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Dec 17, 2006 15:55:44 GMT -5
Post by Denithar on Dec 17, 2006 15:55:44 GMT -5
Guns vs. a gun-free society. Open debate.
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Dec 17, 2006 16:26:48 GMT -5
Post by Brokenhearts on Dec 17, 2006 16:26:48 GMT -5
i dnt like guns. end of. i h8 them. bt they do have their... uses- if used in the rite way. law enforcement, i cn understand, bt nt 2 kill, only maim if need be. and obviously war, as most society accepted laws in war are completely suspended. i dnt think guns shud find their way in2 hands of mobs, gangs, teenagers, or even ppl with a proper lisence. the days tht we have needed to hunt 4 our own food r long since past- civillians dnt need them any more. if we did, we'd b living in arnachy. we need a mid-way point, nt living in the shadow of gun culture thts takin ovr kids now.
guns stay with the police, FBI, MI6 and all the rest, nt with us.
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Dec 19, 2006 11:56:36 GMT -5
Post by Angie on Dec 19, 2006 11:56:36 GMT -5
I'm undecided on this issue, but I do believe that if we take away guns, people would find a way to get guns underground, and if we somehow eliminated every one of them, they would find/make a worse hand-held weapon.
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Dec 19, 2006 12:52:44 GMT -5
Post by Denithar on Dec 19, 2006 12:52:44 GMT -5
The thing is, bad guys are going to get guns. So I'd rather have the right to carry one myself as well (yes, there is a gun in our house).
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Dec 19, 2006 15:44:43 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2006 15:44:43 GMT -5
I'm with den. I personally have no problem with guns. I have a magnum and two shotguns in our house and an air rifle. Though meant for game shooting, they're pretty lethal. Guns will always get to the "bad guys". Mostly through governments selling them...
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Dec 19, 2006 16:33:00 GMT -5
Post by Brokenhearts on Dec 19, 2006 16:33:00 GMT -5
i jst h8 the idea of guns. wat if a kid gts hold one? they stick their fingers in socets enff, they cud jst as easily gt hold of a bleedin gun and shoot themselves!! there's been 2 many stories of ppl gttin killd with guns, even in england, innocent bystanders, as well as the ppl in the gun warfare. it jst isnt rite 2 have the roamin round in the streets, even if u have them with a gd idea of hw 2 use them and will use them responsibly, the majority of those out there tht do have them actually dnt. and the fact is, is tht we cn gt them far 2 easily. a friend of mine, hu wasnt yt 16 @ the time, walkd in2 a shop and jst askd for a gun, paid for it and walkd out. they askd 4 no liecense or anythin- they were makin money frm the fact he was buyin a gun.
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Dec 19, 2006 18:29:09 GMT -5
Post by Gil Alexander on Dec 19, 2006 18:29:09 GMT -5
I agree with Broky. If you've got a gun in you're pocket and all of a sudden you get really frustrated, some people's first reaction without thinking about it would be to reach for their gun, which they definitely wouldn't do if they were in their right mind.
Also, in the Bible, Matthew 5:39, it says: "But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also."
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Dec 20, 2006 15:28:25 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2006 15:28:25 GMT -5
if you are dead you will find it rather hard to turn the other cheek....
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Dec 20, 2006 21:22:26 GMT -5
Post by Brokenhearts on Dec 20, 2006 21:22:26 GMT -5
tht cn apply in war, y shud we have 2 live in fear of that in everyday life?
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Dec 21, 2006 11:53:29 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2006 11:53:29 GMT -5
do american citizens live in fear? perhaps a survey should be taken to see what people of the world's number 1 fear is? Guns are legal in britain aj. It is not legal to carry them however and you need to keep them locked up in your house, but just because it isn't legal, does that mean people won't carry? It's illegal for under 18s to drink but they still do it... I certainly don't, and can't think of anyone, who's biggest fear is that they will be shot walking down the street.
Do any americans on this site live in fear of being shot?
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Dec 21, 2006 12:08:00 GMT -5
Post by Angie on Dec 21, 2006 12:08:00 GMT -5
Most of the time, I don't. But in big cities or bad neighborhoods, I do wonder a bit.
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Dec 21, 2006 13:54:58 GMT -5
Post by Brokenhearts on Dec 21, 2006 13:54:58 GMT -5
as far as i no, dougie, u r nt invovled in gun culture. talk 2 any1 hu lives in an area where gun culture amoungst gangs is a problem, talk 2 the gangs invovled 4 god's sake! they wnt admit 2 bein scared, bt it's still a threat. and mi family in america rnt exactly safe where they r @ the moment, and mi cuz (both the 1 hus 21 and the 1 hus mi age) r nt scared persay, bt like angie they do worry. they're movin nw, bt ali lala (21 yrs) is involved with tht kinda thing, and im scared shitless hes gonna gt shot 1 of these days. guns do nt belong with civillians.
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Dec 21, 2006 16:19:35 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2006 16:19:35 GMT -5
thats is guns being abused. and if they were illegal, do they think they would vanish from the streets? like drugs perhaps?
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Dec 21, 2006 16:29:24 GMT -5
Post by Gil Alexander on Dec 21, 2006 16:29:24 GMT -5
You might as well legalize murder, then, Doug, since people murder even though there are laws against it.
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Dec 21, 2006 16:42:23 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2006 16:42:23 GMT -5
some forms of murder are legal. but that's anothe debate so i won't go down that road.
what i am saying is that there is no point in making guns illegal. and i personally have no problem with guns. and aj, i do live in a gun culture. we regularly have gun fights up here. when the gangs clash, out come the guns
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