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Are you for guns or against.Woo guns, lets go shoot up the town! |
47.4%, 18 votes | Boo guns, lets go hide in the corner. |
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Kefka Indefinitely Unbanned Level: 81 Posts: 2090/3392 EXP: 4826208 For next: 166641 Since: 03-15-04 From: Pomona, CALIFORNIA BABY! Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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Originally posted by NightHawkOriginally posted by ChibiTarynIf you can't handle a gun, don't have one. It's as simple as that. I'm not saying everyone should have a gun, I'm saying that honest, law-abiding citizens should have the right to own a gun. Well, I'd just like to point out how hard it'd be to only give honest, law-abiding citizens the right to own a gun. How you gonna be able to tell? Even with a background check, you still could have done very dishonest things in a work setting without breaking the law. Or you broke the law without getting caught. Would whoever distributes guns know? Probably not. Making this suggestion come true would be damned near impossible. EDIT: btw, Fyxe is a guy, and Kwan wasn't trolling (edited by Kefka on 05-25-04 10:25 AM) |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 227/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Originally posted by Kefka Ah... reminds me of the saying: the only sin in sinning is in being caught. o.o But yeah, I know plenty of "law abiding" and "honest" people who I wouldn't trust with a weapon. Not because they've done anything illegal or dishonest either -- irresponsibility comes into the whole thing as well. But yeah, you can't test for stupidity.... as much as I wish you could.... |
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NightHawk Bob-Omb Level: 39 Posts: 125/621 EXP: 374743 For next: 30028 Since: 03-26-04 From: Switzerland Since last post: 432 days Last activity: 339 days |
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Originally posted by KefkaThe problem is that you can't keep guns out of criminals hands no matter how much you want to. There are ALWAYS ways for criminals to get guns, even in the countries with the strictest gun laws. Since we know that criminals can get guns if they want it enough, does it make much sense to restrict them to the people who, in general at least, obey the law?
If Fyxe is a guy, why does (s)he have a pink name? And what would you say Kwan was doing, because it definitely didn't look like he was participating seriously. Anyway, my main point is not whether or not any given individual should own a gun or not... it's that guns aren't the problem. Guns are only a tool, and like most any tool, they can be very dangerous when not handled correctly. Hell, I'm totally in favor of mandatory safety training before people can own a gun, I have no problems with that at all. I just don't see how it could possibly help the crime situation if criminals have access to guns and normal citizens don't. |
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Kwan Doesn't have a valid sized userpic. ||bass will be pissed :(((((((( Level: 50 Posts: 470/1137 EXP: 937111 For next: 10206 Since: 03-15-04 From: Durkadurkastan! Since last post: 22 days Last activity: 2 days |
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Excuse me - if you can't back up your points, or if you don't even know me, DON'T YOU EVER accuse me of anything. And I seriously suggest you go look up an internet dictionary for what the term 'trolling' means. | |||
Ed Lantern Ghost Level: 42 Posts: 325/761 EXP: 512715 For next: 8647 Since: 03-16-04 From: Dublin, Ireland Since last post: 215 days Last activity: 25 days |
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Short and sweet, I'm for guns. I can't wait to get one |
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Fyxe Lyn Level: 51 Posts: 223/1160 EXP: 954265 For next: 59673 Since: 03-29-04 Since last post: 117 days Last activity: 114 days |
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You'll have more friends if ya have a gun. Makes your penis bigger, too. | |||
Stasis Level: 13 Posts: 42/51 EXP: 8901 For next: 1366 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 486 days Last activity: 206 days |
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Dumbest thing said in this thread. If you were trying to make a point, which I doubt you were, I missed it. | |||
Yoshi Dude XKEEPER STOLE MY CAR KEYS Level: 79 Posts: 562/3271 EXP: 4572680 For next: 6787 Since: 03-15-04 From: give me a number folks. Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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His point was that only boys who want to be macho and think with their cocks and have absolutely no brain wave would want a gun to seem cool and there's absolutely no other reason to own a gun ever. .. "If Fyxe is a guy, why does (s)he have a pink name?" If you're a person, why do you have night hawk in your name? I don't see how Kwan was trolling. |
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Fyxe Lyn Level: 51 Posts: 224/1160 EXP: 954265 For next: 59673 Since: 03-29-04 Since last post: 117 days Last activity: 114 days |
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Thank you, Yoshi Dude. ^-^ That was my point exactly. I know I made my point rather crudely and somewhat childishly, but I didn't particularly care. Sometimes it's the only language people understand. Although... Stasis didn't. But it probably wasn't aimed at him anyway, so. Although I wasn't saying that was the only reason to have a gun. I accept that a few people would want them for target practice, and some other people might seriously want them for defense. It's just really sad to see people say 'guns are soooo cool, I can't wait to have a gun!!'. Jesus, I got that out of my system years and years ago by playing Doom. Nobody sees why Kwan was trolling... Cos he wasn't. He was actually making a point about statistics. |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99 Posts: 674/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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I don't do it for machoism. I'm fascinated by the physics of the weapon, the fact that it travels faster than sound...It's astounding. Also, the stylization of some late 1800s and early 1900s weapons are beautiful. The ivory inlays range from basic incriptions of names, to actual replications of the friezes of Greek temples...I'd love to own that. So perhaps if people would stop making generalizations...The thread wouldn't be so virulent. |
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