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    @F_alk:

    You have to make a drivers license to be allowed to drive a car. Is there an equivalent thing for the possession of weapons?

    GG, i guess you would not call “the need for a drivers license” “outlawing cars”, would you?

    CC, you understood me correclty (yay :) ), i meant that “amen” in a thread about the main tool of violence … it seems just too inappropiate using the end of the prayers in the “love thy enemy” religion when justifying the use of weapons…

    As far as cars, most laws are just useless…

    I’ll edit my post and add “maybe” at the top :wink: …

    Your last commetn was very well put :D … my religion is not just about "love thy enemy"although that is a major part of it…


  • Yes I am a Christian. I have not advocated violence on this thread. I disagree with a set of laws that exist in the local, state and federal levels
    with regard to the ownership of firearms. So now according to F alk and crypt I’m a conservative right -wing -gun -toting -anti -choice -fanatic?

    You are starting to bore me!

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    @sherman28:

    Yes I am a Christian. I have not advocated violence on this thread. I disagree with a set of laws that exist in the local, state and federal levels
    with regard to the ownership of firearms. So now according to F alk and crypt I’m a conservative right -wing -gun -toting -anti -choice -fanatic?

    You are starting to bore me!

    no, I agree with you Sherman28… As a christian, were not supposed to be advocating violence… but what is your stance? a Right winger with a twist perhaps :wink:


  • Look there is going to be gun control in the US. Like it or not.
    It’s politically unfeasible to roll back any gun control legislation such as the Assault Weapons ban. (When that ban was due to expire this Summer
    Pres. Bush extended it.) As a sportsman I can tell you that a Military caliber isn’t really that advantageous when hunting deer. Also I don’t need to fire a magazine of 30 rounds at an animal i’m intending to eat.
    In short I don’t keep assault weapons because they don’t suit my purpose.
    I don’t think it is wrong for people to want to own one.
    With all due respect to F alk, people motives for firearms ownbership are their own and none of my business.

    I get aggravated with people who have (in their mind) a picture of
    a “typical gun owner” and start recklessly throwing lables around.

    I find it ironic that folks who label THEMSELVES “Pro-Choice”
    seem to have a hard time accepting the choices that others make.

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    The Assualt rifle thing was related to having one vs. a police tate having one… And I think what you just said unfortanetly sums it up… but most gun owners are not reckless…


  • sherman28- I agree with you.

    Falk, as always, i disagree with you. you as well CC.
    I am in favor of guns, but with gun control. just as with many other things, you should be qualified to own a gun. not just anyone should be able to have one, but people should be able to.

    Quote:
    Criminals will find ways to get guns, be it here, Europe or Australlia!

    True. And?

    look at the whole quote falk, more than what you took. outlawing guns will do nothing, as then, only outlaws will have guns. criminals will get guns if they want one, period. outlawing guns for law-abiding citizens just takes it away from them. as long as they are educated in proper gun safety and usage, and are law-abiding, there is no reason they should not have a gun.


  • There should be three kinds of guns in this country.

    1. Guns designed for hunting
    2. Guns designed for policemen
    3. Guns designed for the military

    I challenge you to name for me one reason why you need a gun other than the three above mentioned reasons, if no one else has a gun.


  • and i challenge you, yanny, to tell me a way to take guns away from everyone. I guarantee you, outlawing guns will not work. criminals will still get guns. many, if not most of the guns they already get are illegal, so making guns as a whole illegal will do nothing, other than increase the profits of illegal arms dealers.

    look, the problem is not that guns are bad or that america has a fascination with violence (either of these points is open to interpretation, but for the sake of agreement, we will say they are both true), but that people have guns without the proper safety. if a 5 year old kid can find, retrieve, load, and fire your gun, you have not stored it properly.


  • Ok, i"d like to add a few thoughts to the “criminals will get firearms anyway” arguement.
    First question is, are we talking about fanatics and terrorists here, or about the “usual” robber, gang member etc. ?

    For the first, sure, no weapons ban will have any effect there.
    For the second… which i think most people have in mind when they announce the above claim:
    These criminals are not criminals “for fun”, but as an occupation. Thus, they want to earn money with it. Outlawing guns makes forces them into the black market, raising the prices significantly.
    So, to stay profitable, these criminals have to either commit more crimes … (which doesn’t happen, if you look at the worlds’ statistics) … or they will stick to “cheaper” guns/weaponry. That means, instead of a fully automatic assault rifle they maybe buy (and later use) just by a .22 handgun. (the difference between outlawing guns and drugs is that the gun-user is not addicted, and thus has a choice!)

    Sure, any criminal will get any weapon, and any weapon he likes, if he wants to pay the price. But, do we really have to keep the prices down for them? Make it easier for them to get the weapons, just because they would get them anyway? That’s like saying: hell, any terrorist can get hands on handgrenades… we should make them legal…

    To sherman:
    It seems that this “none of my business” talk is used quite a lot.
    Is it my business wether a head of any country tries to improve his armed forces by getting hands on WMDs?
    Why is the second so different from the “other peoples firearms are none of my business”? Just because it’s not a personal but national scale?
    I don’t understand that difference. Firearms and WMDs are made for one purpose. Please explain.


  • @sherman28:

    Look there is going to be gun control in the US. Like it or not.
    It’s politically unfeasible to roll back any gun control legislation such as the Assault Weapons ban. (When that ban was due to expire this Summer
    Pres. Bush extended it.) As a sportsman I can tell you that a Military caliber isn’t really that advantageous when hunting deer. Also I don’t need to fire a magazine of 30 rounds at an animal i’m intending to eat.
    In short I don’t keep assault weapons because they don’t suit my purpose.
    I don’t think it is wrong for people to want to own one.
    With all due respect to F alk, people motives for firearms ownbership are their own and none of my business.

    i can basically agree with most of this. I think it’s a little ridiculous to go on a witch-hunt where farmers and hunters, as well as reservation natives are concerned. I think it would be good to:

    1. Have these weapons registered, traceable, etc.
    2. Ensure that the owners have had appropriate firearms training, with emphasis on safety and storage
    3. For those people living in the city who hunt - their weapons should be secured in a central locker.

    I get aggravated with people who have (in their mind) a picture of
    a “typical gun owner” and start recklessly throwing lables around.

    I think i have more a picture of reckless people in my mind. Most of these people own guns.

    I find it ironic that folks who label THEMSELVES “Pro-Choice”
    seem to have a hard time accepting the choices that others make.

    for the record (and the upteenth time) i am a Christian. A member of a very conservative sect primarily made up of farmers. I am pro-life in nearly every respect, particularly when it comes to the rights of the unborn. (my cousin is currently in risk of failling out of medical school because of his anti-abortion beliefs - a current prayer item amoung the “Christian Medical and Dental Society”)


  • F alk and Crypt:

    Crypt I find that story about your couisin extremely interesting.
    Would you mind (if it isn’t too personal) posting more about it?
    Maybe send a private message? I DESPISE intolerance such
    as that you are describing and am very interested in what you
    can relate -again only if you are comfortable describing the situation.
    -As far as Guns, well Some of the items you mentioned are already
    in place. In Florida when I purchase a firearm the sherrif’s office is notified
    immediately. Even when purchasing a hunting arm I am obligated to go thru the same background check procedures as someone purchasing
    an “assault weapon”. In order to hunt I have to pay a fee to the
    County. In NY where I am from originally, I would have to obtain many different licences to hunt. For example, Deer season lasts from this weekend in October to that weekend in November. I am required to take
    a “Deer Hunting” Class put on by the State of NY-which is mostly safety training. In order to hunt small game I am obligated to pay another fee.
    have to obtain a different License, but no class is required. So from my experience I’d have to say that the Government is really involved.
    I am also a law abiding citizen. As Has been noted very well by others most gun crimminals rarely go thru 1% of the trouble I go thru to hunt
    down here and Florida is a right to carry state! I think maybe you can understand why RESPONSIBLE, LAW ABIDING folks get a little
    twisted up when others want to come along and make more regulations.

    F alk- I would think that as a gun control advocate you would be
    delighted by the search for WMD. It (quite literally) is the greatest expression of “Gun Control” ever. My point was a person who is law abiding IMHO, has the right to own an assault weapon if he wants to.
    and as a Law Abiding decent person his business is his own.
    A decent person has the right to collect whatever the hell he wants in my book as long as that stuff isn’t a threat to me and mine-then a man’s right to be master of his house is absolute. You’ll counter, no doubt, with the example “well what if your neighbor deals child pornography, or drugs etc.” Well, Those items are against the Law to begin with, so my neighbor wouldn’t be so law abiding, would he.

    There is no moral equivalency between the Iraqi operation and gun
    control in the US. Saddam was a Hilter clone and emonstrated a
    massive ammount of indifference toward the mandates of the United Nations and now he doesn’t run things anymore….

    Thank God!

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    @F_alk:

    Firearms and WMDs are made for one purpose. Please explain.

    Careful F_alk you are starting to sound a bit ignorant. I have several firearms that have absolutely nothing in common with WMDs. And none of the firearms I have has ever been used for the same purpose as a wmd, at least not while I owned it.

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    @Yanny:

    There should be three kinds of guns in this country.

    1. Guns designed for hunting
    2. Guns designed for policemen
    3. Guns designed for the military

    I challenge you to name for me one reason why you need a gun other than the three above mentioned reasons, if no one else has a gun.

    Well Yanny I Challenge you to name one good reason why I shouldn’t have a gun.

    As for your challenge, I like to shoot them and I want to. Come out here some time and I will take you shooting I would be willing to bet you would change your mind.

    That offer goes for any of you by the way especialy you anti’s. :)

    And as for your story about the kids, I have a 4 year old son and a 3 year old daughter. The problem in that story is that anyone who leaves kids at home alone that young needs to be kicked in the rear. The same thing could have and has happened with cleaning solutions.


  • CC: we seem to agree on a couple of points at least. I have no problem with making guns registered and traceable, because of course, there is a potential for problem.

    These criminals are not criminals “for fun”, but as an occupation. Thus, they want to earn money with it. Outlawing guns makes forces them into the black market, raising the prices significantly.

    Falk, personally, i find this argument ridiculous. the last thing most people (i assume) think of in crime prevention is making the equipment cost more for the criminal. yes, i am talking about regular criminals. but that includes: drug dealers, drug suppliers, gangmembers, robbers, etc. with the size of the drug market alone, theres that many people who would use guns, and i would be willing to bet that almost ALL of them have guns.are they going to stop getting guns if they are outlawed? VERY DOUBTFUL. 1) the guns they have now are probably not owned/obtained legally. 2) even if they are, I doubt they would see that guns are more expensive, and go “gee, i guess i cant have a gun anymore” thats absurd

    i find this argument ridiculous, and absurd. i respect the anti-gun point of view, i used to share it, but i have no respect for this argument.

    you mentioned buying “cheaper, weaker guns” such as a .22. the caliber in these cases is usually negligible. it has most to do with stopping power, and in the case of the criminals, the simple presence of a gun is usually enough for them to get their way. even if they need to use it, a .22 will kill someone the same as any other caliber, it will really only make a difference if they are wearing body armor, or charging you down, which are both unlikely.


  • @sherman28:

    … My point was a person who is law abiding IMHO, has the right to own an assault weapon if he wants to.

    What if the laws fodbid owning these guns… would you follow the laws, or take what you think is your right?

    … Well, Those items are against the Law to begin with, so my neighbor wouldn’t be so law abiding, would he.

    @dezrtfish:

    I have several firearms that have absolutely nothing in common with WMDs. And none of the firearms I have has ever been used for the same purpose as a wmd, at least not while I owned it.

    What kind of firearms are that, that they have not been designed for killing? Do you think you will use one of your firearms for killing one day? If not, why do you have them then?

    @Janus:

    … you mentioned buying “cheaper, weaker guns” such as a .22. the caliber in these cases is usually negligible. it has most to do with stopping power, and in the case of the criminals, the simple presence of a gun is usually enough for them to get their way. even if they need to use it, a .22 will kill someone the same as any other caliber,…

    exactly, i mention weaker guns. Why do you have to commit more than half of your post to things i didn’t say before you come down to my point?

    For the calibre…. first, there is a difference in stopping power in more than you mentioned. Here probably CC or one of our army men can give more information, exp. for killing a .22 is really a bad gun (though better than a knife probably). So, a .22 is way less suited for massive bloodshed and massacres compared to shotguns and automatic rifles.
    If the presence of a .22 usually is enough for criminals to get them their way … well, it sounds like they would do so then even if the “others” have handguns of their own.


  • What kind of firearms are that, that they have not been designed for killing? Do you think you will use one of your firearms for killing one day? If not, why do you have them then?

    Statisically speaking, no, I would never use a firearm for killing or be confronted with the chance to use one on a criminal. However, I have them for what they were made for, a deterent. Why do many houses have alarms? Not because in case their house is robbed, the thieves has 5+ minutes to get away before the cops arrive, but because it serves as a psychological deterent.

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    the idea is that if guns were removed then our criminals would have fun… there is no way to dodge it…


  • I really wonder why they would have… they must have so much fun in the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Sweden etc. etc. then.
    It is really strange that these countries don’t have this explosion in the ratio of people feeling threatened, endangered, victimized by criminals.

    Your argument seems so invalid, because your “prophecies” of how it would be without guns are not happening in so many countries.

  • '19 Moderator

    @F_alk:

    @dezrtfish:

    I have several firearms that have absolutely nothing in common with WMDs. And none of the firearms I have has ever been used for the same purpose as a wmd, at least not while I owned it.

    What kind of firearms are that, that they have not been designed for killing? Do you think you will use one of your firearms for killing one day? If not, why do you have them then?

    As a mater of fact I have a target rifle that when you look through the sights has a field of view of about 3 inches at 100 feet. It is designed spacificaly for target shooting, and wouldn’t be very good for any thing else.

    I also have a .410 shotgun that is loaded with very smal shot. I use it for snakes and rodents, and it probably wouldn’t kill a man unless he was very close.

    I have an air rifle witch is pretty efective at killing pigons. I have been shot with one that was similar and allthough it hurt alot I survived the wound.

    The only things I plan on killing with my firearms are animals. As far as humans are concerned TG is right, intimidation works much better as a defence than force.


  • Falk, a .22 will kill a man just as much as any other gun will. the difference again, being the stopping power. id like to see you in a situation threatened by a gun, and think “gee, its only a .22, what am i afraid of?” 1) most people would not concieve that it is only a .22, or even that a .22 is a weaker caliber
    2) even if they did, i would bet most people would still be afraid of the man with the gun.

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