gun control
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Topic: gun control
Posted By: tippy98aac
Subject: gun control
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 4:24pm
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probably not the most unbiased place to ask but.....Are you for or against stricter laws on the possession of a firearm? ------------- Tippy 98 c |
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Posted By: MSG.Mobius
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 4:26pm
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Whats with all these Polls, God, Abortion, Gun Control, Owning guns. What happened to the spam, the 20 year old paintball flaming. ------------- 
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Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 4:29pm
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Gun control in small moderation, to prevent at least certified crazy people and criminals from commercially buying weapons. But extreme gun control is retarded. Those people must be the dumbest people on earth. If guns are ever totally banned, the only people left with guns are criminals! ------------- 
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Posted By: Frozen Balls
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 4:30pm
| I am for certain limitations. you'd have to give me a list of different aspects of control, and i'd point out which ones you can shove. |
Posted By: Solipsism
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 4:36pm
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Gun control is good for the most part they could be more strict in some areas, but the outright banning of some guns is just lame...
I wouldn't mind have a semi auto AK47, I think it would be rather enjoyable to shoot paper targets with. -------------  http://solipsism.ath.cx - solipsism.ath.cx |
Posted By: tippy98aac
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 4:37pm
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i myself like you guyz am for stricter laws on firearms. I think the 2nd ammendment is a little out of date but thats just me. ------------- Tippy 98 c |
Posted By: AdmiralSenn
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 4:38pm
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My dad has a bumper sticker with a quote from Hitler on it about how gun control will make Germany have the best police and stuff. Like Enos said, minimal control is good, but anything beyond basic checks and stuff is insane.
According to my dad, a National Gun Registry would be one step from confiscation. Dunno how true that is, just stating his thoughts. ------------- Is God real? You'll find out when you die. 
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Posted By: tippy98aac
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 4:41pm
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i found a fact that said "every other day a whole classroom of kids die from handguns." I had to a speech on gun control last year. ------------- Tippy 98 c |
Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 4:47pm
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canada's got i think pretty good rules on fire arms and it is much strictor than the states. so im for ------------- <1 meg sig = bad> |
Posted By: Ejp414
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 4:52pm
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1. Registration 2. Minimum Purchasing Age 3. Required course to get a license, really low age requirement like 12. I don't think that's extremely unreasonable. ------------- __________________ __________________ |
Posted By: Solipsism
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 4:53pm
Its not really a firearm problem here in the U.S. its a people problem. ------------- http://solipsism.ath.cx - solipsism.ath.cx |
FROG MAN wrote:Posted By: Ejp414
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 4:54pm
Yet guns aren't the leading cause of death. Perhaps we should have "cigarette control" instead... ------------- __________________ __________________ |
Posted By: Solipsism
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 4:55pm
Not unreasonable at all. In Cali you have to take a written test and get a Handgun safety certificate just to purchase a handgun, and you must demonstrate how to operate such a firearm. Pretty good idea too and it doesn't bother me in the slightest. ------------- http://solipsism.ath.cx - solipsism.ath.cx |
Posted By: ekeboo
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 5:00pm
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not gun control,crime control. -------------  
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Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 5:11pm
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gun control is a must, people should be able to hit what they shoot at. if not things get broke and random people get hit... ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: DracoPlasm
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 5:35pm
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Against...id go into more detail but im bound to get a strike if i do... ------------- 
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Posted By: †Sniper†
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 5:38pm
but cigarettes actually make the government lots of money, so we cant do that...kind of ironic... |
Posted By: tippy98aac
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 7:18pm
I would be all for "ciggarette control" as well. My Grandpa died from Lung Cancer. I just find it hard, especially living near a city like Detroit where some many innocent lives are taken because of material possessions by firearms and other weapons. I know that the United has one of the highest death tolls compared to other countries with stricter firearm laws. Thats just how i feel though, i've never been much a hunter. Feel to much compassion for the animal. ------------- Tippy 98 c |
Posted By: MSG.Mobius
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 7:20pm
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You know you could do full auto....... -------------
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Posted By: JoeG254-PB
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 7:26pm
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Yeah I'm with Ejp on this one I think that would be the kind of gun control |
Posted By: JoeG254-PB
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 7:29pm
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0226493644/qid=1091753137/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-3767249-8594412?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 - Amazon.com: Books: More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun-Control Laws read that. now look alot of countries in Europe have gun laws where you cant legally own a gun and gun crime has gone up. |
Posted By: tippy98aac
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 7:37pm
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hmmm i might have to read that.!. but anyways i base my opinions on stuff like this " In 1996, for instance, 30 people were killed with handguns in Great Britain, 106 in Canada and 211 in Germany. In the U.S., 9,390 died this way. In Japan,15."
http://www.jointogether.org/gv/issues/problem/global/ theres a link to an article i was reading. A little old though. ------------- Tippy 98 c |
Posted By: JoeG254-PB
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 7:59pm
| most of the gun crime is where guns are illegally purchased which would still happen if there were stricter gun laws |
Posted By: tippy98aac
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 8:19pm
are you sure? i'd have to see some data. I need to do some more researching before this turns into a debate ------------- Tippy 98 c |
Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 8:21pm
| My crime prevention class is coming back to me, and I even have the text book to cite, but tippy98aac is right when comparing figures of countries with little gun crime compared to those with loose laws and higher gun crime. |
Posted By: Clark Kent
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 8:41pm
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Here ya go - enough gun statistics to support every argument about the US made so far (and then some): http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/guns.htm - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/guns.htm
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Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 05 August 2004 at 8:49pm
| The NCVS is still an untrustworthy formation of statistics. The UCR seems to be a little better; however, that still does not cover everything. Those statistics could be quite flawed. |
Posted By: Slothbutt
Date Posted: 06 August 2004 at 12:57am
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According to the 1997 Survey of State Prison Inmates, among those possessing a gun, the source of the gun was 80% from family, friends, a street buy, or an illegal source
very intrestring fact, shows gun laws have no real effect on criminals only the people trying to defend themselves or having fun at the range.  ------------- http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/2688/3guns27ef.jpg - My Paintball Guns http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/2711/arand9mmak9.jpg - New "Toys" |
Posted By: Solipsism
Date Posted: 06 August 2004 at 1:06am
^^^^ I've seen that bumper sticker before, man its great.  ------------- http://solipsism.ath.cx - solipsism.ath.cx |
Posted By: Homer J
Date Posted: 06 August 2004 at 2:43am
Stole the words out of my mouth...err my fingertips. In my mind, gun control is keeping the gun steady and being able to manage the recoil so you don't hit innocent bystanders. |