The_Mac wrote:
Well you just admitted yourself that guns are able to obtain, but yet you deny that it’s not “LA yet.” I would like to remind you that cities like LA have strict Gun Control laws imposed on them. As for your argument about gun control restricting criminal activity: What about the Irish Republican Army?
The IRA decommissioned their weapons to John De Chastelain's Independent International Commission on Decommissioning as part of the peace process...interestingly enough the IRA were only able to effectively have a decommissioning because of their own gun control measures i.e. they had arms dumps where the weapons were kept when not in use. A better example for you would have been the UDA or UVF who haven't given up a bullet yet and are quite famous for using their weapons and paramilitary connections to carry out various illegal activities. A UVF spokesman was asked recently on UTV news why they haven't given up any weapons yet and he said it was because of the way they gave out their weapons to each man individually and now they can't trace a lot of them and many of them simply refuse to give them up...in other words lack of gun control.
The_Mac wrote:
I fail to see how the everyday man would want to assume such a role in life as a Samurai, except the insane, which means that banning weapons like this would suggest your government finds you all insane and wants to protect you from each other. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? You might as well live in an insane asylum, although judging from your posts, you probably already do, tin foil hat and all.
Your posts are badly written and make very little sense. Do you actually read any of the stuff you type? Put down the crack pipe mate.
The_Mac wrote:
No one is denying criminals will try to get around rules and regulations which is why you don’t take away the right to bear arms from citizens who want to protect themselves and their families from these same criminals seeking to make you a statistic.
It won't be just innocent, law abiding citizens who are buying these weapons, don't you get it? Every scumbag and crook in the land will be going out to get one, including all the criminals who previously couldn't be bothered with the hassle of locating and purchasing a weapon. At the moment over here
some criminals have weapons, if we were to allow the purchase of weapons to be legal and easy then
every criminal would have one. I prefer the former situation thanks very much.
The_Mac wrote:
And here's a little addition:
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Well let's look at the other side of the coin...mmmmm, Africa's getting on really well with all those guns floating around, isn't it?
Using the statistics Cam quoted...
Gun homicides per 100,000:
South Africa - 125.97
USA - 7.52
Ireland - 1.33
...it would appear our weapons control measures seem to be working a bit better, ohnoes!
