Er... personally I am always amazed that conservatives heads don't explode from the massive cognitive dissonance.
A kid raped by her father who gets an abortion is a despicable murderer. But... we should arm more people with guns whose only real purpose is to kill another human being.
Life is sacred 'till you're born. Then you're fair game?
But... we should arm more people with guns whose only real purpose is to kill another human being.
This Pandora's box has been open for a very long time. I'm afraid that even hope will escape it should we try to close it.
The mere existence of these weapons in the population makes them a deterrent for some crimes against the elderly and disabled. Even if it isn't a deterrent for some criminals, I would rather see the scumbag criminal breaking into an old person's home die than the old person getting killed, robbed, or otherwise abused. Dead criminals don't commit additional crimes.
If guns were banned today, and all citizens were required to turn in their weapons, do you think that the criminals with guns would trot off to the police station to hand in those weapons? Sorry dude, they aren't going to turn in those weapons. Calling the police when one of them is breaking into your home in the middle of the night won't do you much good after they shoot and kill you. But you would at least die knowing that you did your part to make the world a safer place by taking guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens, so what if a few criminals kept their weapons.
I'm not saying you're a troll, but you have no idea how ignorant you're being. Can you not see that this method of thinking is a self-feeding cycle of fear? This is what I don't understand about this type of American. You are afraid that someone is going to attack you with guns, and your solution is more guns, which makes people afraid of you, which makes them want guns to protect themselves, which makes people afraid of them... It's like you all have a mini cold war going on where every house is USA and ev
I think you're the one in a misguided cycle of fear. The only reason people are afraid of law abiding, safe, gun owners is their own prejudice against guns. Which is more rational, the fear of a population that seeks to harm and deprive by force, operation outside the laws of society; or a population who values their lives and property, crosses the Ts and dots the Is on all the relevant paperwork isn't taking anything from anyone?
Here's a little note for you. Law abiding gun owners don't fear other law a
Something like 99.9% of gun owners in America never commit a crime, and conceal-carry owners typically have better records (and are better shots) than cops.
Also, take a look at the more crime-ridden cities - DC, Chicago, Detroit - which have high restrictions on gun ownership.
Gun owners, as a rule, don't commit crimes. Period.
Yes but how many guns are stolen each year? According to the U.S. DOJ [usdoj.gov] it is 340,000. According to the person who installed my security alarm, the item with the highest resale value on the street is a firearm.
That means that legally owned guns still contribute to violent crime once they are stolen. And don't think it won't happen to you! My father had people burn a hole in his gun safe to get his guns out because the safe was too big to move. There's no practical way with an armed populace to keep gu
That's pretty self evident. There's no practical way you can ever limit violent noun crime without removing the nouns from the populace.
Normally I would agree with you, but that's precisely the argument that the great-grandparent was implying, i.e., that most legally owned guns are not used for criminal activity, therefore legally owned guns are not part of the problem. That argument fails to consider that guns can be stolen and then used illegally.
God, please let this be true. (Score:5, Funny)
I want to see liberals' heads explode when they realize that Socialized medicine is being used to buy people guns.
LK
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A kid raped by her father who gets an abortion is a despicable murderer. But... we should arm more people with guns whose only real purpose is to kill another human being.
Life is sacred 'till you're born. Then you're fair game?
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But... we should arm more people with guns whose only real purpose is to kill another human being.
This Pandora's box has been open for a very long time. I'm afraid that even hope will escape it should we try to close it.
The mere existence of these weapons in the population makes them a deterrent for some crimes against the elderly and disabled. Even if it isn't a deterrent for some criminals, I would rather see the scumbag criminal breaking into an old person's home die than the old person getting killed, robbed, or otherwise abused. Dead criminals don't commit additional crimes.
If guns were banned t
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If guns were banned today, and all citizens were required to turn in their weapons, do you think that the criminals with guns would trot off to the police station to hand in those weapons? Sorry dude, they aren't going to turn in those weapons. Calling the police when one of them is breaking into your home in the middle of the night won't do you much good after they shoot and kill you. But you would at least die knowing that you did your part to make the world a safer place by taking guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens, so what if a few criminals kept their weapons.
I'm not saying you're a troll, but you have no idea how ignorant you're being. Can you not see that this method of thinking is a self-feeding cycle of fear? This is what I don't understand about this type of American. You are afraid that someone is going to attack you with guns, and your solution is more guns, which makes people afraid of you, which makes them want guns to protect themselves, which makes people afraid of them... It's like you all have a mini cold war going on where every house is USA and ev
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Here's a little note for you. Law abiding gun owners don't fear other law a
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Or perhaps a rational fear of gun owners? I saw some scary shit at the McCain rallies.
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Also, take a look at the more crime-ridden cities - DC, Chicago, Detroit - which have high restrictions on gun ownership.
Gun owners, as a rule, don't commit crimes. Period.
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That means that legally owned guns still contribute to violent crime once they are stolen. And don't think it won't happen to you! My father had people burn a hole in his gun safe to get his guns out because the safe was too big to move. There's no practical way with an armed populace to keep gu
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there's no practical way you can ever limit violent gun crime without removing the guns from the populace.
That's pretty self evident. There's no practical way you can ever limit violent noun crime without removing the nouns from the populace.
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Normally I would agree with you, but that's precisely the argument that the great-grandparent was implying, i.e., that most legally owned guns are not used for criminal activity, therefore legally owned guns are not part of the problem. That argument fails to consider that guns can be stolen and then used illegally.
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That actually a different argument.
It's indisputable that the only way to eliminate violence via a particular thing is to completely eliminate that thing.
It's another thing to argue whether or not eliminating that thing is practical or even necessarily correct.