Alright then, mass murder?
So can the average first grader. The difference is, I know a lot of first graders who actually have.
Once again, you don’t need a gun to commit mass murder. Explosives are much more effective, so are large vehicles.
Now they’ll want to start their own collections then, which ipso facto means even more firearms - just what you need in country already swamped with them?
I had basic training of various weapons when I was in the RAF Police.
I got my first shotgun in the 3rd grade, got my first .22 LR in the first.
Rural families tend to start young.
I had reached NRA Sharpshooter with a rifle by 12 and expert at 14, expert with shotgun and handgun by 16 and 18 respectively.
I teach hunter’s safety and basic rifle and shotgun courses to elementary age kids every year and start handgun courses as early as Jr. High.
Most students are HS or college age.
Well it’s also why we are considered citizens of our country and you are considered subjects of yours! You gave up that right and now all you have is to bitch and whine about why we shouldn’t have guns! There are plenty of other countries in world that allow their citizens to possess a firearm but I don’t see you bitching about them either.
Actually they have no real grasp of rights since all of their rights come from gov’t whereas ours come from our creator.
Technically I believe they are actually citizens now at least until the Queen decides otherwise.
If I were looking down the barrel of a .44 Magnum, I’d be happy if you came along at took out my assailant; I’d even buy you a beer to express my gratitude, but I’d much rather that the punk didn’t have the ability to acquire the .44 Magnum in the first place.
If he has a knife at your neck you’ll wish there were someone present with that same .44 magnum to stop him from plunging it down at a thirty degree angle severing your windpipe, jugular, and carotid arteries.
Otherwise you’re just dead.
In this country that’s a strong possibility, in your country it inst’ even likely. Why? Because people like myself are all around and willing to stop evil people to protect the innocent and we have the tools and training to do it.
Ok fair enough! Do you think that having a gun ban is going to stop criminals from getting a gun? Do you know when the last time a gun was used to commit a crime in your country? Without looking it up I would imagine it still happens right or am I wrong about this?
Oh I’m well-acquainted with the ‘It takes a good man with a gun to stop a bad man with a gun’ trope. and I’m all for it. It’s just that I wish there weren’t any guns at all, and this is where we’re at odds. I can assure you that I’m no lefty pinko - far from it. I’m probably more right wing that the 3 of you put together.
A knife is not a gun but there’s not a snowball’s chance in hell of stopping a determined attacker in that scenario without one.
We can’t wish guns off of the planet, that’s a fantasy and as long as there are guns evil people will have them.
Even with the onerous gun restrictions in the UK London has more “gun crimes” annually than many communities in the US.
If there were more guns in this country there would be more gun crime, QED. I’ve often said on various forums that if law-abiding citizens aren’t allowed to possess a weapon, it puts them at the mercy of the criminals who do have them, and that’s seriously weird?
That’s the first time you’ve even come close to mentioning that here.
Glad you finally realized it.
If guns were the problem they’d be just as big of a problem in the hands of the average citizen, which we all know they aren’t.
That is because London has a very incompetent Muslim mayor. You can’t be comparing a huge metropolis like London to a normal US community. Compare like for like. How does London compare to the worst in the US?
That was true before the Muslim mayor was even elected.
Well yeah it’s seriously weird, and I see your logic except the problem is that those people should have a chance to have the right to level the playing field, but you decided to take that right away.
Oh I’ve always realised it. But the only leveller would be if there were no guns for anyone, criminal or law-abiding.