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Flying to Nevada from Illinois with a gun
DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: SeaMonkey on February 18, 2005, 06:36:16 pm ---
There is a psychological recoil that some people have that makes them think an inanimate object can be evil, by its very existance. Other people have that same fear of clowns, in spite of the fact that there has only been a single documented case of Clown-Canibilism.
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AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH CLOWNS! THE CLOWNS ARE COMING, THE CLOWNS ARE COMING, EVERYBODY RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!
So then you know why people don't eat clowns, right?
They taste funny.
Magnet_Eye:
Originally, when the right to bear arms was created, it was due to invasion by brits and so on, so we could all fight back and retain the country we were trying to build. we have the country now, we don't need militias.
Anyway, I am an american but I agree with Apollo to some extent. The gun thing is out of control here. I don't see why a guy needs to own like 50 or 100 guns of all varities. It's ridiculous.
Also, the "guns don't kill people, people kill people" thing...it's true in some ways, but i don't think it works in the case of say a 5 year old gets a hold of the gun and shoots himself or a friend. That is not a case of a person intentionally killing someone. Blame it on the "lack of training" of the gun owner? If the gun wasn't there to begin with, no one would have died.
Fact is
GUNS WERE CREATED TO KILL PEOPLE!
So, since they were created to kill people, I guess you could say they do.
Finally, I'd like to see a study of many people have died unnecessarily from guns compared to the amount of people that actually "defended" themselves with guns. I bet that more people have been killed unnecessarily/accidentally than the number of people that have actually defended themselves from life threatening situations.
SeaMonkey:
--- Quote from: Magnet_Eye on February 18, 2005, 06:43:41 pm ---
Finally, I'd like to see a study of many people have died unnecessarily from guns compared to the amount of people that actually "defended" themselves with guns.
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Magnet_Eye:
--- Quote from: SeaMonkey on February 18, 2005, 06:36:16 pm ---
--- Quote from: Apollo on February 17, 2005, 10:09:06 pm --- And Sephroth I'd do some research on how many gun shot injuries and deaths are the caused by the homeowners handgun and how many victims are the homeowners family or friends.
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It is in fact interesting research. Swimming pools and bathtubs kill more children than guns kill PEOPLE, 5 to 1, in my state.
So if this were REALLY about safety, then we would be talking about water control.
In 1996, nearly 1,000 children ages 14 and under drowned. Children ages 4 and under accounted for nearly half of these deaths.
Each year, an estimated 5,000 children ages 14 and under are hospitalized due to near-drowning.
Near-drowning have high case fatality rates. Fifteen percent of children admitted for near-drowning die in the hospital. As many as 20 percent of near-drowning survivors suffer severe, permanent neurological disability.
For every child who drowns, an additional four are hospitalized for near-drowning; and for every hospital admission, approximately four children are treated in hospital emergency rooms.
A swimming pool is 14 times more likely than a motor vehicle to be involved in the death of a child age 4 and under.
Guns kill less people than cars, per unit. That's odd, since that is the primary function of the gun....not the car.
So again....we are not talking about safety, or we would be talking about car control.
There is a psychological recoil that some people have that makes them think an inanimate object can be evil, by its very existance. Other people have that same fear of clowns, in spite of the fact that there has only been a single documented case of Clown-Canibilism.
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Problem with this is that swimming pools, bathtubs, cars, etc. were not CREATED to kill. These are accidents.
Guns WERE CREATED TO KILL.
That is their purpose. That is a fact.
SeaMonkey:
--- Quote from: Magnet_Eye on February 18, 2005, 06:49:34 pm ---
Problem with this is that swimming pools, bathtubs, cars, etc. were not CREATED to kill. These are accidents.
Guns WERE CREATED TO KILL.
That is their purpose. That is a fact.
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That is true. But they do it rarely, it would seem. Otherwise, they wouldn't be so effective at protecting my family.
There are more dangerous things out there for you to be afraid of, if you need something to be afraid of.
Ted Kennedy's CAR has killed more people than ANY of my guns.