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Liberals Who Own Guns.

nnmartin

nnmartin

Well-Known Member
I agree, and so in rural areas you could keep a gun in the house, and in very remote areas such as Alaska, the rules could be relaxed even more.

This makes sense, but in a crowded city is it really a good idea to allow for citizens to have guns - surely not?
 
Reverend Rick

Reverend Rick

Frubal Whore
Premium Member
nnmartin said:
I agree, and so in rural areas you could keep a gun in the house, and in very remote areas such as Alaska, the rules could be relaxed even more.

This makes sense, but in a crowded city is it really a good idea to allow for citizens to have guns - surely not?
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I look at it this way, if protection is provided to me, I need not protect myself. I'm not allowed to carry a gun into a college basketball game. There are thousands of people cramed into an arena, the potential of harming innocent folks is great. The thing is, I see Armed Sheriffs everywhere, I know they can take care of business with little response time. I'm good with that.

Airlines make sure all the passengers are unarmed. I don't feel the need to carry a gun in that envionment.

If I lived accross the street from a fire station, I would not be too concerned about a fire extinguisher. I look at guns in the same way. They are just tools. In the right hands, they are no threat. I do agree with you however that crowded areas and guns make a bad mix.
 
Kathryn

Kathryn

It was on fire when I laid down on it.
illykitty said:
I'm from Canada, and now living in the UK. I've never encountered a single case in my life that would have justified owning a gun. I think letting anyone own a gun is just asking for trouble. Anyone can become potential murderers (intentional or not) or at least injure someone out of passion, mistake and/or other reasons.

The worse occasions being children or teenagers taking them and going to shoot their classmates at school. Just check wiki, the US has at least triple the amount of shootings than the whole of Europe!!!

Quite frankly that kind of attitude scares me. It scares me to think that people are so attached to dangerous and horrible weapons like that. And they deny them being the cause of so many issues. Yes it is the owner that is the problem but what if no one should own them?

I feel so much safer to be in a country that has strict gun controls. I do not envy anyone living in the US.
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To each his own, but while we're swapping personal anecdotes, I'll tell you that my mother, my father, and I have each used a gun at least once to deter CERTAIN criminal behavior of a violent nature.

We are each glad we had a gun at the time. Otherwise we would have become a victim of crime ourselves.

PS - we didn't even have to fire a shot. Simply showing the perpetrators that we had a gun was all it took to get them to back off.
 
illykitty

illykitty

RF's pet cat
People will acquire guns anyway if such a situation arose, illegal or not. It's a special situation. On an everyday basis, countries with gun laws are safer, have less crime and death by shooting. Not to mention school shootings (which are - again - triple in the US than in the whole of Europe).

I'm more in line of thinking like Gandhi. If I die protesting in a non violent manner then it would be better than to go on a shooting rampage.

Personally I feel a lot safer in this country than in one where everybody being armed to the teeth. One little thing you do to make someone angry and you might get shot? No thanks!
 
Kathryn

Kathryn

It was on fire when I laid down on it.
illykitty said:
People will acquire guns anyway if such a situation arose, illegal or not. It's a special situation. On an everyday basis, countries with gun laws are safer, have less crime and death by shooting. Not to mention school shootings (which are - again - triple in the US than in the whole of Europe).

I'm more in line of thinking like Gandhi. If I die protesting in a non violent manner then it would be better than to go on a shooting rampage.

Personally I feel a lot safer in this country than in one where everybody being armed to the teeth. One little thing you do to make someone angry and you might get shot? No thanks!
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To each his own.

The United States was settled by non conformists, risk takers, people who were willing to lay it all on the line for the opportunities the country offered. In other words, Europe saw a massive emigration of radicals, creative thinkers, criminals, the desperate, and the "brave hearts" for about 400 years, while the more complacent and comfortable stayed home.

Americans are the descendants of those high spirited and adventurous pioneers. It's a fundamental difference between Americans and Europeans.
 
dust1n

dust1n

Zindīq
Revoltingest said:
I define them thus:
Liberal (modern American sense): economic restrictions, foreign adventurism, social liberalism, big government, nanny state.
Conservative: economic liberty, strong defense with some foreign adventurism for defensive & economic purposes, social conservatism.
Neo-conservatism: Like a conservative, but more foreign adventurism, bigger government & higher taxes.
Libertarian (aka classical liberal): economic liberty, social liberty, no foreign adventurism, strong enuf defense.
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How objectively worded. :p
 
The Sum of Awe

The Sum of Awe

Brought to you by the moment that spacetime began.
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