Gun Control

[Diabeetus]

@loony636

And is the risk of a force invading the US high? At all? And what about the military? Do they just not factor into the equation?

That’s what the second amendment says. It says “well regulated militia”. There’s nothing there that talks about randoms owning guns. At a base level, it needs regulation.

In my view, the harms of people owning guns far outweighs the benefits. There is just no reason to have guns, and their continued proliferation throughout society only causes more harm than good.

No reason to own guns? Besides the obvious reasons of protection, I use guns to hunt for my food instead of buying factory farmed and drug injected beef. Is that a legitimate reason?

Not to mention the sport factor, shooting guns is fun. Target shooting with my M1 Garand = win.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXHGAXqFkz4

[Rossman]

I love garands. I’m gonna be split between buying a mossberg 30-30 lever action rifle or a kar-98.

[Ballsopt]

Guns. It’s whats for dinner.

Can’t say I’m surprised though. The USA was a country built on guns, slavery, and oppression, and all of those factor heavily into the way things are today, and continue to warp people’s perspectives. Especially in the Midwest and the South. I come from a conservative family that drools over their guns, and pretty much all of them are pathological in their lust for weaponry, much like you lovely individuals.

@Diabeetus

No reason to own guns? Besides the obvious reasons of protection, I use guns to hunt for my food instead of buying factory farmed and drug injected beef. Is that a legitimate reason?

yes, that’s a good reason

[Diabeetus]

@Ballsopt

Guns. It’s whats for dinner.

Can’t say I’m surprised though. The USA was a country built on guns, slavery, and oppression, and all of those factor heavily into the way things are today, and continue to warp people’s perspectives. Especially in the Midwest and the South. I come from a conservative family that drools over their guns, and pretty much all of them are pathological in their lust for weaponry, much like you lovely individuals.

I may live in the Midwest, however, Minneapolis is hardly a conservative’s utopia.

[Grey_Acumen]

@Ballsopt

Guns. It’s whats for dinner.

Can’t say I’m surprised though. The USA was a country built on guns, slavery, and oppression, and all of those factor heavily into the way things are today, and continue to warp people’s perspectives. Especially in the Midwest and the South. I come from a conservative family that drools over their guns, and pretty much all of them are pathological in their lust for weaponry, much like you lovely individuals.

iknorite? just like how over in DC and newyork you’ve got all those liberals that masturbate to a one world government, get off on aborting babies, and think the whole world shouldn’t eat meat, lol! what a bunch of crazies.

[Ballsopt]

I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not, because i sure wasn’t. I’m just stating facts and well-founded observations here, not lies, stereotypes and Glenn Beck-esque ramblings.

you’re the ones talking about guns like they’re toys.

[Grey_Acumen]

@Ballsopt

I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not, because i sure wasn’t. I’m just stating facts and well-founded observations here, not lies, stereotypes and Glenn Beck-esque ramblings.

you’re the ones talking about guns like they’re toys.

@Grey Acumen

Of course not, it’s because NORMAL right wingers are arming themselves and using their guns responsibly, and when possible carrying them openly so that would be criminals THINK they are paranoid rightwingers who would shoot a stranger at the drop of a hat. [COLOR=‘Blue’]The easiest way to avoid a fight is to make sure everyone knows, or at least thinks, you’re ready, willing, and able to handle anyone that tries challenging you.

Furthermore, it’s a basic American right to possess arms, not only to defend themselves from criminals, but to defend themselves from a potentially corrupt government that no longer listens to its populace. Of course the government has not reached that point yet, but much of that is because it would be stupid to do that while people still have weapons to use in protest. Tell me, what would you do if your government started taking away your rights? Pick up signs in protest? There are already governments that control their own media so no one else will see your signs, except maybe for other people whose only option is to pick up signs too. Maybe throw rocks? I’m sure that’ll be effective. Oh! I know, you can post about it in your blog. That’ll make the difference, and there’s no way the government could stop that. well… unless they decided to cut off your internet access or put restrictions on your ISP or something, but surely the government wouldn’t, nay, couldn’t do that, not the same government that made it illegal to own firearms, going against a basic right upon which that very government was founded, right?

As for children using guns. Absolutely. Every child should be taught, from the time they’re strong enough to handle the recoil/kickback of the gun they’d be firing, how to aim, shoot, clean, repair, and maintain a weapon [COLOR=‘Blue’]and all the safety procedures of handling it. (always treat weapon as loaded, never point barrel at any creature or yourself that you do not intend to shoot, do not intend to shoot at anything that you do not have a specific reason to do so, and always be aware of/check your surroundings and the surroundings of the object you are intending to shoot, etc) Being an adult does not automatically make you responsible with a firearm, and neither does being a child make you irresponsible with it. When a child is never allowed to use a knife to cut their food at the dinner table, they do not grow up to become adults that are responsible knife users, they grow up not knowing how to cut their own food. When a child is only ever given velcro shoes, they become adults that can’t tie their own shoes.
Only actual experience and correct teaching of how to properly use an object can the proper sense of responsibility for that object be instilled in a person. The more experience you have with a firearm = the more competent of an aim you are = less chance of innocent person getting hit, also the better judge of what type of damage that bullet can do, and therefor better judge of when that trigger should or shouldn’t be pulled, as well as better prepared to handle the damage that follows once the damage is done, instead of freezing up in what could otherwise be a critical situation.

No, I think I’m treating guns like they are tools that are meant to be handled with respect and experience, and not fear and ignorance, and thus need to have laws push TEACHING that respect so that they can be understood and used properly, instead of trying to “completely”(read as; “Only works on people who are already willing to obey laws anyway, and thus wouldn’t have intentionally hurt anyone to begin with”) lock them away from society and telling everyone you know that the only regular citizenry that carries guns are secretly psychopathic Count Zaroff wannabes. Guns do not just magically turn regular people into mass murders any more than video games do.
Furthermore, every military has to get its members from the general populous of its own country. Having regular citizens with the knowledge and experience with handling guns ensures that they already have a leg up should it become necessary for them to render services to their country, instead of having absolutely no experience with a firearm and having to cover everything in basic training.

[Ballsopt]

whatever floats your little boat, fella

[danielsangeo]

Guns are also weapons.

[DansonDelta40]

And not tools.

Since when is something designed to hurt and/or kill animals and humans a tool?

[Ballsopt]

It’s a tool for killing things and boosting your e-peen, apparently.

[danielsangeo]

(I can hear heads exploding around the country.)

[DansonDelta40]

Why should our heads explode?

Because this picture suggests that the guy who made “Bowling for Columbine” and crusaded against the NRA actually likes rifles?

That picture is from “Bowling for Columbine”, where he demonstrates that you can get a free gun for opening a bank account.

So… your point was?

[Note-anator]

But what of competative shooting? No animals or people killed in that sport… Just a bit of paper…

[DansonDelta40]

It’s still a waste of ressources. Like many sports.

[Diabeetus]

@DansonDelta40

It’s still a waste of ressources. Like many sports.

Totally unlike sitting on your ass in a dark corner of the internet right?

[DansonDelta40]

Just because I have no life doesn’t mean I cannot judge things and people

[danielsangeo]

@DansonDelta40

Why should our heads explode?

Because this picture suggests that the guy who made “Bowling for Columbine” and crusaded against the NRA actually likes rifles?

That picture is from “Bowling for Columbine”, where he demonstrates that you can get a free gun for opening a bank account.

So… your point was?

It was a joke.

[DansonDelta40]

I obviously didn’t get it.

got 2 lrn2humor

[papernick]

@DansonDelta40

It’s still a waste of ressources. Like many sports.

if waste of resources brings enjoyment to lots of people (and I’m talking about the sports part), is it really a waste?