Open carry in Oklahoma

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by MH

...but

My issue is that people who campaign for guns too often try to down play lethality of "civilian" assault rifles.
It sort of makes me wonder about those guys....who also own all those guns.

Very true, but it also works the other way. Those of us who support gun ownership see a lot of alarmist yelling from the other side, rather than reasoned arguments. A lot of people who want to ban guns are of the "all guns are evil" variety, and talk of "assault rifles" and similar turns as part of a larger agenda.

As for "all those guns", polls of various types indicate that somewhere between 30% and 40% of all American households contain at least one gun.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...ership-us-data

If we assume the lowest number (30%) and assume that no household has more than one gun (certainly not true, but taking the lowest possible numbers), that would mean that there are currently ninety million (90,000,000) privately owned guns in the United States. To someone who doesn't like guns that number might be truly alarming. To the gun-owner the next question would be "And how many of them were used to shoot somebody last year?"

The simple fact is that most people are responsible citizens and have no desire to kill anyone else, even in the heat of an argument.

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Meaningless parrot fodder

Most trite cliches are, but in this case it also happens to be true. Ban all guns. Good sheep will go along. Criminals will still find a way to get one. Also a majority of violent criminals tend to be young, strong and male. Weaker beings like women and us older guys become easy prey.

Here's another trite cliche for you: "God made men. Colonel Colt made them equal."