Is America the greatest country

[Catholic_Lady]

What I was asking Min is if he agreed with the comment wishing death on innocent people. Getting into an argument over semantics is just straying from the point.

"Innocent" people who negligently discharge firearms into toddlers, spouses, next door neighbors and themselves...... I'm willing to bet that Min probably would wish death on those people, lol.

I'd settle for them being put through a tumble in the sack with a rough man named Phil, personally.  Which is what would happen if we called them on their bullshit and charged them with the crime they've committed.

But Chuck wasn't talking only about people who have negligently discharged firearms into others. He was talking about all American people who own guns, in general, and that is what Min and I responded to. It is a small percentage of all people who own guns who have negligently gotten others killed, not all of them. And even if he was wishing death only on those who have been responsible for negligence, I still don't see how it's an appropriate sentiment to have. Especially if you're against the death penalty. 

It makes no sense to wish death on negligent gun owners who have discharged on people, and then to turn around and say you're against the death penalty for the most heinous of criminals. It makes even less sense to wish death on all American who own guns, which is what he did. 

Chuck's comment was that guns should not have a safety feature so that way they can go off and kill the owner, and that America would be a better place if all gun owners were shot and killed.


I don't care about guns one way or the other, but I do object to people talking about wanting a whole category of people to be killed. Having guns does not make someone a bad person. If they haven't done anything wrong, they are still innocent people. Being in the Air Force, we know a lot of fellow officers who own guns and like to go shooting. They are still innocent people. They are still good people who don't deserve to die. My husband's dad owns a few guns himself too. He doesn't use them for hunting animals, but he does like to go target shooting on occasion with his sons. He's a doctor who dedicates his life to helping people. He's an innocent man and not someone who any decent person should be wishing death upon, nor someone whom America would be "better off" without.