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I don't remember typing "Wah wah wah", but if it makes you feel better believing that I did and it helps you sleep better at night please stick with it.

Because here we have yet another example of how liberals when faced with an opinion they don't like will tell somebody their point is stupid and they should go back to the hole they crawled out of. Nice rebuttal to my points, as you used clear and concise evidence based facts to take me down, NOT! :boxing:

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I think this is any conversation that has to do with politics lol

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When do I get my free gun from the goberment?

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Just fill out your Mexican Cartel gang member papers and Team Obama/Holder will ship it out pronto. :guns:

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A liberal is saying the conservatives run around yelling "wah, wah, wah"?? I see that 95% of the time from liberals and no I am not a conservative. I lean that way on monetary concerns but more liberal on many social aspects.

All government is just F'd up though. They are just doing what they are paid to do by the companies with the biggest checkbook.

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Don't forget organizations like the unions, which are by far the largest political contributors.

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As far as what Obama has done, I would argue that the ACA was a huge deal. Obviously it's still a divisive issue, but I'm still a supporter of it.

When it comes to guns, that's another complicated issue. With urban centers becoming more and more densely populated, the likelihood that a mass shooting can take out more people increases. I'm not saying banning certain weapons will fix the problem, but a line does exist on what weapons are allowed. I've heard very little dissent about the automatic weapons ban. When is the last time you heard about a mass shooting where a machine gun was used? Would you want the ban on full autos lifted? I can't say that I would.

As far as the offense goes, I just don't feel very welcome in a place when I hear shit like that. It promotes taking and defending sides, not discussion.

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Automatic weapons are not "illegal", you just need a special permit to own. They do make it pretty time consuming and you really open yourself up to the government if you do get approved for a automatic weapons permit, but anyone can apply and deal with the bs.

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The problem with gun control on any level is that it only burdens and punishes the law abiding citizen. Criminals don't follow laws.

You want a safer neighborhood or a safer nation, promote the value of life.

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Correct, the point I am trying to make is they are so tightly regulated and expensive now that vast majority of gun owners will never own one. Due to extreme regulations on them, it's extremely unlikely a child, irrational person, or even criminal will ever get their hands on one. They are effectively out of the hands of irresponsible/careless owners.

I certainly don't want to see "assault" weapons be made illegal. The problem I see is that they're inexpensive, and getting even cheaper. They are accessible to just about everyone. Most are accurate enough to hit a man sized target at 500 yards with the proper training. They are sensationalized in movies and video games and, with a full magazine, a person can fire off 30 rounds before a reload. I don't understand why background check requirement bills are receiving almost no conservative support?

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/iss.../vote_2013.php

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I can definitely agree that background checks need to be more detailed. Also I believe that anyone who is looking to buy a firearm should have to receive their firearm safety first. If you need it to hunt, then you should need it to buy as well.

The magazine issue is moot point, if you can't carry 30rd magazines then someone would just carry 10 / 10rd magazines. Sure they would have to reload more but with most weapons it can be done in a short amount of time.

I also think that even the sale of firearms from person to person should be regulated more. Because any Joe blow can go buy one from a buddy.

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A person is required to be trained how to drive before driving a vehicle. No training is required to own and shoot a gun. The training that is required to carry a weapon that can be potentially used to take the life of another human being is much less than is required to drive a car. From a public safety perspective, how does that make any sense.

As a society, we share common space. All commercial guns begin their life cycle being produced by law abiding citizens. Yet somehow, some law abiding citizens allow the guns to be put in the hands of criminals either through negligence or deliberately.

What does a world look like where there is no gun control whatsoever?

As far as promoting the value of life, do you mean that from a religious point of view or another way?

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I thought the same as you about the magazine size when I first heard about it. I'm not necessarily pro-smaller magazine, but I found some merit in the idea after thinking about it.

The reason I think there is something to the idea is because of the adrenaline factor. I still get a bit of a rush when firing a gun. I have to imagine that a person who is on an insane shooting spree is going to have shitloads of adrenaline coursing through their veins. Adrenaline makes precision movements hard. Unless a person has prepared and has the movement of removing and inserting a magazine down by rote, I would bet they are going to fumble it and leave a possible opening for kill or capture.

Other than that, we're pretty much on the same page.

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That's a straw-man argument. Even as well trained as we would like to think driver's are, more people die annually from cars than they do guns, by a long shot of 4 to 1 (no pun intended). And cars are much more indepth to operate than simple guns.

Top 7 Causes of Death
Since 1 Jan, 2013
Cause.....................Annually.....To Date
Tobacco:................529,000.....1,074,090
Medical Errors:.........195,000........395,931
Alcohol Abuse:.........107,400........218,067
Vehicle Accidents:.....42,000..........85,277
Suicide:...................29,350..........59,593
Drug Abuse:.............25,500..........51,776
Firearm Homicide...10,828..........21,985
http://seggleston.com/1/wp-content/custom/ds_index.php

Real time for 2015:
Abortion:................................34800
Heart Disease:.........................19011
Cancer:..................................18378
Tobacco:................................11154
Obesity:...................................9783
Medical Errors:...........................6692
Stroke:.....................................4109
Lower Respiratory Disease:...........4555
Accident (unintentional):..............4029
Hospital Associated Infection:.......3155
Alcohol:....................................3187
Diabetes:..................................2353
Alzheimer's Disease:....................2708
Influenza/Pneumonia:....................171
5Kidney Failure:..........................1363
Blood Infection:..........................1066
Suicide:....................................1259
Drunk Driving:............................1077
Unintentional Poisoning:...............1012
All Drug Abuse:............................797
Homicide:...................................535
Prescription Drug Overdose:...........478
Murder by gun:..........................366
Texting while Driving:....................191
Pedestrian:.................................159
Drowning:...................................125
Fire Related:...............................112
Malnutrition:................................88
Domestic Violence:.......................47
Smoking in Bed:...........................25
Falling out of Bed:........................18
Killed by Falling Tree:.....................4
Struck by Lightning:......................3
Mass Shooting:............................0
Spontaneous Combustion:..............0
http://www.romans322.com/daily-death...statistics.php

More info:
http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/u...age-and-gender

A world without gun control is what we have now for the most part. Statically its actually pretty good. At least not as bad as those with an agenda would like you to think.
Here's something to think about, imagine a world without police.

Not a religious issue and not bringing religion into it. I mean the value of life that revolves around right and wrong and your right to take a life. If children were brought up to see the value of life in general, there might be less murders.

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Democrats = Dicks
Republicans = Dicks
And those that don't know where they fit in between = Dicks

And... FIGHT!

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If you replaced the "anti-gun" with "thread" in the title for this it would be more accurate.

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LoL

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Finally found some time to think about this and sit down to reply.

While guns are far simpler mechanically as well as operationally than cars, I would argue that they are just as complex when it comes to safety and awareness. In Minnesota, a three hour course is all that’s needed training wise to get a carry permit. It seems unrealistic to me to prepare any person to carry a gun and truly understand the situation they’re potentially preparing to deal with in that short of a time let alone be aware of how the situation might affect their own abilities once if they find themselves in that position. If the conservative argument is such that the best crime prevention is an armed public, why is there not rigorous training and testing required to ensure a civilian is trained well enough to actually do the deed if it comes to that?

I don't have data to back this up, but I don't think I'm going out on a limb here by saying that the number of guns being operated per day on an annual basis is several orders of magnitude smaller than the number of vehicles being operated. The 4-1 argument will likely look much different if considered based on deaths by a percentage of use.

Using the top 7 causes of death you provided, firearm homicide is the only event where another human being is actively violating another person’s right to exist without being injured and/or killed (I saw abortion in the other data set and I’m not going to touch that one.) Everything else is bad self care, negligence, or bad luck. It’s a different type of event to be actively killed by another person versus not. It’s more traumatic to survivors at the least.

I guess I just think more can be done to prevent things like school shootings and the like. If you leave your gun accessible and your child picks it up and shoots up the school, there should be some significant jail time for not properly locking your shit up and securing it. I would assume the authors of the 2nd amendment implied personal responsibility.


Not sure where you're coming from with a world without police. I'm not for that and not sure who is.

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That's too many dicks without any pussies for me. I'm out.

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There is. The owners/parents are held responsible in a lot of these case. Now every situation is going to be slightly different, but it's not something people turn a blind eye to. I've very protective of what I keep in my house, how I keep it in my house, and how it needs to be ready in case of self defense use. If i'm not I only have myself to blame and my actions shouldn't take away the rights of others who are following the laws.

My wife and I both have our carry permits. I agree that the standard class as we took it isn't enough. Thought others would say they shouldn't have to take a class to protect themselves and I agree with that as well. The reason I don't think the class is enough is someone doesn't really have to pay attention to the class to get it. Go through it, hit a target, pay $, done. When we did it I asked for a single class with only my wife and I and made sure he brought in some intro to handgun aspects for my wife. She needs to feel comfortable and secure with any gun she choose to have. It just so happens that is an full size M&P .45 with a wonderful Apex trigger kit. :)

In the end I wish the money spent to fight gun control was spent on disarming criminals and helping those with mental conflicts that lead them to improper use.

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I agree a 3 hour course is not enough. But I doubt even a 3 day course would be enough to mentally prepare somebody for a life threatening situation should it spontaneously arise without warning. Maybe 3 months of military training might, but thats unrealistic for the general populous.
But the Bill of Rights guarantees you and me the right to keeps and bare arms. Notice its a "Right" and not "Permit" which really makes the CCP a farse anyway. Now I will say that anybody found guilty in a court of law of commiting a crime using a gun should have their rights to own or possess a firearm stripped away and severe consequences if found with a firearm later.
The conservative argument has facts and data on its side showing that when a city/town/municipality allows it citizens CCP gun ownership, crime rates drop by a good margine because criminals are less likely to go after a victim if there is a strong possibility that they are carrying. I'm sure that if your life was threatened you'd rather be armed than not.

I agree that the number of guns fired daily vs cars driven is much lower, so where was the problem with guns again? Not trying to be funny with that statement, just trying to put it into perspective. I can't think of a gun owner I know that doesn't either shoot their guns at ranges or outdoors on some type of regular basis. They get plenty of trigger time and live to tell the tale.

Sure it takes a human being with a gun to kill another human being. Same as a baseball bat, knife, hammer, crowbar, etc. So why do we keep blaming the gun? And that goes for school shootings too. Take away the gun and it would be school knifings (we have those), school bombings (we have those) school beheadings (we have those) and so on. That's where my statement about teaching the value of life comes in, its not the gun, its the individual.

Alan addressed the child and gun issue very well, so I won't touch on that.

My comment about a world without police revolves around whats happening with police getting turned into targets these days by race baiters, protestors, politicians, etc. And those same groups are doing the same thing to gun owners. Sure there are some bad cops out there, just as there are bad criminals with guns. But we can't say all cops are bad because thats just not reality, the same as saying all gun owners are dangerous. So do you want all cops gone because of a few bad apples? Same thing goes for gun owners. Either one could save your life at any given time.

Alan's point about getting guns out of criminals hands leads me back to this pic I posted earlier,....

http://www.mitsustyle.com/forums/att...8&d=1420758795

And if you really get pass the emotion and think about it, why go after lawful gun ownership and not criminals? Seriously think about that.

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This discussion is causing me to hit the limits of my thoughts and knowledge on 2nd amendment rights, so I'm doing some research into what the 2nd amendment actually means. The first legal case I've come across that set a precedent for the 2nd amendment was United States v. Cruikshank on March 27, 1876. Relating to the 2nd amendment, in a nutshell the Supreme Court interpreted it as limiting the federal government's powers on our right to bear arms. According to the ruling, it does not affect states rights to restrict gun rights.

I'll look into the CCP crime rate data to see what I can find. I'm open to
shift my opinion if I can find solid data.

Guns came into existence as a result of a drive to win wars with a more efficient weapon. They are more efficient, with the exception of bombs. But, guns are much more readily available and usable than bombs. Nobody is arguing for the right to carry bombs.

I just randomly pulled up the 2011 CDC Homicide data and firearm homicides accounted for 68% of all homicides that year.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm


To get into what is happening with the protests and race, we should probably start a different thread lol. On your other point though, I am not for having all guns banned, but I still believe in some level of gun control that is above the current levels.

Gun control laws will not get guns out of the hands of criminals. The idea is to minimize opportunities for criminals to get guns that are not currently in their hands while allowing the lawful public to still have guns. The idea of disarming the public is a scare tactic to get people fired up.

I will give it serious thought. I haven't quite figured out yet whether you are for no gun control whatsoever though, or for no more than there already is.

I understand your argument about punishing lawful folks for a few bad apples. I'm not even unsympathetic to the argument. I just don't believe there's a cut and dry answer.

On the subject, Japan has one of the lowest homicide rates in the world along with strict gun control laws.

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First off, thank you for being open minded and civil. I love these kinds of discussions.

And that's understandable considering all the mis-information flying around about the subject. Knowledge is power.

This is a fine example of politics as we know it today. “Interpretation” is code for “We know it says one thing, but we want it to mean another”. It’s a purposeful manipulation to make you believe it means something else. The 2nd Amendment is really very clear. It reads exactly as follows:

“A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”
Notice it doesn't say "A well regulated military".

So what is to “Interpret”? It’s really very clear, don’t you think? It doesn’t give the states additional rights does it? Nowhere does it say, “Unless you’re a state government, then you can do as you please”. The Bill of Rights is the document all laws for the people are supposed to be checked against.

Origins of the 2nd Amendment:
“Having been oppressed by a professional army, the founding fathers of the United States had no use for establishing one of their own. Instead, they decided that an armed citizenry makes the best army of all. General George Washington created regulation for the aforementioned "well-regulated militia," which would consist of every able-bodied man in the country”.

Just to be clear, you and I are the militia.

Please do let us know what you find.

True and they’re also your best weapon for self defense from an attacker because you can take down a threat before it enters your “dead zone”. Dead zone referring to the 5-ft radius around your body that is close enough for an attacker to physically harm or kill you before you can react.

Of course nobody would call for the right to carry bombs. Bombs are considered weapons of mass destruction. Add to that, bombs can be placed by an individual that can be long gone before it detonates.

As far as "readily available" goes, you can buy everything you need to build a pipe bomb at your local hardware store, with no background checks. Not that I'm promoting it either, just in case you were wondering, LoL.

So if we took away your and my right to a firearm, would that stop 68% of all homicides or would the stat move to other items like baseball bats, hammers, knives, pipe bombs, etc.?

Agreed. But I’m making the point that if only law enforcement should have guns, why are we allowing race baiters to stir up the populous about police using guns when justified?

So where do you draw the line that allows infringing on a law abiding citizen’s protected rights?

So what were we talking about again? Not trying to be funny, just trying to make a point.

So how does infringing on a law abiding citizen’s rights achieve that goal? Why should the law abiding citizen be made to jump through hoops and undergo all kinds of back ground checks and scrutiny? When does it go from “innocent until proven guilty” to “guilty until proven innocent”?

In the end, how will that stop criminals from getting guns?

Here’s my thought on the whole situation:
If we want to live in a free society that believes you are innocent until proven guilty, we’re going to have to put trust in our fellow man until given reason not to trust him anymore, but on an individual basis. I believe that if you’re convicted of a felony in this country that involved the use of a firearm you should lose you right to vote and possess firearms because you have proven that you can’t be trusted to uphold your end of the deal.

There is a cut and dry answer; you come down as hard as possible on the bad apples making examples of them for the rest to see.

In looking at Japan, is the low homicide rate due to strict guns laws? Or a citizenship brought up to believe in respect for another person's well being, and personal property, along with the value of human life?

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Here are some stats to think about.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pELwCqz2JfE&hd=1

This is gonna piss a lot of progressive gun control nuts off!

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I find it interesting that they chose homicide death rate instead of firearm homicide death rate. We are 19th on the second list. Notice there are no other first world countries above us either. In terms of first world countries, we're #1!

When compared to first world countries, we have nearly 3x the death rate at 2.83 per 100000. Our closest neighbor, Israel is 0.94. Everyone else is below that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ted_death_rate

(I'm still working on a reply to your other response...)

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So the only death rates that should matter are those commited with guns?

The point he's making is that even with ALL homicides included in the calculations we are still very low on the list while countries that have the strictest gun laws also have the highest homicide rates per capita.

Oddly enough in looking at the link you provided, suicides with firearms is about 2.5 times higher than the homicide rate with firearms.

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We're arguing gun control, not homicide control. How is our country even remotely similar in any way to El Salvador or Honduras.

Look at the list upside down and you'll see a lot of first world countries with strict gun control that have very little homicide.

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I understand what we're arguing. Why are we arguing a moot point when it's clear the United States by way of comparison has a very low homicide rate regardless of gun or no gun. Really, if guns are the problem, the stats should show that right?

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The "very low" firearm homicide rate you are talking about is much higher than our first world neighbors. Your odds of being gunned down in any other first world country are roughly 1/3 of what they are here. The countries at the top of the list have much higher levels of poverty than the U.S... The only thing those statistics suggest is that people kill each other more when they have less to lose.

The evidence in the stats suggest that first world countries, of which we are one, that have strict gun control laws also have lower homicide rates, firearm and otherwise.

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I usually avoid these threads, but just thought I'd mention I really like what you posted about the 2nd Amendment Viscous. In general, I think an armed citizenship is a good thing. Not only in reference to what you mentioned about coming from an oppressive regime, but I think it also acts as an additional deterrent to others who think of invading in general. Not only do they have to worry about dealing with our badass military, but also dealing with the roughly 90% of the general public also being armed.

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There are enough guns to arm just about everyone. But, polls show the guns are consolidated in less than 40% of households.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank...ng-households/

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I suppose I said that wrong, thats what I meant. Theres about 9 guns for every 10 people. But of course that doesnt mean every 9 out of 10 homes are armed.

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I figured that was what you meant. You had me wondering though with that number, so I had to double check it. If it had been 90% of people, I'd really have to reconsider some things...

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http://kstp.com/news/stories/S3688091.shtml?cat=1

"No one is in custody and police do not anticipate any future arrests."

I'm done arguing this shit.

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Red Dawn #WOLVERINES!

lol (for Pete)

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This is a prime example where the gun owner should be charged for negligence, I don't understand why someone wouldn't have this locked up if you have children in the house...

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This is a prime example where outside looking in we don't know shit about the situation in full.

The law around guns is very detailed in some ways, not so much in other way, and this may fall in that situation. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=609.666 In this case, some of the news states there was no magazine in the gun originally, thus through the law they may not be able to charge anyone as no home storage laws were broken...

Situation sucks as a whole, and I can't imagine the guilt the parent(s) will have on this regardless of criminal charges ever playing a part.

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That is Peters neighbor. Got sent some snapchats on sunday as the scene unfolded.

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The bottom line is a child is dead because of a gun. It was entirely preventable. Other irresponsible gun owners can continue to believe their child would never make that mistake.

The trained and burned in message that should be conveyed to all gun owners before buying a gun is "YOU CAN NEVER LET YOUR GUARD DOWN IF YOU OWN A GUN!"

A well regulated militia being the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

WELL REGULATED


All we have is some rag tag bullshit.