DBBrinson1 wrote:
mikkel wrote:
It doesn't really matter to me whether or not the last irresponsible gun owner is a law abiding citizen. A bullet does the same amount of damage, regardless of who fires it.
I'm using this strictly as an example of criminal statistics, as I'm well aware of the cultural differences, but if you stack up gun related crimes in the US against gun related crimes in any European country in which carrying on a daily basis is illegal, the percentages speak overwhelmingly for my argument.
I'm afraid I can't really reply to the findings you're citing, as you didn't supply any information about them at all.
As the same damage a car to a pedestrian that striks a person regardless if the person driving was drunk or not. So by your logic we need to ban cars as well.
No. By my logic, I support allowing
responsible drivers to drive cars.
Opinion and hypothetical instances are perfectly acceptable in debates. There's nothing wrong with that. Simply telling me that you think I'm wrong because some guy said so, without telling me who he is or why he thinks I'm wrong, though, that's something else entirely.
DBBrinson1 wrote:
My state.
http://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp^scroll on down to the right to carry part.
*link illustrating my point of conceal carriers being responsible is down now, but I'll make sure to get it to you.
You're going to have to provide me with something more than a single example. That page states that concealed carry permits are in place in the majority of US states, but the US still has a much, much bigger volume of firearms related violence than countries without concealed carry permits. Essentially, though, what I'm arguing against is continuing to proliferate firearms, and passing laws to bring them into the streets, in a country so plagued by their criminal applications. Gun violence is a problem that needs to be attacked at its roots, and arming everyone is doing precisely the opposite.
Parker wrote:
mikkel wrote:
Getting shot down rarely gives you a chance to defend yourself.
there is a chance to, yes.
Rarely. Most people aren't going to shoot back when shot, and the ones who try are overwhelmingly likely to just get shot again.
Parker wrote:
mikkel wrote:
Carrying a gun for personal safety does nothing but provide a false sense of security, as you aren't going to be able to reach for it in time if you're the victim of a random shooting, and you aren't going to get to it in time if you're being robbed at gunpoint.
maybe you cant, but you dont know me.
I don't know you, no, but I know with absolute certainty that it is a ridiculously tiny minority of people who would be able to pull out a gun and shoot first when held at gunpoint. There's absolutely no way you can convince me of anything else, because it's simply how it is.
Parker wrote:
mikkel wrote:
Essentially, almost no victims of shootings have a chance to defend themselves, so citing the continued proliferation of firearms as essential to personal safety sounds like something straight out of the Ministry of Truth. War is peace.
you keep saying things like "almost" and "rarely". those are not defining terms for me.
Then you need a dictionary, I'm afraid.
Parker wrote:
allow me to explain;
i am not the average citizen carrying a pistol cause i want a false sense of security. i am better with firearms than most people i have ever met...and that is not me being cocky. i am a natural marksman and i TRAIN no less than once a week.
if there is a chance....even an "almost" or "rarely" chance...i want it.
Congratulations, you belong to a very small minority. It might be that you want that chance, but the question is whether or not giving you that small chance is worth saturating homes, cars, businesses and streets with firearms. My opinion is still that it is not.
Parker wrote:
mikkel wrote:
I support responsible gun owners owning guns on the same level that both you and I support only responsible organisations owning dangerous radioactive material, but citing firearms as necessary for personal safety is just something that doesn't make sense to me.
where do you live?
im just curious.
Copenhagen, Denmark.
Last edited by mikkel (2008-10-16 03:00:07)