If someone is carrying a gun or opperating a car they should not be intoxicated. However bar fights do tend to be close quarter activities where knives and broken bottles come into play. If you are close enough to throw a punch you will have a hard time getting off a clean shot. Besides br room fighting or other assaults are an issue that need to be dealt with by incarcerating all individuals involved regardless of whether they have fire arms.
I wish the US politicians were as comfortable with civilian ownership of weapons.
With proper “gun control” they won’t be in a position to sue you.
I am sure the criminals will line up to turn theirs in.
I didn’t mean total disarmament; rather the elimination of all handguns. You’d be able to keep your shotguns, rifles, muskets, etc.
Not very practical to have a rifle slung over your shoulder when you are running errands around town. Besides the rifle and shotgun bayonets tend to snag the car upholstery.
When you can get ALL of the hand guns away from ALL of the bad guys, then you can have mine:thumbsup:
A handgun is only as dangerous as the heart that wields it. The problem is that one cannot carry a long gun in public. I have a question: Why is it so easy for a gun to find a criminal?
There are very few people actually advocating universal gun ownership and even fewer advocating forcing people to carry. The examples are typically given to demonstrate that even in the most extreme case where everyone was armed, we would not see the conditions the hoplophobics fear.It’s always interesting to see the three sides to the issue of gun ownership; those who oppose it fervently, those who support it fervently, and the rest of us.
Guns in the hands of responsible owners are not problematic. However, as has been posted, how is “responsible” defined?
The Government can’t “common sense” its way out of a paper bag; how on earth could it decide who is and who isn’t “responsible” in mandating that everyone carry?
I love how the gun-free UK has higher crime than the US!
I tell you what: since you feel so strongly about not caring if someone elses freedom is taken away, I think you should post a sign on the front of your house stating you dislike guns and have none in the house.
Besides which, if you know how to use a stick (Jojutsu, for example), you could seriously harm someone else. Do you want to ban sticks?What is it about a “Heavy Assault Rifle” as compared to a “Hunting Rifle” that would make you see any value in varing degrees of difficulty of gettign a permit?Disclaimer: I haven’t read everything here, so I’m just going to blindly flail about.
I don’t particularly like guns, but I’m strongly against outlawing guns for several reasons:
Actually, the only reason I can think of FOR gun control is discouraging revolt…
- Guns aren’t only used for illegal killing. They’re just a tool. Outlawing guns would be like outlawing knives or fishhooks.
- You can’t regulate what you’ve outlawed. If guns are legal, the government can outlaw only those that would have no purpose other than murder, and we can strict regulation (such as permits). If guns are illegal, there would be no permits, and it would be just as hard (or easy, depending on the situation) for me to get a hunting rifle as it would be for me to get a heavy assault rifle.
- Outlaws are outlaws. If someone is going to commit murder or armed robbery, chances are they aren’t going to care all that much about getting a gun. Only law-abiding people would be limited.
EDIT: ah, I just saw the safety argument. Well then, only issue a permit to people who have gotten training! Simple! There will be accidents, but, ah, stupid people will be stupid.
Amen! Common sense lives. What was it now that Cain used to slay Abel…?Disclaimer: I haven’t read everything here, so I’m just going to blindly flail about.
I don’t particularly like guns, but I’m strongly against outlawing guns for several reasons:
Actually, the only reason I can think of FOR gun control is discouraging revolt…
- Guns aren’t only used for illegal killing. They’re just a tool. Outlawing guns would be like outlawing knives or fishhooks.
- You can’t regulate what you’ve outlawed. If guns are legal, the government can outlaw only those that would have no purpose other than murder, and we can strict regulation (such as permits). If guns are illegal, there would be no permits, and it would be just as hard (or easy, depending on the situation) for me to get a hunting rifle as it would be for me to get a heavy assault rifle.
- Outlaws are outlaws. If someone is going to commit murder or armed robbery, chances are they aren’t going to care all that much about getting a gun. Only law-abiding people would be limited.
EDIT: ah, I just saw the safety argument. Well then, only issue a permit to people who have gotten training! Simple! There will be accidents, but, ah, stupid people will be stupid.
Funny but in some cases they do. I tried carrying a long bow onto a plane once and couldn’t It ws a long stick with out a string and I dind’t have any arrows, so it was just a long stick and they considered it a weapon. I only wanted to take it as a carryon because it was more ornamental than practical and I was afraid it would get dammaged in cargo. (this was long before 9-11)EDIT: ah, I just saw the safety argument. Well then, only issue a permit to people who have gotten training! Simple! There will be accidents, but, ah, stupid people will be stupid.
Me likey!!