Gun Use?
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- mantrakid0
@rson, can you explain why you have them though? Like what is their purpose... what will cause you to unlock them & bring them out?
- rson0
I own 2 guns. I do not hunt they are locked up in my bedroom.
- GeorgesII0
I'll giv u my gunz n haiphone5 when you pray it from my cold, ded handz"
- yurimon0
I submit this as a case study.
- fooler0
open beer bottles?
- identity0
I'm still able to answer questions. I'd really like to give a rational, and measured account of what the other- side thinks. Also, D- Rek sums up the hunter's perspective pretty eloquently.
- mg330
That Obama image I referred to pisses me off so much. I thought all the Obama hate would fade after the election. But no, all my Republican friends who hate having a black president, this is their new form of hate.
- identity0
I'm just sick of arguments in the form of viral pictures
- albums0
Because.
- mg330
I'm kind of conflicted and indifferent to guns. In the hands of responsible people, they are fine for them to have. But within that, why the need for high capacity magazines? Why the need for so many weapons that some people have?
On the other side of it, crimes committed with a gun are most often with an illegally "owned" gun. I think murders commited with illegal guns nationaly far outweigh the number of murders commited with legally owned weapons in the hands of some psychopath like Newtown, Aurora, etc., right?
So, I struggle to see how penalizing legal gun owners impacts common crime with illegal guns, which IMO are the things common citizens see more often and really want reduced.
Here in Chicago for example, we just had the highest murder rate in the country for 2012. Majority commited with guns. Illinois has been the only state without concealed carry, which the Supreme Court just overruled. This was shortly before the Newtown shooting. Everyone expected that the state would comply, but make it terribly expensive to license a gun, require renewal every year, require training, concealed carry license, etc. Probably $600 to carry a concealed weapon. Illinois is nearly bankrupt, so it's a cash grab to get as much $$$ as possible and comply with concealed carry.
So now, who knows what they'll do. So much bullshit common crime against good citizens here in Chicago; have to say that I've been a supporter of concealed carry so that people can better protect themselves. Our police are way understaffed, gang bangers come into downtown and shopping areas and take advantage of this. If the bad guys are going to have guns, why not level the playing field? Statistics show reduction of crime in cities with concealed carry.
So, like I said, I feel conflicted about all of it.
- antagonista0
Hunters don't need assault rifles. It's simple, ban assault rifles, severely limit handguns and make hunters use small clip regular rifles and actual employ skill.