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
Last time I checked, the cold war never went hot, so you're argument is kind of self defeating. The bottom line is that there will always be people out there willing to murder, it's been around for the entire history of the world and it will always be around. It's not ignorant, it's realistic. As long as the bad people have guns, the good people should be allowed to have guns. The bad people will always have guns, thus the good people should always have guns, so they can kill the bad people and protect them
ORLY!?
There are some news for you: most of the people from where i live (Portugal) never ever saw a handgun near them that hasn't in the hands of a police officer or in the movies. Only criminals have that kind of guns here, and the violent crime with them is ridiculous low compared to any US state. The same figure applies to most of civilized countries in the world.
ok and Switzerland is a bloodbath then? now there is an armed society.
our problem is the US is not the guns but the assholes that live here. look at our Amish - in my area heavily armed with all the good stuff (scary semi autos and such)... zero crime. my opinion, not the gun, but the people and their quest for "things" and money is the problem (aside from the ones that are straight fucked up to begin with).
look at our Amish - in my area heavily armed with all the good stuff
Where the hell do you live, dude? I live in southeast Ohio (in an area with a decent Amish population) and the most threatening thing they have (besides body odor) are their muskets.
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I want to see liberals' heads explode when they realize that Socialized medicine is being used to buy people guns.
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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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ok and Switzerland is a bloodbath then? now there is an armed society.
our problem is the US is not the guns but the assholes that live here. look at our Amish - in my area heavily armed with all the good stuff (scary semi autos and such)... zero crime. my opinion, not the gun, but the people and their quest for "things" and money is the problem (aside from the ones that are straight fucked up to begin with).
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look at our Amish - in my area heavily armed with all the good stuff
Where the hell do you live, dude? I live in southeast Ohio (in an area with a decent Amish population) and the most threatening thing they have (besides body odor) are their muskets.