Nene said:
finfighter said:
Gun Maniacs? So you are saying that anyone who embraces the right to defend themselves with modern weapons (Firearms) is a maniac? There is no logic in that.
I live in a city with an extremely high crime rate (Memphis, Tn) Carjackings, Murders, rapes, occur almost everyday in my city. And criminals will always have access to guns whether they are legal or not, ( just as Drugs are illegal- criminals still deal in drugs). So I'm glad that I live in a country that gives me the same right as my countries military and police, the right to bear arms. The right for United States Citizens to bear arms, helps create a balance between the power of the government and the People.
In countries where it is illegal to bear arms the citizens have no power they are simply sheep, there must be checks and balances for a democratic society to function.
In my country Firearms are a balancing factor, if there's one thing that history has taught its that absolute power corrupts absolutly. The first thing that Hitler did before he enacted the holocost was, disarm the German citizens so that the Jews would have no way to protect themselves, this would never have happened in the States because our citizens are armed.
In Switzerland every male is required to own a rifle and keep it in his house, incidently Switzerland has one of the lowest crime rates in the world, see the video below.
And finally, guns are just plain cool, the're a guy thing and the're fun to shoot and collect, and in case your wondering, I posted a pic of my gun below.
[youtube:vxczylb7]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nf1OgV449g[/youtube:vxczylb7]
HOLY sh*t. Firearms are a balancing factor? So you mean to say that you and some of your hillbilly friends can fight off the military with your guns should you have to? Or the Holocaust could have been avoided if the Jews only could've kept their weapons? :shakehead: Yeah, they would've fought off the 3rd reich and Gestapo with no problems with a few Ak-47s!
Guns are just plain cool? This thing invented for the sole purpose of killing people is cool? I've never owned a gun, in fact I don't know anyone who isn't a cop who owns one. You know what? Never once have I or anyone I know been in a situation where a gun was necessary. I live in New York, the Bronx...ring a bell? Is that dangerous enough for you? Yet I've never felt the need for a gun. You keep bringing up rapes, most rape victims are women who know and trust the rapists. It's not usually a situation where some stranger wearing a mask jumps out of a dark alley, where if the woman had only had a gun she could've saved herself. I said before I didn't know anyone who had a gun. I just remembered, my friend's father had one, and my friend almost shot his little sister with it when he was 6...You keep saying criminals will find guns so they should be available to everyone. Did you ever stop and think that if less people had guns, it would be less likely that criminals could get their hands on them? Just because people aren't allowed to have guns that makes them sheep? That's just plain rude and ignorant. You're the type of ignorant red neck that voted for Bush and gives all Americans a bad name. :shakehead:
You strike me as a
1- little man who is very afraid of many things, including guns. If I had to guess I wouldn't think that you have any females in your life other than your mother, so you might not understand my concern for the females in my life, when they have to walk alone at night, through a parking lot or to their car. The reality is there are many random rapes that occur everyday in this country and I take solice in the fact that the women in my life have the wright to protect themselves with a firearm against a man who could easily take their life without one.
If you do not understand the
2- concept of armed citizens being less subjective than unarmed citiziens than I will not attempt to explain this concept because you are
3- oubviously unable to understand a very basic concept that history has demonstrated time and time again.
And as far as your claim about the jews, let me ask you something, do you think that the jews resistance against Hitler would have been more successful if they were armed? Please don't make yourself look stupid by denying this.
4- You resort to calling everyone a ''Redneck'' out of pure ingnorance and lack of vocabulary. So it makes me a hillbilly because I embrace the protection of myself and my loved ones through the use of Modern weapons?
5 - You stand totally helpless to protect yourself or your loved ones against an armed assailent who would surely destroy you because you are to afraid to possess a means of protection. If you ever are the victim of a viloent crime see how far you get with your attacker as you explain to him why guns should be illegal. I bet he won't care, but you might have a change of heart.
Good luck being a p#ssy, you have fun with that!