Some people will fight to the death for their right to be defenseless. Or not.

I probably don't know what i'm talking about but if you ask me the best way to put people off guns would be to make 'em do Nation Service, get them to spend every weekend for a couple of years at the range in the morning and cleaning the guns in the afternoon. (The first year would be compulsory safety cources and dry firing. ;) ) "Make those rifle shine boys or it's ten laps around the compound!"


It'd put people right off them! :)

Illogical question. Law abiding gun owners are by definition not criminals. If you mean lawful gun owners then the answer is "no". The answer does not however mean that gun law should be relaxed.

I must confess I don't follow that guns equate to Muslims, it's a bit random. Pick any race, cultural or religious group and the same question can be asked. The answer will be the same - do nothing because a few bad apples doesn't spoil the crop.


And you display arrogance, assuming that people who do not like guns do not know what they are talking about. You could as easily say that those that do not like guns are more enlightened, educated and better able to make rational decisions. Suggesting that having gun law will lead to regime change is quite a leap of faith and one I don't share.

As with all gun discussion it comes down to cultural differences. If certain countries want relatively easy access to guns then fine, have them. My personal (informed) opinion is that guns are cool and nasty at the same time but the arguments for having them are circular and feed off each other, or they have no grip on reality.

But what do I know, I'm a sheep with no intention of bettering myself living in a weak-willed country that is slowly going to hell because we as individual sheep aren't allowed guns - this is a relatively poor attempt at cynical humour.

gunpolicy.org and nationmaster.com gave me 5 minutes of interesting reading, comparing the stats for the countries that the main protagonists on these boards live in.

Hood

Let's not turn it into a battle of semantics, you know what I meant.

Muslims were only an exmaple, pick any other group who has "a few bad apples" and see if you can apply the same logic that the anti-gun fans here would apply.. You'll see that NONE of them will answer my question.

No, you probably didn't read the previous posts. All of them admitted they don't have experience, and some even say they like guns but they don't want them (?!?!).
And I don't think that owning guns will lead to any regime change, there's no hope for that in our society, it's a matter of leaving me the right and the choice to defend my property and my loved ones in case it's necessary. Depriving a man of these fundamental, instinctive, rights is not fair nor human. The problem is that a lot of people here do not like to take on responsibilities (because owning a gun is first of all a responsibility), they're so weak and selfish that they would never think about giving their families adequate protections, and delegate this responsibility to the institutions.. They live with their head buried in the sand and hope they're not gonna be the ones in the news, but if violence strikes you then what are you gonna say to yourself, that you did all the best you could to defend your rights?
There's a lot of male individuals, but less and less Men...

Define "cool and nasty".

It's kinda worrying that you see that as cynical humour, it's reality.
If the police forces in the Cumbria shooting were armed, that crazy man wouldn't have carried on killing all that people, because what they told on the news once and once only is the police was following him during his shooting rampage but couldn't intervene cos they weren't armed.
Now go and explain that to the families of the victims, I'm sure they'll be very impressed with that..

shouldn't-- but.. can't .. resist .. gah...

"Sweden took silver in double trap"

AAAH I said it. :) :)

so your solution is slavery and servitude??? wow what a joke....

The peaceful life I've lived was bought by the men (and women) before me who bled and suffered. Unfortunately I never really thought about it till I've gotten a bit older.

Public service should not be considered servitude nor slavery, just responsiblity.

What have I done to ensure that my children can have the same advantages that I have enjoyed? Not much? Now that I am probably past it, I wish I had done more.

Who was it that said something like "Those who aren't preparded to fight for peace and freedom will neither deserve nor will they get either."

those willing to give some of their freedom for peace deserve neither

quite apropioate for nowadays

is it true that in the states there are more people murdered by guns than born, a frien told me while there, he told me he was moving to europe

Congratulations Sweden! And look who won Gold.... ;)

@ Stern

Semantics are important otherwise a question becomes loaded.

Your example of Muslims was a bad one. You cannot equate guns with religious beliefs as they are very different things. And my answer stands - a few bad apples do not spoil the whole crop. At a stretch you could equate them with drugs/alcohol.

You are entitled to defend yourself, family and belongings, just not with a gun (in the UK anyway). If you do use a gun then provided you're licensed etc you may well be acquitted unless you shoot whoever it is in the back.

You equate a distaste for guns with being weak, selfish and showing a lack of responsibility? I equate it to being rational, intelligent and culturally advanced. Owning a gun doesn't make you more of a man - what a ridiculous belief. I think they are used to cover inadequacies down below. ;)

Cool and nasty are subjective opinions. Cool is attractiveness because of form and function. For me guns satisfy both criteria. They're nasty because of what they were designed to do - kill things. This is regardless of target shooting etc, they still kill humans and animals. There is no contradiction here, it's like big furry spiders - they're cool but I really don't like them.

Re Cumbria, imagine you live in a country that has lax gun ownership and arms their police. If you really want to kill people, does the fact that the police are armed stop you? Do some research in the USA.

Hood

ps For the record I think the USA is an amazing place with amazing people. It is a country that takes every facet of humanity and takes it to the nth degree. I'll still argue that the right to bear arms is outdated and no longer of relevance, but the USA is stuck with it forever because of how the country has developed. C'est la vie.

The comparison stands on a level of a group of people that is identified by a specific feature (religion, gender, hobby...) and the reaction of people. You're ready to prohibit the use of guns to gun enthusiasts but not prohibit the following or the presence of a certain religious group whose a minority of members committed violent crimes all over the world? To me that's a double standard. And mind you, I'm not for the persecution, I'm for the integration and respect of different religions/hobbies, just don't like when someone comes at me and tells me what I can or cannot do without one valid reason, it's not hard is it?

good enough for me, still there are people here who shudder at the idea, yet support our troops using their guns in other countries... double standards again?
that is SO hypocritical!! You feel rational, intelligent and culturally advanced, yet you're cool to send our military forces abroad to kill people for their own sake? Nice! Some of you lot are really a laugh...

fair enough, I understand what you mean. To me they're interesting and deserving of respect.

Why is lax to arm your own police?! They're supposed to serve and protect you from situations out of the ordinary, and sometimes ones that might require lethal force. If this was unnecessary why having armed response unit? Don't you really see how ludicrous this all is?
The police does stop you indeed if they're armed and find you in the middle of shooting at people, they shoot your a** dead and rightly so, your argument is not valid.
Once again, the 3 major cases of shooting crimes in this country could have been stopped way before they got out of control, had the police officers that intervened on the scene straight away been armed. Let's not ever forget that. You're ready to stand in front of the graves of those innocents who died because of a government political agenda and say "yes, we did the right thing"?