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Originally Posted by Frosty
Al, just curious. What would gun control have done to stop yesterday's incident? Just curious.
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Gun control, as it sits now, does nothing. He followed the law to the T. And that poses a problem. How do we know who is crazy, who should be able to own a wepon?
On one side, you say that since we cannot figure out who is qualified to own a wepon, and who isnt, then we should either remove all wepons or give everyone a wepon.
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Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon
banning guns will just keep guns away from those that follow laws. taking guns away from law obiding citizens will just make it easier for things like this to happen.
scenario in ny if guns were more commonplace:
guy bursts in job he lost. Fires shot kills one person. Someone off to the side pulls their gun and lodges one in his temple. Day over.
Tragic? Indeed. Catastrophe? its not
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Ok, so who is right in that situation? Yes the depressed man who lost his job is in the wrong, but does that give the right to the other bystandard to take another mans life? No it does not. He is not above the law, he took a mans life, and he will pay with his life.
Yet another aspect is that are you willing to spend the rest of your life in jail for taking the life of someone? You kill someone, be it defense or offense, you broke the law and now you will pay.
And secondly...your average citizen is not that accurate. Best case is that he hits the person, the person goes down but is has a life altering injury, and he would sue you for discharging your wepon and destroying his life.
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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
yeah who is going to be able to distinguish the good citizen from the bad guy? what if he misses and kills another bystander then someone else shoots at him thinking they're an accomplice? yeah gooooooood luuuuuuccckkkk
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Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon
since the common misconception that guns are bad has been a stigma since the late 70s (thanks for nothing hippies) i can see someone being uncomfortable with a handgun.
now imagine this year they repeal bans on carrying a concealed REGISTERED LEGAL weapon and the bigwigs adopt the GUNS ARE GOOD slogan. what happens?
the next generation growing up will be comfortable around guns and have grown up around them. i shot my first gun was i was 10 years old and by no means am i professional, but im comfortable and steady enough to lodge a few well aimed shots.
its just how people grow up. the same arguments here can be made for some other things that are illegal but shouldnt be.
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No one will ever take the right of an American to own a gun away..no one.
I dont care how right wing crazy facist religious miltant stone cold **** nuts you are, you will never loose the right to own a gun.
But in an elevated and educated society, we can evolve past the level of violence, that is the ultimate target.
Again, Im not a fan of removing the right to own a gun, and I belive that people should be educated on saftey use of several subjects.