Reply to Re: My opinion on the school shootings in the US
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Guns don't kill people, people kill people. A gun is an inanimate object, it cannot, of it's own volition, kill another person. I could leave a pistol on my deck fully loaded and watch it. It will do nothing.
I, however, could pick up the gun and shoot someone. If my aim is true, then I can kill them. If not, I can wound them. I can also shoot the ground, or a target, and it will not kill someone.
There are background checks to make sure dangerous or disturbed people cannot obtain a gun, though that will not stop dangerous criminals from buying weapons from the black market. While I personally don't see the point of owning an army-grade weapon, beyond putting it up for display and never using it, the point of owning a firearm such as a pistol or hunting rifle is that it is potentially useful in defense and hunting. Respectively.
The fact that having guns in your house is a life-and-death argument to you, sure shows you are true to your nation.
IS this not a debate? I love debates, and I love having debates. Every time I enter this kind of debate, I pick a side, and I often love to argue both points.
When I debate, I try to use factual information and toss away all emotional attachment to the debate. (Key word being try.)
When someone gives me an argument that I cannot dispute or some up with a reasonable rebuttal, then that allows me the opportunity to look at my views and change them to match the facts.
While I do not reject the potential harm that guns can cause, I cannot ignore, as well, the potential harm that can come from other types of weaponry, such as knifes or bows and arrows.
I can look around a room and determine what can kill a person and how they can be killed by it. I could easily take a pen and stab someone in the throat with it, or take a textbook and bludgeon a person to death.
I, however, could pick up the gun and shoot someone. If my aim is true, then I can kill them. If not, I can wound them. I can also shoot the ground, or a target, and it will not kill someone.
There are background checks to make sure dangerous or disturbed people cannot obtain a gun, though that will not stop dangerous criminals from buying weapons from the black market. While I personally don't see the point of owning an army-grade weapon, beyond putting it up for display and never using it, the point of owning a firearm such as a pistol or hunting rifle is that it is potentially useful in defense and hunting. Respectively.
The fact that having guns in your house is a life-and-death argument to you, sure shows you are true to your nation.
IS this not a debate? I love debates, and I love having debates. Every time I enter this kind of debate, I pick a side, and I often love to argue both points.
When I debate, I try to use factual information and toss away all emotional attachment to the debate. (Key word being try.)
When someone gives me an argument that I cannot dispute or some up with a reasonable rebuttal, then that allows me the opportunity to look at my views and change them to match the facts.
While I do not reject the potential harm that guns can cause, I cannot ignore, as well, the potential harm that can come from other types of weaponry, such as knifes or bows and arrows.
I can look around a room and determine what can kill a person and how they can be killed by it. I could easily take a pen and stab someone in the throat with it, or take a textbook and bludgeon a person to death.
