Us most guns 90 guns per 100 people.
I say that ratio is working since crime has decreased, read the bottom of this comment for my
previouscomment from Feb '10.
Their illegal in Washington to prevent a coup against the government. Our protection against the government clause in the second amendment is BS.
Congress repealed/lifted the DC gun ban. Ha,ha, perhaps for the same reason(ing).
a brilliant person once sayyed,
an armed socioty is a happyone
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!"Benjamin Franklin
Posted Mar 6, '10 at 8:52am
TheCheeseMaker
TheCheeseMaker
267 posts
Wood - Knight I believe that guns should be available to those of a certain age. You need to have a license (I know they have that now, but it shouldn't take ages to get it). They should be confiscated in bars, stores, banks, and all federal buildings. Then they would be returned upon leaving.
Also, about all the people saying that guns were banned here and there and crime rates went up. That is obvious. If you just ban guns out of nowhere, people will still have guns and you would find and arrest them. Then you would call it crime.
Posted Mar 5, '10 at 2:03pm
goumas13
goumas13
3,169 posts
Wood - King
There should be strict firearms licenses, potentially dangerous persons should not be able to buy a gun. Persons with a violent and unpredictable behavior should not own any weapon, especially firearms.
The gun should be used only for self-defense, when your life is endangered. Many persons have been shot for stealing things such as bikes, it's definitely not needed shooting in such situations.
You should not carry a gun in crowed places, it's not wise.
The gun should be kept in a safe place, where nobody, especially children, has an easy access to it. Many children die every year, because somebody wasn't careful enough with his gun.
Frank, you are right, no one reads text, they just emotionally react to one or two "catch phrases" and go off on their tangents...
If you guys weren't stuck in a verbal worm hole I wouldn't bother going so far back in time but please,
READ:
Posted Feb 20, '10 at 3:45pm
wajor59
wajor59
375 posts
Wood - Knight
In the March issue of "America's Freedom", the NRA-ILA magazine
See the very next page,(57) of the above referenced article:
"...a preliminary FBI report showing that murder and total violent crime decreased 10 percent and 4 percent, respectively, in the first half of 2009, compared o the same period in 2008."
compared to gun sales:
"In 2009, the number of privately owned firearms rose by more than 4 million, or between 1.5 and 2 percent....the FBI reported in December that during the first 11 months of 2009, the National Instant Criminal background Check System (NICS) handled more than 12 million transactions in new and used firearm sales, nearly 13 percent more than in 2008."
What all of this means is the FBI knows who I am, I'm in the data bank along with all of the other gun owners who have "legally" gone through the process of purchasing side-arms, or, pistols. Because I have my CC, concealed carry permit, I have the permission to carry my weapon any where, except the restricted areas. Also, I had to attend a special class, be tested by written exam and shooting accuracy.
I'm not trying to insult anyone nor do I wish to be insulted.
To: Goumas, I have provided proof too!
I am a woman whose husband works in a very bad part of town, going through gang neighborhoods where whores are out
in the street, not just standing on the corners, high on crack and I don't wish to know what else. He works third shift, I'm at home alone to guard the safety of my son, who's soon to be a young man. I didn't consider owning a gun until one of our neighbors, a police officer moved. The neighbors across the street from us, brothers living side by side are both into drugs and occasionally take their abusive language outside, during the day. I own a number of different types of guns and enjoy shooting sports. Not to brag but I shoot a tight pattern with every weapon I own. Of course I practice in an indoor range with paper targets that don't move.
It would sicken me to ever have to use a weapon to defend myself but that's why I practice, because I will shoot to kill anyone who breaks into my bedroom in the middle of the night. I don't care if they break into the rest of the house but in the state of NC, I, a woman, have the right to shoot to kill while the door/window is breaking.
Once they are in I have to prove the perp meant to kill me, r*pe me or kill my family. I also practice because the officers I chat with at the range say a lot of their fellow officers don't practice at all. That ought to scare the **** out of not just every woman but men and children too. I've seen footage of police take-downs on the national news when it's taken way too many bullets to get the job done. I've talked to my new "range buddies" about this too and that's when they told me of the "Barney Fife"s in municipal law enforcement.
Like my father told me once, "don't own a gun unless you
plan to use it and an unloaded gun is more dangerous than a loaded one".
We have a gun safe but I have a side arm by my side every night and if I have to drive any where alone I carry a gun. I think it's not just every citizen's right to bear arms but it's also every woman's right, especially on college campuses. Too many young adults have been slaughtered while just trying to gain an education.
