Originally posted by SlipknoTAssuming they came unarmed... which is unlikely.
Not if your bigger than the intruder
I think that's the thing here. Normal people don't want to give up there guns because then people on the other side of law will still have them, and they don't want to be at a disadvantage.
Originally posted by IceWithin
I'd support gun control as long as-u'd have to take a class on how to use guns, if u pass it u can use on if u dont u wont
-no criminal record
-above 21 years old😬
I'd agree, but I still think that you can be 18 and use a firearm in a range with supervision. I'm not talking about someone just going there with you, but you have to have someone over, say, 25 in the lane with you. Of course, they would have to have taken said course.
Originally posted by Afro Cheese
They still have huge cities like Toronto with much less murder and crime than US cities of the same size..
Well, nearly every country does. Remember, the US has the highest murder rate of any first-world country, IIRC.
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I can understand the theory but it doesn't seem realistic or practical, at all."I'm gonna keep this dangerous, unnecessary and hazardous item around my house incase I need to kill someone in defence of myself. Despite it being likely to do more harm than good. Despite me just saying it was a hazard....oh crap."
-AC
Guns are only as dangerous and hazardous as their owners.
Which in my case would be very minute.
A risk and responsibility I'm willing to accept for my piece of mind and security.
In America we should be more focused on stopping the social circumstances that lead to violent crime (poverty, abuse, drugs etc) as opposed to blaming the tools used to commit those crimes.
Originally posted by Tex
In America we should be more focused on stopping the social circumstances that lead to violent crime (poverty, abuse, drugs etc) as opposed to blaming the tools used to commit those crimes.
Though we should be, we sure as hell aren't. That's for damn sure.
But then again, last time government in the US was forcing citizens into poverty (Reagan, Ford, and G. W. Bush administrations notwithstanding) the citizens picked up their muskets and fixed that. But then again, we weren't quite the US back then. Well, maybe we were. It was a transitional period.
"Is using both hands" lol
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But seriously.
Didja hear? Nevada law has recently been changed so that one no longer needs to have their life threatened to justify killing someone. So "He looked at me funny" is now a valid reason under law? Must be fun driving *hums Bad Habit by The Offspring*
Remember that's the same state that has like no gun control laws and drive-through bars.
Moral of the story: If you want to kill someone. Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. gun_bandana
So let me get this straight -
You need a gun for your own protection and peace of mind if someone attacks you, or brakes in your house or similar.
Ok, so why have Justice System in the first place? Why not have everyone in America just get a gun and takes care of their own problems with the gun.
Its a very tribal system - I don;t actually know why I am suprised about the Death Penalty still being practiced in America, nor the fact that America is the 4th country in the world in executing people - just behind China, Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Your justice system and your laws are reflecting your culture - which is extreamly violent.