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Perception is all. If the average fellow, when feeling angry, or put-out, cannot get a gun for instant retribution, hopefully the impulse to shoot the other guy, after filling in all the papers and going through the waiting period, has dissipated. I know sometimes, it doesn't and the twit goes home or to his car and comes back with one. Killing is a gun's function. I can wave a baseball bat & do a fair amount of damage . If I accidently kill a strange attacker in my home with one, no harm, no foul. A gun killing is something else. I need to prove, I felt my life was in danger and answering and opening the door to to them doesn't count as proof.
Yesterday, I watched two car loads of young men roaring through a shopping mall parking lot, screaming at each other. What caused the fracus I have no idea. If they had had guns they would have shot at each other for sure; they were half way out the car windows hollering "you're dead men", " You're f.cking finished" etc.
Last I saw of them, they were entering a residential area at the side of the parking area on two wheels. What was quite astounding, is, there was a cop in his cruiser sitting in one of the parking slots. Perhaps he didn't notice all the screaming & tire screeching? or perhaps, he was afraid for his life?? He was only one, albeit, legally armed against at least eight young hotheads gun owning status unknown.
I am in Florida now and the first thing I learned, do not make eye contact with irate drivers. The second thing I learned,even the free, small local papers advertise all sorts of hand-guns, pistols cheap. I have no idea what the law is here, but everyday there are shootings listed in the paper.
So, can anyone tell me, what the average person could do to stop people who own guns, from killing others of their species with them?? It is certainly not an honourable way to dispatch an enemy.
So, yes, I do know how easy it is to obtain a gun, anywhere. Just about as easy as it is to buy cigarettes, drugs or anything else that is deemed dangerous or unhealthy. What I do see, is, an attempt to instill the idea that arming oneself to the teeth, is a not just a right but a necessity. Why?? Take a wild guess where the greatest benefits of that attempt will end up?? Coffers of the gun industry?? Guess the worst outcome of it is?? A more violent and deadly society.
You got no idea just how easy it is to purchase a hand gun in Canada do you? Basically it is like drugs. Being illegal just makes it more expensive not harder.
Perception is all. If the average fellow, when feeling angry, or put-out, cannot get a gun for instant retribution, hopefully the impulse to shoot the other guy, after filling in all the papers and going through the waiting period, has dissipated. I know sometimes, it doesn't and the twit goes home or to his car and comes back with one. Killing is a gun's function. I can wave a baseball bat & do a fair amount of damage . If I accidently kill a strange attacker in my home with one, no harm, no foul. A gun killing is something else. I need to prove, I felt my life was in danger and answering and opening the door to to them doesn't count as proof.
Yesterday, I watched two car loads of young men roaring through a shopping mall parking lot, screaming at each other. What caused the fracus I have no idea. If they had had guns they would have shot at each other for sure; they were half way out the car windows hollering "you're dead men", " You're f.cking finished" etc.
Last I saw of them, they were entering a residential area at the side of the parking area on two wheels. What was quite astounding, is, there was a cop in his cruiser sitting in one of the parking slots. Perhaps he didn't notice all the screaming & tire screeching? or perhaps, he was afraid for his life?? He was only one, albeit, legally armed against at least eight young hotheads gun owning status unknown.
I am in Florida now and the first thing I learned, do not make eye contact with irate drivers. The second thing I learned,even the free, small local papers advertise all sorts of hand-guns, pistols cheap. I have no idea what the law is here, but everyday there are shootings listed in the paper.
So, can anyone tell me, what the average person could do to stop people who own guns, from killing others of their species with them?? It is certainly not an honourable way to dispatch an enemy.
So, yes, I do know how easy it is to obtain a gun, anywhere. Just about as easy as it is to buy cigarettes, drugs or anything else that is deemed dangerous or unhealthy. What I do see, is, an attempt to instill the idea that arming oneself to the teeth, is a not just a right but a necessity. Why?? Take a wild guess where the greatest benefits of that attempt will end up?? Coffers of the gun industry?? Guess the worst outcome of it is?? A more violent and deadly society.