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Originally posted by babybunnies
This guy is one of the biggest problems with the American gun culture, which will never, ever go away.
Concealed carry laws because he wants the right to protect himself outside of his home?
Back to the same old tired argument that more guns leads to safer environments, not more dangerous ones.
Here in Canada, we feel safe, and don't go around carrying loaded pistols in our socks to feel this way.
Originally posted by babybunnies
Here in Canada, we feel safe, and don't go around carrying loaded pistols in our socks to feel this way.
Originally posted by nothingwrongA modern advanced society does not need a gun in every home.
Originally posted by whatsecret
reply to post by nothingwrong
The circular logic is ridiculous! All guns should be legal so that I can protect myself from people with guns!? Really!!!!???? And then he said - only the violent criminals should not be permitted to purchase guns! WTF? Is this guy a comic? They already have them! It is these people you are declaring you need to protect yourself against! Idiot. If it was so easy you wouldn't need a gun would you?
Why do I get a feeling that you wouldn't have the balls to say it to his face...
I am a Marine Corps Veteran of 8 years, and I will not have some woman who proclaims the evil of an inanimate object, yet carries one, tell me I may not have one.
and I will not have some man who proclaims the evil of an inanimate
Originally posted by RedmoonMWC
Originally posted by curme
That Marine spent 6 years in the Corps and couldn't make SGT?
Not really unusual. It works on a quota system in many MOS's.
After E-3 it is no longer time in grade but rather how full is your MOS and is there room for another E-4, E-5 etc...
Originally posted by xXxinfidelxXx
reply to post by igniterevolution
You must also be wary of PMC's (private military corporations) like Blackwater (now Academi) or the multitude of other American PMC's that recruit primarily from the sociopathic pool of the American Special Forces community, as well as from third world nations that don't have a semblance of rights to begin with so they would not think twice about trampling on yours. Do not worry about the military, they are already mostly on your side. I would worry about mercs operating within your borders though if I were you, as they get paid A LOT of money to just follow orders (4-6x what your average E1-E4 would make in the military) and have diplomatic immunity which means no charges for war crimes. Not even a slap on the wrist, so be wary of them is all I can say. I honestly think that a Academi recruit from Bangladesh or the like wouldn't think twice about firing into a crowd of protestors, and neither would some of the ex-Special Forces guys.