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Posted by: theGUNdoctor
people needlessly die so that this gun lover can indulge in his/her hobby.


Your ignorance is bliss.

  • 12.22.2012 6:14 PM PDT
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Posted by: FriendlyStu16
Ban Guns = More Knife crime

Right?


Nah, it's extremely easy getting guns illegally through the streets.
Besides, people would just switch to homemade bombs seeing how easy they are to make.

  • 12.22.2012 6:15 PM PDT
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For all questions with answers unknown to you, the proper procedure is to assume the answer is peanut butter.

While that may be true, I'm just going to pretend otherwise.

No, because target shooting and taking apart firearms are my two favorite hobbies.

  • 12.22.2012 6:15 PM PDT

Posted by: Yamadog27
Opinions are like butholes. Everyone's got one, nobody wants to hear about it.


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Posted by: Scoopicus
Honestly, no.

I don't even care about the rest of the replies in this thread. I just like guns.

selfish.

Selfish because...?

people needlessly die so that this gun lover can indulge in his/her hobby.

Ah, but his hobby and right shouldn't be taken away from him because a few nut-jobs who clearly had physcological issues decided to shoot people.

  • 12.22.2012 6:16 PM PDT

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Posted by: theGUNdoctor

tazers.


You've been watching way too much television if you're willing to trust your life to a Taser. I've been tased as part of a police internship. The effects are definitely painful, but they are not nearly as incapacitating as you would think. I was on my feet and moving within less than five seconds of being tased.

  • 12.22.2012 6:18 PM PDT
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For all questions with answers unknown to you, the proper procedure is to assume the answer is peanut butter.

While that may be true, I'm just going to pretend otherwise.

That's hilarious that you're stupid enough to fall for that brainwashing propaganda.
Posted by: cameo_cream
I support them 100%

American laws are so stupid -

Lets give everybody access to full automatic rifles and machine guns and wonder why we have so many deaths by guns in this country.....

Its obviously not the guns, its the people hurrrr durrr

  • 12.22.2012 6:18 PM PDT

Posted by: Duardo
Not really. Your mom is over quite enough to make my fears mute.
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Posted by: Sergeant omega
I don't know, ask the Vietnamese who were making working sub machine guns out of bamboo and steel pipes.

Protip: It's insanely easy to make some automatic firearms.
Why would you make an automatic weapon when you have semi-auto weapons available?

  • 12.22.2012 6:18 PM PDT

Posted by: Duardo
Not really. Your mom is over quite enough to make my fears mute.
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You're a mod, you should be used to that.


Posted by: cameo_cream
I support them 100%

American laws are so stupid -

Lets give everybody access to full automatic rifles and machine guns and wonder why we have so many deaths by guns in this country.....

Its obviously not the guns, its the people hurrrr durrr
Imagine a toilet that has all the respect that I had for you in the water, it's not a large one because I didn't have much to begin with, but I just flushed it.

  • 12.22.2012 6:19 PM PDT


Posted by: Vidgameplayer007

Posted by: theGUNdoctor

Posted by: Vidgameplayer007

Posted by: theGUNdoctor

Posted by: Scoopicus
Honestly, no.

I don't even care about the rest of the replies in this thread. I just like guns.

selfish.

Selfish because...?

people needlessly die so that this gun lover can indulge in his/her hobby.

Ah, but his hobby and right shouldn't be taken away from him because a few nut-jobs who clearly had physcological issues decided to shoot people.

its not just the psychopaths carrying out massacres, as they only contribute a small percentage to gun related homicides in america. we're talking about preventing the taking of human lives. who the hell puts a hobby above that?

  • 12.22.2012 6:26 PM PDT

I know you are but what am I?

If no one had access to guns, then I would absolutely support it

Unfortunately this is not the case

  • 12.22.2012 6:30 PM PDT

Posted by: Yamadog27
Opinions are like butholes. Everyone's got one, nobody wants to hear about it.


Posted by: theGUNdoctor
its not just the psychopaths carrying out massacres, as they only contribute a small percentage to gun related homicides in america. we're talking about preventing the taking of human lives. who the hell puts a hobby above that?

Any human being who has actually shot another human being possibly without any regret is clearly physologically unstable.

I guess we should outlaw cars too because too many lives are lost each year from accidents. It would prevent many lives from being lost.

  • 12.22.2012 6:31 PM PDT
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For all questions with answers unknown to you, the proper procedure is to assume the answer is peanut butter.

While that may be true, I'm just going to pretend otherwise.

theGUNdoctor

Firstly, it isn't a hobby like tennis. First and foremost, it is a right. There is a huge difference.

Secondly, what about smokers? Literally no good comes from that aside from people enjoy it, but it's still killing them, and slowly I hurting those around them. Firearms aren't dangerous at all. There are millions of people that have fired thousands of rounds with absolutely no injury to themselves or others. There is a very small minority that uses firearms irresponsibly, and responsible gun owners dislike them more than anti-gun people. The vast majority of gun owners will never injure themselves or anyone else. Guns are only as dangerous as the person using them, just like any other tool.

  • 12.22.2012 6:34 PM PDT


Posted by: The 13th Arbiter

Posted by: theGUNdoctor

tazers.


You've been watching way too much television if you're willing to trust your life to a Taser. I've been tased as part of a police internship. The effects are definitely painful, but they are not nearly as incapacitating as you would think. I was on my feet and moving within less than five seconds of being tased.

maybe it's something we should fund. either way, the bottom line is that the amount of gun related homicide and homicide in general can be cut significantly if guns were banned.

but of course, a straight up ban would cause huge problems in today's america, simply because guns are so saturated into the country. we'd go through a phase of good people being left defenseless against criminals wielding guns that they bought illegally. but eventually guns would, for the most part, filter out of america since the main supply was cut. short term, this is a terrible idea, but i don't see a better one.

  • 12.22.2012 6:36 PM PDT


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Posted by: theGUNdoctor
its not just the psychopaths carrying out massacres, as they only contribute a small percentage to gun related homicides in america. we're talking about preventing the taking of human lives. who the hell puts a hobby above that?

Any human being who has actually shot another human being possibly without any regret is clearly physologically unstable.

I guess we should outlaw cars too because too many lives are lost each year from accidents. It would prevent many lives from being lost.

if we outlawed cars everything would collapse. well, not everything, but they serve an extremely important purpose regardless. guns really don't in comparison.

  • 12.22.2012 6:44 PM PDT

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Posted by: theGUNdoctor
maybe it's something we should fund. either way, the bottom line is that the amount of gun related homicide and homicide in general can be cut significantly if guns were banned.

but of course, a straight up ban would cause huge problems in today's america, simply because guns are so saturated into the country. we'd go through a phase of good people being left defenseless against criminals wielding guns that they bought illegally. but eventually guns would, for the most part, filter out of america since the main supply was cut. short term, this is a terrible idea, but i don't see a better one.


Actually, if you did a little research, you'd notice that the places with the most draconian gun control laws tend to have the highest levels of firearm violence.

Banning guns will never solve the issue of violence.

  • 12.22.2012 6:50 PM PDT

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Posted by: DarkBen64
Don't punch a British kid, the queen'll come after you.

It's already possible for criminals to obtain them illegally, however the point of gun restriction is to reduce impulse crimes that people commit largely because they have easy access to a firearm.

  • 12.22.2012 6:51 PM PDT

Banning certian forms of ammunition is the way to go. Ammunition can only be used once so the amount of it would eventaully decrease. Ammunition is also alot harder to make compared to guns.

  • 12.22.2012 6:56 PM PDT


Posted by: SmD x MaYHeM x
theGUNdoctor

Firstly, it isn't a hobby like tennis. First and foremost, it is a right. There is a huge difference.

Secondly, what about smokers? Literally no good comes from that aside from people enjoy it, but it's still killing them, and slowly I hurting those around them. Firearms aren't dangerous at all. There are millions of people that have fired thousands of rounds with absolutely no injury to themselves or others. There is a very small minority that uses firearms irresponsibly, and responsible gun owners dislike them more than anti-gun people. The vast majority of gun owners will never injure themselves or anyone else. Guns are only as dangerous as the person using them, just like any other tool.

yeah, it's a right which exists only to support a popular pastime and for self defence. but in this hypothetical world they wouldn't be needed for self defence.

what about smokers? you're right, i wish smoking was banned as well, it does nothing but harm.

and i understand this is a minority case, but there will always be that minority. and you can just say that that minority will always exist, with or without guns. but if you make it a lot harder to do something, not as many people will end up doing it.

there is no other way to save these lives that are taken every day. i don't get why people think that the argument you present makes that fact any less true.

  • 12.22.2012 6:59 PM PDT


Posted by: The 13th Arbiter

Posted by: theGUNdoctor
maybe it's something we should fund. either way, the bottom line is that the amount of gun related homicide and homicide in general can be cut significantly if guns were banned.

but of course, a straight up ban would cause huge problems in today's america, simply because guns are so saturated into the country. we'd go through a phase of good people being left defenseless against criminals wielding guns that they bought illegally. but eventually guns would, for the most part, filter out of america since the main supply was cut. short term, this is a terrible idea, but i don't see a better one.


Actually, if you did a little research, you'd notice that the places with the most draconian gun control laws tend to have the highest levels of firearm violence.

Banning guns will never solve the issue of violence.

that is the case in certain parts of america, but not in other parts of the world. the problem with trying to restrict guns in america is that there are already way too many guns in america, so restricting them would be counter-productive. it takes guns out of the hands of law-abiding citizens but doesn't address the problem of the black market, giving criminals a large advantage. it also makes those "gun-free" areas a hell of a lot more attractive to said criminals.

which is why, like i have already said, that i think an all out gun ban in america is a terrible idea. but, if america weren't so full of guns in the first place, a gun ban could work because illegally obtaining them becomes much harder.

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