03-04-2004, 05:38 AM
Doc, wrote:
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This is an interesting statement. Parse it out. "â¦people don't need assault rifles." and "Americans need to wake upâ¦". That's funny, it seems like you think you know what other people need more than they do. You know what they don't need, and what they do need. The only person that determines what their needs are, is that person themselves. It is only arrogance to attempt to make that decision for them.
Quote: Go to just about any ghetto or inner city projects. School shootings and stabbings are a daily fact of life, and, nobody gives a rats ass about those. Hell, on a day when 3 or 4 kids die, you would think that would make the news too... But nobody cares.Do you have a cite for this assertion? It seems made up. Maybe you're just using hyperbole, but I couldn't tell.
Quote: I am a good responsible gun owner. I have deadly accurate aim. I have a well developed sense of morals. I am a pacifist who dislikes violence. I am a model gun owning citizen. If I should have to shoot you, I will shoot you in the leg or the arm and make sure you live, â¦Every police agency in the country [U.S.] trains it's officers to shoot for the largest visible section of the body, usually center mass. The reason? Because it's hard as hell to hit the leg or arm when in a situation that calls for use of deadly force. If police are going to draw their gun, fire it, they are shooting to kill. Some people are superior marksman than the police. I donât know if you are one such person. However, if the purpose of a gun is to kill, which it is, I'd propose that they should be designed to do just that. Incapacitate, stop a person, by killing them.
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Quote:Posted by gekko:
The only solution that will truly solve this problem is to make these guns more difficult to obtain. The fact is that people don't need assault rifles. People don't need armor piercing bullets. Americans need to wake up and take a good long look at their gun control laws.
This is an interesting statement. Parse it out. "â¦people don't need assault rifles." and "Americans need to wake upâ¦". That's funny, it seems like you think you know what other people need more than they do. You know what they don't need, and what they do need. The only person that determines what their needs are, is that person themselves. It is only arrogance to attempt to make that decision for them.
Quote: I would suggest anyone who hasn't yet seen it go out and view the documentary "Bowling for Columbine" by Michael Moore.Just an aside, but just because the movie was awarded an Oscar in the "documentary" category, does not a documentary make. Most documentaries rely on fact, rather than propoganda. Check out some details.