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Originally Posted by Punterz!!
random one, but why do americans still waffle on about rite to bear arms? I know it is in the constitution yet it is so outdated. I understand that they keep this rite as if the government turns into a dictatorship they will be able to defend themselves. However look at civil wars across the world, having hand guns and assault rifles would be zero form of defence against a government that turned on its people. Americans refusing to tighten gun control laws are so ******ed. I love America, have been vegas 25 times plus Ca. Ny. Fla, and various other states. Yet there seems to be so many thick people there, my brother married an American woman and now has a yankee passport, he offered to sponsor me to live in NYC, I almost went but was wondering how I would cope with so many deranged people with fake illnesses and fake ailments etc, then DOJ banned online poker....maybe I was the only one to benefit from this! having loved visiting the states for a long time I went snowboarding in Canada 2012, my first trip to Canada and anybody who likes the states who hasn't visited Canada give it a go, like a slightly smaller version of USA but the people have more brains and less ******ed
banning guns wouldn't get rid of guns. drugs are banned and yet they are everywhere. banning guns would only take them away from law abiding citizens, making them defenseless against criminals. also... you don't want to ban guns, you just want the government to have all the guns and the citizens to be disarmed. so you're really pro-gun IMO because you need some people to have guns in order to confiscate the guns from others. and you want police and military to have guns, but not the people.
also, given the midset of many americans... if you try to take their guns, they wont give them up. you'll basically be instigating a civil war. is that what you want?
i'm sure hitler would have supported your argument. he wouldn't have wanted people to be able to defend themselves when they got taken to the gas chambers.
free people should be allowed to own guns. slaves are disarmed.
btw, i'm Canadian where I think we even have more guns per capita than in the US and everything's fine up here. guns are totally banned in mexico and it's a disaster down there because the people can't defend themselves against the criminals who ignore the laws.
the main cause of gun violence is the war on drugs.
the main cause of school shootings is the perscription drugs they put kids on.
most gun related deaths are from suicides
so you want to ban guns... but what do you do when people don't turn their guns in?
also... if the government turned on it's people (some argue they already have)... the american people could defend themselves if they were armed. the army lost the war in vietnam. the army can't really control things in iraq or asfganistan. do you really think it'll be a walk in the park vs. 300 million armed americans? also, how many people in the military would refuse orders and join the people?
Last edited by TheGreenMagi; 06-05-2013 at 01:54 AM.