Do we need an official gun thread?

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nobbie48 said:
The hard part is defining a fact. What people think will happen is not a fact. What might happen in the future is not a fact. Surveys are a collection of opinions not facts.

We are left with studies. Studies cost money so one funds a study for one of two reasons. It either makes the funder money or the funder has strong personal feelings on the subject and is therefore biased.

We can also speculate. What would have happened with the Polytech massacre if some students were carrying?
Would Lepine be the only death or would it have been worse with amateurs having a gunfight, not knowing who was the bad guy.

I opened this thread with a bias based on prefering the devil I know. If we were to relax the laws and it backfired how would we reverse the bus? What meaningful compensation could the pro gun lobby offer the families of victims?

In reality the thread is about the free test ride the pro gun lobby wants. If it crashes what does it cost them?
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So the need for context in studies are solved by ignoring them completely?
 
I see 4 more people got shot up at a Walmart in Texas..now is that a good thing or a bad thing?? :-D
 
If they can't spell "nuts" right then there's not much hope really.

Anyway, if y'all don't start discussin' guns 'n' shootin' n'all I'm a gonna bust a cap in yaw *** while holding my glock sideways and sneering down the barrel and using the "N" word a lot. Does anyone have any really baggy jeans I can borrow?
 
jc100 said:
If they can't spell "nuts" right then there's not much hope really.

Anyway, if y'all don't start discussin' guns 'n' shootin' n'all I'm a gonna bust a cap in yaw *** while holding my glock sideways and sneering down the barrel and using the "N" word a lot. Does anyone have any really baggy jeans I can borrow?
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It's a name, you can spell it however you want
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Are u gonna teach me how to spell Jon?
 
To answer the OP's question... No, we don't need a gun thread. It always degrades into this.
 
^^ aha ha and so handy. Is that an allen wrench or a periscope I see in there?
 
i'd rather see a gun pron thread than debate...

I have no problems with private citizens owning guns, how ever not every citizen should have a gun, ergo licencing. it should not be easier to get a gun than it is to get a licence to drive a car (which is how it is in most of the usa).

I do think some of the rifles listed on the restricted and prohibited shouldn't be there, especially since you have rifles that are on that list only because they bare resemblance to military issue in form but not function. I also find it ironic that the mini14 is not on either list.


Oh, and i think education should be required to own or use a gun, not just challenge the test to pass. can't always force respect of firearms but maybe something will sink in and stick.
 
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CruisnGrrl said:
i'd rather see a gun pron thread than debate...

I have no problems with private citizens owning guns, how ever not every citizen should have a gun, ergo licencing. it should not be easier to get a gun than it is to get a licence to drive a car (which is how it is in most of the usa).

I do think some of the rifles listed on the restricted and prohibited shouldn't be there, especially since you have rifles that are on that list only because they bare resemblance to military issue in form but not function. I also find it ironic that the mini14 is not on either list.


Oh, and i think education should be required to own or use a gun, not just challenge the test to pass. can't always force respect of firearms but maybe something will sink in and stick.
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My views pretty much.
I did challenge the test, but the examiner was 100% ok with that since he knows my family, knows I grew up with it plus by that point I had been in the military for a few years. I have friends that want their PAL, and even though they should be able to pass the test, I tell them to take the course.
 
CruisnGrrl said:
I do think some of the rifles listed on the restricted and prohibited shouldn't be there, especially since you have rifles that are on that list only because they bare resemblance to military issue in form but not function. I also find it ironic that the mini14 is not on either list.

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I want an AK, why can't the AK be accessible to normal citizens if an AR15 is accessible??
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I'm pretty content with the way our gun laws work right now. I certainly don't think that law-abiding gun owners should be punished every time there's a deadly shooting in the GTA. But I also don't subscribe to the ideology that all society's ills will be solved if everyone was secretly packing heat.

But hey, having a nuanced opinion doesn't really get a lot of airplay around here.
 
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