Do You Own a Gun?

[Kitsune]

[Spexxvet]

LOL

Specx, aside from feeling it is ok to rape UG, do you not feel that it is ok to defend oneself or home?

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Specx, aside from feeling it is ok to rape UG, do you not feel that it is ok to defend oneself or home?

Aside from insinuating that you won't have to kill someone to defend oneself or home, how can it be rape when UG likes it so much?

[jester]

we don't have guns in my household now, but we did when i was younger, because they were hunters. so i got use to them.

[bluecuracao]

I think for the most part, poisons in your household are intended for killing bugs or rodents, or maybe cleaning your bathroom...a gun in your household could be for hunting...but a gun purchased for "protection," means it's for shooting someone.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by bluecuracao

but a gun purchased for "protection," means it's for shooting someone.

Profundity in it's finest hour.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by bluecuracao

I think for the most part, poisons in your household are intended for killing bugs or rodents, or maybe cleaning your bathroom...a gun in your household could be for hunting...but a gun purchased for "protection," means it's for shooting someone.

No, with people, for protection most often means for dissuasion without firing a shot.
Animals however, although usually the noise of the first shot will scare them off, if it doesn't they are deadly serious and have to be shot and often killed.

Only if they are, possibly, going to shoot you first.
They can also be for multiple reasons, trap shooting, target practice, enjoyment as an artistic/technical item, as well as protection against animals and humans.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

..., as well as protection against animals and humans.

AKA killing

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Should I interpret your saying I have poisons in my house that can be used to kill people to be TELLING me that I'm going to poison someone?

The same person that says...

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

AKA killing

LOL!!!! So awesome! :p

Which is only one of the reasons I gave for ownership. You choose to obsess over it for your own reasons.
If that is all you see, you obviously don't feel that people have a right to defend themselves in any circumstance, again, don't buy one.

[TheMercenary]

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Anti-gun Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) continues his assault on American gun owners.

Dingell has been tapped by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to broker a compromise with Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) on H.R. 297, a gun control bill being pushed in the wake of the Virginia Tech shooting.

The bill provides about $1 billion to the states to "provide the National Instant Criminal Background Check System [NICS] with all records concerning persons who are prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm... regardless of the elapsed time since the disqualifying event."

As GOA has pointed out in previous alerts, this could lead to millions more Americans being included in the FBI's database of prohibited persons.

Dingell, being a former NRA board member, is in a unique position in the Congress on Second Amendment issues. Despite the fact that he betrayed gun owners by supporting the Clinton semi-auto ban, he is still viewed on the Hill as one of the few pro-gun Democrats.

So his support gives the bill the appearance of having the support of gun owners, when actually it is the most massive expansion of gun control in over a decade.

McCarthy, of course, is the most notorious anti-gunner in the Congress. Her sitting down with Dingell to decide the fate of our gun rights is like two foxes deciding how to best guard the henhouse.

To make matters worse, Dingell is in negotiations with the NRA to come up with a 'compromise' as quickly as possible.

The NRA itself told Newsweek in an exclusive interview on April 24 that the group "backs [the] proposed new legislation" in the House.


Newsweek reported, "The NRA's position puts the group at odds with the Gun Owners of America, which has already launched a public campaign to block the legislation that the NRA supports, warning that the proposal could 'block millions of additional, honest gun owners from buying firearms.'"

Politicians always seek to pass laws in the aftermath of a tragedy, as if one more law will stop evil people from doing evil deeds.
Instead of passing more and more laws that ultimately will snuff out our liberty, we should consider repealing gun control laws that prevent citizens from defending themselves when a madman strikes.

CONTACT INFORMATION: You can visit the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center at http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm to send your Representative the pre-written e-mail message below. And, you can call your Representative at 202-225-3121 or toll-free at 1-877-762-8762.

[Aliantha]

I think some of the above posts are unacceptable.

I thought this forum was all about mutual respect?

Why can't people just back off if they feel the need to be so virulently abusive?

[xoxoxoBruce]

If you don't like it don't read it. You don't determine acceptability.

[Aliantha]

Whatever you say Bruce. I was just voicing my opinion. It's dissappointing to see normally reasonable adults speak to each other in that manner.