SHOOTING at the OLYMPICS

[Bewolf]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

I'm sorry Bewolf, but you're sending postcards of wisdom from Utopia.

Your thinking should be valid for armies as well then, right? They're meant to do what they do (defending/attacking) by means of killing other people.

Are you ready to give up on the right do defend your freedom in name of a "no guns" policy?

As for the kids that find the keys to the locker etc... they're very rare cases, mainly because wise gun owners teach the responsibility and the risks related to firearms to their kids from a very young age.

I suppose most of Europe and lots of places in Asia are indeed Utopia then. And have been for decades, if not centuries. That argument of yours makes me wonder how much you actually know about the world and what amount of brain capacity you put into the question why those differences exist.

No idea how your army argument comes in here or how to understand it, though.
Btw, the right to defend your freedom. In all these debates it is all about right this, right that, like in a store where you pack in what you like best.
But with every right there are responsebilities. You can't claim the one and dismiss the other. And responsebility is something most people shun these days. That starts with "**** the environment as long as I can drive my SUV, i have the RIGHT to be an ass, f*ck the government and the UN!" and ends with the dead guy next door.

Now that is certainly overexxegerated. But if only one person out of ten is irresponsible and it moves to having guns, then this one is already one too many. I am sorry about the 9 others (to whom I also belong, btw, I am actually quite fond of weapons). But having weapons for purely fun reasons, as the defense argument is a self fullfilling prophecy given the huge amounts of weapons availabe on the black market due to the easy to get legal market, is that very same irresponsebility I am talking about.