Quote from Trogdor_74: “Well personally I wouldn't shoot at anyone. And a criminal is more likely to shoot when they are under threat. If a bank robber goes into a bank with the intention of robbing it, they have a weapon as a means of "negotiation", although they do not intend to shoot people. However, if somebody else in the bank pulls out a gun, to robber will shoot them. Again, as I said, most minor criminals are more likely to turn violent if threatened. Bystanders will usually not get harm…
Quote from LuklaAdvocate: “FBI stats showed when it came to guns and self defense, a gun was used more often to kill an innocent family member or friend (mistaken for an intruder) than it was used for self defense. [/font][/color]I don't pick and choose situations. How is this biased? Do you not live in America? ” These statistics also fail to mention the countless times that guns have been used without being fired.
Guns are a deterrent. My uncle has his CCW permit and he's been carrying 24/7/365 since the 70's, long before any of us have been born. Guess, just give me a random GUESS as to how many people he's killed. That gun SAVED SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE when he walked past an alley while a guy was having the piss kicked out of him by a bunch of knife weilding "thugs." Criminals are stupid and afraid. If you're packing heat and you know HOW TO USE IT then you have a much better chance of coming away clean.
Those who intend to take away guns are afraid of guns. Guns don't kill people, people kill people, and if we all had guns then it's going to take even more irrational amounts of stupidity for a criminal to try and commit a crime.
There will always be guns. If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns. An armed society is a polite society. I think everyone deemed mentally stable enough with a clean criminal record should carry a gun at all times. Gun control is using both hands.
Quote from brantleyj2011: “read revelations this is all in there” It may be in a story book, but that doesn't prove anything about it. There are also unicorns in fairy tales like that but I sincerely doubt that you believe in unicorns.
So you dismiss a credible theory with a few missing pieces, but wholeheartedly accept something with no facts supporting it at all, just a story book written hundreds of years ago?
My guess is that it's homophobia brought on by excessive dosages of religion. It's so easily cured, and yet many would rather suffer from the disease of homophobia. Sad, really....
Quote from shaggy: “Says who? heaven is a nice place i think, a place where you dont want nothing Besides, havent you heard , mandkind cannot rule themselves....you heading in the wrong direction and it would only lead to failure” Well, it's not like there's a god orr something doing the job for us. We just need to be able to overthrow the leaders when they get greedy for power.
Wait, we'll have 7 years WITHOUT CHRISTIANS?!?!? BRING IT ON! Think about it. The vast majority of our idiot politicians are christians, the vast majority of our population is christian. 7 years with all the Atheists, Agnostics, Secularists, etc. is gonna be a cakewalk!
I would vote for a gay president. Why wouldn't I? I've known more intelligent gays than I have intelligent christians and I live in Nebraska, friggin' bible belt hell hole......
I thought I saw His Noodly Embrace protecting me as my car rolled off the side of the road at speed. Sure enough, thanks to the FSM's Noodly Embrace I walked away unscathed.
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