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Living under the rule of a foreign dictator, that is what you would be doing, afterwards!
Originally posted by queenannie38
i'm american and this is what i would do, if it were up to me:
get rid of ALL guns
no matter who or why or where
all guns going into the ocean
NO EXCEPTIONS
this includes cannon, missile launchers, etc.
hell, if i'm gonna do all that, then i might as well say that anything of a violent weapon nature that has no other purpose other than to KILL man or animal must GO!
no exceptions.
that's what i would do.
Originally posted by Kandinsky
On ATS I've often seen the expression of NRA sentiments. In particular, I remember a very well-known member cheerfully dismissing statistical evidence against possession of weapons. Higher death rates? Ha! Higher gun crime? That's why need guns! I think it was you, Blup Blup having the debate with him. I realised then, that the US will always have guns.
Originally posted by yoesse
reply to post by blupblup
Guns really aren't the issue. Sanity is really the core of the issue. Unfortunately that issue is in the purview of the "psyche" professions who are also behind the programs being used to manipulate the masses to complacency conformity and addiction. The real problem is the mixture of the two.
Originally posted by jeh2324
You know, maybe these people who do not believe in being armed or owning guns are doing the rest of us a favor. They obviously don't trust themselves with a gun. One bad day and their whole office would feel their instability.
So thank you to the domesticated hippies for not shotting me while I work. I know your unstable, I won't hold it against you. But don't come for my gun or you'll get it barrel first.
Originally posted by and14263
Guns don't kill people...
Lack of education, mental illness and our collapsing society does.
Originally posted by TheDarkTurnip
Why in 1968, when going into a shop and walking out with a shotgun was perfectly legal, was gun crime considerably lower than it is now?
Why, when looking at the facts, do people still insist that taking away guns from the law abiding will result in lower gun deaths?
The major gun laws in this country were enacted as responses to mass shootings. Guess what? Around a decade after each was passed, another one happened.
Originally posted by Auntie Matter
The first and last time I held and fired a weapon was when I got cajoled into shooting trap with friends. I enjoyed myself. It was an oddly powerful feeling, one that left me with the notion that no one should have access to that kind of potentially life-altering/ending power in one’s hands.
Thank you for reading my two cents.
Originally posted by TheDarkTurnip
Why before 1997, when a complete ban on handguns was enacted, was crime involving handguns considerably lower than today?
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
I've used skeet to turn gun-phobic acquaintances to the gun-loving side. Once they've spent a few hours at the range they always come back with "that's it?" or "what's all the hype been about?" meaning they lose their unhealthy notion that a gun is some power-mad destructive device hellbent on destroying the world.
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
Originally posted by Auntie Matter
The first and last time I held and fired a weapon was when I got cajoled into shooting trap with friends. I enjoyed myself. It was an oddly powerful feeling, one that left me with the notion that no one should have access to that kind of potentially life-altering/ending power in one’s hands.
Thank you for reading my two cents.
That's interesting. I've used skeet to turn gun-phobic acquaintances to the gun-loving side. Once they've spent a few hours at the range they always come back with "that's it?" or "what's all the hype been about?" meaning they lose their unhealthy notion that a gun is some power-mad destructive device hellbent on destroying the world.
If you thought it gave you some feeling of power perhaps you have greater issues to work out.