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Re: I have to admit that I didn't read most of that, sorry. nossy Send a noteboard - 25/07/2012 10:48:46 PM
I don't feel bad about asking that there be mandatory training, licensing, tracking, limits on who can buy, etc.

Which is fine, until some criminal breaks into your house and steals all your guns. Now what? Your trained, licensed, tracked, and limited purchases are now in the hands of someone who not only meets none of these specifications, but is actually likely to do something with them! (and yes, my dad had this happen - so it's not a hypothetical argument for me)

I'm really not sure what you want me to say - I am not for making no rules just because people will break them. I would expect your father to have reported this, and then if the guns surfaced in a crime there would be trackable knowledge of how, when, etc they got out on the scene. It might not be completely helpful, but that still doesn't mean I don't want normal citizens to have to have had some gun education and a license. It feels a little like birth control - well, she doesn't it use it, why should I? (answer seems a little obvious to me)

I don't do the "guns are evil" thing, but I do know they can kill a heck of a lot better than knives or sticks.

Pipe bombs are even easier to make than guns, and in a crowded theater or bus would probably kill even more than a single person armed with guns... which is exactly what was happening in Israel/Palestine what, 15 years ago?

Yess.... ? I still am not sure how to answer. I realize that if someone wants to kill, that will happen somehow. I'm not making any arguments about that. As I admitted to wooly when this all started, it certainly isn't possible to make the system work perfectly. Doesn't mean we shouldn't educate and protect where we can. *shrugs*
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Do you have strong feelings/opinions about gun control? wooly - 25/07/2012 05:48:56 AM 1464 Views
Kind of? nossy - 25/07/2012 05:59:39 AM 904 Views
Agreed wooly - 25/07/2012 06:20:44 AM 754 Views
Re: Agreed nossy - 25/07/2012 06:29:16 AM 899 Views
A lot of people are uncomfortable about homsexuality. Let's ban that too. Cannoli - 25/07/2012 09:26:46 PM 889 Views
Feisty. nossy - 25/07/2012 09:54:31 PM 997 Views
I'm pro-guns, but I don't think I have strong feelings about anything A Deathwatch Guard - 25/07/2012 07:36:31 AM 823 Views
I am mostly in agreement with you. wooly - 26/07/2012 02:11:56 AM 698 Views
Fully automatic weapons are already forbidden, aren't they? A Deathwatch Guard - 27/07/2012 02:19:57 AM 821 Views
Pretty strong (as someone born, raised and living outside the US) snoopcester - 25/07/2012 11:23:52 AM 907 Views
I'm okay with guns in very limited circumstances. Stephen - 25/07/2012 11:41:13 AM 955 Views
Re: I'm okay with guns in very limited circumstances. snoopcester - 25/07/2012 01:21:36 PM 851 Views
Inevitable thread, but mostly I feel people enters this debate without knowing enough about guns Isaac - 25/07/2012 02:05:12 PM 1034 Views
I have to admit that I didn't read most of that, sorry. nossy - 25/07/2012 02:47:05 PM 939 Views
Re: I have to admit that I didn't read most of that, sorry. Macharius - 25/07/2012 03:00:07 PM 841 Views
Re: moondog - 25/07/2012 03:30:44 PM 882 Views
Okay, that makes no sense Isaac - 25/07/2012 04:32:28 PM 897 Views
Re: Re: Macharius - 25/07/2012 05:50:23 PM 928 Views
My dad's gun were stolen and the police said they didn't need to even take fingerprints random thoughts - 25/07/2012 06:58:36 PM 904 Views
Re: I have to admit that I didn't read most of that, sorry. nossy - 25/07/2012 10:48:46 PM 931 Views
I understand, but you probably should if time permits Isaac - 25/07/2012 03:49:49 PM 1043 Views
It is unlikely to, for a while. nossy - 25/07/2012 10:37:30 PM 923 Views
Oh, but you have time to read Cannoli though Isaac - 26/07/2012 01:10:50 AM 859 Views
... his was shorter? nossy - 26/07/2012 02:41:48 PM 784 Views
Yeah but mine had diagrams! Isaac - 26/07/2012 03:46:49 PM 862 Views
I do sometimes need pictures. nossy - 26/07/2012 04:55:17 PM 714 Views
Re: I do sometimes need pictures. Isaac - 26/07/2012 04:57:57 PM 866 Views
*NM* nossy - 26/07/2012 05:23:11 PM 415 Views
Where exactly did you get those numbers? Legolas - 27/07/2012 07:23:31 PM 879 Views
He's right as far as numbers go. Nate - 27/07/2012 08:08:02 PM 912 Views
Wikipedia, the unchallenged source for acurate and complete citation Isaac - 27/07/2012 08:19:40 PM 942 Views
Sorry, I totally forgot about this post, hadn't noticed your replies. Legolas - 31/07/2012 07:42:43 PM 866 Views
I'm not surprised there were missing incidents Isaac - 31/07/2012 08:18:04 PM 840 Views
Re: I'm not surprised there were missing incidents Legolas - 31/07/2012 09:14:34 PM 815 Views
Re: I'm not surprised there were missing incidents Isaac - 31/07/2012 11:56:05 PM 981 Views
Norway? Scotland? Cannoli - 25/07/2012 09:31:49 PM 813 Views
You can keep this up nossy - 25/07/2012 09:56:28 PM 806 Views
Hi, Cannoli. Nate - 25/07/2012 10:30:56 PM 826 Views
well it could have at least double posted the edited version random thoughts - 26/07/2012 10:40:32 PM 780 Views
Most of those numbers come from inner city violence random thoughts - 26/07/2012 10:40:34 PM 995 Views
Re: Hi, Cannoli. Cannoli - 09/08/2012 09:07:03 PM 882 Views
The UK tightened gun laws after the Dunblane massacre. Rebekah - 25/07/2012 10:58:08 PM 768 Views
And yet, the people who do these things tend to be more respectful of guns Tom - 25/07/2012 03:44:31 PM 829 Views
Well working with dangeorus items tends to lead to respect and caution or a Darwin Award Isaac - 25/07/2012 04:52:13 PM 879 Views
I have no problem with guns, but I agree that assault weapons shouldn't be legal for ordinary people Tom - 25/07/2012 02:56:38 PM 889 Views
Re: guns Macharius - 25/07/2012 03:07:30 PM 934 Views
what is the basis for your argument that people would have panicked and forgotten their guns? random thoughts - 25/07/2012 04:45:46 PM 789 Views
My basis is that people are people - subject to panic, confusion, and fear. *NM* Macharius - 25/07/2012 05:46:58 PM 470 Views
Most people who regularly carry weapons reach for them when spooked, in my experience Isaac - 25/07/2012 06:14:57 PM 835 Views
Re: Most people who regularly carry weapons reach for them when spooked, in my experience ironclad - 25/07/2012 06:45:02 PM 938 Views
Putting your hand on something is a little different then shooting someone Isaac - 25/07/2012 08:13:59 PM 796 Views
The problem with banning assualt weapons is the defention is mostly cosmetic random thoughts - 25/07/2012 05:29:35 PM 786 Views
Bullshit Roland00 - 26/07/2012 01:52:59 PM 934 Views
I call Bullshit on your Bullshit random thoughts - 26/07/2012 02:59:09 PM 843 Views
Or nossy - 26/07/2012 03:20:12 PM 752 Views
There a lot of us with military training and some were in that theater random thoughts - 26/07/2012 03:43:52 PM 765 Views
HE was talking about normal people. nossy - 26/07/2012 04:53:16 PM 869 Views
I think we are talking past each other random thoughts - 26/07/2012 05:55:48 PM 842 Views
Possibly. We do do that. nossy - 26/07/2012 06:52:58 PM 872 Views
In addition to random thoughts's points... Tom - 26/07/2012 03:10:56 PM 798 Views
You're partially right but mostly wrong Isaac - 26/07/2012 05:46:27 PM 852 Views
i have pretty strong feelings that they should be better regulated than they currently are moondog - 25/07/2012 03:18:10 PM 784 Views
Correct me if I'm wrong.... Jeordam - 25/07/2012 03:53:07 PM 1013 Views
You're wrong Isaac - 25/07/2012 04:37:22 PM 780 Views
I believe it was the ammunition he bought in large amounts online, not the guns themselves. Legolas - 25/07/2012 07:22:31 PM 811 Views
Yes. Palatine - 25/07/2012 05:09:36 PM 779 Views
Yes and I am glad it's not my problem. ironclad - 25/07/2012 06:41:56 PM 923 Views
Well, you're missing the flaw in your reasoning...probably because you're appallingly ignorant Cannoli - 25/07/2012 09:19:18 PM 1012 Views
Come back when you can discuss something without attacking someone. ironclad - 26/07/2012 12:58:47 AM 811 Views
Dude, your burglary argument makes no sense Dark Knight - 25/07/2012 11:09:37 PM 821 Views
It makes lots of sense, actually. Legolas - 25/07/2012 11:55:59 PM 820 Views
They don't bring guns here. Huh. *NM* ironclad - 26/07/2012 12:59:15 AM 403 Views
they don't typically bring guns here either random thoughts - 26/07/2012 02:01:14 AM 915 Views
That's how I understand it too but I'm dubious, many criminals are dumber than a bag of hammers Isaac - 26/07/2012 02:22:18 AM 763 Views
Ha! ironclad - 26/07/2012 12:07:20 PM 696 Views
One of my Marine friends became a Fort Worth cop when he got out random thoughts - 26/07/2012 03:11:12 PM 880 Views
You get some wild stories Isaac - 26/07/2012 06:09:52 PM 891 Views
Like I've always said, you can't un-invent the gun Dark Knight - 25/07/2012 11:05:22 PM 786 Views
Agreed. It's really a lot like health care, in a way. Legolas - 26/07/2012 12:07:20 AM 897 Views
the argument of if America should have a lot guns is a long over random thoughts - 26/07/2012 03:29:50 PM 748 Views
See, there's another one of those BS stats tricks, 'family members' includes suicides and murder Isaac - 26/07/2012 06:47:54 PM 778 Views
Sure, but you can legislate certain excessive firearms. Ghavrel - 26/07/2012 09:41:12 PM 852 Views
assault rifles are banned random thoughts - 26/07/2012 10:51:28 PM 824 Views
I know the distinction. That's why I want a more clearly defined term for "assault weapon." Ghavrel - 27/07/2012 09:46:11 AM 954 Views
Then stay away from the hyperbole because an Uzi is a sub machinegun so it is banned random thoughts - 27/07/2012 01:48:50 PM 799 Views
Touchy Jedi Wolf Sister - 28/07/2012 04:33:46 AM 1001 Views
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