RE: Just another gun thread, don't bother reading.
March 1, 2015 at 9:08 pm
(This post was last modified: March 1, 2015 at 9:13 pm by Losty.)
(March 1, 2015 at 9:01 pm)whateverist Wrote: That's quite a set of balls you have on you Losty. I agree with most everything you said. But I have an alternate plan to suggest. Perhaps we could just outlaw guns and give people a yearly one week opportunity to turn them in for 'blue book' value. In between anyone caught with a gun would be fined big time and lose the gun for nothing. Anyone actually caught in the act wielding a gun would simply be shot on sight. Could work.
I do not have any balls Mr.SexyMemberMan. :p
Hmm...you'd need more than blue book value to convince most people, afterall, if guns are illegal you can sell yours to a doomsday preparer or a member of the Michigan Militia for over blue book value.
Also, I think shoot on sight is a terrible idea. Don't you remember that guy in the toy section who was shot dead for holding a toy gun? Or that 7 year old kid who was shot dead for holding something or maybe nothing (I can't remember for sure) that appeared to be a gun?
(March 1, 2015 at 9:07 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: For starters, there is the 2nd Amendment. We need to respect that if we're going to trumpet the separation of church and state - otherwise we are hypocrites. Repealing or modifying it is not realistic in the current climate.
The second amendment is a right to be armed in militia for the purpose of overthrowing the government should it become corrupt. Seems a bit obsolete dontcha think?
Quote:I think the love of guns if largely a cultural thing. The Brits have their royals and we have our guns. I think a lot of Americans equate guns with freedom in a symbolic way. They look at their gun rack and they see it as their protection against a potentially oppressive government. I doubt many of them are under the illusion that they can form a neighborhood militia and hold off the military but that's not entirely the point. The queen has no actual power in Britain but they hold on to that for cultural reasons. I think it's the same here for a lot of people. It gives them comfort and cultural identity. It's an emotional thing - like religion. It may go away eventually but it's not going to happen anytime soon.
How many Brits accidentally kill themselves or others with their royals each year? What about those who use the royals to intentionally kill each other?
I don't even think they like the royals. Americans are the ones who love the royals.
