Seven more reasons for Stricter Gun Control

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...International/

http://www.mcsm.org/kennesaw.html

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/arti...7/223955.shtml

free people need guns? Cavemen need clubs?

and newsmax isn't a reputable new source...in fact it is purely drivel and tripe. avoid that propoganda

Oh, I can find more references if you want. They were going by the statistics.

Here's another one from person experience - I live in a town where I can guarantee you gun ownership is somewhere around 99%. I've been here 4 years and we've not had a single armed robbery, gun death, gun injury, etc.

Guns are not the problem.

thats wicked that no one has ben hurt! excellent in fact. and you're right, guns are not the problem, like drunk drivers PEOPLE are the problem. guns don't shoot judges and churchgoers, maniacs do. Easy access to firearms is the concern.

also - I'd think knowing that there were no firearms would actually make me free from being shot. having firearms WOULD restrict FREEDOM as you'd have to worry about being shot. not to say stabbing can't be fatal, but we're talking about Gun control.

'splain to me how you plan on getting rid of guns in the US? The only people turning them in would be law abiding citizens which would leave the criminals with them....and the law abiders with no way to protect themselves.

The US attempting to get rid of guns would be a criminal's wet dream.

If guns were controlled from day 1, we'd be British. :) (no flamers, please; just lightening things up a bit...)

Stop it, you're making too much sense. The board senso-meter can't handle the load.

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To the topic--

I was about to say something similar as Peaches actually. Since criminals don't abide by laws there is no reason to believe they would abide by any law banning weapons. Anyone who believes the crooks will happly queue up to turn in their weapons has his or her head up his or her ass. Such a law would only disarm the law-abiding section of society leaving them at the mercy of how fast (or slow) the cops can get to them.

There are better ways of spending the millions that it takes to enforce such laws. More education, more mandatory gun safety & training courses, stricter penalties for those commiting gun safety infractions, more funding into the gun registry program etc etc.

A country with a small and basically friendly population like Australia can certainly have some success by disarming their citizens I suppose, but the US is a different sort of entity with a different history and culture. Since Canada is on it's border we get a fair amount of US culture influencing us, so a different line of attack on the problem is called for.

I always say, one of you people advocating for a ban on guns would change your tune pretty quick if a couple of armed assholes in ski masks broke into your home one night, tied you up and proceeded to rape your wife and daughter and steal you blind. You'd be sitting there praying that you had of kept a gun in the house.

Personally I don't own a gun. But I like to think that if I ever felt the need to get one, I could. Legally. I like the fact that I have a right to bear arms, because the bottom line is.... the crooks don't give one ripe crap about your gun laws. Not one. I'm sure they're overjoyed at the thought of a completely disarmed society. Are you?

you children from other countries can ban guns all you want.
Here in America, we do things differently.
We aren't frightened of things that capture headlines, we put them into perspective.
lets just leave it at this, we don't have any interest in living in your dopey countries under your dopey rules and you have no interest in living in ours.

Once again you have shown your "ignorance"...as your post is misinformation.

I don't think guns should be outlawed, I just think there should be very serious regulations that are strictly enforced. I.E. your son kills another kid with your gun that wasn't properly stored and locked, you go to jail as if you shot the kid yourself.

The government should not be allowed to tell law abiding citizens that they can't own weapons to defend themselves. Registration is one thing, and after you commit a violent crime they should have a better system to make sure you can never buy a gun again, but good people should be allowed to keep them.

I don't know about those 50 caliber rifles they sell in the US, but that's a whole other conversation.

If they do outlaw guns, they should not be able to allow cops to continue carrying them.

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