Originally posted by KewpieIf the "right" to bear weapons was limited to flintlock pistols such events would not occur.hard to run amok using a flintlock pistol?
I didn't say you needed to outlaw guns, and I don't think it'd work anyway. What's needed is to teach US citizens that guns should be treated with respect. License gun owners, register the guns, require them to be kept in secure locked storage, follow that up with random inspections. Might slow down the impulsive actions of mentally-disturbed members of th ...[text shortened]... ich accepts the best the modern world has to offer can still need its security blankets.
Originally posted by KeggeOk. We'll leave that to you. Just trot on out there and take away all the guns, tra la la la la, don't come back until you are finished. It shouldn't take long.
Yeah ... the six year olds should have been packed with a .45
... take away the guns and there will be far less shootings. THAT is the only way to go.
Originally posted by atticus2outstanding post, hard to argue with empirical evidence.
In America
* ladders cause the death of 300 people annually; guns cause the death of 30,000. The use of ladders is carefully regulated; the use of guns is not 🙄
* 2,000,000 guns per year are sold; 380,000 of which are assault rifles
* death rates from all forms of violence (eg knives) are in line with international norms; death rates from guns ar ...[text shortened]... on of driving, drinking and safety measures has reduced road death in America since 1950 by 90%
Originally posted by robbie carrobieThe only way forward is more control, and a limit on certain firearms.
outstanding post, hard to argue with empirical evidence.
Why would anyone want a tommy gun or an ak47?
If you want a rifle for hunting or a pistol to protect yourself in
your home fair enough.
But you'd have to ask.... why does anyone want a machine gun?
A couple of hundred years ago your immigrant forefathers
more or less wiped out the NATIVE AMERICANS by killing them and the buffalo
which was their food.
What live in America now is not native.
You guys can all trace your roots back to European countries.
In fact you brag about it when you come here to this
tiny little rock that i live on.
