Isaanbarang wrote:

newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:30 am

Isaanbarang wrote:Firstly we all should be glad that the inanamite object was not his trusty 1911 Smith and Wesson

A person on drugs should not be allowed to have a gun. A person with mental issues should not be allowed to have a gun. Those people with those issues carrying firearms are criminals.

A firearm should only be drawn in a situation where death or bodily injury injury will happen to the person or a loved one. And only enough force should be used to stop such an attack. Otherwise it’s murder or manslaughter.

The media never keeps track whenever a firearm is used to prevent crime from happening. It doesn’t fit the politically correct agenda.

Then I strongly urge you to contact your Republican Congressman or Senator and express your disgust that President Trump refuses to endorse universal background checks for gun ownership. Other initiatives president will not support: a gun registry, gun confiscation, a mandatory buyback policy, a ban on high capacity magazines, taxes or regulatory impediments to the purchase of ammunition and a ban on any class of weapon, particularly an assault weapons ban. The source called all of the above "way out of bounds" for the president.

Perhaps just voting Democrat would be easier, there is no logical reason for using an assault rifle to protect oneself unless of course you are being attacked by an infantry division.

Spigzy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 12:05 pm Yes, a move back to the times before guns and there was world peace would be very welcome!!

Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 1:17 pm

Spigzy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 12:05 pm Yes, a move back to the times before guns and there was world peace would be very welcome!!

Lol, point taken, but the thing is, in the times when you had to attack your enemy with a club or a sword, the killing was mano a mano. Each time you go to kill a person, you knew you could get killed. The problem with guns and bombs is that it's killing at distance, which makes it much easier to kill people, both physically and psychologically.

But anyway, the discussion is pointless, because living with guns and living without any guns at all are totally opposed mindsets. We cannot agree.
When I was a kid, I used to play with guns, but now that I'm a big person, I just use a baseball bat. (That was a joke btw.)

Matrix wrote:Come on, Bennett, throw away that chicken-shit gun. You don't just want to pull a trigger. Put the knife in me and look me in the eye and see what's going on in there when you turn it.

newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2020 6:57 am Back on topic.

The original poster believed that if everyone was a Democrat (ie a member of the Democrat political party) the world would be instantly safe.

His issues were that there were no comprehensive background checks. Currently, people who buy guns are checked through the FBI. Many organizations do to share info with the FBI. Background checks such as those in California and New York include psychiatric evaluations, letters from the local police chief, mayor, and whatever hoops the state deems. He also bemoaned that there wasn’t a national gun registry. New York has a gun registry. And guess what? That registry was given to left winger who then promptly published it in the local paper. Now ever criminal and kook knows the name of every person, and where they live and who has a gun in their home. The more control, the more abuse of that control.

Gun ownership is a right in the Bill of Rights, part of the US Constitution, same as freedom of speech, religion, etc. The Constitution was written because the founders feared a big, intrusive government would stomp all over its citizens.

It wasn’t that long along ago that the government was forcing gun shops to sell automatic weapons to known gang members.

None of the gun grabbing schemes has ever been proven to prevent criminals from committing crimes. Criminals by definition do not obey the law. Be it carting off the armory of LA SWAT or other deeds.

What has been proven is responsible gun owners stopping a mass killing in a Texas church by shooting the murderer in the head.

Everyone should have the right to not carry gun. Just like everyone should have to right to not practice their religion. Or the right not to speak their mind. But please don’t deprive others of those rights as well.

It wasn’t that long along ago that the government was forcing gun shops to sell automatic weapons to known gang members.