Suicidesoldier#1
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Maximilian IV
Suicidesoldier#1
Maximilian IV
Suicidesoldier#1
Maximilian IV
You possess the same argument as the NRA. Congratulations. Perhaps you should analyze this organization that you seem to support.
Already did bro.
1 million people have not died from civilian or criminal elements within the U.S. over the last 50 years; thus the concept of "millions" is basically a significant over estimation.
And it's not 1 million per year, or anything. In addition, the weapons are not pea shooters; they fire bullets. These can be used for protection, from wild animals, large objects, and even criminals. An intimidating weapon like a firearm typically causes most criminals to halt in their tracks, without every having to fire a bullet. So how many lives are saved by firearms, compared to taken? How many would be victims aren't now?
Additionally, the majority of criminals get ahold of guns, well, illegally. Ban guns and they will still get them. Say, from gun smuggling, like on the same routes of people and drug smuggling. And exotic animals. And illegal chinese iphones. You essentially, will not reduce the number of guns getting to criminals by very much; thus, it won't stop criminals, just make the populace less well armed.
So, it's not really, corruption, to secure the rights of the second amendment. The list goes on.
Just as a question, do you support cigarette use?
Never said that 1 million people have died. I used it as an example. If you reread the sentence you will notice that I said that the NRA would prefer the death of millions over the loss of their guns. Perhaps you should brush up on your linguistics. They would RATHER see this event happen. I never said that they saw the deaths of millions. I'm not surprised by your confusion, as everything you believe in is based off an age old amendment which was created in a time when violence was much more prevalent. Do you live in the wild west? If you think you do then perhaps you should get yourself checked. If you believe that you should defend your "honor" by murdering people then your intelligence is sup-par.
I merely used "pea-shooters" as a derogatory term towards firearms in general. You seem to take everything literally, interesting. You have failed to mention how firearms can be used in ANY situation. You merely pointed out situations that are convenient for what the NRA believes in (even though in reality the situation is much different, but I will get to that later). During an argument a gun can easily be pulled out, thus turning a discussion deadly. Any minor disagreement can become a deadly situation for anyone. With this in mind are you really safer with guns? With guns you will still worry about criminals, as they will have a higher chance of possessing one as well. A normal citizen tends to not share the same mindset as a criminal, whereas a criminal with a firearm usually has the mindset to kill. How many situations are there where you draw your weapon on a criminal first anyways? Unless you are a criminal yourself, this will rarely happen. The NRA's gun ideology are really making it easier for criminals. With the NRA you not only have to worry about criminals but also your neighbors and pretty much anyone on the street. With these weapons ANYONE is a threat. Also, the fact is that the American culture is VERY violent. In Switzerland, open carry is permitted and yet the gun deaths are extremely low. In fact they are LOWER than some of the open-carry STATES in the US. A country has less gun deaths than ONE state out of many. Why you may ask? Because America has a violent culture. FACT. Now many of you NRA supporters tend to argue that a gun is merely one weapon among many easily accessible weapons (knives, bats, etc). Can you kill these people from very large distances with the pull of a trigger? No, which is why that argument is invalid. FACT.
Allow guns to be obtained legally and criminals will get them legally AND illegally. Which is worse. They will have access to guns on the black market that the public cannot obtain as well as the legal guns.Thus increasing their fire power. The only thing that changes with the NRA ideology is that more criminals will have weapons. If a criminal comes at you with a gun you will most likely not be able to do anything. 1. Many people aren't prepared to take the life of another, even if he/she is a criminal. 2. How do you think you're going to pull out your weapon without the criminal noticing and shooting you? What do you NRA morons think will happen? Sounds like the NRA is just promoting the reappearance of the quick draw from the wild west. A perfect example of devolution and a perfect portrait of the intelligence of the NRA. What do guns have to do with the illegal exportation of exotic animals and fake iphones? This is completely irrelevant to the discussion, thus proving how much the NRA has drained your intelligence. Why do they have to be fake "chinese" iphones? I have even less faith in you now. Anybody can make fake iphones, you are merely stating a stereotype, thus exposing you as a racist. I do not feel comfortable with a racist, such as yourself, walking around with a gun. Sounds quite similar to the times of segregation in the US; a bunch of racists walking around killing African Americans. One again, devolution. Case closed. (Smug)
Well, your average person is highly unlikely to snap and just kill someone, even in the result of an argument. Criminals will be armed regardless of whether or not civilian avenues are allowed, since many sweatshops exist that will produce these firearms, there are plenty of firearms on the black market, over 50 million from Russia alone, that will not disappear even if we decided to ban them, from legal commercial avenues, in the U.S. Thus, criminals, who have a habitual type of behavior, not your average person who rarely commits crimes, will be able to be armed, and get illegal drugs, even if we ban them, who are our target group we're worried about doing bad things in the first place. So, banning guns from civilian hands is stupid. Unless you think you can completely stop all smuggling into the U.S., there will still be access to firearms. In fact this is where the majority of firearms used by criminals come from.
It's not racist to point out a To say, it's the Mafia, isn't racist against Italians, since I'm not talking about Italians. So, when I say, Chinese sweatshops, I'm not even talking about the poor workers in them, forced to do labor, but the evil corrupt government on top of them, forcing it.
America is not necessarily more violent; criminals are simply capable of committing more crimes. Since your average person is not actively engaged in habitual criminal activity, they typically do not randomly commit violent acts, it is typically people with no morals who do this.
So... yeah. Would you say Mexico is inherently more violent, or would you say it's up to a small percentage of individuals who are out of control in the region?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGdRigFnsZQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCpF5OS5PmQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhK4-VWvsgw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYhzI6rMOFE
Many more examples. Imagine what would happen if guns were legal? More of these situations, which would happen over very small things. Therefore, more deaths. You are merely rewording what you stated before, as I expected you to do. As I have said before the criminals will be the first to draw their weapon in most situations. In this situation you are relying on a civilian, who is probably unskilled, to perform a quick draw. Looks like it is the wild west all over again. Devolution at its finest. Giving me stats of how many guns Russians produce only furthers my point. Now criminals have that plus the legally obtained guns. Wow it looks the US can have a second military now, wow that's so cool. Lets give guns to the people who are apart of a violent culture (aka the US culture). Wow that is very smart of you. They can shoot criminals, people they don't like or people who don't give them a stick of bubble gum. What's funny is that some people who wouldn't be criminals otherwise become criminals when the get their hands on a gun. This sure is helping America to progress. As technology advances, smuggling decreases. FACT. There are only so many ways you can smuggle something. In time, we will know every trick in the book and the gun smugglers will be out of luck. You make it seem as if it is easy to smuggle something. Do you know how paranoid the US is about this s**t? Anything that has the possibility of allowing terrorism will make the US go ape s**t. You listed off almost every crime, drug smuggling, exotic animal smuggling, you name it. And then you singled out the Chinese for creating fake products. You have been exposed, racism as it its finest. America is more violent. In Switzerland you have more possibilities to kill someone and yet it is so much lower than some of the STATES in the US. This proves that America has a violent culture. A violent culture does not mean you are a criminal. It simply means you are more inclined to be violent. I'm sorry that you do not understand. Do not compare Mexico to the US. The US in general has much better living conditions than Mexico. In poorer places, violence rates are higher because it is necessary to survive. While in America, it has a background of violence that has seeped its way into modern day. Kids in America are raised in pointless violence (household firearms, violent video games, violent tv shows, etc.) If America didn't have a violent culture it wouldn't have a disturbing amount of school shootings. In case you didn't notice the US was created because of violence. Thus beginning it's violent roots.
Did you consider that since the average person is well armed in public in Switzerland that it was, this culture of armed response to violence, that decreased the violence?
The aura of fear was established that suppressed criminals and lifted up civilians. And crime dropped. Everyone feels responsible, everyone is able to defend themselves.
Perhaps this is the goal of pro gun people?