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RE: What would you think of making this a required safety feature?
February 25, 2014 at 11:07 pm
(February 25, 2014 at 5:51 pm)KUSA Wrote: I have many guns. They sit and wait. Some are on me and some are in locations available to me. I don't need to worry about a battery going dead or a stupid watch to remember. Besides, I'd look like a dumbass with watches going from my wrist to my elbow on both arms.
So, are all those guns useless because they might jam in a dangerous situation? Are your arms useless because you might miss? Your whole point is based on erroneous reasoning, especially since for every slight worry such a gun would give you, you no longer have to worry about anyone stealing your gun from you and using it on you. I'd suggest that, in the "things to worry about" category, getting shot in the face with your own gun is a much scarier imaginary concern.
Quote:I am curious, do you own or have you ever fired any gun?
I have never owned or fired a gun, nor have I ever needed to, which is how I know that this narrative you're trying to spin is overblown.
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Re: RE: What would you think of making this a required safety feature?
February 25, 2014 at 11:14 pm
(February 25, 2014 at 11:07 pm)Esquilax Wrote: I have never owned or fired a gun
You too have 0 qualifications on this subject.
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RE: What would you think of making this a required safety feature?
February 25, 2014 at 11:23 pm
I don't think I'd trust 20 year old ammo.
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RE: What would you think of making this a required safety feature?
February 25, 2014 at 11:34 pm
(February 25, 2014 at 11:03 pm)KUSA Wrote: I could let one of my guns sit for 20 years and pick it up fire it.
Ooh, you should. I'd love to catch up and see what happens.
Quote:You really have 0 qualifications on this subject but I'm sure you will disagree out of ignorance.
I can only assume that my firearms experience is relevant to this thread in some way, but fuck me if I can tell what it is.
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RE: What would you think of making this a required safety feature?
February 25, 2014 at 11:34 pm
(February 25, 2014 at 11:14 pm)KUSA Wrote: You too have 0 qualifications on this subject.
I know it might all seem super complex to the kind of person who bandies about terms like "leftist agenda" and spins violent fantasies about all the times they haven't needed to use their guns but really wanted to, but this isn't actually rocket science. The anemic nature of your position shows in the way you dodged every point I actually made, there.
Ever been in a situation where you totally wanted to shoot someone but couldn't because your smart gun's battery is dead and you weren't wearing the wristband?
Shit, then I guess you have zero qualifications here too! 
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Re: RE: What would you think of making this a required safety feature?
February 25, 2014 at 11:45 pm
(February 25, 2014 at 11:23 pm)Rahul Wrote: I don't think I'd trust 20 year old ammo.
Good ammunition will last a lifetime if stored properly.
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RE: What would you think of making this a required safety feature?
February 25, 2014 at 11:49 pm
(February 25, 2014 at 11:14 pm)KUSA Wrote: (February 25, 2014 at 11:07 pm)Esquilax Wrote: I have never owned or fired a gun
You too have 0 qualifications on this subject.
But Esquilax has an opinion and the right to express that opinion, whether he owns no guns or 5000 guns.
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RE: What would you think of making this a required safety feature?
February 25, 2014 at 11:53 pm
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(February 25, 2014 at 11:45 pm)KUSA Wrote: Good ammunition will last a lifetime if stored properly.
Yeah. I just looked it up on half a dozen gun forums. 20 year old ammo should be no problem.
(February 25, 2014 at 11:49 pm)Beccs Wrote: u
But Esquilax has an opinion and the right to express that opinion, whether he owns no guns or 5000 guns.
*grimaces* ... uhm ... er
This just reminded me of an atheist quote talking about theists who would argue about evolution. It said, "Since when did ignorance become an opinion?"
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RE: What would you think of making this a required safety feature?
February 26, 2014 at 12:02 am
(February 25, 2014 at 11:45 pm)KUSA Wrote: (February 25, 2014 at 11:23 pm)Rahul Wrote: I don't think I'd trust 20 year old ammo.
Good ammunition will last a lifetime if stored properly.
What good is stored ammunition in an emergency?
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RE: What would you think of making this a required safety feature?
February 26, 2014 at 12:10 am
(February 25, 2014 at 11:53 pm)Rahul Wrote: *grimaces* ... uhm ... er
This just reminded me of an atheist quote talking about theists who would argue about evolution. It said, "Since when did ignorance become an opinion?"
Why would not having handled a gun be ignorance on the subject that we're actually talking about? Granted, it's ignorance about how it feels to fire a gun and so on, but you can't even confirm I'm ignorant about the mechanics of the things. For all anyone knows, I could have a detailed schematic of every handgun ever made stored up in my head.
Which is, again, secondary to the issue of gun safety and whether these contentions we're dealing with are realistic or not. I don't need to have fired a gun to exist in the reality I do, where having one on hand has been completely unnecessary for me and everyone I know, in my entire life.
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