It makes me mad that guns now have such a bad reputation... yet undeservedly

And now, people who have guns are now looked at and feared as some maniac who is pissed off... but it is quite the contrary.

Of course, there are some who truly are like that, but those must be one out of hundreds.

Do people realize that pretty much EVERYONE who buys a gun goes to a shooting range to shoot targets with it? Maybe because, oh, they don't want to kill anyone, and oh, they don't want to join the military? Just throwing that out there... Yet I watch as most of modern society thinks that LEGAL gun owners are devil children...

It's just like thinking that everyone who plays video games lives in their parent's basement, playing 24/7, refusing to get a job. Yet almost everyone who does play video games does NOT do that.

I don't know dude. If I was in power I would make a general rule that if you "remove the object or person in question, you remove the problem", and if you "abuse it, you lose it". If gun crime was awful then I would ban all sale of fire arms to anybody who wasn't in law enforcement or an agency for the government, up the sentences for illegal gun users and have a constant shoot on sight curfew in gang neighborhoods for repeat offenders. My last proposition would be to relocate the criminal so that they no longer have the resources.

There would also be no such thing as police brutality. Think Mirrors Edge style government. Personally I think it would work well. Just wait until I am in power :D :wink:

Lethal weapons should NOT be used to fool around with at shooting ranges or anywhere else, IMO.jointed

Lethal weapons should NOT be used to fool around with at shooting ranges or anywhere else, IMO.jointed

[QUOTE="jointed"]Lethal weapons should NOT be used to fool around with at shooting ranges or anywhere else, IMO.FastNorwegian

most massacres happen because the people are very good at appearing sane. Until there is a long term fix there is a very good and definite short term one; don't sell guns.

You see gangs mostly shoot at each other, but giving the means to somebody who could get fired and lose the plot. Sane people get sectioned all the time you know.

[QUOTE="jointed"]Lethal weapons should NOT be used to fool around with at shooting ranges or anywhere else, IMO.DivergeUnify

But it is a tool used to build things, a gun is a tool designed to shoot at living things, target practice is just there for the meantime.

[QUOTE="jointed"]Lethal weapons should NOT be used to fool around with at shooting ranges or anywhere else, IMO.DivergeUnify

Of course, there are some who truly are like that, but those must be one out of hundreds.GodofBigMacs

[QUOTE="DivergeUnify"][QUOTE="jointed"]Lethal weapons should NOT be used to fool around with at shooting ranges or anywhere else, IMO.jointed

[QUOTE="jointed"][QUOTE="DivergeUnify"] A hammer could be used as a lethal weaponDivergeUnify

We should sell nukes to civillians as long as they are responsible adults then right?

[QUOTE="DivergeUnify"][QUOTE="jointed"] Hammers aren't designed to kill/hurt people and I've yet to see a person who thinks that it's amusing to go around and hit stuff with a hammer. Besides, comparing a hammer to a firearm is a tad far fetched.Leejjohno

We should sell nukes to civillians as long as they are responsible adults then right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFJjaj7pXsA

vs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfoQsZa8F1c

[QUOTE="DivergeUnify"][QUOTE="jointed"]Lethal weapons should NOT be used to fool around with at shooting ranges or anywhere else, IMO.jointed

The only reason the comparison is "far fetched" is because more people own hammers.

[QUOTE="DivergeUnify"][QUOTE="jointed"] Hammers aren't designed to kill/hurt people and I've yet to see a person who thinks that it's amusing to go around and hit stuff with a hammer. Besides, comparing a hammer to a firearm is a tad far fetched.Leejjohno

We should sell nukes to civillians as long as they are responsible adults then right?

guns=hammers=nukes

:lol:

I love this place!

[QUOTE="DivergeUnify"][QUOTE="jointed"] Hammers aren't designed to kill/hurt people and I've yet to see a person who thinks that it's amusing to go around and hit stuff with a hammer. Besides, comparing a hammer to a firearm is a tad far fetched.Leejjohno

We should sell nukes to civillians as long as they are responsible adults then right?

Mm, who'd have thought that something designed for killing people would end up with a bad reputation?Funky_Llama

Are you against hunting?

Mm, who'd have thought that something designed for killing people would end up with a bad reputation?Funky_Llama

Who'd have thought that something designed for feeding the family would end up with a bad reputation?

Mm, who'd have thought that something designed for killing people would end up with a bad reputation?Funky_Llama

guns=hammers=nukes

:lol:

I love this place!

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[QUOTE="Funky_Llama"]Mm, who'd have thought that something designed for killing people would end up with a bad reputation?FastNorwegian

[QUOTE="DivergeUnify"][QUOTE="jointed"] Hammers aren't designed to kill/hurt people and I've yet to see a person who thinks that it's amusing to go around and hit stuff with a hammer. Besides, comparing a hammer to a firearm is a tad far fetched.Leejjohno

We should sell nukes to civillians as long as they are responsible adults then right?

[QUOTE="Funky_Llama"]Mm, who'd have thought that something designed for killing people would end up with a bad reputation?FastNorwegian

So people are wrong for being suspicious of instruments of death?KOTORkicker

[QUOTE="jointed"][QUOTE="DivergeUnify"] A hammer could be used as a lethal weaponMrGeezer

The only reason the comparison is "far fetched" is because more people own hammers.

[QUOTE="FastNorwegian"][QUOTE="Funky_Llama"]Mm, who'd have thought that something designed for killing people would end up with a bad reputation?horgen123

lol So now eating is wrong! :lol:

to be a responsible gun owner, all you have to do is not point it at people. being a responsible nuke owner is a completely different thing.Xeros606

:lol: "responsible nuke owner"

So it's ok to point nukes at people? :P

[QUOTE="Funky_Llama"]Mm, who'd have thought that something designed for killing people would end up with a bad reputation?FastNorwegian

[QUOTE="FastNorwegian"][QUOTE="Funky_Llama"]Mm, who'd have thought that something designed for killing people would end up with a bad reputation?Sajo7

[QUOTE="MrGeezer"]

[QUOTE="jointed"] Hammers aren't designed to kill/hurt people and I've yet to see a person who thinks that it's amusing to go around and hit stuff with a hammer. Besides, comparing a hammer to a firearm is a tad far fetched.jointed

The only reason the comparison is "far fetched" is because more people own hammers.

Ever hit someone in the head hit a hammer? It's JUST as lethal as shooting them.

Then we can go on about all of the massive numbers of lethal knives that most people have sittiing in their kitchens. Aren't knives, in fact, one of the most common murder weapons?

If everyone owned a gun, there would be alot less crime. Criminals would be shot more, and if you let someone in your house, you would be more responsible for letting them rape and pillage your family while you cried and did nothing. Not saying it will happen, saying it could tho :PFastNorwegian

If everyone owned guns, I would argue the rule of law would be rendered useless; people would take the law into their own hands. Six-shooters > due process :(

[QUOTE="DivergeUnify"][QUOTE="jointed"]Lethal weapons should NOT be used to fool around with at shooting ranges or anywhere else, IMO.Leejjohno

But it is a tool used to build things, a gun is a tool designed to shoot at living things, target practice is just there for the meantime.

[QUOTE="FastNorwegian"][QUOTE="Funky_Llama"]Mm, who'd have thought that something designed for killing people would end up with a bad reputation?Sajo7

And you're not going to see a robber refuse to use a hammer because it's a carpentry tool.

[QUOTE="Sajo7"] I have no problem with guns, but that's a tad unrealistic. You're right, technically, but seriously, you're not going to see a robber refuse to use a gun because it's just a hunting tool, they're pretty good at killing people.FastNorwegian

[QUOTE="horgen123"][QUOTE="FastNorwegian"] If you knew anything, they were designed for hunting -_-MrGeezer

lol So now eating is wrong! :lol:

[QUOTE="Sajo7"][QUOTE="FastNorwegian"] If you knew anything, they were designed for hunting -_-MrGeezer

And you're not going to see a robber refuse to use a hammer because it's a carpentry tool.