Reply to Re: My opinion on the school shootings in the US
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In my house, I can walk around pretty well in the dark; they most likely cannot. And it shouldn't be too hard to hit someone on the head with a frying pan, stab him with a knife, or touch him with a bare electrical cable that is plugged into the wall socket. After that, you can take his gun and shoot him and his partners, if any.
NOW I know why you don't like guns; it's because you've already thought up at least half a dozen MacGyver-esque contraptions to brutally murder intruders without the need for any.
More seriously, I don't think the single most important reason to allow people to own guns has even been mentioned yet: Freedom.
A lot of things are potentially dangerous, and society would be safer without them. Guns, knives, cars, alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, whateverthehell.
It rather pisses me off when my basic freedom to buy and own things is limited drastically, though. Especially when the thing is something of great reasonable use. (Like guns for hunting, hobby, feeling safe/independent)
I'm not necessarily against relatively strict gun laws, but plans such as gradually strictening gun laws with the goal of eventually being able to ban them totally sound horrifying to me.
Golden middle road, man.
NOW I know why you don't like guns; it's because you've already thought up at least half a dozen MacGyver-esque contraptions to brutally murder intruders without the need for any.
More seriously, I don't think the single most important reason to allow people to own guns has even been mentioned yet: Freedom.
A lot of things are potentially dangerous, and society would be safer without them. Guns, knives, cars, alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, whateverthehell.
It rather pisses me off when my basic freedom to buy and own things is limited drastically, though. Especially when the thing is something of great reasonable use. (Like guns for hunting, hobby, feeling safe/independent)
I'm not necessarily against relatively strict gun laws, but plans such as gradually strictening gun laws with the goal of eventually being able to ban them totally sound horrifying to me.
Golden middle road, man.
