And So It Begins

[Relander]

Originally Posted by Agentlaidlaw

Ban guns and we be killing each other with knifes. Ban knifes then we be using rocks.

Although killing people with guns is a lot easier and safer for the robber than using a knife which you can effectively counter with pepper spray, club or martial arts or just run away.

[Mast3rofPuppets]

I don't know if banning guns in the states is a very good idea. There's so many firearms in circulation there so it would do more harm than good.

IMO Sweden has the perfect gun law (well nothing is perfect but it's pretty damn close).

[[+Glasius+]]

The most effective way to hindre the sales of a certain product, be it firearms, alcohol, drugs, condoms whatever, is to regulate high prices and low avaliability.

The stats from UK showing 40% rise in gunrelated crimes after the ban is only logic seeing as whoever didnt turn in or registrate their firearm will be included.

The US addiction to firearms is hilarious. Arming yourself to the teeth to protect home and country from yourselves..

[Force Recon]

The US addiction to firearms is hilarious. Arming yourself to the teeth to protect home and country from yourselves..

....they uh..overprotect themselves.
hey let's invent lightsabers and instead of gunfights we will have..

[Admiral Donutz]

For the USA it is too late to ban guns, too many people have them and you will never be able to retreave them all. When the amount of guns in a nation is small you can ban them wihtout much problems, the avarage criminal won't have acces to a gun either then, and robbing some place or a person with a knife is a lot harder then whn you have a gun. That is why I agree with the ban on guns in the Netherlands (and most other European countries), it's a lot saver here without everybody running around with guns.

However in the states "all" criminals already have atleast one gun so taking the gun away from the avarage citizen would do more harm then good. This doesn't mean you should be able to obtain them easily though. Restrictions such as a mandatory course for gun owners on how to use a weapon (firing it, maintenance, storage etc.) would be needed. We don't let people drive cars without proving they are worthy of a lisence (though the tests to prove you are worthy of one seem far to simple in the USA) and the same should go for guns. This exam would consist of both a practical and theoretical exam.

I do think that the police should be able to confiscate your gun if you are clearly not using it properly (you have a loaded gun laying around in the livingroom with kids running around) be it temporarily or permanent. A "three times and you are out" policy wouldn't hurt I think? Be caught with inproper use of guns three times and you lose your gun and lisence.

[Agentlaidlaw]

Wait ban guns then we be making home made guns. Don't forget about the Potato gun you can make with some Pipe. Then we go back making crossbows. Their gonna have to ban anything harmful. So say good buy to the human race.

[Force Recon]

Their gonna have to ban anything harmful.

baseball bats,too then?

[IR15H]

A gun's very purpose it to kill, a car's is not. Its too late to ban guns in America because too many people have one now but I wouldnt support making guns legal in any other countries that they arent legal in.

[USMA2010]

A handgun, assault rifle, or combat shotgun's very purpose is to kill.

The very purpose of this pistol is to shoot paper targets.

[Inyri Forge]

baseball bats,too then?

And salt.

That's the point. It's not the object that's harmful, but how you use it.

-Guns are not harmful unless you shoot someone.
-Baseball bats are not harmful unless you hit someone.
-Salt is not harmful if you consume it in moderation.
-Alcohol is not harmful if you drink it responsibly.

And on and on... people need to learn how to behave themselves is all.