Arms control spectrum

[CARLHAYDEN]

Its true that without the enomeous funding of the government nuclear weapons would not have been produced at the time.

However, it seems to be probably that over time they would probably have been developed as an offshoot of nuclear power investigations.

[Nym90]

Option 6. For those who are saying option 5, you do realize that includes fully automatic weapons, right? Just making sure.

Basically any weapon that cannot reasonably have any legitimate self-defense, hunting, or sporting purpose should be illegal, everything else should be legal.

[A18]

Fully automatic weapons should be legal, as they presently are in a small handful of countries.

[Cubby]

Option 9

Guns are evil

I've never held a real one in my hands and I have no desire to. But here on the East Coast there's no need for them. And we have the lowest crime rate in the nation, so I don't have to worry about "intruders with a gun holding my family hostage" type scenarios that gun-lovers love to use.

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Option 9

Guns are evil

I've never held a real one in my hands and I have no desire to. But here on the East Coast there's no need for them. And we have the lowest crime rate in the nation, so I don't have to worry about "intruders with a gun holding my family hostage" type scenarios that gun-lovers love to use.

Hey, I'll give you credit. At least you admit you hate freedom.

[KillerPollo]

Option 9

Guns are evil

I've never held a real one in my hands and I have no desire to. But here on the East Coast there's no need for them. And we have the lowest crime rate in the nation, so I don't have to worry about "intruders with a gun holding my family hostage" type scenarios that gun-lovers love to use.

well, neither have I, so? your point? we still got bladed weapons to deal with

[Cubby]

Option 9

Guns are evil

I've never held a real one in my hands and I have no desire to. But here on the East Coast there's no need for them. And we have the lowest crime rate in the nation, so I don't have to worry about "intruders with a gun holding my family hostage" type scenarios that gun-lovers love to use.

Hey, I'll give you credit. At least you admit you hate freedom.

Is that how you measure a democracy? By how many guns it has? There were other amendments besides Number 2 you know.

[minionofmidas]

Option 9

Guns are evil

I've never held a real one in my hands and I have no desire to. But here on the East Coast there's no need for them. And we have the lowest crime rate in the nation, so I don't have to worry about "intruders with a gun holding my family hostage" type scenarios that gun-lovers love to use.

Hey, I'll give you credit. At least you admit you hate freedom.

I have held a real one in my hands once - and I may have been breaking the law doing so, I'm not sure.

[Bono]

Option 9

Guns are evil

I've never held a real one in my hands and I have no desire to. But here on the East Coast there's no need for them. And we have the lowest crime rate in the nation, so I don't have to worry about "intruders with a gun holding my family hostage" type scenarios that gun-lovers love to use.

Hey, I'll give you credit. At least you admit you hate freedom.

I have held a real one in my hands once - and I may have been breaking the law doing so, I'm not sure.

Haha, same here.

[John Dibble]

Option 9

Guns are evil

I've never held a real one in my hands and I have no desire to. But here on the East Coast there's no need for them. And we have the lowest crime rate in the nation, so I don't have to worry about "intruders with a gun holding my family hostage" type scenarios that gun-lovers love to use.

That's completely assinine and false logic. Lower crime rates don't mean no crime. I've lived on the east coast all my life, and people I know have been victims of crime even with lower crime rates - my father comes to mind. If he had his gun at the time, he would probably still be alive today. Then I can display the example of Kennesaw, Ga - every homeowner is required to have a handgun, and they have the lowest crime rate in the state(violent crime dropped to 10% of it's original rates when this policy was implemented and has stayed there for over a decade even with a good deal of growth to that area).

Further, you say guns are evil - that's completely idiotic. Guns are inanimate objects, they are no more evil than a teddy bear. Guns, like all tools, are neither good nor evil - it is the user that determines what the gun is used for. People who use guns for evil purposes are what is truly evil, not an inanimate object. I swear sometimes the anti-gun crowd act like guns are beyond control, as if they get up on their own and start shooting people or possess people and make them violent.

[A18]

Would you quit spelling the word asinine 'assinine'?

[John Dibble]

Would you quit spelling the word asinine 'assinine'?

Gah, I always mess that one up.

[AkSaber]

I have held a real one in my hands once - and I may have been breaking the law doing so, I'm not sure.

Haha, same here.

You two are in Europe, right? Forgive my ignorance, but I thought guns had all but been banned over there. Am I wrong?

[Bono]

I have held a real one in my hands once - and I may have been breaking the law doing so, I'm not sure.

Haha, same here.

You two are in Europe, right? Forgive my ignorance, but I thought guns had all but been banned over there. Am I wrong?

It was a 6.35mm pistol, the only ones people are allowed.
also, shot guns and bolt action rifles are allowed too. I can only speak of Portugal, though.Some other countries have way less restrictive laws, like Switzerland, Austria, and most of Scandinavia.

EDIT: Not to mention the illegal ones.