(July 8, 2015 at 12:20 pm)Iroscato Wrote: Maybe it's part of being a Brit, but I can't imagine living in a country with gun laws like certain states in the USA. I mean, the thought of just seeing a gun in the open makes my blood run cold, especially a fuckmothering assault rifle.

You Brits are a bunch of sissies!  No wonder an upstart country was able to kick your asses!

I learned to use a gun long before I learned to drive a car (and I got my driver's license the first month it was legal for me to do so).  That is what real Americans do.  That a few fools shoot themselves or their stupid friends is a minor consideration.  One cannot make an omelet without breaking a few eggs!

(July 8, 2015 at 12:22 pm)Napoléon Wrote:

(July 8, 2015 at 12:20 pm)Iroscato Wrote: Maybe it's part of being a Brit, but I can't imagine living in a country with gun laws like certain states in the USA. I mean, the thought of just seeing a gun in the open makes my blood run cold, especially a fuckmothering assault rifle.

Held by a civilian too. That's the most mind boggling thing. Like, I've only once or twice seen cops in the UK carrying guns, to see a civ with an assault rifle is truly bizarre.

Yeah, the only people I know who own guns are usually hunters or have a special permit for some specific activity that requires guns - Additionally some guns like ones with rubber bullets used for specific purposes do not require license. But "true" firearms? Hell no, I don't know anybody b sides cops, soldiers and intelligence services that owns a gun. It confuses the hell out of me as well, but whatever floats people's boats.

(July 8, 2015 at 12:21 pm)Napoléon Wrote:

(July 8, 2015 at 12:18 pm)whateverist Wrote: That's just what they say for the cameras.  Most of them interpret the 2nd amendment as a clause for casting a referendum on the govmint.  Only those with private arms get to vote.

That's what I don't get with it though. I'd back the trillions of dollars the US government pumps into its military against a bunch of hicks with a few guns. It ain't 1776 anymore you guys...

The problem with your thinking is that the military is made up of these same hicks. The size of the military pales in comparison to the civilian gun owners. Take away the ones that would not turn on their own and you have a small force to go out and hunt the hicks.

(July 8, 2015 at 12:39 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: You Brits are a bunch of sissies!

A little rich coming from an American who says they need guns for 'protection'.

Quote:No wonder an upstart country was able to kick your asses!

Well technically we just weren't that bothered about a few rowdy rabble rousers and gave up more because we couldn't be arsed, than because we legitimately got our 'asses kicked'. I mean, we did have the largest empire the world had ever seen, it was probably a bit greedy of us in the end.

It's certainly no less embarrassing than getting your arse kicked by the Vietnamese.

Quote:I learned to use a gun long before I learned to drive a car (and I got my driver's license the first month it was legal for me to do so).  That is what real Americans do. That a few fools shoot themselves or their stupid friends is a minor consideration.  One cannot make an omelet without breaking a few eggs!

I agree, it's fairly stupid that people would shoot themselves and/or others. But then, I'd question the logic of allowing such fools guns in the first place.

(July 8, 2015 at 2:53 pm)KUSA Wrote: The problem with your thinking is that the military is made up of these same hicks. The size of the military pales in comparison to the civilian gun owners. Take away the ones that would not turn on their own and you have a small force to go out and hunt the hicks.

I'd like to see the civilian gun owners defend themselves against drones and tanks.

Quote:But then, I'd question the logic of allowing such fools guns in the first place.

The stupidity can truly be breathtaking, the wide open spaces between their ears, the rolling waves of belly fat. Ahhh, 'Murika. Europe truly flushed its christards on thee.

(July 8, 2015 at 3:00 pm)Napoléon Wrote:

(July 8, 2015 at 2:53 pm)KUSA Wrote: The problem with your thinking is that the military is made up of these same hicks. The size of the military pales in comparison to the civilian gun owners. Take away the ones that would not turn on their own and you have a small force to go out and hunt the hicks.

I'd like to see the civilian gun owners defend themselves against drones and tanks.

The hicks are the ones driving the tanks. They are more likely to blow up the people giving the orders than the civilian population.

White people walking around blatantly carrying guns, and then people get paranoid at un-armed black people like they have an agenda.

'Murica.

(July 8, 2015 at 6:24 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: White people walking around blatantly carrying guns, and then people get paranoid at un-armed black people like they have an agenda.

'Murica.

But black peoples have big muscles and don't need guns to hurt you.