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Oh, for god sakes. Use search next time. This issue is big enough that you are bound to find something roughly related to gun control, and people on both sides of and on the fence have certainly posted alot in them.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2006-10-03 01:07:54)

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

Oh, for god sakes. Use search next time. This issue is big enough that you are bound to find something roughly related to gun control, and people on both sides of and on the fence have certainly posted alot in them.

OK so you're saying because gun control has been debated before we can't open it up again due to this horrible event?  These killings warrant the reopening of this discussion IMO.  Do you think after 9/11 Bush said, well we taked about terrorism before so let's move on

Besides, if we aren't allowed to debate the same thing twice this board would have been done ages ago.  Every day a new Islam or Muslim related topic goes up and it always turns into the same argument.

=OBS= EstebanRey wrote:

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

Oh, for god sakes. Use search next time. This issue is big enough that you are bound to find something roughly related to gun control, and people on both sides of and on the fence have certainly posted alot in them.

OK so you're saying because gun control has been debated before we can't open it up again due to this horrible event?  These killings warrant the reopening of this discussion IMO.  Do you think after 9/11 Bush said, well we taked about terrorism before so let's move on

Besides, if we aren't allowed to debate the same thing twice this board would have been done ages ago.  Every day a new Islam or Muslim related topic goes up and it always turns into the same argument.

No, I'm saying that perhaps it would be better to use one of the dozens of existing arguments rather than forcing everybody to go back and cut&paste their old posts again. And yes, I hate the countless Muslim thread variants, also.

But I suppose that's too much to ask for. That being said, my argument for firearms protection is that citizens, even those with physical disabilities may be on equal or superior footing against a criminal with the intent to harm or kill. The police aren't going to save your hide in time, and running (though attractive), isn't always an option, especially if you've got a bum knee or some dependant who can't keep up. Many citizens can afford a cheap Chinese hammerless revolver; not a nice, upstanding panic room. I'm sorry that innocents can die by gunfire, but they can die just as easily from crack and high explosives, one of which is banned, and the other banned except in special circumstances.

TeK||drake666 wrote:

what i want to say is that guns became normal in the US damn you can buy it in a sport-store... its to easy to get one...

After a background check and all that. Rifles and shotguns are easier to get, but it seems as if more crime is committed with handguns than larger firearms.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2006-10-03 01:29:58)

i only can speak for Austria!
here we have EXTREM strict laws for guns! You must make a psychological test, pay a lot money for the license, and if there happens just one bad case with the gun its gone forever!
next thing is that the gun itself must be locked somewhere and the ammo locked elsewhere!
we had such school shootings but i can only remember 1 or 2! (sure we are much smaller but our mentality is a way different)
i think it depend a lot on the parents...

what i want to say is that guns became normal in the US damn you can buy it in a sport-store... its to easy to get one...

( i hope i didn't kill the english language ^^)

Its ironic that a community who shys away from the trappings of a capitalistic consumerist lifestyle to live in peace and religious servitude can still be touched by this blight. We in the UK are seeing a rise in gun culture, but only in certain inner cities like Manchester London and Birmingham. Why? Well a full auto 9mm will set you back £500 and you can buy it easily in certain cities. The cities were guns aren't freely available have no such problems.
In the USA you can buy a gun easily so everyones got one.

Its easy to lose your reason, but were as someone might punch someone in the face or hit them with a stick, Usually the sight of the hurt on someones face or the splat of blood when you whack them is enough to make you stop. But say a gun is easily to hand, when you pull the trigger you have unleashed a chain of events that are unstoppable, then the "in for a penny in for a pound" rule takes over. ive killed someone, ill kill the rest and/or myself...........

I have 3 guns in the house and we have some serious strict laws about them. In strong box case, bolted to the wall. Spot inspections of your house by the police. A yearly walk with a specially trained police man around all the land you are allowed to shot on to look for back drops and possible bullet leeks, background checks. Guns will be taken off you if you as much as punch a guy who's felt your wife's ass in a bar........ all this serves to make guns a thing of aww and respect. Instead of a must have accessory, toy,status symbol family protector.

JahManRed wrote:

The cities were guns aren't freely available have no such problems.
In the USA you can buy a gun easily so everyones got one.

Well, I don't know what kind of media circulates in the UK, but not everyone in the US has a gun. In fact, some people are so politically opposed to them that they don't want any. Fine with me.

JahManRed wrote:

Its easy to lose your reason, but were as someone might punch someone in the face or hit them with a stick, Usually the sight of the hurt on someones face or the splat of blood when you whack them is enough to make you stop. But say a gun is easily to hand, when you pull the trigger you have unleashed a chain of events that are unstoppable, then the "in for a penny in for a pound" rule takes over. ive killed someone, ill kill the rest and/or myself...........

I've gotten into fist-fights on occasion during my school days. Never have I tempted to go home and grab the 12-guage to splatter any offenders' brains all over the chalkboard. Half of my life was raised under gun culture, so I have a healthy respect for firearms. Besides which, you can kill with a punch.

Especially when properly trained. It doesn't take a kung fu genius with a palm-to-nose strike, either.

JahManRed wrote:

I have 3 guns in the house and we have some serious strict laws about them. In strong box case, bolted to the wall. Spot inspections of your house by the police. A yearly walk with a specially trained police man around all the land you are allowed to shot on to look for back drops and possible bullet leeks, background checks. Guns will be taken off you if you as much as punch a guy who's felt your wife's ass in a bar........ all this serves to make guns a thing of aww and respect. Instead of a must have accessory, toy,status symbol family protector.

I'm not sure what inspection laws exist in the US to regulate firing ranges, as I've never looked into the matter, but I am happy enough without having to tolerate spot police checks. I have nothing to hide, but I'd still view it as an inexcusable invasion of privacy.

The majority of my firearms are kept locked in a huge safe at all times when not in use, and the one kept for self-defense (a 9mm) is either on or near my person at all times. If I ever go anywhere where I can't bring it in (federal facilities or stadiums), I'll lock it up. Weapons in storage are unloaded. A semi-auto weapon on my person is on safety, has a magazine inserted, but no bullet chambered. This state is confirmed before and after I belt it.

I do not view firearms as toys. People who do generally are not raised properly around them.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2006-10-03 02:05:06)

At least the fucker didn't use homemade bombs...

Reciprocity wrote:

what the fuck do gun laws have to do with nut jobs going nuts in schools?  If crazy people wanna do crazy shit, they're gunna do it.

If the guns wern't there then they wouldn't be gun murders... But then you have the rebound of bombs, knives, literlly anything that can kill mass amounts of people with..

bob_baur wrote:

T0rr3nt wrote:

a) you are from england.
b) stfu.
c) it IS in our constutition, therefore you can not change it(unless amended), get over it.
d) im not a redneck, nor am i all for guns. im just a bit more educated i suppose, than a snobby englishmen who thinks he knows everything.

I love C. You can not change but amend it. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND ITS AMERICANS! What a hoot.

Amendment is just a revision. Not a total change. Go learn american history.

bob_baur wrote:

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

bob_baur wrote:

I love C. You can not change but amend it. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND ITS AMERICANS! What a hoot.

Amendment is just a revision. Not a total change. Go learn american history.

Amen, its still allows a change! How many amendments to this constitution?

There are a couple to the original constitution since a lot was not added and time changes you know?

Not another guns v no guns thread. LOL
You could just google the facts and figures associated with gun deaths in the US against other countries if you wanted to.
Pointless arguing on a forum.

T0rr3nt wrote:

a) you are from england.
b) stfu.
c) it IS in our constutition, therefore you can not change it(unless amended), get over it.
d) im not a redneck, nor am i all for guns. im just a bit more educated i suppose, than a snobby englishmen who thinks he knows everything.

haha. a conservative american redneck from michigan thinks he is educated. lol
oh man, how could "normal" europeans turn to such ignorant, uneducated and ugly individuals in just "a few" years? europeans should have stayed in europe and left america to its native inhabitants. they would have developed themselves and the continent much better!