OMG CCW!!11

carl_the_sniper wrote: Nuclear wrote: I don't really get how the number of deaths/ murders we have relates to people legally carrying a gun ? Canada has more registered guns per capita than America. America has more gun murders per capita than Canada. That's why the argument is valid.

Because every legal gun in Canada is registered, if I'm correct. Federally, I don't believe that Americans are required to register their weapons, so that argument is void.

And I'll add to that-gun registration has little to do with the argument of CHL.

Nuclear wrote: evillepaintball wrote: Susan Storm wrote:   No other common hand-held weapon in the history of man has had this ability. crossbow? Knife, brass knuckles, glass / glass knuckles, pipe, flapjack etc. All deadly, all hand-held.

Most things could be deadly, including your vehicle. However, there is a distinct difference when you are speaking of firearms.

The problem we're having with firearms in America has little to do with CHL's or gun registration-it's the general loose attitude towards guns we have.

The problem doesn't come in when a law abiding citizen purchases a gun, it comes in when someone steals said gun, then sells it for crack. That gun then goes to some crack dealer, who sells it to same gangster kid, who then uses it in a drive by halfway across the country.

Unfortunately, like in every issue in America, you see the two extremes of ignorance-

People who know nothing of firearms, but only that they're evil weapons of mass destruction, and the primary source of America's crime problems

People who nothing of firearms, but feel that through movies, books, games, the internet, family, or even ownership, they are experts and therefore qualified to carry the responsibility of a deadly weapon.

There is a middle ground though, and there are lots of law abiding gun owners. I find it interesting that many people choose to own firearms, but hide them from their children and talk about them like they're poison. My dad taught me how to handle weapons at an incredibly early age-I had shot a wide variety of guns by twelve years old. My dad never had to lock away the guns in the attic-I understood the danger and responsibility of a gun, so I didn't bother them when mom or dad were away. Unfortunately through the ignorance of society, just like with sex, and political/moral issues, kids are being raised by the television, and the TV only shows the ugly, deadly side of guns.