NRA planning Gun Appreciation Day

I have the feeling that Chuck Norris has something to do with it

 

There are many circumstance which would require guns. I used to date a 28 y/o with a 2 y/o daughter. We moved from NY to down south TN, and experienced really weird crackheads nearly barging into our motel room, hitting his crack pipe in front of the baby and, asked if he could pay us 100 dollars to watch me and my Ex have sex. My ex was obviously freaked out, so I pulled out my 36. Snub nose, held it slightly behind my back (to where it was visible) and said "get the FUCK out of here now!" and he asked "What is that? A gun?" and I said "Like I said, get the fuck out of here now; and you wont have to find out." and he finally left.

I was only 21 at this time. No free individual should have the right to defend themself taken away.It's not right that some mentally deranged police and military could have guns to go on killing sprees, but Americans couldn't defend themselves. You can't possibly believe in disarmament deep down.

The people would be (quite literally) defenseless!!

 

There are lots of ways to solve problems than showing your gun.
In a country full of weapons you can easyly get nervous thinking that any asshole can have a weapon so he can be a mayor theat.

It seems to me you live in a ethernal western.

 

The right to bear arms is not the same thing as the right of self-defence. There are many ways to defend yourself besides using a gun, and non-violence works too.

 

Ah yes, it seems to me like you've figured out something the rest of the dipshits in this thread haven't figured out yet: You don't always have to fire your gun in self defense, you can simply SHOW it. The bad guy will think twice about their motives with a gun in the hands of someone they wish to harm. Especially if it's pointed in their direction.

Happened to a woman I know who was approached at night at a rest area by a van full of creepers. She knew she was bein followed and they were waiting outside the restroom for her to ambush. But she stepped out of the restroom, they saw she was packing some heat, sothey backed down and let her go.

"In a country full of weapons a criminal can get nervous thinking any civilian can have a weapon so he can defend himself "

FIXED

 

Some people only understand brute force. A gun can equalize things out for a smaller person.

 

Ok. A group of crackheads barges into your hotel room, like in the situation mentioned. I would like for you to tell me ONE THING that would have taken care of the issue more efficiently than showing a gun. JUST ONE. Go ahead.....

 

You realize the hubub is about limiting assault rifle purchases.

You could never have used one like that, most self defense tactics rely on compact pistols. Like the one you used.

 

la fitness shooter, had no assault rifle.

pissed off cause he couldnt get laid.

 

3 killed, 9 injured. Compared to Aurora where he did have an assault rifle: 12 dead, 58 injured.

 

he was armed with many guns, do you exactly how many were killed by a specific caliber?

He also fired a Smith & Wesson M&P15 semi-automatic rifle with a 100-round drum magazine, which malfunctioned after reportedly firing fewer than 30 rounds.. wiki

 

"fewer than 40 rounds"

How many rounds were fired in the gym shooting?

 

You wanna talk numbers? The amount of people killed by assault rifles are minuscule compared to small caliber hand guns.

Why isn't gun control focused on the #1 killers??

 

You should be able to tell us this.

Because most killings with handguns are going to involve fewer people. They are used for self defense, murder, gangbanging, whatever.... but not for senseless mass killing.

And while it's technically possible to go on a giant killing spree with a handgun, any chump can shoot 20 kids with an assault rifle.

It's like the difference between running people off the road in a lambo, or a peterbuilt. (and I'm not arguing to enact peterbuilt controlls, I'd like to own an antique semi tractor some day... for no good reason, because they're awesome. Same reason I intend to own an assault rifle some day.)

Assault rifle's size mean that, almost without exception, if a civillion is to make tactical use of one outside the home, it will NOT be in a defensive way, but offensive.

It's basically less likely that someone who doesn't have it comming will get shot with a pistol, and it's much easier to argue for pistols, if we're talking about guns designed for killing people and not deer.

 

why is this such a terrible thing? please enlighten me.

 

To my point of view, since i´m not John Wayne or Chuck Norris i trend to let criminals as a police business. That is what sensible people would easyly see and do

Most of the times, over 90% or more, you show guns to solve a problem you could solve it otherwise, turning then a silly or disgusting situation into a too serious one

And if the situation gets ugly a true criminal would then consider to kill you since you are armed, if that would be the case, who do you think may win? A family man or someone who usually faces real deals

If you consider the number of accidental deaths by fire weapons among owners and relatives. What figure would you think it´s bigger, those inocent people killed by that "weapons for all", or those killed by an assault or a crime?

We have crimes in Spain too, people die, but sooner or later criminals go to jail. No one turns every stress situation into "gun fight at Okay Corral"

Over the fact of "too many weapons" the US has a educational problem, also there´s to much hate in the air there when people gets rich and lives the great life by paying trashy salary to others, others who doesn´t have not even acces to a hospital

Better education for all, more social carenes, and more ethics would be of help

 

Roo,

I'm fairly certain if the two us were asked to draw up a new gun control plan, you and I would come up with something at least comparable. I'm not completely against tighter gun control, specifically on assault weapons. I'm just wary of the intentions of politicians pushing their agenda, and the shells who follow blindly. They use the emotions from the mass killings to put an easy target in their crosshairs. Half of me is glad they are using assault rifles as their easy target, but the other half of me sees that the overwhelming majority of wrongful deaths involving firearms would not be affected by any ban on AR-15s. I think the reform should focus more on education and the treatment of mental health.

Instead, all the anti gun nuts are happy because GI joe can't upgrade his home arsenal, while 15 year old Billy is still contemplating mass murder because no one understands his pain.

 

Are you attempting to be serious here? Because what you posted is just silly. We are discussing political theory/philosophy. It is, in no way, comparable to scientific theories and laws.

 

Could you please point out where someone has said that?

 

What makes you think that the entirety of the United States Military would side with the government in a civil war/rebellion scenario? It certainly didn't the last time a civil war was fought in this country.