JohnRich 4
QuoteQuoteMaybe some day they'll come for your hunting rifles, in order to "reduce exposure" to your agents of death. Would that be okay with you?
Yes. I do not need my (how I love them) weapons to survive in the German jungle. And if *IF* one day laws for hunters and licensed weapon owners will be intensified - so might it be! I do not need my (*lovely*) weapons to enjoy my life (wiping away tears)
Quote:
"In Germany, they first came for the communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist.
Then, they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics.
I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and there was no one left to speak up."
- Reverend Martin Niemoller, German Lutheran pastor arrested
by the Gestapo, 1937, a decorated U-Boat skipper during WWI.
JohnRich 4
QuoteDid you ever cross any Texas border?
Did you ever cross any German border?
Richards 0
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Skyrad 0
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DZJ 0
QuoteQuoteI fail to see any problem with that article. An apparent rise in legal firearm ownership and certification. The anti-gunners that you so despise complain... Where's the issue?
You said it yourself: The anti-gun folks think there is something wrong with law-abiding people, who have been vetted by police, owning guns for sport. That idea frightens them... They think that these law-abiding people will shoot their spouses in domestic disputes, and that their guns will be stolen by criminals. In order to eliminate those possibilities, they would prefer that even law-abiding people not be allowed to own guns. Do you agree with that?
No, I don't agree with that (though their concern seem reasonable), but I still don't see a problem. The IANSA (a group I'd not even heard of until this article) are not in a position to dictate policy while as your article points out, an apparently rising number of people stand to oppose them. With them stand other bodies like the National Rifle Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Countryside Alliance and a range of other shooting sport organisations.
Now, if the people seeking still tigher firearms legislation were, say, the Home Office, the Association of Chief Police Officers, or the Labour Party, I would be concerned. From this particular article however, I see just a continuing debate between pros and antis.
I may be getting old but I got to see all the cool bands.
Skyrad 0
QuoteIf everybody were armed, criminals may think twice before comitting crimes.
I doubt it, they'd just make sure they fire first.
QuoteJOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Watch your back in South Africa. They kill folks here. Murder them at a bewildering rate. Robbers kill their victims, bystanders kill criminals, family members kill each other.
Gunbattles erupt on streets and in shopping malls. Passers-by whip out pistols and join in firefights between criminals and police or security guards. A recent flurry in high profile bloodshed even has police suggesting they are losing the fight with violent crime....
South Africans, especially whites, are among the best armed private citizens on Earth.
There are approximately 4.5 million registered firearms in the country, including more than 2.8 million handguns. The government estimates there also are 500,000 to a million unregistered firearms. Tens of thousands of the weapons are reported stolen each year, feeding a flourishing underground market in illicit arms.
Gun Free South Africa, a private gun-control advocacy group, says more people are shot and killed in South Africa than die in car accidents.
http://www.crisscross.com/world/news/34341
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Skyrad 0
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JohnRich 4
QuoteThe IANSA are not in a position to dictate policy while as your article points out, an apparently rising number of people stand to oppose them. With them stand other bodies like the National Rifle Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Countryside Alliance and a range of other shooting sport organisations.
Now, if the people seeking still tigher firearms legislation were, say, the Home Office, the Association of Chief Police Officers, or the Labour Party, I would be concerned.
Those same pro-gun ownership groups spoke out against the 1997 law which banned modern handguns and semi-auto centerfire long guns. The government didn't give a shit about their opinions then, and did it anyway. So I think any such movements, by anyone, should be met with concern, since the government has a track record of running roughshod over the rights of law-abiding gun owners.
DZJ 0
Anyhow, the fact remains that at present there is no public clamour, nor government interest in further firearms legislation. Thus I do not find myself particularly concerned by this article or the views of IANSA.
SkyDekker 1,123
QuoteA teenage suspect in at least one slaying was killed Wednesday night and police were examining the possibility that his killing was retaliation.
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A murderer has been murdered. So what's the problem?
I am sorry, have you become a judge too now? One post clearly states suspect, you immediately changed that to murderer.
Funny enough, that highlights why people shouldn't own guns. You yourself don't see any problem with people getting killed. You don't have a problem with it at all, for that reason alone you should be prohibited from owning guns.
QuoteFunny enough, that highlights why people shouldn't own guns.
So some guy blows another away and thats a reason for me not to be able to own a firearm?
QuoteYou yourself don't see any problem with people getting killed.
Not when it's in self defense I have no problem with it at all.
QuoteYou don't have a problem with it at all, for that reason alone you should be prohibited from owning guns.
You lost me on this one. I dont see your reasoning at all.
juanesky 0
QuoteQuoteQuoteMaybe some day they'll come for your hunting rifles, in order to "reduce exposure" to your agents of death. Would that be okay with you?
Yes. I do not need my (how I love them) weapons to survive in the German jungle. And if *IF* one day laws for hunters and licensed weapon owners will be intensified - so might it be! I do not need my (*lovely*) weapons to enjoy my life (wiping away tears)
Quote:
"In Germany, they first came for the communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist.
Then, they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics.
I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and there was no one left to speak up."
- Reverend Martin Niemoller, German Lutheran pastor arrested
by the Gestapo, 1937, a decorated U-Boat skipper during WWI.
That FACT should have people re examining their stances on ALOT of issues.
Sadly they are willing to repeat the mistakes of others.
gun conyrol is racist, just ask www.jfpo.org
wishers never choose, choosers never wish
Now you've gone and made me trot out my scientific study.
Attack, Injury and Crime Completion Rates in Robbery and Assault
Incidents:
Do you see what the single most effective means of defense is?
A gun!
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