Instead it would happen with knives and swords. Guns don’t make that much difference it’s the people who make the difference.
the differnce is you can run from knives and swords, but i agree it is people who are the problem
I’d rather take away peoples’ reasons to kill each other than take away their weapons. Ideally, first one would disappear first, then weapons would be decimated afterwards because they’d not be needed so badly anymore.
Hell yes they would.
That’s an unrealistic dream, people thrive on conflict, to get rid of conflict you’d have to get everybody to be the same with some kind of fascist routine. Or if you’re more into the sci-fi realm you could do something like what they did in the movie Equilibrium.
And you saw how well that worked.
I know it won’t work. But a man can dream, can’t he?
Maybe after we have successfully killed off ourselves and wiped the planet of our species (and many others, sadly), another intelligent lifeform will evolve and learn from the remains of our civilization to not repeat our mistakes. Just maybe. I can hope.
Though people are the problem and not the guns.
All societies have crazy people who will inevitabely do something wrong (or very irresponsible) should they get their hands on a firearm. I think we’d best be safe than sorry.
Though I like my game shooting, so I’m fine with seing hunting rifles permitted on license since they’re often quite unpractical for criminals (drive-bys, mugging &/c).
As for countries such as, most notably, the United States who want to keep an armed citizenry to be able to resist should the government become oppressive this can be a double edged sword, where an armed minority of extremists could have a coup, toppling a legitimate government, justifying their actions as the removal of a state they see as somehow unsuitible. Who can judge whether or not it’s right to rebel?
I personally love blanks for self defense.
If someone is in my house, I point at the ceiling in my room and fire. Trespasser absconds the fuck outta there.
You ruin your ceiling every time a fuckin stranger enters your house? You must be fuckin rich!
Oh wait - blanks are those rounds that only make noise, right?
I think that military howitzers should be made more easily accessable to the public. I think that everyone deserves an artillery piece on their front lawn.
That would take the term “neighborhood quarrel” to entirely new dimensions.
Think of the possibilites! If I wanted to go hunting, I could lob a few shells into the mountains, drive out to inspect the damage, and walk away with fresh meat! I wouldn’t even have to cook it or cut it up, the gun would do it for me.
Incendiary shells would do the trick, yeah - you’re right!
I’m also for making Flamethrowers available for public use.
For gun control, I only want basic “no duh” stuff like background checks to see if the person has a criminal record, and to check and see if the person is mentally fit to own a gun.
Other than that:
Not legal in Australia, but people still get them anyway. It’s like GTA 4 :awesome:
The whole “americans w/guns = r3VO1ution” thing is total crap. The only countries that have military coups are the ones where the CIA gives them the guns. American “militias” are total 100% bullshit (nazis) and this rhetoric only exists to prop up the weapons industry. The real military benefits of our gun-happy culture are of course Mexican narcotrafficantes who come across the border to get their M-16s. AND THEN ACTUALLY USE THEM FOR THEIR INTENDED PURPOSE, TO KILL COPS.
Right to Bear Arms is serious shit, as much as any of our other rights, but seriously, we need to heavily regulate that shit. So that narcos and Nazis can’t get their filthy hands on it.
I just think everyone should have a nuclear bomb in their garage or equivalent. No one would DARE try to rob you if you could cause a crater 5 blocks wide with the push of a button.
And the government should keep the fuck out. The 2nd Amendment says that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed so…“Little Boys” in every home!
And this idea needs a good name. Something that easily rolls off the tongue.
I’d call it the Long Island Project…or perhaps the Queens Project.
…hm… How about the Manhattan Project?
Yeah, that’s it!
Who’s with me?! 
[COLOR=‘Black’]If you couldn’t tell, that was satire to illustrate the fallaciousness of so-called “slippery slope” arguments that many politicos use regardless of ideology.[/SIZE]
Because the US government contracted Armalite in the 50’s to create a weapon series for the sole purpose of decimating their own police force.
In AMURRICUH flamethrowers are legal.