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KyoZero
So I have been absent some time and I know the issue of gun control is massive. So I am proposing a thread to discuss a completey hypothetical, non-realistic question
I want to repeat this once more because I just know someone is going to bust in here saying "this could never happen!"
The following proposal is 100% and completely HYPOTHETICAL and non-realistic.
I am VERY AWARE that this could never happen...let's hope this cuts down on the BS
Now to the question
Suppose for a moment you had in your possession a button. If you were to press this button, EVERY single firearm in the world would dissapear. Meaning cops wouldn't have them, civilians wouldn't have them and criminals wouldn't have them. Furthermore, pressing this button would disallow the ability to EVER create firearms again.
So in short, this button, if pressed, would eliminate every single firearm in existence and would eliminate the ability to ever make a firearm again
Do you press it?
Why or why not?
Neopan100
Yes..but only if they were all gone..not just some people having them. I am pro gun though just so you know..but hey if we could make them all disappear then that would be awesome.
blupblup
reply to post by KyoZero
Hell yes.... Guns = death & destruction.
Who wouldn't want that button button pressed?edit on 3/4/14 by blupblup because: (no reason given)
ignorant_ape
reply to post by KyoZero
no - I would destroy the button - and to be blunt - shoot anyone who said they would press it twice in the heart and genitals - for their utter stupidity .
reality check - firearms are a tool - eliminating them will not eliminate violence
buster2010
People that like to hunt? Why not make all knifes disappear many people have been killed with them over the years. Besides guns don't do the killing people do.
TinkerHaus
I'd totally press it. This way every sick bastard out there could go out and abduct children, rape, and murder with hand tools and no fear of someone being able to effectively defend themselves. Sounds like a fantastic idea to me!
I'd wager my entire savings account that most of the people saying "let's go back to crossbows, swords, and clubs like REAL MEN" are 350 lbs and the closest they've gotten to a crossbow, sword, or club is on Skyrim.