Originally posted by TruthxIsxInxThexMist
reply to post by rainfall
Guns are a problem in Society.... especially in the USA... basically if you own a gun, this means you are willing to use it to either injure or kill
someone else... now i can see why people would want to have protection to protect their families in case of intrusion but there is always the risk of
one of their kids picking up this gun and going out with it....
Guns are not a problem in society. Guns are inanimate objects the last time I checked, completely unable to cause problems...my owning a handgun(s)
does mean I have a means to protect my person, that's true. It also means that I, upon occasion, go out to the range and rip up some paper targets.
Other people collect firearms. There are a myriad of reasons people own firearms... The risk of one of their kids picking it up is not the guns,
it's the idiots masquerading as parents. You own a handgun/rifle/shotgun, and have kids...you damned well better train them, from the crib, to
respect them as the possibly dangerous tools they are/can be. I was, from the crib, taught just that. They are not toys. They are not problem
solvers. Guns are tools.
Guns are used in everyday life for a Gangster or Gang member and the streets would be a lot safer if they were'nt around so by breaking down
doors and confiscating these guns they are preventing this...
Do you honestly think that? The streets will be safer? Seriously? ...and that reasoning justifies breaking down doors and trampling, with oh so
noble intentions, the civil liberties of ordinary citizens? The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
I suppose if you had children going to these schools close by that you'd want them to go to school without fear of being gunned down or
joining some gang...
Contrary to what seems to be popular belief, that's not an issue in most school areas. ...if it is, the police and the citizens of the area need to
do something about it. Kickin' down the doors isn't the answer. Community involvement in removing the criminal element is the answer. You make
the criminals/gangs feel unwelcome they'll move on, then that area does the same, and so on... Soon the gang is no more. Until that happens you're
going to have the problem. Attempting to confiscate hand guns isn't the answer, or even a part of the answer.
So... you can't have it both ways.... you either hand in your guns and hope no-one intruds into your property or you keep the guns and run the
risk of being caught with them or killing someone....
I'll keep mine, thanks. It's not me running the risk, by the bye, it's the fool who thinks I'm an easy mark in my home... It's their risk.
People take lives.... many lives.... guns were made for one purpose only and that is to kill!!!
People take each others lives everyday without guns. Guns were made to kill... And? If you think society, American or otherwise, would be "safer"
without the presence, or the possibility of the presence, of handguns; we've reached an impasse of monumental proportions, and we'll just have to
agree to disagree.
[edit on 3/9/2010 by seagull]
