously cars don't drive around hitting people on their own Accord (wahahah, total pun here) but cars are dangerous, cars ARE used to kill people, cars do make it easier to kill people than back in the day when you had to like strangle people or cut them with <s>a knife</s> your bicycle.Oh god. I HATE when people HATE on that statement. It's like. Obviously guns don't walk around shooting people on their own accord but guns are dangerous, guns ARE used to kill people, guns do make it easier to kill people than back in the day when you had to like strangle people or cut them with a knife. Aaaaaahhrhrhrhrhggg!
Why don't we just do away with automobiles and stop all the mentally unstable from abusing them?
Because the purpose of cars isn't to hurt people. The purpose of guns is to hurt people. Bad people, good people, whatever. Purpose is pain.
That being said, I never ever said that we should do away with guns. All I said was that it annoys me when people get all uppity because people feel that guns are dangerous and lethal. They start ranting about people killing people and act like there's absolutely nothing wrong with guns. Of course people kill people. That's so freakin' obvious. But people kill people WITH GUNS.
There is a difference in the freedom to own a weapon and the freedom to carry a concealed weapon. It could be argued that weapon owners are more likely to carry concealed weapons if ownership is legal, but even if gun ownership were illegal the people who would be dangerous with the weapon would still have access to it.
Firearms are interesting weapons. I feel they are appropriate to use in marksmanship, hunting, and as a big show to defend your home. Because when it comes down to it, the vast majority of gun owners don't have the guts to shoot someone, even if that someone is a threat.
But I'm all for regulating the hell out of those bad boys.
Signature by rubah. I think.
ok when people say regulate what kind of regulation are you talking about?
Personly if you mean keep them with a safety lock on them or in a locked gun safe Im all for that but like limiting how many you can own or something to that extreame then its a different story
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