Firearms (split from Democratic Pres. Candidate Disc.)

[elektro]

RUN!

[elektro]

Originally posted by habilis
I love guns. I lust after the Heckler & Koch G36 Compact like I lust after a G5 Pwerbook.


HK G36 Compact


HK A36 w/ Grenade Launcher


HK PSG .50 cal sniper rifle

Admit it, you feel the lust too.

you are mad! YES!

[monktus]

Habilis, people like you really scare me. I'm glad that I don't live in America, which saddens me because there's so much that I love about your country. And aside from the gun control discussion, Heckler & Koch are one hell of an evil company.

[habilis]

Originally posted by Cat
I would approve of a system were you can only possess weapons of a restricted calibre after having obtained some sort of license, just like a driving license. Have you got any idea how many accidents are caused by people with guns? Children shooting by accident, we were just playing, teens shooting at birds with their parents weapons, fooling around, guns going off while cleaning, drunks shooting in anger, just because, idiots using guns instead of firecrackers to celebrate etc

I agree, and that's basically what we have now, 50 cal is the legal max, you have to have a permit for larger calibur and options and concealed carry. What you talked to there was the idiot quotient, the people that laws are made for. Like I said before, if you're a responsible, respectful, intelligent individual, you:
A. Have a trigger lock
B. Do NOT keep the gun loaded
C. Remove the firing bolt/pin before storing them
D. Keep weapons completely out of reach of children &
E. If your children can reach, LOCK them up in a gun safe.

That's what I do.

Firing a precision weapon into targets, such as concrete blocks, cinder blocks, milk jugs full of water, old TV sets, found junk, fun stuff like that, from a few hundred yards is exciting. I have no need or desire to kill people or living things.

[Arden]

Habilis, I'm glad I don't live near you. You'd probably come over to my house and shoot a grenade through my front window with your A36.

[habilis]

Yes. I forgot to add that firing precision weapons into ardens house and cat is a lot of fun as well. If you would like me to show up at your childs birthday party, I do a lot of fun tricks with my M1 fragmentation grenade juggling act. contact me at m1fragginclown@deadkidsandbigfun.com for billing and showtimes.

[Arden]

LOL... you can show up at my work, we cater to kids.

[Cat]

Habilis: I am very glad to hear that you treat your weapons responsibly. However, I severely doubt that this is how the majority of gun possessors treats their weapons. I think (ex-) policemen, (ex-) soldiers and (ex-) hunters know how to treat a weapon responsibly, but there are a lot of people who only know about the last thing you said: shooting is cool. As long as these kind of people have access to weapons, even if of a minor calibre, my criticism stands.

I do not think all those who wield weapons are mindlessly violent and untrustworthy, but I think that legislation that permits such a free ownership of weapons does indeed entail more risks and problems than it "solves".