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Originally Posted by Juan.Camaney  A lifetime of having friends and family in low places. Statistics like crazy (do your own homework). |
The crimes that may have been committed but weren't because of the current gun laws are awful hard to be a part of your life experiences.
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Originally Posted by Juan.Camaney Good, then we agree. |
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Originally Posted by Juan.Camaney So assumptions should dictate our rights, now? Crimes of passion could be commited with things other than guns and do. Most states still sell you a shot gun over the counter except a select few. Why don't more and more "passionate" people go and use shot guns in crime? |
Because shotguns are a lot harder to conceal and hide.
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Originally Posted by Juan.Camaney People who don't like guns? Like guns? WTF?! A gun is a tool. Like a hammer, a screw driver, etc. What's there to like about an inanimate object? You are most certainly an easy victim, everyone is. You are a white male, go stand in a rough neighborhood where they don't like whitey and see how easy a victim you are. Would simply owning a gun instantly make you qualified to shoot it? No, don't be ridiculous. But its a known fact that simply drawing a gun is enough to get people to back away. That woman who is threatened by her ex at least has a tool to care for her. You can't rely on 911....all they do is clean up messes. |
Huh?
There are people who don't like guns. I'd rather not have one, and I don't think I'd be alone in saying that. But if I did own one right now, I wouldn't be very good at using it. That takes practice, and for those people who don't care for firearms (for whatever reason), they won't get that practice needed.
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Originally Posted by Juan.Camaney Its not a priviledge, its a right. There is a difference. Moreover, its a civic duty! They might not have had assault rifles, but they did have cannons. 
So when are you going to say enough is enough? They take your assault rifles away. You think criminals are really going to obey and turn theirs in too? So now you are out gunned...not a nice place to be, ask the police officers who were involved in the bank robbery here in Hollywood a few years back. What if in a few months they said you can't own certain caliber hand guns and stick you with a .22 only. Bamboozled...that's a funny word. Okay, take this for a comparison. You have the freedom of speech, and here you are practicing it on this forum. What if Mr Government started telling you which days you can post here? Which topics you can post about? How many times you can reply per day? What words you can use? Who you can talk to? What if they made you take a test before you were even allowed to post here? Or worse, what if they told you to wait 7 days before you can hit reply? They are still allowing you the right? Really?
Thats not my freedom. Thats not what my america is about. |
You can't honestly say, "first the assault rifles, next our handguns". That's fear mongering. People have been saying this stuff for as long as I can remember. My roommate has a gun he JUST got. My Grandfather has a few that he's had for years, another friend got one a few years back and is picking up another soon. Now granted, they didn't attempt to buy an assault rifle that could put down Godzilla, but I haven't once heard any of them say their rights were slowly being taken away. (BTW they are all Republican)
Don't bring in Freedom of Speech, cause that "freedom" only goes so far. I can't scream fire in a theater. I can't say I was raped by Jessica Biel if I haven't been (but I'd like to be). I can't say that I want to bomb a US embassy (I don't, but hell if I wouldn't pay the price if I did!). Besides, even this forum has rules that are put in place for protection.
Look Juan, I'm ok with shotguns, I'm ok with handguns, I'm ok with hollow point rounds, I'm ok with rifles. But if you honestly think that assault rifles being able to be bought as easily as Tylenol to anyone is a good thing, I will just have to disagree with you.
Oh, can a person that gets out of jail for a violent crime be allowed to buy a gun?