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Originally Posted by ADL Colin
Chris,
Are you against all gun ownership or just handguns?
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I'm against the "own one because you can" mentality. I was in the service for 15 years and have fired many different weapons from 9mm handguns to M72s. People don't seem to appreciate just how deadly and dangerous firearms really are. If they did appreciate it, we wouldn't be reading stories like this one. The gun mentality (especially in the USA) is straight up ridiculous in my opinion.
On the other hand, I do understand why many people want to own one for personal or family protection and I'm not beyond buying into that mentality (somewhat). I just think there are WAY too many of them out there in the wrong hands and that is a shame. It's also a shame that people feel the need to own them in the first place. Rifles are fine if you hunt of course, but handguns should be in the hands of law enforcement and law enforcement only. If that were the case, it would be a much different world. Now I know that gun enthusiasts will bring back the whole "self determination" thing over and over... but I just don't believe in that, nor do I have to because I'm Canadian. We own a lot of guns up here too, but the mentality surrounding them is quite different.
Basically, I'm not much for guns because they do more harm than good.