Guns make it easy and convenient to kill, quickly and efficiently, in anger, before one has the time for sober consideration. — Pattern-chaser
Fuck anyone who wants to take away guns or limit their access — mnoone
Having more guns around doesn’t make people more murderous. — I like sushi
we should greatly limit gun ownership or better yet, just ban them outright. — Maw
So, that's why Brazil with all of its gun crime wants to fix the issue by loosening gun laws, right?And yet the statistics clearly show that countries where guns are controlled or forbidden have less gun crime (obvious? :wink: ). — Pattern-chaser
There are, when the culture of warmongering has not dissipated.There are not appreciably more stabbings when there are no guns around. — Pattern-chaser
Picking up a rock from the ground and smacking a passerby in the back of the head with it is an easy and convenient way to kill, quick and efficient, in anger, before one has the time for sober consideration.Guns make it easy and convenient to kill, quickly and efficiently, in anger, before one has the time for sober consideration. — Pattern-chaser
So, you're going to ignore all history up to the point when men started firing rocks with gunpowder instead of slings?No, they won't. The simple fact borne out by empirical evidence is that the more powerful the weapon the more enhanced the affects of aggression applied to it. — Baden
And here we go back to square one, when I asked - why do you think this is a US problem, because husbands kill their wives without guns anyway. It happens here, everyday.the majority of homicides in the USA are not from strangers involved in home invasion. Family and 'friends,' living in the same domicile kill each other far more frequently, by a factor of 2:1, and most frequently husbands shoot their wives. — ernestm
It’s not really that apparent. — I like sushi
Your proposal is a good idea. I'm in favour. However... — Bitter Crank
It's just that in America, which is already awash with guns, people don't feel safe enough to give theirs up and don't fully appreciate the advantages in security of an environment where everyone has.
I for one am a full proponent of abolishing the 2nd Amendment — Maw
Do you not know," he continued, "that it is a sign of fear in a man for him to carry arms? And no man who is afraid would ever have a chance to become king any more than a slave would." — Dio Chrysostom: The 4th Discourse
Just a little wisdom of the ancients
Do you not know," he continued, "that it is a sign of fear in a man for him to carry arms? And no man who is afraid would ever have a chance to become king any more than a slave would."
— Dio Chrysostom: The 4th Discourse — Merkwurdichliebe
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