It isn't as hypothetical as you think. Targeting with conventional weapons is done the same way. Against stationary military targets.
toldailytopic: Guns: Good thing? Or bad thing?
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It isn't as hypothetical as you think. Targeting with conventional weapons is done the same way. Against stationary military targets.
antiknight
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Never heard of it. :idunno:
Thoreau once said, “For every thousand hacking at the leaves of evil, one hacks at the root.”
DocJohnson
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"A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks."
- Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, 1785
- Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, 1785
Alate_One
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Boils down to a note book you can use to kill people by simply writing their names in it. The question was . . . should you or shouldn't you use it to get rid of the "bad people"?
DocJohnson
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Most cases? Yeah, like 99.99% of the time. The other .01% is a fluke.
Alate_One
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The question is though do the guns actually save you? Or do they get into the hands of the criminals? I *feel* safer with a gun in the house but I'm not sure what the studies say about owning one, if it really deters crimes or no.
DocJohnson
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The studies show that gun ownership is at an all-time high (250+ million privately-owned firearms in the United States) while violent crime is at a 35-year low and murder is at a 43-year low. That's according to the FBI crime statistics.
You are wacky!:crackup:
Gun are primarily used as hunting tools and yes, home and person defense against an aggressor. They are not used by individuals to make war on many.
Your senseless thought process well supports the argument that you are a metro-sexual, wuppus boy who lacks guts. You would not know how to hunt if your life depended on it!
Um, k...I wouldn't get too worked up over that guy's posts.
It does make violent criminals think twice, too bad more women do not carry, rape would about disappear. Now for property crimes, guns are popular with burglars. The owner needs to responsible; some safes cannot be broken into or even destroyed in fire. Sure, there are some expert theirs, but they are looking at pulling off jobs at wealthy homes, in search of gems and art, not guns, which only low-class fences will handle. What this all means is your weapons and hunting tools are secure, if you are responsible.
As to those who are neglectful, I think is cases of innocent deaths, they should be hanged. Firearms should be checked often and if stolen, reported, even the one that has no paper trail leading to you because you need to care about what the thief will do to your secure gun.
What frustrates me are the absence of castle laws in many states, effectively forcing a home owner, even armed, to play nice in a situation where his or her home has been invaded.
Son of Jack
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After reading through most of this thread, I feel the uncontrollable urge to post this clip...
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Alate_One
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You should know that correlation does not show causation.
There are also studies saying that if you have a gun in your home your rate of homicide is much higher. Of course that could be due to self selection, what kind of people have guns in their homes. (I do BTW but it isn't a handgun).
Don't get me wrong, I think firearms are fun but I don't think there's a good correlation between gun ownership and crime prevention. I don't know if there's been a study on those with concealed carry permits which might give you a different answer due to the more stringent background checks and training you have to go through.
Alate_One
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Unless they get behind you and get the gun out of your hand . . . then the situation is actually worse. Most rape happens from someone you know anyway, are you going to think to pull a gun on someone you know before it is too late?
I'm not against women carrying guns so long as they understand how to properly handle them (that goes for the men too
) but it certainly isn't (pardon the pun) a magic bullet. :chuckle:I agree here . . . . though sometimes there are legitimate accidents.
Thunder's Muse
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Being an Aussie, I have always wondered...what would happen if the U.S. banned guns like Australia did?
Cival war?
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