Whats with all this name business and why is it causing such a stir? 😕
Anyways, what happened at this school, all of this gun crap aside, all of the Canada vs. US gun crap aside (Although I really cant understand the US's strange attachment to guns as if it was as important as the rights that matter like freedom of speech etc.) Anyways, what happened is a horrible evil thing and I feel for those people who were killed and their families.
Originally posted by ragesRemorseI would rather you not. Strangelove is fine.
if i guess your name, can I use it freely?
Originally posted by ((The_Anomaly))I only let a few people on this forum use my real name. I consider it to be a matter of privacy and respect.
Whats with all this name business and why is it causing such a stir? 😕
Originally posted by Strangelove
I would rather you not. Strangelove is fine. I only let a few people on this forum use my real name. I consider it to be a matter of privacy and respect.
fine...i see how it is. I had a good feeling about your name too. if its howard just give me a sign, because i really think its howard
Originally posted by Robtard
FLAT OUT WRONG... Just as a gun is the easiest way to murder someone, a gun is the best way to defend yourself. E.g. how would a 125lbs woman defend herself from a rapist armed with a knife who just entered her home? Foul language? Point is, guns can be used for defense as people who use guns for defense do not just use them for defense from another gun-wielder, that is a fact. Try to think outside the box and as usual, your point was pointless.
Of course, you know that criminals are usually better and more prepared to use guns than law-abiding citizens? And if criminal sees you have a gun, he is more likely to kill you. I don`t think I would be able to just shoot someone easily, but criminal would not hesitate.
There are good reasons while European countries banned it.
Originally posted by Strangelove
Only let a few people on this forum use my real name. I consider it to be a matter of privacy and respect.
Interesting, so you let these "people" call you buy your name in a public forum? Isn't that automatically then advertising your name to everyone else and thus invading your privacy anyways? I'm not trying to be an ass I'm just trying to understand.
I mean my name is Kevin, though I don't say it (actually I doubt if I ever have on KMC before) but I don't really care if people call me it, but then thats me.
I just don't see the point of letting some people call you by name and not others because everyone can see your name anyways once those people say it. Unless you only let then call you it via PM or something.
I don't know this from experience obviously but the mentality of a human being has to be distorted in some way by a society that allows ownership of guns. It creates a large sense of paranoia in that you feel you could get shot for the slightest hint of provocation.
It gives you the means to protect yourself, yes, but is also gives you the means to easily take revenge when you are at your complete boiling point. Obviously this guy had some severe problems, but its the availibility of these weapons and ammunition that made this possible.
If I started to attack lots of people over here the worst weapon I could have access to is a knife or blade of some kind, and I would be disarmed quite quickly, a maniac with a gun and lots of ammunition against unarmed students and tutors- no contest, they didn't stand a chance.
I'm not saying Britain doesn't have a gun problem because it does, its just minute compared to America because over here they are illegal- even our own standard police force don't want to carry them because they realise it just escalates the problem.
Originally posted by Lord Shadow Z
I don't know this from experience obviously but the mentality of a human being has to be distorted in some way by a society that allows ownership of guns. It creates a large sense of paranoia in that you feel you could get shot for the slightest hint of provocation.It gives you the means to protect yourself, yes, but is also gives you the means to easily take revenge when you are at your complete boiling point. Obviously this guy had some severe problems, but its the availibility of these weapons and ammunition that made this possible.
If I started to attack lots of people over here the worst weapon I could have access to is a knife or blade of some kind, and I would be disarmed quite quickly, a maniac with a gun and lots of ammunition against unarmed students and tutors- no contest, they didn't stand a chance.
I'm not saying Britain doesn't have a gun problem because it does, its just minute compared to America because over here they are illegal- even our own standard police force don't want to carry them because they realise it just escalates the problem.
you make some insightfull observations shadow. However, ihave never felt threatned or concerned by potential gun violence. I'm sure this isnt the case for everyone though. however, there have been occasions after engaging in confrontations where i have thought to myself "what if this guy has a gun" that is just the paranoia that has been engraved inme taking over that you speak of.
Though, guns are more readily accesible to people here, i dont think outlawing guns would stop people whom really want them from aquiring them. Especially in cases such as this recent school massacre. This person was methodical in his actions and obviously plotted this for a long time. It wasnt an emotional response that caused him to seek out a gun for revenge. Those are the acts where guns become of most threatning...emotional blindness. ACts of terrorism are not gaged on the weapons used, but the chaos and destruction caused.
Just like the NRA saying goes, its not guns that kill people but people whom kill people. People who want to kill, will find a way. It is the short tempered responses which would have faded if given time, that causes concern for gun violence. Atleast i believe.