America's Gun Violence
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mcgruff10 said:No not at all. Although I am still disappointed in you for not picking up my sarcasm before.
I have moments when I really suck.
Cheers, buddy!"My brain's a good brain!"0 -
Bentleyspop said:Here's the best solution to the 2nd amendment and gun control debate.......
Someone tell Herr drumpf, his advisers, and supporters that President Obama was responsible for the 2nd amendment and was against gun control and national gun registry.
He would move so fast to get rid of the 2nd amendment and institute widespread gun control and national registry that you would think someone's life depended on it. And his base would totally support him on it.
Lol
It's funny cuz it's true.
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jnimhaoileoin said:Jesus lads, the level of debate went seriously downhill here today. The facetious attempts to compare the threat of knives to that of guns is nothing short of ridiculous. Also, can I just point out that 8 of my brothers and their families live in England and have never mentioned any issue or fear of knife violence
I also understand it doesn't necessarily have much to do with gun law. I was just stating we have fear here but don't arm ourselves to protect our children because its illegal. So if someone stabs my child i can protect them by shooting a kid?
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lastexitlondon said:Which part of England ? Because i live north london and 14 year olds knife eachother over nothing and its on the news most days . Schools have metal detectors inner london in some places. I have a son of 18 who tells me often of someone he knows been stabbed, people he knows in prison for stabbing and mothers on tv begging the knife culture to end because they lost their child to a needless knife crime. So its very real
I also understand it doesn't necessarily have much to do with gun law. I was just stating we have fear here but don't arm ourselves to protect our children because its illegal. So if someone stabs my child i can protect them by shooting a kid?0 -
I guess london and Manchester will have problems. Definitely not norfolk thats full of 60 year olds.hahah joking but lots of elderly. I guess my point is if we could get guns here then it would be the same . But one nutter with a knife could maybe take out 3 or 4 people before being grappled. But a nutter with a gun can take out many before anyone can do anything. So guns being available definitely make a massacre so much more likely and available .Post edited by lastexitlondon on
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I just asked my partner if she thought knife crime here was a widespread national concern out of interest. She said yes definitely . We live in a town outside north london. Murders from knives have happened in this small town even. If the guns were as accessible as knives are i can't imagine the carnage . U.s.a must be the only country with these kind of gun laws? I mean i don't know for sure . I don't understand how the pro gun people can argue the case for guns being so readily available seeing how many people misuse them. Just my view though.
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lastexitlondon said:Which part of England ? Because i live north london and 14 year olds knife eachother over nothing and its on the news most days . Schools have metal detectors inner london in some places. I have a son of 18 who tells me often of someone he knows been stabbed, people he knows in prison for stabbing and mothers on tv begging the knife culture to end because they lost their child to a needless knife crime. So its very real
I also understand it doesn't necessarily have much to do with gun law. I was just stating we have fear here but don't arm ourselves to protect our children because its illegal. So if someone stabs my child i can protect them by shooting a kid?0 -
Hahah wow. Sounds like a great place
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mcgruff10 said:So only full auto knife shooters should be illegal? What about those scary looking machetes? Why do people outside of the jungle need them? What about a bowie knife? If you aren't in beer country why do you need one?0
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Yes Germany
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tempo_n_groove said:Positive post right here. Constructive criticism too, well done.
The man does have a point though.
if there is ever a knife that can kill 58 people and injure 500 more in 10 minutes from 32 floors up and hundreds of meters away in the dark, then you have an argument.By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0 -
If democrats really want their gun control arguments to be taken seriously and garnish something even close to bipartisan support, they are going to have to replace quacks like Feinstein. That would be the most positive step towards gun control legislation that a democrat could take at this point.0
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HughFreakingDillon said:no, he doesn't. it ludicrous to compare knives to automatic weapons. NO ONE IS SUGGESTING BANNING HANDGUNS/SINGLE SHOT RIFLES. if you want to compare, that is the only, still semi-illogical, argument that can be made. and no one is suggesting it.
if there is ever a knife that can kill 58 people and injure 500 more in 10 minutes from 32 floors up and hundreds of meters away in the dark, then you have an argument.0 -
PJPOWER said:If democrats really want their gun control arguments to be taken seriously and garnish something even close to bipartisan support, they are going to have to replace quacks like Feinstein. That would be the most positive step towards gun control legislation that a democrat could take at this point.0
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PJPOWER said:If democrats really want their gun control arguments to be taken seriously and garnish something even close to bipartisan support, they are going to have to replace quacks like Feinstein. That would be the most positive step towards gun control legislation that a democrat could take at this point.0
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PJPOWER said:
I'm reading Frozen in Time by Mitchell Zuckoff, a book about downed WWII planes in Greenland. Great read! Flare guns were useful in helping save some of the crews of the planes that went down.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16248142-frozen-in-time
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I think if the knife thing is going to keep coming up here there should be a separate thread like "Knife Violence in America" or "Knife Violence in England" or "Bread is yummy no matter how you slice it".
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dignin said:I want to hear more about knives. Please tell me more about knives.0
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brianlux said:Ya got me there!
I'm reading Frozen in Time by Mitchell Zuckoff, a book about downed WWII planes in Greenland. Great read! Flare guns were useful in helping save some of the crews of the planes that went down.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16248142-frozen-in-time
Yes, you could easily kill with them, and the origin of guns is for killing. But not every gun was designed with that purpose in mind.
I don't think that changes anything or enhances the pro-gun argument. I just disagree with the sentiment that all guns are designed/made to kill0 -
brianlux said:I think if the knife thing is going to keep coming up here there should be a separate thread like "Knife Violence in America" or "Knife Violence in England" or "Bread is yummy no matter how you slice it".0
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