Or perhaps not give civilians any guns! It's hard to shoot people without one. Making them illegal to possess makes it harder to have illegal (unregistered, whatever) guns in circulation as well. If all guns are illegal for civilian possession, the issue is quite straightforward to handle. Exception could be hunting rifles, which would require a hunting license (those are not that easy to get where i'm from).
Last edited by ynvaser; Jan 30, 2015 at 03:40 PM.
Originally Posted by ynvaser
Or perhaps not give civilians any guns! It's hard to shoot people without one.
Yeah, I agree. However, there's far too much money and momentum supporting the status quo with respect to guns remaining legal in the US. It's certainly a prudent solution, but it isn't pragmatic.
Originally Posted by ynvaser
Or perhaps not give civilians any guns! It's hard to shoot people without one. Making them illegal to possess makes it harder to have illegal (unregistered, whatever) guns in circulation as well. If all guns are illegal for civilian possession, the issue is quite straightforward to handle. Exception could be hunting rifles, which would require a hunting license (those are not that easy to get where i'm from).
People shoot guns for sport. And, another thing. If someone has the will to shoot somebody, then they have the will to go find a gun. Regardless of any restrictions on guns, there will always be a way to obtain one. Simply removing them isn't a solution, and it never will be. And, I'd rather have a firearm in my hand against another man who has a firearm in his hand than have nothing in my hands and he has a firearm pointed at my skull, ready to fire. Just sayin'.
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^If all firearms were illegal, it'd be hard to acquire one. If somehow a criminal could acquire one (without running into an undercover cop pretending to be an arms dealer) a routine check would most likely filter 90% of those who managed to get one. What you have left is people not having guns 99% of the time and no shootings whatsoever. It's the only solution for gun related violence.
You are a civilian, it's not your business to get into firefights. If you arm everybody, the likelihood of you having a gun pointed at your head is significantly higher than if nobody was allowed to carry a gun in the first place.
Also, that avatar makes it hard to take you seriously.
What you all keep forgetting is that the police needs an edge over the general population. If everyone has guns, then the police loses that edge and violence becomes the norm. Since you can't have every country sheriff drive around with a tank (not to mention it'd be expensive and impractical) the logical step would be disarming the population. And that won't happen in the US, not because the crazy half of the population wouldn't like it, but because a sizable percent of your GDP comes from arms dealing and manufacturing.
I'd rather have a firearm in my hand against another man who has a firearm in his hand than have nothing in my hands and he has a firearm pointed at my skull, ready to fire. Just sayin'.
You are a civilian, it's not your business to get into firefights. If you arm everybody, the likelihood of you having a gun pointed at your head is significantly higher than if nobody was allowed to carry a gun in the first place.
Also, that avatar makes it hard to take you seriously.
What you all keep forgetting is that the police needs an edge over the general population. If everyone has guns, then the police loses that edge and violence becomes the norm. Since you can't have every country sheriff drive around with a tank (not to mention it'd be expensive and impractical) the logical step would be disarming the population. And that won't happen in the US, not because the crazy half of the population wouldn't like it, but because a sizable percent of your GDP comes from arms dealing and manufacturing.
Last edited by ynvaser; Jan 31, 2015 at 11:59 PM.
