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I was on the line between pro/against until this.
I am a gun owner, have been all my life (got my first at 12). I still love them.
HOWEVER, as far as I can see, ALL of the recent killing rampages have been done with 100% legal guns, obtained legally, etc. This is a big problem, imho, and the only way to solve it is to take the guns out of the equation.
Would this guy have gotten them elsewhere? Maybe, maybe not. He's NOT a criminal (prior to this of course), so he doesn't have easy access to illegal arms.
Would he have used a knife? As albums points out, maybe he would have, but surely he would have been stopped very quickly and not stabbed 70+ people!!It'll never happen, this country can't agree on the things that we all agree on (economy, foreign policy, etc.). There will never be a 'unified' country, not with the extremes being promoted so regularly these days (even though it is all smoke and mirrors).
So, I'll probably go buy a gun to keep in my safe, so when the next "normal" person snaps, which will inevitably happen, I'll be able to protect myself.
I certainly don't worry about "criminals". It's all the people shouting "if more people had guns someone would have stopped him" bs that scares me. No, that terrifies me.
People are stupid, emotional, naive, careless and selfish. And that's the good ones. They will always be this way. Has nothing to do with education, ethnicity, religion, politics, etc., etc. It's just humanity and it ain't gonna change.
- I never understood the false sense of security of having a gun in your safe...fooler
- if someone breaks into your house do you think you'll have time to get to your gun safe and protect your property?fooler
- I'm guessing that if he figured out how to acquire explosives, a gun wouldn't be beyond his means.melq
- It'd take about 30 seconds to get it out of the safe, so not really a do/die delay.formed
- I'd rather have a delay than someone break in and steal it easilyformed
- If good people are "stupid, emotional, naive, careless", and with fragile egos and a strong sense of entitlement, is it really that wise to also give them easy access to guns?Peter
- ... that wise to also give them easy access to guns? When emotions can take over, override common sense, and make you do things you normally wouldn't consider?Peter
- ... things you normally wouldn't consider?Peter