Guns don't kill people, nah.

[AKcurly]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/09/05/game.shooting.ap/index.html

I'm sure the shooters are now very sorry they had access to a pistol.  Won't do the marine & his buddy much good though.

curly

[lasersailor184]

Yes, the gun magically floated up in the air, over to those two guys and shot them itself.  Nope, no one helped the gun along at all.  Nope, no one.

[NUKE]

And if the shooters had killed somone driving drunk in the parking lot, I'm sure they'd be sorry that they had access to alcohol and a vehicle.

Makes a lot of sense to me. I guess alcohol should be banned, since it kills so many people all by itself with no input from people as well.

[rpm]

It could just as easily been a baseball bat, knife or stick with a nail. The man premeditated the murders for revenge, he would have found another weapon if a gun was unavailable.

Sad situation, but the gun was not to blame.

[TrueKill]

Posted by NUKE
Makes a lot of sense to me. I guess alcohol should be banned, since it kills so many people all by itself with no input from people as well.

alcohol wasnt the reason those two people were shot it was because they beat the watermelon outa that guy and he took the "revenge" a little to far. yea he had no right shooting them but what right do they have by beating the watermelon outa him. they should have called the cops and let them deal with it instead of taking care of it themselfs.

He returned later and asked Smith where to find the men who had beaten him, saying he had "a .38 Smith & Wesson for them."
Smith, who said the man appeared intoxicated, pointed in the direction of the victims and heard gunshots a short time later

oh thats real fugin smart he should have just pulled the trigger himself he should of just said i dont know then find the two guys and tell them to leave cuz that guys back and he has a gun.

[Gixer]

I really enjoy these gun arguments, pointless but very entertaining.



...-Gixer

[milnko]

Ever see the episode of "All in the Family" where Archie and his daughter Gloria are discussing gun control?

Gloria: "12,000 people are killed by handguns every year!"

Archie: "Would it make ya feel better if they were pushed outta windows?"

[Chortle]

I think the point he is making is the access to a pistol, no access = no shooting to death.

It could just as easily been a baseball bat, knife or stick with a nail. The man premeditated the murders for revenge, he would have found another weapon if a gun was unavailable.

Yep your probably right, though I doubt attacking a Marine with a pointy stick would result in the Marines death, plus anything less than a gun at least equals the playing field and gives the target a fighting chance.

I dont believe in the macho line implied in a lot of these gun threads, how pro gun implies big hairy balls and anti equals limp wristed girly men. If this incident is anything to go by, the opposite is most likely true. But as a card carrying, hand wringing, liberal Euro trash tree hugger, I guess I would say that.

[Gh0stFT]

Originally posted by rpm371
It could just as easily been a baseball bat, knife or stick with a nail.
Sad situation, but the gun was not to blame.

hm i disagree here, the things you pointed out (i.e. baseball bat, knife)
needs close contact to the victim. And it is possible to stop the attacker
with 2 or more people just with the hands.

With guns its a different situation, you can kill from distance, fast and
alot people. Its very difficult to stop such an attacker with just your hands.

I'm not against guns, but saying you can kill with knifes, cars ect.
the same way is wrong.

R
Gh0stFT

[Ripsnort]

Article doesn't say if he was a registered gun owner.  Bet you he wasn't.

[DREDIOCK]

As Archie Bunker once said "Would it make you any happier if they was thrown out of windows?"

You can also kill at a distance with rocks

As another comedian once said

"If guns are responsible for killing people then my pencil is responsible for my spelling mistakes"

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by Gh0stFT
hm i disagree here, the things you pointed out (i.e. baseball bat, knife)
needs close contact to the victim. And it is possible to stop the attacker
with 2 or more people just with the hands.

With guns its a different situation, you can kill from distance, fast and
alot people. Its very difficult to stop such an attacker with just your hands.

I'm not against guns, but saying you can kill with knifes, cars ect.
the same way is wrong.

R
Gh0stFT

http://www.komo-am.com/stories/32903.htm

[Furball]

Guns dont kill people, rappers do.

[Fishu]

The more guns, the easier it is to take/get one and shoot someone.
Shooting is also much easier way to harm someone than a baseball bat or a knife and it is much harder to stop someone with a gun than with a bat/knife.
Guns do also have a much better range.

Needs less effort and less thinking with a gun.


Was it the shooter or guns causing the harm, theres no denying with the fact that more guns causes more shooting of people, just because being easier to obtain and easier to use for killing than a knife...  no need to go up & personal or get tackled by someone.

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by Fishu
The more guns, the easier it is to take/get one and shoot someone.
Shooting is also much easier way to harm someone than a baseball bat or a knife and it is much harder to stop someone with a gun than with a bat/knife.
Guns do also have a much better range.

Needs less effort and less thinking with a gun.

 

99.9 % of the criminals agree with you! That's why I carry.