US Gun Control

[Nigel]

You wouldn't allow children run around with loaded guns so why allow Americans to do so?

Most sensible thing I have read (thumbs) :laugh:

[-Ralph-]

It's true that a gun is an inaminate object and it's the person, not the weapon that is responsible for any acts of violence or murder. Therefore it makes sense to restrict access to those who have proved they can be trusted with gun ownership. You wouldn't allow children run around with loaded guns so why allow Americans to do so?

Haha! Well I was having to explain to one of the school leaver girls in my office yesterday why it's colder in winter than in summer, and she had no idea which hemispheres the USA and Australia were in, so it's not limited to Americans.

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[Redmurty]

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[Mawnanian]

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So the pinnacle of American academia thinks the world consists of the USA vs the ex Soviet Union. See my previous post, I rest my case :whistle:

[Redmurty]

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So the pinnacle of American academia thinks the world consists of the USA vs the ex Soviet Union. See my previous post, I rest my case :whistle:

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did you not know it was the Russians fault there's a red under the bed :whistle:

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[skipper]

Again the media and peoples lack of understanding distorts views. I lived in the Usa for a number of years, No one that I knew carried a gun on the streets, at night I would leave the car on the drive with the keys in the ignition and the house door unlocked the bulk of crime seamed limited to the major cities and the criminals stayed concentrated in those areas killing each other at will, gun control is a waste of time as they are so readily available, I remember the first time I went into woolworths I was amazed to see a rack full of high caliber rifles and shotguns it would not be possible to rid the country of guns even if the will was there.The school shootings are a result of peoples mindset and the mass killings could just as easily be carried out in a car.To be truthful I found the country had way more than its fair share of gun ho aggressive men who knew nothing of the world outside of their towns never mind the country.Luckily the place is so big that there is room for all its not the Uk so do not look at it with a UK mindset.

Oh and yes they do still think that Russia is communist enemy number one.

[Redmurty]

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[Mawnanian]

Again the media and peoples lack of understanding distorts views. I lived in the Usa for a number of years, No one that I knew carried a gun on the streets, at night I would leave the car on the drive with the keys in the ignition and the house door unlocked the bulk of crime seamed limited to the major cities and the criminals stayed concentrated in those areas killing each other at will, gun control is a waste of time as they are so readily available, I remember the first time I went into woolworths I was amazed to see a rack full of high caliber rifles and shotguns it would not be possible to rid the country of guns even if the will was there.The school shootings are a result of peoples mindset and the mass killings could just as easily be carried out in a car.To be truthful I found the country had way more than its fair share of gun ho aggressive men who knew nothing of the world outside of their towns never mind the country.Luckily the place is so big that there is room for all its not the Uk so do not look at it with a UK mindset.h

Oh and yes they do still think that Russia is communist enemy number one.

I spent 3 months travelling round the USA (Greyhound) in 1974 and toured the western states for a month (motorcycle) last year, so my views are not entirely formed through the filter of the U.K. Media. It's a vast, diverse and largely empty country and I'm sure there is a community somewhere there where anyone could feel at home, be they redneck, communist or jehadi. However, as you concede, a large section of the population have a particularly narrow and paranoid perception of the world coupled with almost unlimited firepower. If these people at least could be kept away from firearms their fellows citizens and the world in general would be a safer place.

[Redmurty]

half a billion dollars and 4 years spent in Syria and at one point a whole 5 trained fighters on the front line. :whistle:

Each state has an armaments manufacturer so they can never really vote no to control or against a war. There are so many weapons in circulation now that you would never be able to collect them all.

fear is a great controller of the masses

cheers Spud

[skipper]

half a billion dollars and 4 years spent in Syria and at one point a whole 5 trained fighters on the front line. :whistle:

cheers Spud

And a lot of very wealthy Muslim Terrorists all on their way to the EU.