Bob Sacamano
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I can hit non-moving, unarmed targets, I'm ready to take on a gun-wielding mad man HOORAY!
No, that's gun control. You control what types of guns people can purchase legally and to whom those guns can be legally sold to.
You can never eradicate a black market for goods, so to use that as an argument against gun control is retarded. It's the police's job to stop someone who was illegally able to get ahold of an uzzi, not the homeowner's
Oh, and you might want to read up on what was actually said in the constitution. The right to bear arms was not "In case the British come back". lol
I don't think machine guns has an accent on it.
Not really. Tyrannical governments are as prevalent today as they were 1776, and the need for personal self-defense is timeless.
Yes, bc if China is able to defeat our military, I'm sure you'll do a great job saving the nation, Rambo.
So you're a gun-grabber. I'm glad we cleared that up. BTW, you have no right to know why a gun owner "needs" this or that weapon, nor are gun shop owners required by law to ask such a question.
bbgun said:So if you ban glocks and the majority of crimes end up being committed with Smith & Wessons, are we gonna ban them too? How 'bout slingshots?
bbgun said:The police can't be everywhere at once. You can be killed long before you hear their approaching sirens.
P.S. The kid never used the eeeeeeeeevil assault rifle.
"'Medical Examiner: Most of the dead were killed w/ the Bushmaster assault rifle. Fires 30 rounds a pop. Most kids shot "more than once'."
For that matter, we can look for inspiration at our own history on auto safety. As with guns, some auto deaths are caused by people who break laws or behave irresponsibly. But we don’t shrug and say, “Cars don’t kill people, drunks do.”
Instead, we have required seat belts, air bags, child seats and crash safety standards. We have introduced limited licenses for young drivers and tried to curb the use of mobile phones while driving. All this has reduced America’s traffic fatality rate per mile driven by nearly 90 percent since the 1950s.
And we've implemented laws to help regulate the sales of weapons as well but banning certain weapons is not the answer. Do we ban the sale of certain cars because they're most likely to be involved in accidents? For that matter, if the national speed limit is 65 mph, then why do we need cars that travel up to 200 mph? Why not restrict the speed of all vehicles to 65 mph? Do we ban the sale of Porches? High end Mercedes? Josh Brent is responsible for his actions that killed Jerry Brown. But the car was traveling in excess of 100 mph. Do we ban that make/model? In essence, that's what folks are arguing.
It reminded me of the dichotomy between the two sides of this argument regarding gun rights. There's a world full of people who just want to live their lives, not hurt anyone, and just be honest and sincere. Then there's the world where a corporation wants to sell you whatever it's making by any means necessary. This is where the NRA operates.
I can tell you this—most of the people I've met from the NRA don't believe the bullshit they're selling. Their ethos conforms to whomever pays their salary. That's a trap much bigger than most of us bother to notice. But let's take this small bite as we talk about how to keep people from shooting up kindergarten classrooms. Gun lobbyists, the guys drawing the big checks, aren't nutjobs and they don't love the Constitution any more than you do. They're Americans in it for a buck. They've taken a profitable position selling a lifestyle to frightened people who buy that lifestyle, ironically enough, from the very industry that funds their fear. They're not fanatics; they're just capitalists.
There are definitely things that could be done to remove or prevent guns from getting into the hands of people who aren't mentally stable enough to own them. I know of a person who last time I saw them was telling me about how he just got his concealed carry license. No fucking way he should have a gun at all.
Unfortunately no, there isnt.
Just like outlawing drugs doesnt prevent addicts from getting them, no types of gun control laws will prevent people who WANT a gun from getting it some way or another.
When's the last time a meth pipe went rouge and killed 20 children?
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