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.
Speaking from experience living in a country where people don't go armed, it works in a little different way. Naturally, the evil criminals don't turn in their weapons.
Today, anyone can just claim he's just exercising his right to be armed right up to the point when he does something criminal with it. With a weapon ban in place, whenever a police officers finds someone with a weapon, they can take him off the streets on that charge. They don't have to wait for him to do his evil deed.
"Today, anyone can just claim he's just exercising his right to be armed right up to the point when he does something criminal with it. With a weapon ban in place, whenever a police officers finds someone with a weapon, they can take him off the streets on that charge. They don't have to wait for him to do his evil deed."
I agree with you, except the part noted above. Are you saying they shouldn't be able to exercise their right to own a gun because they might use it illegally at some point? So how is a gu
I'm a 115 pound woman. How should I defend myself? A chef's knife? A pair of scissors? My fingernails? All those things require me to be within less than an arm's reach of whomever I'm trying to defend myself against. If I'm that close, I've already "lost".
Call the cops? The police response time for highest-priority calls in my city is 11 minutes. Police don't get there in time to stop a crime, they get there in time to take a report of what happened.
If you allow all law-abiding citizens to carry a gun, you're only guaranteeing that your hypothetical criminal will have one too - why carry anyone else?
And if you don't allow law-abiding citizens to carry guns, then the criminals are guarenteed that their target is unarmed. Good news for the criminals, it lowers their risk of harm considerably.
Not having a gun does not mean that you're unarmed, and strictly controlled gun ownership also reduces the chances of the criminal being able to get a gun in the first place.
How, pray tell, do you suggest I arm myself then? That doesn't require me being within arm's reach of whomever I'm trying to defend myself against?
Taser? Those are one-use, so you better not miss!
You're locked into the thinking that you have to be armed with a weapon. Try thinking outside that limited viewpoint and you'll find plenty of ways that you can deter criminals without having to shoot them.
You won't stop every criminal but then you wouldn't have stopped them anyway - even having a gun does nothing past a certain level of determination.
Gun owners/carriers don't want to have to shoot someone. Drawing your weapon is the last resort. If everything else has failed to get you out of the sitation, then and only then do you draw your weapon. And if you draw it, you better be ready to use it.
Bottom line, if someone is dead or wounded on the floor, they can't commit the crime. I wouldn't ever want to be in the situation where I actually had to shoot someone to defend myself, but if it comes down to it, I would do what needs to be do to protect
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.
Speaking from experience living in a country where people don't go armed, it works in a little different way. Naturally, the evil criminals don't turn in their weapons.
Today, anyone can just claim he's just exercising his right to be armed right up to the point when he does something criminal with it. With a weapon ban in place, whenever a police officers finds someone with a weapon, they can take him off the streets on that charge. They don't have to wait for him to do his evil deed.
The second part is that
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"Today, anyone can just claim he's just exercising his right to be armed right up to the point when he does something criminal with it. With a weapon ban in place, whenever a police officers finds someone with a weapon, they can take him off the streets on that charge. They don't have to wait for him to do his evil deed."
I agree with you, except the part noted above. Are you saying they shouldn't be able to exercise their right to own a gun because they might use it illegally at some point? So how is a gu
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Are you saying they shouldn't be able to exercise their right to own a gun because they might use it illegally at some point?
The point is that there are no legal uses if you're out in the street. What are you going to do, use it to mix your coffee?
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You don't need a gun to defend yourself.
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If you allow all law-abiding citizens to carry a gun, you're only guaranteeing that your hypothetical criminal will have one too - why carry anyone else?
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http://www.a-human-right.com/ [a-human-right.com]
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Not having a gun does not mean that you're unarmed, and strictly controlled gun ownership also reduces the chances of the criminal being able to get a gun in the first place.
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You're locked into the thinking that you have to be armed with a weapon. Try thinking outside that limited viewpoint and you'll find plenty of ways that you can deter criminals without having to shoot them.
You won't stop every criminal but then you wouldn't have stopped them anyway - even having a gun does nothing past a certain level of determination.
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Bottom line, if someone is dead or wounded on the floor, they can't commit the crime. I wouldn't ever want to be in the situation where I actually had to shoot someone to defend myself, but if it comes down to it, I would do what needs to be do to protect
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That level of determination is hard to come by.
Especially if the gun is of a decent caliber.
Determination levels have been shown to drop substantially when the head is blown clean off.