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What do I expect? I hope to hit the bulls-eye and win a prize, or put dinner on the table, or defend my home against an intruder. My expectations vary with the circumstances.
Originally posted by intrepid
reply to post by thisguyrighthere
My god, the obtuseness of the gun lover. Tell me friend, what do you expect when you pull the trigger on a firearm? A birthday cake? It has ONE purpose.
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
Lots of steps to make it dangerous. It isnt a magic death wand with a will of its own as so many like to pretend it is.
Originally posted by intrepid
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
Lots of steps to make it dangerous. It isnt a magic death wand with a will of its own as so many like to pretend it is.
I agree but it's not as impotent as some would make you believe either.
Originally posted by neo96
The world we live in everything has dangerous applications.
Originally posted by danneu89
Originally posted by Cabin
The boy had received the rifle as a gift. It was usually kept in a corner of the house, and no one realized a shell had been left inside.
You F#$%ing serious? That's a great place to keep a gun in house with children.
If these are the people reproducing, I give humanity another 500 years, tops.
If I had an 'agenda' it is for Americans not to be treated like a 'terrorist", and preserve their civiil liberties because a group of people see a benefit from political gain.
A gun is a tool just like any other it depends on the user, much like a car,a chainsaw,a lawn mower,a knife, a baseball bat, etc.
When people 'blame' inanimate' objects that all require user input to be 'dangerous' I say that is disingenous.
The world we live in everything has dangerous applications.
I don't think that's the "world". I think it's more of a US thing. Look outside your borders and see what awaits. This is not solely a US thing but it's "predominantly" a US thing.
Originally posted by onthedownlow
reply to post by Cabin
My boys got their first rifle for their seventh birthday. I can't honestly say what is right for other people. We treat our guns like they are always loaded, we never point them at anyone, and we understand the lethality they possess. Accidents happen, but proper risk management can minimize them. The poor decisions of the 2 and 5 year olds' parents will haunt them for a lifetime, the behavior correction and the punishment have already been doled out, would you honestly wreck their lives even further with prison? People will learn from their lessons and fewer people will suffer such consequences- that is good enough for me.
You can't criminalize stupidity. If we did, were would obama get his voters? Where would Springer get his guests? What would happen to "reality tv"?
Originally posted by retirednature
Is there nothing criminal about leaving a loaded weapon sitting in the corner, with 5 and 2 year old children living there?
Is there nothing criminal about leaving a loaded weapon sitting in the corner, with 5 and 2 year old children living there?
Funny I do, saw the same vilification in the UK, and other Euro countries,Australia,Canada, Germany in the 30s, and communist countries around the globe. We do see what awaits which is why I and others fight so fervently towards the preservation of gun rights.
Originally posted by neo96
Funny I do, saw the same vilification in the UK, and other Euro countries,Australia,Canada, Germany in the 30s, and communist countries around the globe.
We do see what awaits which is why I and others fight so fervently towards the preservation of gun rights.
Originally posted by g146541
What a horrible thing that has happened.
I would bet that alot more children were lost today due to hospital acquired infections.
But why do we NEVER hear about those.
Or cps failures where parents neglect or beat their children to death, yet they go after parents under the guise of neglect when these same parents take their child to TWO seperate doctors in one day.
Why do we hear of one tragedy all of the time but not the other much more numerous tragedies that are TOTALLY preventable??
Oh that's right, someone ...or someones has an agenda.
Originally posted by retirednature
Originally posted by onthedownlow
reply to post by Cabin
My boys got their first rifle for their seventh birthday. I can't honestly say what is right for other people. We treat our guns like they are always loaded, we never point them at anyone, and we understand the lethality they possess. Accidents happen, but proper risk management can minimize them. The poor decisions of the 2 and 5 year olds' parents will haunt them for a lifetime, the behavior correction and the punishment have already been doled out, would you honestly wreck their lives even further with prison? People will learn from their lessons and fewer people will suffer such consequences- that is good enough for me.
Yup, I'd lock them up for 6 months each, consecutively, not at the same time.
The whole 'living with it is punishment enough' thing doesn't work in the real world. I'd even strip them of the right to own guns for a while, not indefinitely.
Is there nothing criminal about leaving a loaded weapon sitting in the corner, with 5 and 2 year old children living there?
Erm last time I checked we in the UK never became communist, we were never NAZI or indeed invaded by the NAZI's nor did we ever give up our democracy (one thats working better than yours in some regards) and the UK in General is happy with its strict gun control, yes it has issue (like the USA) but we are far from a tyranical facist state!
Funny I do, saw the same vilification in the UK, and other Euro countries,Australia,Canada, Germany in the 30s, and communist countries around the globe.
Guntucky is an American television reality series - Episode 1
Payton and his friends were shooting at some home appliances.
Kenny and Stephanie create a gangster reenactment with guns they recently discovered and Chad lets two customers blast up a boat together.
Toward the end of the episode, the Sumner family comes outside together to shoot all the unneeded home appliances they have.
en.wikipedia.org...
Really where? Usually it is you gun grabbers that mistakenly try to compare cars to guns. Only one of which is Constitutionally protected.
Originally posted by crazyewok
Gun suporters use cars as a example. Welll like cars there should be rules on takeing classes before you handle them and rules on safely handling them.