Re:Gun Control

[swbooking]

haha softy huh? we'll see next time were out on the trail ill show you a softy...

[Materdaddy]

AHAHA probably would... im too fat and lazy to go to the military.

btw, i mean no disrespect to any military members here. I appreciate all your efforts past and present.

Fat? Did somebody get on your account Allen?

[YJwonderboy]

O.o wow, way to steal the thread guys O.o

[TrAvELAr]

I think in the U.S. as soon as you turn 18 you should have to serve at least one year in the military.

I vote for two. Israel has the right idea. If you don't do time in the military (without a valid reason like a handicap), then you basically aren't a citizen. You don't have the right to go to college, etc.

While that may detract from the ideas of the many freedoms that we enjoy, I think it would make this a better place.

Either that, or the criminals would just learn how to shoot better.

[YJwonderboy]

The average statistic of the typical criminal is that 1 out of 5 shots from a criminal with a gun will hit a moving target. The military is JUST what they need!!
Let's make the odd 1 out of every 3 shots hits the target, whether is moving or not O.o

[majormadmax]

Not behind mandatory military service (I spent nearly 25 years in uniform and I know it's not for everyone), but some kind of national/public service program (to include an option to go in the military if qualified and desired) should be mandatory at age 18 or for immigrants for citizenship. It could be tied to a technical training program for those who do not go to college.

Anyhow, back to the issue of gun control, registration in the States differs by state. Here in Texas, we are not required to register our weapons, not many states require it. Even California only requires assault weapons to be registered, if I am not mistaken (never take anyone's comments on the Internet as gospel, do your homework and know for sure!). CNN has a good site for each state here, or try Packing.org for a good rundown on each state's laws.

I am a firm believer in the 2nd Amendment, and most gun control laws only restrict law abiding citizens from the right to carry. Oddly enough, criminals tend to ignore gun control laws, so they rarely have an effect on stopping crime. Actually, most studies have shown that gun control only increases crime, as Thomas Jefferson’s "Commonplace Book" reads, "laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."

Gun control...the ability to hit the target!

Cheers! M2

[TrAvELAr]

Require everyone to carry a gun... .watch crime statistics fall.

Arm everyone who gets on an airplane, hijackers will think twice.

[fun4wheelerguy]

Guns kill people......... like spoons make Rosie O donnell Fat !

Guns kill people .........like pencils cause mispelled words.

You can only have my guns ..........Bullets First !!
Brett

[Kodiak Spirit]

I copy that! every country that has taken the guns from the citizens has seen their crime rates skyrocket!

in Australia, where they just took em away not too long ago, they are having crime that they have never seen, home invasion robberies and the like, because the criminals know they are the only ones with the guns!

I would not want to live in some of those European countries right now, the muslim populations are on the rise, and the citizens have no gun rights. I remember just about ten years ago watching the "bad guys" go door to door in Jakarta, pulling people outta their houses into the streets and shooting them or striking them with the sword, now its a muslim state.

another good source: www.usconcealedcarry.com

if only the media would tell the public how many lives are saved everyday by citizens that carry guns...

oh yeah, that would be GOOD news, the media isn't interested in that.