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09-20-2016, 12:50 AM | #22 |
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That Mom's demand group... Wants to ban ALL guns... Because bad guys...
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09-20-2016, 12:57 AM | #23 | |
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That's being a victim. Being unprepared. You currently have the right to be able to defend yourself. It's freeing to be able to do it. You protect your family. Your friends. If you are married, it's kind of an obligation for you to protect your spouse as far as I'm concerned. If you love someone, shouldn't you do ALL that's in your power to do in order to protect them? I know I would... Granted I don't have too many people in my life but there are a few I'd even die for. |
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09-20-2016, 12:57 AM | #24 |
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So is reality TV. So is fast food. Doesn't mean it needs to be stamped out over legislatured out of existance (as much as I'd like to see that happen).
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09-20-2016, 01:01 AM | #25 |
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All right, get me a pack of Camel Platinums and we're cool.
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09-20-2016, 01:03 AM | #26 | |
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I'm fine if folks want to smoke but there has to be a way to be respectful of the people who don't want to be around it or near people doing it. And we live in an entitled age. "Please don't smoke nesr my kids" (or in this case, my sisters) was greeted with "f*ck off, I'll smoke where I damned well please!" even though the guy was in a park, with signs posted no smoking in the public park... My last employer initiated a zero tolerance policy for no smoking on company grounds and people still tried to sneak smokes in their cars and behind the building and whatnot... |
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09-20-2016, 01:13 AM | #27 | |
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I just find it dumb that some people, and like those ads, portrayed carrying around a gun as some ultimate protection. Imo in a bad situation you're first instinct should be to get away. Carrying around a gun won't mean much if you're totally out numbered or some mass emergency happens. I'm not afraid of guns. I've thought about learning to fire one just for fun. Ya know like at range or something. I've never had the desire to own a gun though. Im not against owning them. I know some people like hunting and collecting them. Like military buffs or hobbyist. I'm more against just carrying them around for the sake of it. It seems more like a false sense of security to me. Paranoia or thinking you'd be able to win a fight. I don't think it's that easy to just shoot someone.
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09-20-2016, 01:30 AM | #28 | |
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I'm not paranoid at all. I don't feel safer so to speak with it. It just changes the threat level. Due to my tumor, I am physically weaker than a dude my age and height should be... if someone wanted my valuables, I wouldn't have much to give them beyond a credit card and my license. On the flip side, I don't see much point in collecting guns... I don't need a multitude... a few different ones maybe but not too many. What I've learned is that you need to be aware of your surroundings and if you decide to fight, you best be prepared for the worst outcome. Also, not getting shot by cops because you have your gun out... We had a fox in the backyard the other night, didn't know it was a fox when I heard what sounded like "help me" coming from beyond the fenced in poold area... I grabbed and loaded my gun and was out back before I knew what I was doing. Thankfully the guy next door had his rifle and a better flashlight and saw what it was... I was ready to help if it had been a person coming out of the woods but I wasn't about to go INTO the woods... lol. |
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09-20-2016, 01:55 AM | #29 | |
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I know danger can arise anytime. I'd rather carry something that was non-lethal if I really had too. Aside from not wanting to shoot someone I wouldn't want to be responsible for some accident. There's other ways to protect yourself. It's nothing personal. I just find carrying a gun paints a bad picture. Even if it's just for protection it comes off as false sense of security to me. Like the fox thing. If either person fired thinking they were being attacked someone could have gotten shot by accident.
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09-20-2016, 05:16 AM | #30 |
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I hunt, but with a bow. Animals don't have guns. Should be semi fair. Plus I love venison. We were so poor when I was young, venison was thd only meat we had sometimes.
I've been shot. There is a thread about it here somewhere in the archives. I prefer if guns are available for appropriately screened folks. Not automatic or semi automatic or military grade crap. Handguns and hunting rifles are ok. I do not trust the average joe schmo to responsibly carry guns around in public because they're paranoid about criminals or terrorists. I don't want guns anywhere where some John Wayne decides he doesn't like the way something looks and shoots first and asks questions later. Before my dad died he was getting paranoid because of ammonia build up in his brain. He wanted a gun so bad so he could "protect" us from "them". We didn't know he was really sick at the time. I guarantee that if he had gotten a gun, and he would have passed the background check, he would have shot my mom or brother or someone. Guns ard ok if handled responsibly and not in the hands of crazy paranoid folks arming themselves to fight the government or a "them"
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09-20-2016, 07:59 AM | #31 |
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I totally support the Second Amendment and feel we have the right to keep and bear arms. But I agree with Katie that there should be a limit and that we need to make sure that no crazy people get their hands on the guns because that's where all our problems are coming from.
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I don't have a problem with the Second Amendment, though I wish more people paid attention to the "well regulated" clause.
Someday I'd like to learn how to shoot one, much the same way I would like to learn how to drive a standard transmission. That said, I would never own one nor would I ever keep one in my home. Statistics are not on my side in that regard. I don't have a problem with people owning guns, but I agree with Chris Rock that bullets should be hard to get. I don't think it's a bad idea to require gun owners to carry Insurance either. Something to protect themselves should something go wrong. Friendly fire is a thing that happens. So in short, I view guns much the same way I view cigarettes: They are a public health hazard that adults should be able to mitigate on their own.
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Holy $hit, man, USE THE DAMN MULTIQUOTE!!!
... I, too, am in favor of this right.
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09-20-2016, 08:55 AM | #34 | |
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Crazy... Like shouldn't own a gun crazy... But that's not the point. |
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09-20-2016, 08:59 AM | #35 | |
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And yeah, I'm crazy. Strip me of my rights, browski. Constitutional rights don't apply to assholes, right?
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09-20-2016, 09:15 AM | #36 |
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Multiquote exists, people.
I am indifferent to the second amendment. If people wanna have guns, cool. If they wanna get rid of them, cool. Edit: wooops, forgot to refresh this page before replying. Long name beat me to it. |
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09-20-2016, 10:08 AM | #38 |
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Terrible, ghastly idea. It can't be a constitutional right you have to pay money every month to exercise. Especially when, in reality, it's just because you happen to own a gun that's legal for you to do so sitting in your gun locker that you take out maybe once, twice a year, if that.
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I'm curious, do homeowners who have firearms have to declare that on any homeowner's insurance policy, much the same way some policies require the declaration of "bully breeds?" Seriously, I'm just looking out for the Good Guy With The Gun who accidentally shoots an innocent bystander. Because I can tell you right now, I'm suing the ever living bajebus out of anyone who shoots me, either intentionally or not. Medical consts are high, and even people with insurance have to declare bankruptcy to cover them sometimes. You'd better believe I'm not footing that bill alone.
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