Do guns protect you, or simply cause violence? (Page 110)

kittybobo34: lol Ya gotta watch out for those retarded right wingers!!

Sir Loin: Maybe it is mean but I read in a psych journal my wife had for school that right wing adults (republican voters) have more neurons firing in their primitive lizard brain than they do in the left frontal lobe which controls logical thought.

kittybobo34: That is funny, since you have a gorilla as a pic...... could have been worse, had you a lizard pic.

MJ59:

ghostgeek: Well, there's nothing logical about flooding a country with guns and then moaning about criminals using them.

MJ59: True, dat!

kittybobo34: Its logical when you consider Gun Corps, and their best friend the NRA and all the money that goes to Congressional lobbists.

zeffur: Must be alien (ET) lizard types. lol

Sir Loin: NZ could be considered "flooded with guns" hunting is the most popular sport here and about half the homes contain at least one firearm yet gun violence is almost unknown. It's not about gun control but self control

ghostgeek: In the U.S. it seems rifles were used in about 4% of murders in 2017 and handguns in about 64% of such cases. This would suggest that it isn't hunters and their rifles that are the threat.

zeffur: If people could murder other people by clicking their fingers--the leading cause of murder would be finger clicking. Fingers & guns are useless without the human intent to murder. That's the source of the problem--fix that & no one will murder anyone else. Don't fix it & people will continue to murder. Take away firearms from law abiding citizens & you only create an unfair advantage for bad people who will use firearms--regardless of any law/s.

Sir Loin: That's what I've been saying Zeff. It's not about gun control but all about self control

zeffur: There needs to be more done about mental problems that cause some people to mass murder others--that & reducing gang & drug related murders. Tackling those areas effectively while not impacting sane law abiding citizens is what should be done---not disarming everyone.

Sir Loin: 100$% agree with you Zeff.
Here we have pretty stringent psych evaluations before gaining a firearms licence which must be produced whenever buying a gun or ammunition, also shown on demand to police when in possession of a gun. Firearms also need to be stored securely in a locked container fastened to the house framing. My gun safe has 7mm thick steel casing and a dirty great lock.

Fog Swept Glade: I've never seen a gun used defensively or a good samaritans. I favor gun rights, not over embellished fairy tales. I've seen plenty of people pad court cases with tactical noun use and still no defense. A gun is a noun. Guns enable violence, sport, and recreation.

kittybobo34: Even on a military ship, the firearms are securely stowed.

Fog Swept Glade: On a "military ship" seaman are taught that higher horizons make them better, seemingly because they can shoot more people from them.

ghostgeek: Do military ships still require seamen?

kittybobo34: Sure, perhaps you can get a seamen sample, if one is willing ;-)

MJ59:

Fog Swept Glade: I've had enough seaman issues in Cookeville,Tn.

zeffur: Nice to see hellvomit is typing in a manner that is more comprehensible.
He must have found the right medication or is actually taking it now. Yay!

ghostgeek: Americans have responded to the coronavirus epidemic with a record-breaking number of gun purchases, according to new government data on the number of background checks conducted in March.

[ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/01/us-gun-purchases-coronavirus-record ]

Clearly, it's bullets versus virus in the States.

MJ59: Yep, Ole Don's telling them to get their guns and liberate, so guns must work against viruses?