Gun Control

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Probably just as many that were present when someone was stabbed to death.

Equating firearms to kitchen knives.  Brilliant.  Can you list all of the times where a knife went off accidentally and killed someone?  How about all those instances where someone was cleaning their knife and lopped their foot off?

I get it, some people hate guns, but how dare the haters try and take it away from the enthusiasts?

Personally, I don't hate guns.  A gun is a object - hating a gun makes about as much sense as hating a chair or a paper napkin. 

'Enthusiast' is the key word, I think.  People who are enthusiastic about shooting guns are probably the last people who should have access to them.  But calm yourself - I'm not trying to take your guns away.  You'll give them up on your own eventually.

And after all, most crime is committed with illegal firearms.

I really don't think that's true.  Fraud and embezzlement, for example, are almost never committed with illegal firearms.  The same goes for copyright infringement, plagiarism, perjury, burglary, trespassing, forgery, counterfeiting and illegal dumping of hazardous waste.

 I'm 100% for a stop to illegal firearms, but how the hell do you do that?

You don't, short of stopping the manufacture of all firearms worldwide, and I think we can agree that that's never going to happen.

If you want to hate something, hate people.

Ok, I'll hate people.  But I'm going to reserve the right to hate some people more than others.  Nuff said.

Boru