(February 10, 2016 at 11:40 am)Gawdzilla Wrote:Okay fair point. The key is responsible gun ownership, My grandfather and uncle both own like 8-9 guns because they both hunt and different guns have different properties that make them suitable for different game. My grandfather also is a history buff so he has 2 really cool historical pieces. One is a 1890s swiss army rifle. And he's a conservative minister. Never had a issue with them and we raised 4 kids in that house. Never a issue around us. The key is he keeps them locked up in a cabinet, and only takes them out to maintain them or when he plans to use them. I certainly don't support marching down to MacDonalds to grab a big Mac with your semiautomatic.(February 10, 2016 at 11:36 am)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: It's not as crazy as it looks on the surface. First off people who hunt will commonly have different guns for different game. Maybe .22 for rabbits, a shotgun for patriarch and 30-06 for deer. Also, well maintenaned guns, last a very long time. Its not uncommon to see guns in a family for many generations. Ex my grandfather has a perfect working order .22 that his father gave him over 50 years ago.
It's not necessarily as crazy as it looks. It can be as crazy as it looks. It is certainly as crazy as it looks around here.
This is why I think that the gun problem is only one facet of much larger issue. All the countries with universal healthcare have lower incidents with guns, despite the fact that some have pretty gun ownership rates. The way I see is that we should look at and address the issues that lead people to go on shooting sprees to begin with, not the guns themselves. That said I am in favor of mandatory safety courses and background checks. Though we tried gun registeration in Canada and it was a nothing but a expensive headache.
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Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
