Author Topic: Gun control (Read 2583 times)

Eagler · « **Reply #60 on:** October 10, 2002, 08:32:29 AM »

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Originally posted by Dingbat

roadkill

caught another catfish

stinkbait works good ...

Dingbat · « **Reply #61 on:** October 10, 2002, 08:46:30 AM »

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Originally posted by Eagler

caught another catfish

stinkbait works good ...

LOL, I hadn't had my coffee yet and such a moronic statement like that pisses me off.

I live in the DC Metro Area, I'm disturbed about this nut case too. But anyone with common sense would realize, that guns aren't the problem it's the nutcases. Did an AR-15 wake up one morning and say "i'm gonna make my owner go out and kill people this morning"? I believe that I have the right to carry a weapon, I believe I have the right to shoot to death some one who threatens My family or myself with bodily harm or worse. I can kill you with a car, aeroplane, brick, knife, or a GD spork for pete's sake. I don't see people trying to outlaw cars and eating utensils.

myelo · « **Reply #62 on:** October 10, 2002, 08:58:58 AM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
I've been shot at with a .22 rifle, and a .32 handgun, had a Ought-6 pulled on me, and had an unidentified handgun flashed at me from under a coat.

Maybe your wife wouldn't be so temperamental if you spent less time on the computer.

lazs2 · « **Reply #63 on:** October 10, 2002, 09:05:34 AM »

NZ?? ya gotta be kidding... no drivebys in the NZ ghetto's? How do you stop the PCP filled burgler with the 36" crowbar in your town? The street gangs must be well behaved huh?

The U.S. is a big, bad place filled with very desperate (and sometimes just insane) people. they will kill you with anything they can get their hands on and they wouldn't care a whit that guns were "illegal". They spend time in gladiator acadamies where they work out 4 hours a day and learn new ways to commit unsuccessfull crime.

in the U.S. the amount of people killed by accidental shooting is miniscule. The amount of crimes stopped...yes..... prevented from happening.... is, the the conservative FBI estimate, 1 million a year.

but that asside. I believe that the government knowing we are armed is the whole point of the 2nd. Nothing has convinced me that the govenment is my buddy now. That they are looking out for my best interest. Nothing has convinced me that they can protect me and mine or that it is not my duty to do so.
lazs

john9001 · « **Reply #64 on:** October 10, 2002, 09:10:28 AM »

well , at least there's one thing lazs and i agree on, gun ownership

44MAG

lazs2 · « **Reply #65 on:** October 10, 2002, 09:17:04 AM »

44 mag... we agree on everything. you simply haven't thought it out well enough yet.
lazs

midnight Target · « **Reply #66 on:** October 10, 2002, 10:45:08 AM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
---snip--- I believe that the government knowing we are armed is the whole point of the 2nd. ---snip---

This may be the reason you favor the 2nd Amendment, but it is hardly the reason that it was included in the Constitution.

BTW, I agree that gun ownership should remain legal.

Sikboy · « **Reply #67 on:** October 10, 2002, 10:49:47 AM »

the problem with gun control, as I see it, is recoil. I mean, if you're inexperienced with a particular firearm, you aren't fully aware of what you are getting. I mean how can you control the damn thing if it's bucking and kicking all over the damned place?

In order for real gun control to work, we all need to practice more. Or maybe buy lasers.

-Sikboy

Ripsnort · « **Reply #68 on:** October 10, 2002, 10:53:02 AM »

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Originally posted by Sikboy
the problem with gun control, as I see it, is recoil. I mean, if you're inexperienced with a particular firearm, you aren't fully aware of what you are getting. I mean how can you control the damn thing if it's bucking and kicking all over the damned place?

In order for real gun control to work, we all need to practice more. Or maybe buy lasers.

-Sikboy

So, another spin on the old saying "Gun control means being able to hit your target" ?

Sikboy · « **Reply #69 on:** October 10, 2002, 10:56:29 AM »

Pretty much.

I'm going on Vacation tomorrow morning, and so today feels like the last day of elementary school to me. I'm so excited (haven't had a real vacation in 7 years

) that the day is dragging along.

-Sikboy

Ripsnort · « **Reply #70 on:** October 10, 2002, 11:01:07 AM »

Have fun on Vaca! (Say, is it just me, or does it seem like that clock is moving slower?

)

Sikboy · « **Reply #71 on:** October 10, 2002, 11:01:56 AM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Have fun on Vaca! (Say, is it just me, or does it seem like that clock is moving slower? )

Thanks... I think my clock is broken.... uggg. Ok, I'm going to get lunch, that'll kill 20 minutes.

-Sikboy

2Slow · « **Reply #72 on:** October 10, 2002, 11:02:26 AM »

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Originally posted by NUKE
We need a "war on guns" just like our "war on drugs" in order to prevent events like the sniper killings.

This has to be bait. With that in mind, I'm hooked!

WOD has been fought for 30 years, no victory in sight.

Puck · « **Reply #73 on:** October 10, 2002, 11:05:25 AM »

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Originally posted by 2Slow

This has to be bait. With that in mind, I'm hooked!

WOG has been fought for 30 years, no victory in sight.

HAS to be bait.

After all, since the WAR ON DRUGS there aren't anymore illicit drugs in the United States. I have to assume a war on guns would be at least as successful.

H. Godwineson · « **Reply #74 on:** October 10, 2002, 01:04:15 PM »

According to news reports this morning from Maryland authorities, eye witness accounts indicate that there may be two people involved in the shootings. They are operating out of a white mini-van. That means there may be two crazies involved, or else we may have a professional sniper with a driver/spotter. If the latter case proves to be true, it may be a team of terrorists.

Regards, Shuckins