Idiot on Gun Control (Page 7): Yeah I heard that and I believe being a taxi cab driver was second. And yes... I was almost a victim of a home invasion about 30 years ago. I was alone...

handgunner Loc: Windsor Locks, Connecticut

Yeah I heard that and I believe being a taxi cab driver was second.
And yes... I was almost a victim of a home invasion about 30 years ago. I was alone at home and heard someone break in. I did not want to shoot him and just told him to leave.... He left and was never caught.

Donaldaq

Well, during a home invasion a gun is good to have. If you are in a movie theater....what then? Are you justifying having every gun toting citizen to pull their weapon and open fire? This may solve the problem and it may cause as much collateral damage as the single shooter.

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Gnslngr wrote:

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There you go, guess it was too radical. It is probably more conducive to have one parent, struggling to make ends meet and unable to give proper attention to a child, and have no religion teaching right from wrong, generosity, forgiveness etc. etc.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Eugene wrote:

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I worked for the City and at one time was at the Dallas Zoo. One of the parking lot cashiers was named Vasudev Patel. He was Indian. After 9/11, some maniac wanted to kill a Muslim and went into the store and killed Vasudev because he was dark. Vasudev, of course, was Hindu, I believe. He was married and had a couple of kids.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/mesquite/headlines/20110720-mark-stroman-executed-for-dallas-area-911-revenge-shootings.ece

OnTheFly Loc: Tennessee

So tragic.

SteveR wrote:

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Bangee5 Loc: Louisiana

Donaldaq wrote:

Well, during a home invasion a gun is good to have. If you are in a movie theater....what then? Are you justifying having every gun toting citizen to pull their weapon and open fire? This may solve the problem and it may cause as much collateral damage as the single shooter.

Which is better, one guy shooting at twenty people or twenty people shooting at one guy?

Bangee5 Loc: Louisiana

SteveR wrote:

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Is that suppose to be a reason for me to not own a gun?

wrr Loc: SEK

Bangee5 wrote:

SteveR wrote:

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Is that suppose to be a reason for me to not own a gun?

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just one of many...

Bangee5 Loc: Louisiana

If O.J. Simpson did not have a knife then Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman would still be alive today.

I would not want to get into a knife fight - think I better get a gun.

John Evans

Some sensible comments here.
Someone hit the nail right on the head - but it is not a matter of preventing policemen from carrying handguns rather one of preventing the other (bad?) guys from having them. Step 1 could be to ban the manufacture/distribution of the things. Thereafter ban ownership/possession. That is what we did here in the UK in 1997 (not 1977 as I mistakenly typed in an earlier note ) Result - declining numbers of gun crimes. Like someone else said, the majority of these cases happen in the big towns - London is not a happy example I am afraid. BUT gun crime even there is minimal compared with what you good folk have to tolerate. I don't agree that Canada is so very different from the USA. They have big cities in Canada also you know. The essential difference is that in Canada ownership/possession of guns is very tightly regulated. It seems that in the USA it is a matter of "open house". Canadians got used to not wishing to follow the USA many, many years ago - not least when the USA invaded Canada !!!! My Canuck friends have very long memories - right back to 1812 !!!

Have a good one Folks I enjoy corresponding with you.

OnTheFly Loc: Tennessee

Drugs are illegal to manufacture, possess or sale in the U.S.However, drugs are still a huge problem here. I just don't think it would work as well here as it aparently has in the U.K...I don't know what the difference is.

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jbslord Loc: Coventry UK

Guns do kill people. That's what they are for. In the 14th Century an arab invented the first man portable firearm. It made a change from bows and arrows. People will argue that guns don't kill people, people kill people. That is an ultracrepedarian argument really because people kill people with guns knives and whatever else they can get their hands on.
Ha That's it.... lets ban hands.

OnTheFly Loc: Tennessee

Then we will start kicking each other to death..LOL.

jbslord wrote:

Guns do kill people. That's what they are for. In the 14th Century an arab invented the first man portable firearm. It made a change from bows and arrows. People will argue that guns don't kill people, people kill people. That is an ultracrepedarian argument really because people kill people with guns knives and whatever else they can get their hands on.
Ha That's it.... lets ban hands.

jbslord Loc: Coventry UK

That's what I love about yoiu Eugene - you're such an optimist.

Eugene wrote:

Then we will start kicking each other to death..LOL.

jbslord wrote:

Guns do kill people. That's what they are for. In the 14th Century an arab invented the first man portable firearm. It made a change from bows and arrows. People will argue that guns don't kill people, people kill people. That is an ultracrepedarian argument really because people kill people with guns knives and whatever else they can get their hands on.
Ha That's it.... lets ban hands.

OnTheFly Loc: Tennessee

Thanks. I did mean that in fun.

jbslord wrote:

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