The Gamespot Gun Control Debate

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[QUOTE="Slashless"]

Banning weed worked out well.

thegerg

purpose, one is a recreational drug, the other is created with the only purpose to kill to assault, a lethal weapon.

Just my opinion.. People are generally stupid. Stupid people should not be allowed to posess something that quickly and efficiently kill someone. Putting all these shootings on some crazies isnt good enough for me and hasnt done anything to stop them. Countries with capable governments and strict gun laws dont have these problems.

Giving up the right to own guns, which have no other use besides killing, is worth seeing no more innocents dead. And if not outright banning, I cant see how anyone could argue against making gun restrictions much stricter.

DaJuicyMan

No other use than killing? Self-defense seems like a good reason to me. And yes, there is a difference between the two.

[QUOTE="thegerg"][QUOTE="DaJuicyMan"]

Just my opinion.. People are generally stupid. Stupid people should not be allowed to posess something that quickly and efficiently kill someone. Putting all these shootings on some crazies isnt good enough for me and hasnt done anything to stop them. Countries with capable governments and strict gun laws dont have these problems.

Giving up the right to own guns, which have no other use besides killing, is worth seeing no more innocents dead. And if not outright banning, I cant see how anyone could argue against making gun restrictions much stricter.

DaJuicyMan

[QUOTE="DaJuicyMan"][QUOTE="thegerg"] Pistol target shooting, gun collecting, biathlon competition. Sorry, I named 3. thegerg

He's also assuming every gun ever made is going to kill someone one day.

Goddamnit we both created alternate threads at the same time <.<.

TacticalDesire

[QUOTE="thegerg"][QUOTE="DaJuicyMan"] All three are hobbies, so nope not useful. Plus all three can be adequately done with other things.DJ419

He's also assuming every gun ever made is going to kill someone one day.

This "guns are only used for killing" is based on the fallacy that eventually every gun ever made will one day murder an innocent person.

[QUOTE="DaJuicyMan"][QUOTE="thegerg"] Of course you can shoot targets without a gun. However, you can't partake in pistol competitions without a pistol or a biathlon without a rifle. I was simply answering your question. Instead of arguing you should say "thank you." Anyway, those are not the "best uses" of a gun. Simply uses other than killing, which you (for some ignorant reason) did not believe existed. thegerg

You can shoot pretend people, You can shoot bad people, You can ever shoot members of other species. Yes guns have many uses.

[QUOTE="DaJuicyMan"][QUOTE="thegerg"] Of course you can shoot targets without a gun. However, you can't partake in pistol competitions without a pistol or a biathlon without a rifle. I was simply answering your question. Instead of arguing you should say "thank you." Anyway, those are not the "best uses" of a gun. Simply uses other than killing, which you (for some ignorant reason) did not believe existed. thegerg

Mattisgod ^^^ +1

[QUOTE="thegerg"][QUOTE="DaJuicyMan"] It's like saying nukes have other purposes besides killing mass amounts of people, and then saying you can play fort on them, you can collect nukes, you can do nuke lifting competitions.. mattisgod01

You can shoot pretend people, You can shoot bad people, You can ever shoot members of other species. Yes guns have many uses.

Haha.

We ALREADY, basically, have a thread on this. Why the fick has this not been locked?

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[QUOTE="thegerg"] You certainly could do those things, but none of those things are reasonable. On the other hand, firearms have numerous reasonable and lawful uses (target shooting, self defense, hunting, etc.).thegerg

You can shoot pretend people, You can shoot bad people, You can ever shoot members of other species. Yes guns have many uses.

[QUOTE="mattisgod01"]

[QUOTE="thegerg"] You certainly could do those things, but none of those things are reasonable. On the other hand, firearms have numerous reasonable and lawful uses (target shooting, self defense, hunting, etc.).thegerg

You can shoot pretend people, You can shoot bad people, You can ever shoot members of other species. Yes guns have many uses.

[QUOTE="DaJuicyMan"]

[QUOTE="thegerg"] You certainly could do those things, but none of those things are reasonable. On the other hand, firearms have numerous reasonable and lawful uses (target shooting, self defense, hunting, etc.).thegerg

Mattisgod ^^^ +1

[QUOTE="Lordofinternet"]Ok, let's actually get a full opinion here instead of parts of whole points. Someone actually give me 5 good reasons why we should add gun control to guns and nothing else as dangerous. i will not overlook them, I just want someone to give a whole answer. Then things will come together.DaJuicyMan

Swimming pools, lets ban them. There are plenty of other better ways to exercise and have fun.

There it is. Because paintballs don't damage things the way you want to as much as bullets do,you're willing to make that trade-off and accept the possibility of things like what happened in Connecticut today. I couldn't disagree with you any more.DaJuicyMan

You can't stop people from killing each other.

The shooter purchased his weapons legally in states that have some of the toughest gun laws in the country. What more is there to do? You can't punish those who obey the law because of people who break it.

It seems to me that you won't ever realize that.

[QUOTE="DaJuicyMan"][QUOTE="Lordofinternet"]Ok, let's actually get a full opinion here instead of parts of whole points. Someone actually give me 5 good reasons why we should add gun control to guns and nothing else as dangerous. i will not overlook them, I just want someone to give a whole answer. Then things will come together.DJ419

Swimming pools, lets ban them. There are plenty of other better ways to exercise and have fun.

[QUOTE="DaJuicyMan"]There it is. Because paintballs don't damage things the way you want to as much as bullets do,you're willing to make that trade-off and accept the possibility of things like what happened in Connecticut today. I couldn't disagree with you any more.airshocker

You can't stop people from killing each other.

The shooter purchased his weapons legally in states that have some of the toughest gun laws in the country. What more is there to do? You can't punish those who obey the law because of people who break it.

It seems to me that you won't ever realize that.

No, they were his moms apparently. He didn't buy them.Lordofinternet

Then gun control is a moot point and shouldn't even have been brought up.

[QUOTE="Lordofinternet"]No, they were his moms apparently. He didn't buy them.airshocker

Then gun control is a moot point and shouldn't even have been brought up.

It's even more useless people want to ban assaults and shotguns because people go out and kill people in public with those. But everyone and his santa is arguing gun control for christmass.Lordofinternet

Expect this everytime a tragedy happens.

Guns should only be owned by government appointed soldiers.