derek
Grey Eminence
I suspect it has lengthy and complex socio-political causes, but nevertheless, I agree.
We're just better. Eat THAT America.
We're just better. Eat THAT America.
Owning guns as a hobby, and be extremely careful about it- GREAT.
owning a gun (or guns) as a 'life-style', showing them off and buying them instead of more important things that you probably need more in life: - then you're just an idiot.
there are a number of things about the US that I miss. The organization and lack of bureaucracy is so prevalent that it makes me ponder moving back sometimes. Sometimes.
Haha, if you miss organization and bureaucracy, just move up here and you'll have more of that than you could ever imagine.
..if anything this country needs to be EXTREMELY strict about gun license and who can own one. (and I bet you 80% of people who actually own one, shouldn't.)
It seems too goddamn easy here to buy a gun.. what a joke.
Well, we make it easy to get a driver's license, and automobile accidents kill more people in the US every year than firearms, even if we include suicide. Smoking kills 10 times as many people as car accidents each year, and we don't require a license of any kind to purchase tobacco products. I don't have numbers on how many deaths per year are attributable to bad parenting, but we obviously don't require a license for that either.
Well, we make it easy to get a driver's license, and automobile accidents kill more people in the US every year than firearms, even if we include suicide. Smoking kills 10 times as many people as car accidents each year, and we don't require a license of any kind to purchase tobacco products. I don't have numbers on how many deaths per year are attributable to bad parenting, but we obviously don't require a license for that either.
As I mentioned earlier, I grew up around every type of firearm imagineable that was available for consumer use. I'm not some fucking tree-hugging hippie. I personally feel that banning or having extremely strict restrictions on handguns would save many lives. As Karmic said, that means that the penalty for having a handgun would be very steep, thereby curving much of the problem itself.
I don't understand why Americans are so insecure about Europeans thinking they're intrinsically better.
...sheep...
...sarcasm and hands clasped to their ears while yelling LALALALALALALA!!!!! America is a nation of children having a pissing contest with everyone around them...
And this is exactly my point. People don't want to just own handguns; they want to be afforded the possibility to use them on other people. There is no other use for a handgun than to maim or kill another human being. They hide behind the Second Amendment and liken handguns to stamp collecting. It's complete bullshit and a cop-out. Want proof? How about this:
Again, sometimes regulation makes sense if there is a great number of idiots in a society.