Get your guns while you can.

[PrinceofWands]

Originally posted by: luv2liv

Originally posted by: PrinceofWands

Originally posted by: luv2liv
i have no problems with people owning guns + weapons. heck, my co-workers has his stash of shotguns, autos, semi autos, and even grenades! fun toys, no doubt.

i just think its hilarious people bought guns to defend themselves. what a weird way to start a day:
keys. check
cellphone. check
gun. check.
off to work i go!!!

i hope none of us r ever in those situations as seen in the news.

n what the heck is wit those grammar Nazis???? somehow they think they smart just cause they know proper grammar! annoyin aint they? lol

What's weird about it? It's just a part of the morning routine, plus a habit of responsibility, like testing smoke alarms, checking extinguisher pressure, etc. It's pretty much how you describe it.

Every day I:
Wake up.
Get dressed.
Take my sidearm from my headboard compartment and put it on my belt as I put my belt on.
Draw the firearm and verify the chamber indicator is red.
Verify the safety is on.
Holster my weapon.
Continue getting ready.
...
(then at the end of the day
Take my sidearm off my belt as I take the belt off.
Place it in the headboard compartment.
Get undressed.
Go to bed.

It's just a step like any other.

i think its weird because you're carrying a gun to defend yourself by killing someone. prolly a very bad dude.
whereas, whenever i have a gun, im out for fun. i have no intent of "ready to kill"

I just don't see the weirdness. If you remove all guns from the planet, there's still only two types of people: those dedicated to not being a victim, and those dedicated to becoming a victim. If you're not the first, then you're second. If you are the first then you're willing to kill, regardless of the weapons present. Granted, not everyone is the first type, but a lot of people are.

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: spacejamz

Originally posted by: MotF Bane

Originally posted by: daniel1113

Originally posted by: spacejamz

Originally posted by: daniel1113

Originally posted by: spacejamz
Funny how that town in Georgia passed a law that required citizens to own a firearm and in the 25 years since that law went into effect, no one in this town has been involved in a fatal shooting...

I'm as pro-gun as they come, but that story doesn't really prove anything. I wish the pro-gun crowd would stop posting it as if it had any merit.

I just took my CCW class about three weeks ago and the instructor brought it up...first time I ever heard of it...

This gets down to the difference between correlation and causation. That story does nothing to show that the requirement that each household own a gun actually caused the zero fatal shooting rate. There are probably numerous other towns of similar size that have no such law and also have zero incidents, or that ban guns and have the same results. What would you say about those towns?

There is one town I know of in particular in Illinois (Morton Grove I think?) that banned firearms, and has seen a crime increase... but again, no proof of correlation/causation.

how about DC??

Not that I am defending such laws, but the problem with banning guns in a city is that the area does not exist in a vacuum. Anyone can still have easy access to firearms outside of the city proper so it only controls firearms when caught by the police. It's like Prohibition. It's extremely hard to enforce a ban when people can make liquor in their basements or run it over the border. Guns are a bit harder to manufacture in one's basement but it is very easy to bring them in from outside. I don't think we can truly access the merits of a gun ban when it is restricted to such a small area. Personally I'm not interested at the moment to try one large scale though.