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- material-10
maybe its a combo of birth control and gun control that is needed
- IRNlun60
take away guns and some people may choose to go on stabbing sprees instead...
gun control in my opinion is more disaster management. less/no guns will obviously minimize the odds of a larger number of people being involved in a gun incident. doesn't stop the person from commiting the violent act...
- Jaline0
Bottom line, guns aren't the whole issue. However, it's harder to protect yourself from guns. Which is why you have the right to have a gun. But it's just a vicious circle.
sputnik is right about the psychological issues, but I much prefer living in a place where there are less guns.
- 305artist0
Wow version 5. You should walk away from this.
- Jaline0
IRNlun6, if you were in a situation where someone is pointing a knife at you, and a second situation where someone is pointing a gun at you, which situation would be easier to get out of?
- mrdobolina0
Could you imagine how many Branch Davidian Waco Texas type compounds would pop up all over the country if they banned guns?
Charlton Heston would have to be euthanized.
Sad about Vtech though, not trying to diminish it.
- PonyBoy0
the 2nd amendment was turned into a farce years ago...
... and now needs to be backspaced out of the Bill of Rights.
I hate guns.
- -sputnik-0
... and now needs to be backspaced out of the Bill of Rights.
PonyBoy
(Apr 16 07, 11:52)wow
- material-10
can't one get his rocks off via paintball or something?
- version30
why, because i point and shoot my gun at a piece of paper in a concrete bunker underground?
or because i think this forums version of gun control is similar to that of a police state?
ive been both stabbed and held up with a gun, so i tasted the gun, i got stitches from the knife, it did me more harm than the gun did, but i don't appreciate the knife weilders use of a hand to hand object anymore
both times i was working
- tkmeister0
v5 you are missing my point. anything can be used to kill people. but all i am saying that automatic weapon was invented to kill/harm your target.
also this can happen to any of us. either you are overprivileged, overpaid, underinformed suburbanites, overinformed manhattanites, naive innocent teens, or your kids, my kids, doesn't matter.
- mattyd040
what the hell? this is so fucked up. who gets in their head that this is a good idea? 32 dead? no explanation can explain that.
- PonyBoy0
sputnik... you surprised that I hate guns... or surprised that I think the B.O.R. is used as a crutch?
...or both? :)
- harlequino0
And now some of the news caster douche bags are trying to stir the shitstorm. Asking questions about safety and preparation. Here we go with upping the ante on fear culture.
- Jaline0
the 2nd amendment was turned into a farce years ago...
... and now needs to be backspaced out of the Bill of Rights.
I hate guns.
PonyBoy
(Apr 16 07, 11:52)I'm really surprised. I thought you were more for gun-control.
Interesting.
- Nairn0
imo, the 'right to bear arms' kind of became redundant after western governments industrialised warfare during WWI.
What use a rifle against a tank? A plane? a Nuke?
Signed,
An overprivileged, overpaid, underinformed suburbanite from *ahck* a FOREIGN country.ps. *yawn
- IRNlun60
Interesting question Jaline. I wouldn't want to be involved in either situation but from a certain distance a knife is more dangerous than a gun. And I mean dangerous in the sense of your odds being higher for getting hit vs. actual damage done...
I took some training in martial arts a few years ago where they recreated a demo they did with local law enforcement. Within a distance of 10 ft, it was quicker to pull out a knife and slash than it was to pull a gun out and shoot. That's still a pretty controlled senario but still, a knife is really just a dangerous up close.
- myobie0
i agree that, obviously, there should be less guns on the street
i am not sure how to achieve that tho
either way, this is crazy...
and i got a client site that is down...cannot wait until i launch their new site and move away from this crappy host
- 305artist0
V5, maybe since you have gotten held up you have some trauma that is making you overly defensive at the right to protect yourself... I can respect that.
But at the same time you need to check yourself and see if your part of the problem or part of the solution.
- Jaline0
the 2nd amendment was turned into a farce years ago...
... and now needs to be backspaced out of the Bill of Rights.
I hate guns.
PonyBoy
(Apr 16 07, 11:52)I'm really surprised. I thought you were more for gun-control.
Interesting.
Jaline
(Apr 16 07, 11:56)sorry, I meant not for it