Gun Control

[olddog]

Originally Posted by Tenrocca

I am not for gun prohibition, but surely, in America, a system where you can be on a no fly list but you can buy a gun is wrong. How can ANYONE think this system is OK. Even if you are "pro gun", you would have to be insane to think it is OK for potential terrorists to buy a gun.

First, if they are a terrorist, on a no fly list, they should not be in our country, and if caught here illegally, they should be executed (but the whiny left will not allow that). Second, any purchase new or used from a FFL dealer has a back ground check, so it is not legal for them to purchase a gun. Private party sales is the only way and us law abiding citizens are not the ones selling them. It is the gangs, cartels, and the government (fast and furious ring a bell) that sell them illegally.

Originally Posted by Tenrocca

Cars aren't designed to kill people, fast food isn't designed to kill people, so comparing guns (which are designed to kill people) to these things is really dumb IMO.

Guns are a tool, nothing more, nothing less. They are designed to accurately propel a projectile at high velocities. What it is used for is the choice of the user. They are no more designed to kill people than ball bats, knives, and hammers, yet all are quite capable.

Originally Posted by Tenrocca

According to recent CBS news poll, 58% of Americans want to see change to the gun laws. Those folk telling me that Im not welcome to visit your fine country because disagree with you and agree with the majority of your countrymen - Im guessing you would like those 58% to leave then?

Yes. Yes I would. Our crime rate would be cut by 80% the day they left and it would not take long for us to eliminate the majority of what is left. No more rap sheets as long as your arm and still on the street. No more gangs and cartels operating in our country. Oh Buy The Way - I want those people to go to your country. It shouldn't be a problem for you since you already removed the guns.

Buy the way, do a google search for knife massacres. You will find that in countries with near zero access to guns, crazy people still kill dozens of children in schools, with knifes. Japan, China, Russia, Etc. Happens at about the same frequency as the US and is just as deadly, only it does not get reported the same (a side note on the back page rather than talking about it for 2 weeks), because it does not fit the anti-gun agenda.

Also after the Great Australian Gun Confiscation program, your government changed how it reported crimes, to cover up the true increase in crime caused by the criminals knowing no one could defend themselves.