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Gun control in the US
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Posted Jan 17, '13 at 2:26pm 5,156 posts |
Link didn't work.
There is, except the NRA isn't a gun dealership. It's an association of people who advocate the safe usage of guns and the rights of citizens to own firearms. They do not as a group do anything remotely terrorist like. It's not some military arms company that supplies civilians like you make it out to be.
Obviously. 3/4 of his argument is calling the opposition, "retards" "rednecks" "terrorists" "gun loving" and whatever else. Only a small portion of what he says, that people do bad things with guns and that people make money from selling guns, is even partially true.
I'll repeat this just to be on the clear side, even though you'll be calling us retarded redneck gun lovers come 2 pages from now. We want more gun restrictions. We agree that the current state of affairs in the US in regards to gun policy is lacking. However, we do not see why people who can prove themselves responsible and who wish to own a gun should not be able to do so. We are not saying that even those responsible people should be carrying around RPGs, AK-47s, M-16s and who knows what else. If people want to shoot those (minus the RPG...) they can go to a gun club where such things would be under lock and key, or join the military. |
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Posted Jan 17, '13 at 2:42pm 7,011 posts |
Then why all the fuss about Obama's proposition then? BTW, AG need to fix the link problem, it's getting annoying. |
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Posted Jan 17, '13 at 2:52pm 5,156 posts |
Masterforger, wolf1991, Salvidian and I were questioning 404011xz, SteveeXb, and PauseBreak on why they thought the new gun policy was bad. Then you and partydevil come in, and like usual, throw ad hominems and sarcastic remarks all over the place, act like we're idiots, and leave. If you didn't mean to include us, then don't say, "you" when in response to our posts.
Perhaps, but this it still isn't appropriate to just attack the opposition like that. Name calling is for grade school, if you want to sway them, actually present your case, don't just treat them like an idiot and ride your high horse off into your imaginary sunset.
We know.
And I'll respond again. WE AREN'T. If you're going to make statements like that, ADDRESS THEM TO THE RELEVANT PEOPLE. I can only assume that, since you're quoting my post and you're speaking directly to me, that you're saying that I think there's enemies everywhere and that I'm paranoid about a government takeover. 404011xz, SteveeXb, and PauseBreak and others are the ones who have said that. NOT Masterforger, wolf1991, Salvidian and I. So again, stop lumping us all together. |
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Posted Jan 17, '13 at 3:55pm 1,621 posts |
Thank you, Kasic. |
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Posted Jan 17, '13 at 4:12pm 4,355 posts |
i have already stated more then once that i'm not for a entire ban on guns. i hope it is clear now, and that you dont team me up whit what sstg say's in the future. thx. |
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Posted Jan 17, '13 at 5:11pm 670 posts |
"A federal law prohibiting seizure of lawfully held firearms during an emergency, the Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act of 2006, passed in the House with a vote of 322 to 99, and in the Senate by 84-16. The bill was signed into law by President Bush on October 9, 2006." - taken from Wikipedia
The I just heard some stats the other day about the NRA. It turns out, a majority or gun owners aren't a part of the NRA. So, don't lump gun owners in with the NRA.
I agree. Except for the whole going to gun clubs to shoot assault rifles. That, I don't see the sense in. I don't know how many gun clubs you've been to, but they really don't have any type of security. It'd be really easy to go and take those guns. Most killings are not even done with assault rifles. Restricting or even banning ownership of them does nothing.
I agree that we don't need the 2nd amendment in America, nowadays. But, what about in the future? Are we always going to be free from a tyrannical government? It might be in a thousand years but I guarantee that the 2nd amendment will be needed eventually. Get rid of it now and your potentially dooming the future of this country. |
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Posted Jan 17, '13 at 5:25pm 5,156 posts |
Yes, you have. But you also mock and group people like SSTG does.
My point. As stated here. "Then you and partydevil come in, and like usual, throw ad hominems and sarcastic remarks all over the place, act like we're idiots, and leave."
He's been this way from the very start. I also recall previous gun control threads where I asked him kindly, more than once, to stop the stereotyping.
Which really isn't about gun control, but about violent extremists.
I was grouping you in part with the attitude portion, not the gun control stance.
Not that the NRA is a terrorist organization to begin with.
It's my personally thought of solution which would allow people who like shooting those types of guns to be able to do so even with a ban on automatic weapons. Of course, security and such would need to be vamped up.
True, but why does the average civilian need an assault rifle? Those ARE made for killing, and only killing. When you think home defense, you don't think machine gun. When you think target practice, you generally don't think AK-47 (or at least I don't). Those are simply dangerous weapons, they are not for sport. If people want to shoot them, fine, but we don't need them floating around people's homes.
I've said this before. If the government really wanted to suppress us and had the military on their side, a bunch of untrained civilians with hunting rifles or even assault rifles would be absolutely useless. Modern military tech is soooooooooooooooooooooooo much further along than what we civilians have. So unless you are advocating that people own tanks, helicopters, RPGs and what not, we wouldn't stand a chance anyhow. |
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Posted Jan 17, '13 at 6:46pm 4,355 posts |
you group aswell.
(havn't seen this, i'm not that into this topic anymore. obama is going the right way. so i'm now watching what is going to happen. do they pass or not)
hmmm no, he has learned some points that he is taking over the top now. things he didn't say in the begin.
tbh, i dont see what is wrong whit stereotyping. we all do that. look at yourself. your stereotyping me for being sstg and for having his ideas.
showing the point that a average joe whit a gun for self defense can easly use it to kill someone if they dont agree. i.e. showing the risk of guns everywhere. now come and say strawman again. just because it didn't happen.
sofar i know do i say when i'm wrong and do i no longer hammer on statements i made that have been proven wrong to me. or is this whole grouping only because i use the words "gun lovers"?
what isn't there can be created. and it will be created if the law say's so. |
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Posted Jan 17, '13 at 6:49pm 670 posts |
Yes, vampires would be quite the deterrent. :)
Do I need an electric mixer for the kitchen? No, I don't. Do I need to own several different kitchen knives? No. They are not made only for killing. Assault rifles are made for accuracy, rate of fire, ruggedness, as well as other things that make them great for competition as well as very enjoyable to shoot. They're easy to use, easy to shoot and most of all they're fun. All guns are made for killing, when it comes down to it. Your argument applies to all guns. Also, machine guns are different from assault rifles. What credible threat is there for a law abiding citizen, as an overwhelming majority of gun owners are, to own an assault rifle?
if you look at history and how many times that's been said before you'd realize how completely ridiculous it is to even think it. That advanced military tech is really working over in Iraq and Afghanistan against mostly untrained civilians with ak-47s. Also, You might wanna take a look at the Vietnam War. |
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Posted Jan 17, '13 at 6:58pm 670 posts |
You must be very paranoid walking around in public, if the average joe is just a murderer waiting to snap and kill people. |




