How Many Guns?

Originally posted by Crowley
So by this logic I should always wear a parachute when traveling by plane, walk around like Bubble Boy and wrap myself in foam rubber mattresses when crossing intersections?

So you do or don't wear the seat belt?

Originally posted by yo its me
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2358253,00.html

Thes people had a gun but it didn't pretect them, instead it was among the things stolen.

Other THINGS were stolen? I say ban those other things also. No one said guns were the perfect answer.

GRANNY.

Originally posted by yo its me
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2358253,00.html

Thes people had a gun but it didn't pretect them, instead it was among the things stolen.

Every 13 seconds an American uses a gun to defend against a criminal.

http://www.pulpless.com/gunclock/gunclock_index2.html

Originally posted by Sleepyguy
So you do or don't wear the seat belt?

Of course I do, but you are comparing apples and oranges.

You have much bigger statistical chance of needing a proven safety device than you would 'need' a gun to protect yourself.
Also, see my last post on the previous page.

Originally posted by smw6869
Other THINGS were stolen? I say ban those other things also. No one said guns were the perfect answer.

GRANNY.

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You're missing the point Granny; let me spell it out for you 😉
The gun didn't pretect them, instead it was something worth stealing.

Owning a gun has become a reason to be killed.

Originally posted by Phlabibit
Every 13 seconds an American uses a gun to defend against a criminal.

http://www.pulpless.com/gunclock/gunclock_index2.html

Most satistics are made up on the spot, and that dosen't look like an exception to me.

Originally posted by yo its me
Most satistics are made up on the spot, and that dosen't look like an exception to me.

Ok, how about a story like you posted.

http://www.gunowners.org/sk0401.htm

Originally posted by Phlabibit
Ok, how about a story like you posted.

http://www.gunowners.org/sk0401.htm

Do you actually own a gun, Mr. Tambourine Man?

Originally posted by Crowley
Do you actually own a gun, Mr. Tambourine Man?

Not anymore, though I am still licensed to own one. That doesn't mean I want to lose my right to have one legally, or have my father's and brother's taken away for no good reason.

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Originally posted by yo its me
Most satistics

That's a made up statistic.

Originally posted by SJ247
That's a made up statistic.

Any statistic that doesn't back your argument is subject to this statistic.

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Originally posted by yo its me
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You're missing the point Granny; let me spell it out for you 😉
The gun didn't pretect them, instead it was something worth stealing.

Owning a gun has become a reason to be killed.

I didn't miss the point. Are you saying they went in JUST to steal the gun? What about the other things they stole are they bad to? If you own a gun you better be responsible or don't own one. I'm not going to stop owning a car because it could be stolen and used in a bank robbery where someone gets killed.

GRANNY.

Originally posted by Crowley
Of course I do, but you are comparing apples and oranges.

You have much bigger statistical chance of needing a proven safety device than you would 'need' a gun to protect yourself.
Also, see my last post on the previous page.

Guns are also a proven safety device. See Phlabibit's link.

The contortions you go through to justify your position are truly amusing. You yourself say that you live in an area rife with violence, you refuse to arm yourself, and instead lecture me (the guy sitting in a country chock full of guns and far lower rates of violent crime) that I am apathetic. Its hilarious.

Originally posted by yo its me
Most satistics are made up on the spot, and that dosen't look like an exception to me.

Check the latest FBI crime stats. Guns are used 3 million times a year by law abiding citizens to prevent a crime and they are only the ones Reported.

GRANNY.

Originally posted by Phlabibit
Ok, how about a story like you posted.

http://www.gunowners.org/sk0401.htm

Sad reading. Personally I'd be anoyed at having to carry everywhere I went. Pretection is important, I should carry a rape alarm, maybe you should carry a gun. Where will it all end? So there was a mad man- it happens. There aren't many mad people and mostly they are a danger to themselves not the public.