Do You Own a Gun? - Page 27

busterb · 05-24-2007, 10:02 PM

If I promise, cross my heart, to sell, destroy any weapons that I might have, will it stop this horse shit?
Damn. I can't believe folks let kids jack them up. Take a break!

Spexxvet · 05-25-2007, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by busterb

If I promise, cross my heart, to sell, destroy any weapons that I might have, will it stop this horse shit?
Damn. I can't believe folks let kids jack them up. Take a break!

I agree! Why can't these pro-gunners just cut it out?

Ibby · 05-24-2007, 10:58 PM

Actually no, the Nuke was pretty specifically made just to kill and end WWII, and later ADAPTED to use as deterrent.

monster · 05-24-2007, 11:08 PM

Guns are made to make money, just like everything else. If there were no profit in it, the only guns would be homemade ones. This may not be a terribly useful thought, but it's another tangent for those grasping at straws to keep this thread going....

here's another.

The constitution gives right to bear arms/bare arms/whatever. Would it be unconstitutional to insist that everyone had a gun? Is there a right to be unarmed? Would gun crime be reduced if everyone were armed?

bluecuracao · 05-24-2007, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Would gun crime be reduced if everyone were armed?

Uh oh, we've already been down that bumpy, dead-end road. Or maybe it was more of a cul-de-sac, or roundabout.

monster · 05-24-2007, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by bluecuracao

Uh oh, we've already been down that bumpy, dead-end road. Or maybe it was more of a cul-de-sac, or roundabout.

Urbane Guerrilla · 05-25-2007, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

The constitution gives right to bear arms/bare arms/whatever.

Actually, it doesn't "give" the right; it acknowledges that the right exists already, inhering in being a human.

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Would it be unconstitutional to insist that everyone had a gun? Is there a right to be unarmed?

Yeah, but unarmed is also imprudent, assuming (and one is so very often safe in so assuming) the possessor is sound of mind. One can bring to mind many, well, unfortunate uses of the First Amendment right of free speech here in this Cellar -- some have shown the rest of us that they hold to beliefs that turn them into right bastards.

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Would gun crime be reduced if everyone were armed?

The most careful and largest study says yes. John Lott, More Guns, Less Crime -- very illuminating.

Radar · 05-25-2007, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Guns are made to make money, just like everything else. If there were no profit in it, the only guns would be homemade ones. This may not be a terribly useful thought, but it's another tangent for those grasping at straws to keep this thread going....

here's another.

The constitution gives right to bear arms/bare arms/whatever. Would it be unconstitutional to insist that everyone had a gun? Is there a right to be unarmed? Would gun crime be reduced if everyone were armed?

The Constitution doesn't "give" us any rights. It protects the rights we're born with. We have a right to defend ourselves using any weapons we choose and we have the right to choose not to own any. We do NOT have the right to disarm others or to limit which weapons they may own; nor do we have the right to use the force of government to do it for us.

monster · 05-25-2007, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Actually, it doesn't "give" the right; it acknowledges that the right exists already, inhering in being a human.

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Originally Posted by monster

mybad poor wording

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Originally Posted by Radar

The Constitution doesn't "give" us any rights. It protects the rights we're born with.

monster · 05-24-2007, 11:47 PM

OK let's try the kindergarten approach......

next one to post is a big fat bottom burp

bluecuracao · 05-25-2007, 12:20 AM

Whoops, that's me! I had too much fiber today.

monster · 05-25-2007, 10:36 AM

mybad poor wording

pelican · 05-25-2007, 11:01 AM

Bang! There. Now I don't have to answer you.

Spexxvet · 05-25-2007, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by pelican

Bang! There. Now I don't have to answer you.

Hey all you gunners, should pelican be allowed to own a gun? Would that be responsible gun ownership?

Shawnee123 · 05-25-2007, 11:06 AM

I heard on the news the other night a kid (9 years old?) was caught in gang crossfire as he was playing outside, riding his bike. He was killed.

If that 9 year old had his own gun this never would have happened.

Gang members report the gun was not meant for killing; they were going to use it to stir a big pot of beef stew and it just went off.

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05-24-2007, 10:02 PM	#1
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	If I promise, cross my heart, to sell, destroy any weapons that I might have, will it stop this horse shit? Damn. I can't believe folks let kids jack them up. Take a break! __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

05-24-2007, 10:58 PM	#3
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Actually no, the Nuke was pretty specifically made just to kill and end WWII, and later ADAPTED to use as deterrent. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

05-24-2007, 11:08 PM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Guns are made to make money, just like everything else. If there were no profit in it, the only guns would be homemade ones. This may not be a terribly useful thought, but it's another tangent for those grasping at straws to keep this thread going.... here's another. The constitution gives right to bear arms/bare arms/whatever. Would it be unconstitutional to insist that everyone had a gun? Is there a right to be unarmed? Would gun crime be reduced if everyone were armed? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-24-2007, 11:47 PM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	OK let's try the kindergarten approach...... next one to post is a big fat bottom burp __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-25-2007, 12:20 AM	#11
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Whoops, that's me! I had too much fiber today.

05-25-2007, 10:36 AM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	mybad poor wording __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-25-2007, 11:01 AM	#13
pelican Kinda New Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1	Here, take mine.. Bang! There. Now I don't have to answer you.

05-25-2007, 11:06 AM	#15
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I heard on the news the other night a kid (9 years old?) was caught in gang crossfire as he was playing outside, riding his bike. He was killed. If that 9 year old had his own gun this never would have happened. Gang members report the gun was not meant for killing; they were going to use it to stir a big pot of beef stew and it just went off. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby Last edited by Shawnee123; 05-25-2007 at 11:41 AM.

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