Do guns protect you, or simply cause violence? (Page 71) Sandra057: so stop giving women advice on guns please. And then you called her a slut, and said that was a compliment? No wonder you were arrested (Post deleted by Fog Swept Glade ) Leda Muir: such a fake air gun can be dangerous too i remember a friend once accidentally shot her kneecap she shot it out of joint suffering in pain. It has a safety she tried to remove but finger in the trigger hole when she removed it was pang on her knee and aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. That is called a toy in my eyes it isn't but good to learn to use a gun a sort of training gun kittybobo34: Even experts have accidents, thinking of Dick Chaney's missfire that shot the guy he was hunting with. Leda Muir: It was a accident when he went on a hunt, Dick was a lawyer but was his shot such a accident. Dick's friend which got shot was the vice president, Dick just a lawyer wasn't he aiming for the title of Vice HerbieVersmells: We have guns to be able to protect ourselves from a tyrannical government. This is all that needs to be said about this subject. That is the right I have according to the 2nd amendment of the beautiful Constitution of the United States of MURICA. Crime is relative to many more circumstances than just the ability to wield a gun. (see knife violence stats in the uk) the same argument could be made to ban knives there. Where do you stop the bans. Do we ban fire to stop Arson? Do we ban penises to stop rape? Do we ban hospitals to stop accidental hospital death? All these things can be avoided by Not committing crimes. By Not being negligent. By being a human being that realizes the value of another's Life. I'm sorry if my hobby of punching holes in paper at 1400 fps makes you uncomfortable. I'm sorry if I get a small hit of dopamine every time I hear a steel plate being hit with 870 ft lbs of force. It doesn't change the potential any of us have to commit a crime. We all have exponential potential to commit a crime. Some of us just choose not to. kittybobo34: There are limits to any attempt to ban guns: The constitution "right to keep and bear arms SHALL not be infringed" The fact that there are more guns than people out there already. But, we can limit the availability to crazy people and stupid criminals. Remove the availability to buy at gun shows, stepped up investigations of people that attempt to buy but have mental health issues or criminal backgrounds. Right now both of those are being ignored. HerbieVersmells: @kittybobo34 Thank you. Lets enforce the laws already in place that we put into the hands of vendors. Let's all be responsible for the way we handle our country. How we handle the people we know. Let us all be responsible for the unneeded death and crime we allow to happen. Not because of the availability of a means but because we are the means to an end. We are the means to the goals we seek. HerbieVersmells: You don't become a better person by evicting every temptation in your life. You become a better person by being strong enough to not succumbing to them. | Politics Chat Room 21 People Chatting Similar Conversations |