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Old 01-21-2011, 09:21 PM   #31
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Comparisons with "when I was a a kid" are invalid for so many reasons. It's a different world, of course attitudes are different.

Way back when in the dark ages, no-one washed their hands after defecating/wiping whatever. Now we know germs and hygiene. Knowledge changes.

Way back when we were kids, seatbelts were new-fangled and our parents moaned about how they never needed them and few kids died from being thrown from the back seat. How many cars were on the roads then? How fast did they go? Situations change

Way back when kids went hunting before school, guns weren't kept loaded because the fear of intruders wasn't so high, guns weren't so taboo (and we alll know what happens when you ban kids from things).... and kids didn't mess with papa's gun unless they fancied a good hiding.... Attitudes change.

It's such a diffeent world it isn't really appropriate to make comparisons. imo.
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Old 02-13-2011, 01:51 PM   #32
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Is true. Guns are not killing people. Bullets are killing people.
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Old 02-13-2011, 08:39 PM   #33
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If we start saying guns are killing people, we will say cars are killing them too?
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Old 02-13-2011, 08:42 PM   #34
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If we start saying guns are killing people, we will say cars are killing them too?

Yes.

But people are need cars, yes? Also need guns. If only government has guns, people are helpless. Trust Uday for this.
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Old 02-15-2011, 02:33 PM   #35
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If we start saying guns are killing people, we will say cars are killing them too?
Yes. Lots more than guns.
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Old 02-15-2011, 02:59 PM   #36
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2* 9/11 every year from car accidents. Driving is dangerous very dangerous, but we accept the risk as necessary.

Guns are weapons. A tool for killing. To use a weapon; to own a weapon is dangerous. To not own a weapon is also dangerous.



We must weigh the risk of use and positions of such things to address the overall benefits of such actions.

And cooking is damn dangerous too. (I have been hurt more from cooking and walking than guns knifes and cars.)
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Old 02-15-2011, 03:13 PM   #37
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And cooking is damn dangerous too. (I have been hurt more from cooking and walking than guns knifes and cars.)
But not killed yet, right?
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Old 02-15-2011, 03:29 PM   #38
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Old 02-16-2011, 02:38 PM   #39
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Yes. Lots more than guns.
Right. And we make potential drivers take a driver's exam. Why don't gun owners have to take a gun exam?

A potential gun owner should be able to prove that
1) He/She can handle a gun.
2) He/She isn't manifestly crazy.
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Old 02-16-2011, 02:39 PM   #40
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Right. And we make potential drivers take a driver's exam. Why don't gun owners have to take a gun exam?

A potential gun owner should be able to prove that
1) He/She can handle a gun.
2) He/She isn't manifestly crazy.
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Old 02-16-2011, 04:12 PM   #41
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Right. And we make potential drivers take a driver's exam. Why don't gun owners have to take a gun exam?
There is no requirement to have a driver's license to purchase a car. There is no background check required to purchase a car like there is a gun. An individual with felony DUI convictions can still buy a car, but he can't buy a gun. Strange when you consider he is far more likely to hurt/kill someone with a car rather than a gun.
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Old 02-16-2011, 04:25 PM   #42
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There is no requirement to have a driver's license to purchase a car.
No. Just to use one. It'd be easier to administrate if we check the buyers, don't you think?

Please we're trying to reason by analogy. That's always slippery. No two things are ever equal.
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Old 02-16-2011, 04:42 PM   #43
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Actually you do not have to have a drivers license to operate a motor vehicle. A license is only needed if you drive on public streets/property. You can drive on your ranch/farm without a license. You can also drink and drive without restriction on private property.

What it all boils down to are people trying to restrict a fundemental right (to bear arms) and allowing something far more dangerous (motor vehicles) to be used with little restriction versus the potential for serious death/maiming.
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Old 02-16-2011, 05:04 PM   #44
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Actually you do not have to have a drivers license to operate a motor vehicle. A license is only needed if you drive on public streets/property. You can drive on your ranch/farm without a license. You can also drink and drive without restriction on private property.
I know. Analogy is slippery as I said. Still if you want to do more than drive in a circle, you need a license.


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What it all boils down to are people trying to restrict a fundemental right (to bear arms)
Restrict? So are you saying that if my desired guidelines are implemented that fewer people would be able to own guns?

Personally, I think that would be a good thing. If you can't handle a gun or you are verifiably crazy, then I think you should not be allowed to have a gun.
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Old 02-16-2011, 06:52 PM   #45
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Mentall illness is already a disqualifier for gun ownership. It has been since 1968. Ya'll have to remember I'm from an area where the majority of folks have guns and hunt. folks who don't have a gun are considered strange.
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