Gun control...A big joke with no punch line.
The NRA is evil!
The NRA promotes violence!
The NRA is for murder!
If you nodded in agreement to any of those, then I suggest kicking back and relaxing with a tall, cool glass of "Shut yer stinkin', rotten, lethal breath pie hole" and keep reading. You might learn something. If not, then maybe ignorance truly is bliss.
Now, I am 100% against gun control. Why? Because I'm a gun nut? Because I watch nothing but action movies where people shoot each other and blow things up? Or maybe because I wanna keep criminals the hell away from my private property. I'll let you decide on which reason makes more sense.
Now, the fact of the matter is there are two kinds of guns in America. Legal and illegal. Correct me if I'm wrong, but law abiding citizens have the right to purchase these legal guns as long as their background checks out, unless some gun shop owner decides to break the rules. As for illegal guns, criminals buy and sell them on the streets. Most street shootings are committed by these illegal and unregistered firearms. Why? Because criminals know that a registered firearm can be traced back to them.
Now many citizens on the right side of the law own guns. For sport or for protection, they have them in their home. Now, people argue for gun control because kids could find the gun, play with it and seriously injure themselves, or even worse. Well, that's really not the fault of guns as much as it is BAD PARENTING. Why would you leave your gun where little Billy could find it and blow his little brains out? And also, why wouldn't you teach him about gun safety so if he DID find it, he'd think, "Oh, a gun. Daddy explained why this is very dangerous. I'll go play video games now."
And, yes, I understand that some kids just don't follow the rules and might do this anyway. This goes back to parenting. If you knew your child well enough, you'd know whether or not you should leave them by themselves, especially if you have a gun in the house. And from what I've seen, parents who DO have guns in the house take these kind of precautions. That's not a good reason to enforce gun control. That whole "protect people from themselves" theme came and went with the "I Robot" story plot.
Then, they attack the constitution with "The right to bare arms was just for times of civil war". Then why is it seen as valid by the government? Why can I purchase a handgun and it be perfectly legal to have it on my person as long as I have a license? Why is Smith & Wesson still in business? Why are you being a moron? Why? For the love of all that is decent, tell me why! Ahem. Sorry, I get carried away. Anyway, that's another argument destroyed.
Hmm, the next argument is that a gun owner is more likely to injure him/herself than an intruder. Not with practice on how to use it properly. A gun law that I DO think should be passed would be that people who purchase firearms without backgrounds in using them should be required to take a class on gun safety before they can receive the weapon. That would prevent the owner from "injuring his/herself". Funny how simple these problems are to solve, isn't it?
My next point, let's say gun control laws are passed and they make next to impossible for a person to legally buy a gun. Crime will rise significantly. Why? Because when criminals with their illegal guns come for you, they don't have to worry about you returning fire because the law took your legal guns away. Now lay down on the floor as your property is stolen and remember to thank your gun control laws. Sure, you can install a security system, but there are people who know how to get around them due to some actually being former employees of security system companies. It makes more sense to pull out a legally purchased .45 and say "Leave, or leave a corpse. Your choice." I don't think they'd want to try again if that were to happen. Same thing if you were being robbed on the street. The moral of this story is that criminals will NOT obey the gun control laws, if they are passed all over America. All it will do is give them an advantage.
As for in-house safety, it's all a matter of taking responsibility. If you know that your children are liable to play with things they are not supposed to, teach them, let them know, or just don't leave them at home alone at all. Simple. Well, that's all for now.
Now, to find an NRA application....
The NRA promotes violence!
The NRA is for murder!
If you nodded in agreement to any of those, then I suggest kicking back and relaxing with a tall, cool glass of "Shut yer stinkin', rotten, lethal breath pie hole" and keep reading. You might learn something. If not, then maybe ignorance truly is bliss.
Now, I am 100% against gun control. Why? Because I'm a gun nut? Because I watch nothing but action movies where people shoot each other and blow things up? Or maybe because I wanna keep criminals the hell away from my private property. I'll let you decide on which reason makes more sense.
Now, the fact of the matter is there are two kinds of guns in America. Legal and illegal. Correct me if I'm wrong, but law abiding citizens have the right to purchase these legal guns as long as their background checks out, unless some gun shop owner decides to break the rules. As for illegal guns, criminals buy and sell them on the streets. Most street shootings are committed by these illegal and unregistered firearms. Why? Because criminals know that a registered firearm can be traced back to them.
Now many citizens on the right side of the law own guns. For sport or for protection, they have them in their home. Now, people argue for gun control because kids could find the gun, play with it and seriously injure themselves, or even worse. Well, that's really not the fault of guns as much as it is BAD PARENTING. Why would you leave your gun where little Billy could find it and blow his little brains out? And also, why wouldn't you teach him about gun safety so if he DID find it, he'd think, "Oh, a gun. Daddy explained why this is very dangerous. I'll go play video games now."
And, yes, I understand that some kids just don't follow the rules and might do this anyway. This goes back to parenting. If you knew your child well enough, you'd know whether or not you should leave them by themselves, especially if you have a gun in the house. And from what I've seen, parents who DO have guns in the house take these kind of precautions. That's not a good reason to enforce gun control. That whole "protect people from themselves" theme came and went with the "I Robot" story plot.
Then, they attack the constitution with "The right to bare arms was just for times of civil war". Then why is it seen as valid by the government? Why can I purchase a handgun and it be perfectly legal to have it on my person as long as I have a license? Why is Smith & Wesson still in business? Why are you being a moron? Why? For the love of all that is decent, tell me why! Ahem. Sorry, I get carried away. Anyway, that's another argument destroyed.
Hmm, the next argument is that a gun owner is more likely to injure him/herself than an intruder. Not with practice on how to use it properly. A gun law that I DO think should be passed would be that people who purchase firearms without backgrounds in using them should be required to take a class on gun safety before they can receive the weapon. That would prevent the owner from "injuring his/herself". Funny how simple these problems are to solve, isn't it?
My next point, let's say gun control laws are passed and they make next to impossible for a person to legally buy a gun. Crime will rise significantly. Why? Because when criminals with their illegal guns come for you, they don't have to worry about you returning fire because the law took your legal guns away. Now lay down on the floor as your property is stolen and remember to thank your gun control laws. Sure, you can install a security system, but there are people who know how to get around them due to some actually being former employees of security system companies. It makes more sense to pull out a legally purchased .45 and say "Leave, or leave a corpse. Your choice." I don't think they'd want to try again if that were to happen. Same thing if you were being robbed on the street. The moral of this story is that criminals will NOT obey the gun control laws, if they are passed all over America. All it will do is give them an advantage.
As for in-house safety, it's all a matter of taking responsibility. If you know that your children are liable to play with things they are not supposed to, teach them, let them know, or just don't leave them at home alone at all. Simple. Well, that's all for now.
Now, to find an NRA application....
posted by 3rd Generation Wise Guy at 8:35 AM
8 Comments:
Wow. What an amazingly simplistic and stereotypically rambling look at this issue. You know, what amazes me most about frightened, soft, chicken-shit, NRA-lovin' gun nuts who spout off about the boogyman coming for them is that most have never been in real danger in their over-priviledged lives and never will be. I have lived in some of the worst areas in Chicago and Gary, IN and in 44 years never owned a gun... and I am fine... had to whoop some ass (like a man, with my hands... remember that option?) but I am fine. Frightening people for policy wins is cheap and intellectually dishonest. You people crack me up.
Also, the second amendment reads in its entirity: 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.
Do you belong to a militia? How about the National Guard? Didn't think so. Also, read the Federalist Papers for a hint as to the mean and context of the word militia. Then how did we come to mis-interpret the 2nd Amendment? We didn't. The NRA was orignally interested in improving marksmenship of citizens after the Civil War. The Spanish American War rekindled that interest as Pres. Roosevelt took in interest in promoting shooting skills. Did you read anything about the gun lobby yet? Nope. Because that's when the NRA lost its way. When they became bitches for the gun lobby they lost their way and began opposing even reasonable limits on gun ownership. Read a book, people.
You people are funny.
So you lived in the worst areas of Chicago and you only had to use your fists, huh? WOW. Superman is actually reading my articles! I'm so flattered! But, allow me to enlighten you. Not ALL of us can block bullets with our bodies like you apparently can. Sorry to burst your bubble on this issue, Mr. Kent. Thanks for writing.
Back again.
Exactly the level of discourse I'd expected from fear-mongers who are simply frightened little children with the 1st Amendment right to speak their minds... so much as that is.
Your trite response does nothing but provide demonstrative proof of the lack of intellectual heft in your position. Mean words... you just learn to put them together to form sentences? You afraid of scuffing your shoes? Afraid you might lose a real fight? Need to show how big your prick... er um... your gun is to protect your manhood.
What a sissy.
Signed, NativeAlien
www.nativealien.us
"Need to show how big your prick... er um... your gun is to protect your manhood."
Okay, what's that got to do with anything I said?
Now, the fact that you missed is that most criminals who commit robberies use guns which are not purchased legally, so if a person buys a gun through legal means to protect themselves, how does that make them a sissy? It seems that you're saying that if someone came into your house brandishing a shotgun, you would consider yourself a sissy if you were to defend yourself with a firearm, thus attack him head on and get your head blown off. Genius.
It seems like you expect everyone to be like you and put their life on the line for the sake of macho pride. Not everyone has a rough and violent background, not everyone has the ability to put their dukes up and rumble with an armed criminal. A 47 year old woman with no fighting abilities whatsoever, who also lives alone may want to buy a gun to protect herself and her home. Is she a coward for that?
I knew a guy in a wheelchair who bought a gun to protect himself. Is HE a coward for not choosing your "Hulk Smash" alternative?
You need to understand that us humans die much easily. We live in a dangerous world and it's NOT gonna get any safer by taking a way of self protection from innocent people who actually want to be safe and at peace. Now if you really feel that having a gun makes you a sissy no matter what, why don't you sign up to fight in Iraq and fight the terroists with your bare hands? After all, sissies carry guns, right? Yeah, I'm sure a "real man" like yourself can easily take down a platoon of rootin' tootin' shootin' terrorists with those mighty fists of yours. If you're that tough, perhaps you need to be there instead on the internet as an anonymous user who resorts to name calling when ever someone has a different point of view.
P.S. Why do you chose to remain anonymous while debating? Who's REALLY the coward here?
In yet another demonstration of your lack of attention to deatils... I left my name (and website) with the last post. I simply don't like registering with sites to post comments. Oh, and on my site I have MY real name. Do you?
Additionally, it has nothing to do with macho pride, but I do like the attempted diversion to me being overly macho as opossed to the truth that you and people like you are frightened by the unseen, unknown boogyman coming for you and your priceless goods in the middle of the night. That my friend -- being afraid of the irrational possiblity of danger and not real danger -- is the very definition of cowardice. So, try again.
I am not superman or particularily brave. I simply don't, like you and the nervous multitudes evidently do, buy into the idea that a gun makes me what I can't be without it. I am who I am and I am okay with that. An armed society doesn't make the society safer. Look up some stats on the wild west... you know the era, it's the place where the NRA and its mindless ditto-heads would like to take us back to. Arming folks sure worked well for them!
Also, did my time in the service (US Air Force- Forward Air Control)... when so many of the Yellow Elephants on the 'net only talk tough, I put in my time. When are you going, gunner? There are some REAL bad guys out there that need handling.
Any other snappy comebacks? What a joke. Stop by my site some time and read some real discourse. By the way, the name calling started when you began: "If you nodded in agreement to any of those, then I suggest kicking back and relaxing with a tall, cool glass of 'Shut yer stinkin', rotten, lethal breath pie hole' and keep reading. You might learn something. If not, then maybe ignorance truly is bliss."
You didn't teach anyone anything in your tirade and those who think differently aren't ignorant. You shouldn't, out of hubris, attempt to torch others when you clearly can't stand the heat yourself.
You can reach my by email via my site anytime you want to continue this. For now, I must leave. I have more intelligent people to engage in debate.
NativeAlien
Let's analyze this whole thing. I can't go without clearing things up. Sorry, that's how I am. You said: "Wow. What an amazingly simplistic and stereotypically rambling look at this issue. You know, what amazes me most about frightened, soft, chicken-shit, NRA-lovin' gun nuts who spout off about the boogyman coming for them is that most have never been in real danger in their over-priviledged lives and never will be."
Self contradiction much? You say that my view is stereotypical, yet you run under the assumption that all people who support the NRA buy guns out of fear and have never faced danger in their lives. So, you'd be guilty of stereotyping, too.
Also, you keep referring to potential armed intruders as boogeymen. So, that shows that you don't believe that armed intruders don't exist, yet you claim to have lived in tough neighbors for 44 years. Apparently, you've never lived in a place HALF as bad as East Baltimore where that stuff happened (and still does) all the time. Yes, boogyman indeed.
You also said: "Afraid you might lose a real fight? Need to show how big your prick... er um... your gun is to protect your manhood."
What's up with the penis reference? What's that got to do with ANYTHING? Well, then again I don't wanna know. Next point..
"you and people like you are frightened by the unseen, unknown boogyman coming for you and your priceless goods in the middle of the night. That my friend -- being afraid of the irrational possiblity of danger and not real danger -- is the very definition of cowardice. So, try again."
Ah, fun. I think I will. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, yet people like you like to state them as facts. An opinion stated as a fact is a very flawed one. You tried blasting me without even thinking to even ask "Why do you believe this?" or thinking that I might possibly live in a neighborhood with a high break-in rate.
Nope. You, like many other foolish wanna-be intellectuals try to drive your point home by attacking and bringing up points that have little or nothing to do with the topic at hand. So, to answer you, no. I will not e-mail you, nor will I continue since I'm the only one debating here. You're just arguing because you wish for me to agree with you badly enough to directly call names. Sorry, but I won't be lured into a flames war. I'd rather have a civil debate, which seems to be above you. It would be advised for you to NOT call yourself an intellectual.
Now, if you respond again, at LEAST try to make sense and stay on the topic. I am not the topic, btw, GUN CONTROL LAWS are. That's the discussion. Not how you think I'm afraid or can fight, or how much smarter than me you think you are. Or how you SUPPOSEDLY lived in rough neighborhoods. You never even mentioned why you're FOR gun control laws. You just attacked everyone who's for them. Not too bright.
Sigh. This is the last response for me. I refuse to repeat myself because of your illiteracy. Good bye.
lmao at this debate. I won't get into it but I will put down this quick question here. I came here and I'm going a few other places to see why it is that some of the people claiming conservative views and Christian values would routinely contradict those by "bearing false witness" and not manning (or womanning) up and facing foes with the confidence that being on the Lord's side "should" bring. I am sorry for sounding a bit sour here but I am, and anyone who is misrepresented in where they stand should be if they have any true conviction in their beliefs. I would like to know what you think about this and am very interested in your response. Please check out the reason for my displeasure at http://duns.thatbitch.com and I welcome any input you can give to clarify my inquiries.
Mak Oba
American
Believer in God
Believer in Christ
Believer in The Holy Spirit
Skeptic of Christianity as practiced by those that call themselves Christians
I've been a Chicago police officer for 18 years and in my opinion the only people benefitted by gun control laws are criminals.
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