Thread: Reasonable Gun restrictions - need some help here...

America doesn't have a gun problem, it has a morals and ethics problem. I have many friends that own guns, and none of them have ever said they would have shot/killed someone if it weren't for those pesky gun/murder laws. Instead they made the personal choice that a few dollars and/or a little pride were not more valuable than another human being's life and/or well being. Treat the disease and the symptoms will go away. Treat the symptoms while leaving the disease untouched, and you will just get different, but similar, symptoms.

Originally Posted by Xavsnipe

I´m not getting into that debate wether people kill people or people with guns kill people.

All I´m saying is that the world would be better off without these primitive tools altogether.

I could probably list 100 other things on my list of "the world would be better off without..." that would rank above guns, but to each his own I guess.

Originally Posted by Xavsnipe

I´m not getting into that debate wether people kill people or people with guns kill people.

All I´m saying is that the world would be better off without these primitive tools altogether.

Guns are far from primitive.

Yeah - I thought Xav's comment there quite misinformed. Technological advancements in all manner of tools is apparently well beyond him. It must be the commonly used term 'firearm' that is throwing him off. And I can sort of see his reasoning there.....in his defense fire was discovered a long damn time ago (waaaaaay before the advent of donkeys as a point of reference) and used by very primitive people. So I get it. It's still wrong though.

But in a nod (and an attempted salve for) his technological sensitivities there should be an upgrade process from primitive 'firearms' to personal laser and microwave based devices as those are far more contemporary.

Would that work for you Xav? Far less primitive if I may say.

Originally Posted by deathgodusmc

And the fact that they haven't been replaced but instead enhanced should tell you that nothing better has been made yet. When laser guns come out you will see the downfall of the gun. Until then it will continue to be advanced. Im gonna also point out you keep acting like killing someone is the only use for a gun and it isnt.

I ate wild boar for dinner last Friday. I suppose a bow and arrow would have done the job and my father in-law loves using that method. But guns have no substitute when it comes to procuring your own dinner (protein anyway).

Originally Posted by Alundil

Yeah - I thought Xav's comment there quite misinformed. Technological advancements in all manner of tools is apparently well beyond him. It must be the commonly used term 'firearm' that is throwing him off. And I can sort of see his reasoning there.....in his defense fire was discovered a long damn time ago (waaaaaay before the advent of donkeys as a point of reference) and used by very primitive people. So I get it. It's still wrong though.

But in a nod (and an attempted salve for) his technological sensitivities there should be an upgrade process from primitive 'firearms' to personal laser and microwave based devices as those are far more contemporary.

Would that work for you Xav? Far less primitive if I may say.

We have to be fair about this. He does live in a place where your broad band connection is determined by drum beats per minute.

I agree that guns have been and will be a part of this country, what drives me nuts is the absoluteness of the gun supporters. They argue that no further restrictions should be placed on gun ownership - that is what the OP was an extreme example of IMO. Giving a legally blind person a permit to carry is insane.