Originally posted by Eclipso
My point is that the right to bear arms is for the purpose of defence and if you don;t need them for defence there is no purpose in having them around. And don't bring smoking into this. You really love the idea of people finding ways to kill themselves and others don't you?
Sure there is, home defense from criminals, hunting, sport shooting, collection/hobby.
Why not? smoking kills a lot of people, more than guns do and smoking is legal... in fact, in your beloved Europe where they have stricter gun laws smoking is more rampant than in the U.S. and there's less laws prohibiting tobacco company and their use of adds.
Huh? What does guns and smoking have anything to do with me and loving "the idea of people finding ways to kill themselves and others"? Care to point out where I said any such thing with a quote or was that just another mindless rant?