Do guns in the home make us safer?

Started by Baylin11 pages

A gun in my house would not make my family safer - infacr I'd be too tempted to shoot the kids when they're annoying me!

well that's not freaking fair!!!

you're your own damn guard dog. who needs guns when you got one of them???

Originally posted by VENOMfanFAN
If you need a better view, rent 'Bowling for Columbine"

may get shot for this opinion.......but regarding the statement above the question that begs to be answered is where the hell where the parents of those two?
On the the poll, Up until last year we have always had a 30-06 and a 20 guage in our home.....in a LOCKED safe. Husband was an avid hunter. Had at the most 5 kids there too. Now the key was never hidden in the house as these weapons werent meant for protection but for sport. So I dont think they help much. Too risky if you arent keeping them locked up tight in the home.

my grandad has several guns in his house but he has licenses for them and he always cleans them and takes them apart before putting them in a safety box of which he only knows the location of.

Originally posted by Linkalicious
well that's not freaking fair!!!

you're your own damn guard dog. who needs guns when you got one of them???

Yeah but my bark is worse than my bite and nobody takes my bark seriously so I'm gonna become a gun dog... 😄

I'm completely anti-guns but I've just watched a documentary about the LA Crips gangs and if I lived in a neighbourhood where those little turds hung out then yeah, a gun in my home would make me feel safer and I never ever thought I'd say that.

Originally posted by Linkalicious
These "vast" numbers of deaths caused by gun violence in the US are not a result of children finding their daddy's gun under his bed. Those cases are few and far between. Gun violence in the US stems from uneducated, socially outcast, misunderstood teens that chose the road of a criminal instead of a "normal" member of society.

Our gun control problem doesn't start in the home....it starts on the streets. Guns are just as easy to get as cocaine, speed, or E if you know who to talk to. And those are unregistered weapons that the cops are incapable of keeping under control.

If someone wants a gun...making it illegal isn't going to change a damn thing.

EXACTLY! ✅

Now - that said - I'm not fond of guns myself. However, my husband & son both own guns (for target shooting & hunting purposes). I have shot one of them once. I thought I had thrown my shoulder out of socket. That thing had a kick! Anyway, I think that if I lived alone, I wouldn't have a gun, but I don't have a problem with the guns we have in the house, because my husband & son both are responsible with them and keep them put away when not in use.

I Love my guns

i think it is quite ridiculous that some people in some nice neighborhoods have guns. people like that have no reason to have them. i guess if you lived a city it'd be okay though. maybe, its a tough topic.

let me review

1st of all not all people keep guns for protection, they may have them for spot

in some cases, like livin in a realy bad neighborhood, you are much better of having a gun
but if this is true you cant keep it locked up and unloaded coz by the time u get it together you will be robed and maybe even killed

thus this is a subject that everyone has to decide for themselves

however generally i agree that its not the guns its the people
a smart person will have enough sence to put the gun where his 2 yearold wount reach it
a dambass will leave it lieing around for the kid to pick it up.

PS. Im from Australia so we dont have no problems like that. lol.

Q😄oes guns in the home make us safer?
A: No.
This “It’s not guns that kill people, it’s people” is just som gun-lobby propaganda nonsense. Guns DO kill people. A person with a gun can do far more harm than a person without a gun. Plain logic.

“in some cases, like livin in a realy bad neighborhood, you are much better of having a gun”

Why? Because everyone ELSE has a gun?

” thus this is a subject that everyone has to decide for themselves”

No way! Remove the guns, make gunlaws stricter. I feel safer knowing it’s damn hard for your average Joe to get a gun in DK, that way I know, that not everyone I meet may suddenly pull a piece on me.

well it depends aint it? if you just decide to shoot yourdself in the heaaad at home lol then no but still you will end up in jail even if the person you shoot was a criminal

of course a gun in the home is going to make you safer, only and only if you use it for the intended purpose of in home secuirty. Of course if the situation ever calls for it's use chances are that someone is going to get hurt and maybe even dead, maybe you and maybe not, but your chances are better if you have a gun.

of course guns in the home are a great idea...if one of ur kids needs disciplinin' just whip out the ole .45

yeah but they probably have two .45's

Re: Do guns in the home make us safer?

Originally posted by Agent Elrond
I don't know if this belongs here, but I think this is the best place. I have to do a project where I have to say that guns in home make America more unsafe than if there were no guns. All I need are basic arguments; try not to get angry. Your help is greatly appreciated.

If there is a better spot for this, move it , or if there is thread like this, post its link. Thanks

Guns don't kill people, People kill people. If you take the guns away from everyone, then only the murders, robbers....will have guns thru the black market. Seems unfair for everyone else to tak their means of protecting their family. However everyone shld be resposible enough to put guns up so kids can't get to them. 🙂

If you take the guns away from everyone, then only the murders, robbers....will have guns thru the black market.
then they wouildnt have taken guns away from everyone now, would they?

yeap i actually have severeal shotguns and pistols

Originally posted by finti
then they wouildnt have taken guns away from everyone now, would they?

😛 hehehe you know what i mean

"Guns don't kill people, People kill people. "

Stupidest notion ever.

If you stand there going "bang bang" you wont do much damage will you?

People with guns and intent to kill, kill people.

Guns are illegal in the UK and we have hundres less in handgun deaths per year than the US.

Like Bill Hicks said: "Believe it or not, our government believe there is no connection between having a gun and shooting someone and not having a gun and not shooting someone. They claim there's no connection and you'd be a fool and a communist to make one."

Hardly any house burglars, I think you will find, come armed with intent to kill. I don't see why you can't just smash them down or knock em out then call the police. You could say "Well Elderly people can't do that." Precisely, so they should exercise more caution. If a break in should occur. The old people are more likely to have the gun taken off them if anything. Guns just cause problems.

Peter: We need guns! We've left ourselves completely unprotected!

Cleveland: But Peter, guns are bad. Guns bring trouble.

Peter: Yeah and when they trouble comes we'll be able to blow it's fricken head off.

-AC