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However we all take that same risk everyday climbing into our cars.

This is the worst damn argument to defend guns and I really wish gun owners would stop using it.

Guns and cars are not comparable. It's a bullshit argument. Same with guns and knives. Or even guns and explosives. Cars are not designed to shoot things. Neither are knives. And explosives are far more difficult to get hold of than guns.

People seriously need to stop pretending like guns are just a utensil we use in our everyday lives. Because they're not.

If all gun sales were stopped tomorrow there would be no shortage of firearms for years to come. The bad guys would still be able to acquire them.

This is another bullshit argument. "The criminals would still have guns".

Why outlaw murder? People will still murder right?

Well, there's always going to be someone out there with guns that shouldn't have them. In the UK, there's still guns, believe it or not. However they're very rare as a direct result of our laws. It's not about making them impossible to get hold of. It's about making it harder for whackos and nutjobs to get hold of. If every man and his dog has a gun, like they currently do in America, where you can buy a gun legally that's cheaper than even on the black market, then any old idiot can get one, as it currently stands. How easy is it for a loon with mental problems to access a gun in your country? Are we going to pretend like it isn't? Are we going to pretend like increasing gun restrictions would do absolutely nothing, or a govt buyback on guns would do absolutely nothing? And it would still be just as easy to get hold of an instrument designed entirely for death?


I realise I'm shitting all over your thread here, but man, please can people stop with these same old bullshit arguments. I'd much rather people just said, "I like guns, don't take them away from me", because that's really about all the justification you guys have.

Oh, and IMO there is no such thing as a 'peaceful gun nut'. That's an oxymoron.