Gun control.

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Originally Posted by RavenBeef

I'm glad the blame didn't get thrown back at me, since I didn't even state my own opinion about this.

I posted this on the IUE5 forums, and got loads of stuff for it.
The truth is, I do agree with it. (It being gun freedom)

If everyone and their mother owned a gun, there would be less murders. Think about it. Only about 5% of americans are evil to this point. That means 95% of us would use guns rightly. And if everyone knew that someone else had a firearm, no one would want to murder anyone else. It's like you being a criminal, and you're walking about a world of cops, and everyone else, besides you, is a cop. Would you be foolish to shoot someone knowing he had a gun, and would surely shoot you?
Even the threat of power, has power. (Let someone guess which quote this one came from) Think of a counter strike world. Say 10 people are comming at you with a knife, and you've got an ak. Who wins 90% of the time? (Assuming you're a good aim.)

Also, another stat that isn't seen is the one about knifes. There is an FBI stat which shows the deaths from knives is higher then that of any gun. The weapon of choice for the gangs is a knife. Not a gun like most people think from watching the movies. The media chooses to only show us time, after time, after time the horrible crimes guns can cause. Not knives.

Evil people are the problem. Not the guns. Gun control only makes US citizens less safe. Because, like drugs, guns can't be under 100% control. So, if no police has a gun, no person has one, then the the luck guy who got his ak-47, and a 50 round clip (No bashing the 50 round clip lol) is a god, because no one else can stop him.
And lets say, you can go back in time, and disinvent guns. History shows man's brutal behavior, and wars, and crimes will get started, no matter how much control you have.
True, some people say, "No one with a knife will murder 10 people in one day"
Well, how do we know this? Have there been reports on this? Can you trust the media to tell you everything? (That's NOT a conspiracy about the government statement.) Once again, if these mass muder scenes, like schools, and Virginia tech, if all those students had guns, don't you think the death could would have been lower?

Contries don't attack one another now (Unless you're Iraq) because all the contries, espcially the major world powers, know the other has not only a deadly army, and military force, but a nuclear arsenal. This threat of power has brougt peace. Everyone knows if you bomb the us, you'll get get hit hard back. So, as long as everyone is equaly matched, no one will attack, not unless another reason comes into play. (That's another story)

You have no idea how bad your idea is. I did think this was a great idea, everyone has guns so criminals don't know who to rob. I couldn't have been more wrong. Having the gun as a scare tactic is only going to work for so long. Theres a big difference between shooting a target, animal, and a human being standing feet from you looking into your eyes. I would bet the less than 10% of the population when faced with a life or death situation would pull the trigger and if you hesitate for just that second your dead first.

Thats where things go all wrong, owning a gun for personal protection and if you have a permit to carry is something different than lets arm everyone and their mother.

If all the students at VT had guns the death toll would have been higher from just plain bad shots. An AK is a great weapon however how the bulk of society views the gun and would use it makes it useless. Its highly in accurate on auto which everyone sees as the "cool" thing about the gun. The cool thing is the round it fires is amazing and has the ability to go through some types of body armor and the fact that you can't fuck up the gun. But a 50cal glock style hand gun would be the same thing in a smaller package and being smaller but easier to hide would be more deadly.

A knife is no where near the same as a gun and is not near as deadly nor does it have the potential to be as deadly. For a knife you have to be within feet or closer to be accurate(altho the variables to be deadly accurate vs an aware person are extremely high) where as a hand gun you have to be within 20yards, a shotgun 50yards, a rifle 200yards, and a high powered rifle 600yards. Dangerous knife vs any gun. come on. As for gangs using knives over guns, negative brother. Fuck seeing a movie or reading "stats" on the internet, live it. Watch people go after each other. You don't use a knife as your primary weapon in anything gang related because it gets you killed, quickly. I've seen it.

I've lived outside of DC and Baltimore my whole life(aside from 2yrs I spent in florida) I know violence and what it does. I actually want to move back to florida where people waved and were generally decent people. Here its gone to shit. I can't even goto the mall which is considered a "decencet" part of town without fear of being at least shot at. If your going to do anything put a metal detector at the door and arm the security guards.

I've lost a few friends to a bunch of different things and at least 1 has been to a shooting. However I still own a gun(registered) and will for hunting, personal protection, and because I enjoy to shoot. I think gun control laws are good where they are at. If you make them stricter then it will be harder for honest people to get a gun for whatever reason and criminals can get guns regardless so people would be less able to protect themselves. But giving everyone a gun is not a good idea. Altho I can go buy an M-16(or M4?) with the grenade launcher attachment for $4200. You can only buy chalk loads tho.