Do you own a gun?

[MCHeshPants420]

You mean you want me to read and parse it for you, having failed to do so yourself?

No, I mean you're normally on my ignore list and I took you off just for tonight just in case you had something interesting to say. Be a dear and repost your point.

[manker]

My point is that if the several of you who have chosen to argue any of the variety of anti-firearm stances you've tried to present had gathered your formative "data" from television or other native media, your understanding of our commensurate views is thereby skewed.

In light of this, you would do better to ask us how these things work in our country, and erase from your minds and memories that which you currently "think" you know.

After all, we have no obligation to entertain the views of members who dismiss our experiences or sourcing, or label same biased to some minority ideology, when you can't even muster the alacrity to question Auntie Beeb.

Actually, I think my points are mainly in congruence with vid, Sparsely and SnnY. I'm not sure of their accord with Auntie Beeb, what with them not being from the UK, but I am sure that I agree with them and that their opinions are as valid as your own.

Of course, you may not have been lumping me in with that but the language used seems to intimate at it.

Maybe in a thread such as this the choice of literary weapon should have been the sniper rifle rather than the scatter gun

[sparsely]

well, debate on the internet is pretty useless anyway, none of us are going to change one another's mind's about it...so it basically just like, let's see who makes themselves look stupid, and ridicule whoever we can

as far as I'm concerned, as an american, no ordinary citizen can rationally justify the need for a firearm. I'd be content if only the police/military and criminals had them. They pretty much just use them to shoot each other anyway, and I'm neither...so I'm pretty safe.
I'd rather be protected from the regular, everyday dumbasses who need weaponry to feel safe.

edit : I don't even know who the fuck aunt beeb is.

[Busyman]

Indeed.

At least you managed to get your head around Zed's point

I get what you all are getting at all along (including last night).

I still wouldn't be gunless, even over there (law permitting).

It just takes one hardcore junkie to possibly shank me, shoot me, whatever and I'll be holding on to ideal of DisneyWorld.

There are consequences to breaking laws and some of those consequences are dished out by ordinary citizens.

However, everything doesn't warrant a shot in the ass and everything over here doesn't really go that way.

edited thanks to manker

[sparsely]

I still wouldn't be gunless, even over there (law permitting).

It just takes one hardcore junkie to possibly shank me, shoot me, whatever and I'll holding on to ideal of DisneyWorld.

yes, you are paranoid.

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[Busyman]

as far as I'm concerned, as an american, no ordinary citizen can rationally justify the need for a firearm. I'd be content if only the police/military and criminals had them. They pretty much just use them to shoot each other anyway, and I'm neither...so I'm pretty safe.
I'd rather be protected from the regular, everyday dumbasses who need weaponry to feel safe.

That's the dumbest shit I have ever heard.

Criminals don't just fight each other.

Sometimes, you know, every once and awhile they come for you.

They come for me and I've got something for them. They come for you and I'll call you the regular, everyday dumbass.

[Busyman]

yes, you are paranoid.

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Whatever it is it has kept me alive longer than I probably should be living.

[sparsely]

yep, I'm just mad.
I don't lock my car or house either. I also pick up hitchhikers, talk to strangers, and eat candy from people I don't know.

I guess I just like living on the edge.

[MCHeshPants420]

when you can't even muster the alacrity to question Auntie Beeb.

Who are we to question the inherent wisdom in an episode of Eastenders?

[MCHeshPants420]

And for those people ignorant of the ignore function (forgive my pun) I can only but recommend it:

http://www.filesharingtalk.com/vb3/p...ignore&u=91467

You'll never know what you're missing out on...