Gun Control thread (merged many)

Originally Posted by Betonov

Intersting link.

Now really, how come Canada has such a lower gun violence rate than the US, despite allowing Canadians to bear arms ??

Canadians don't live in fear...

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Nippelspanner

Canadians don't live in fear...

No, they live in Canada, eh?

[yubba]

Originally Posted by Oberon

No, they live in Canada, eh?

to cold up there to go out and kill anyone,,, here in central Florida that's another story 6 or 7 shootings in the Orlando area this weekend I guess we want to give Chicago a run for their money

[yubba]

Or that people die in fist fights, so lets cut everybodies hands off, that would be a 2 for 1 no fists and no trigger fingers look at all the lives I've saved damn I should get the peace prize for that..

[Feuer Frei!]

Originally Posted by yubba

Or that people die in fist fights, so lets cut everybodies hands off, that would be a 2 for 1 no fists and no trigger fingers look at all the lives I've saved damn I should get the peace prize for that..

But i heard you're a supporter! How will you receive your prize then.

[yubba]

Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

But i heard you're a supporter! How will you receive your prize then.

well I guess they could stick it

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by u crank

The 'Sun News Network' is a slightly to the right organization that is sometimes refered to as "Fox News North." A little biased.

Yeah I figured as much. I think every country's news sources are biased one way or another. Countries aside, id guess nearly anything that is pro-gun, will be biased to the right. Lately one of my past times has been comparing CNN to Foxnews, just to see for myself how bad the bias really is, and it is really bad. Disgustingly so. Politics is todays "masterpiece theater" .

Originally Posted by Glock30Eric

If we lose our 2nd amendment for everyone and then you should be expecting a second civil war. I will be there fighting for the 2nd amendment's right.

There's a ton of civil war talk going around, and I think most of it is paranoia or just political posturing in the form of chest beating. That said, if worst fears were to be realized (an Orwellian styled tyrannical government), I would not be idle, and I'll just leave it at that.

Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

As mentioned, there are some pretty big cultural differences. We don't have quite the same gun culture that the states does.

Even between States, within the United States we have big cultural differences.

As for the "news" article Ducimus posted. To be honest, that guy likely receives a ton of ridicule in Canada, as he sounds like he is trying to be the Canadian version of Glen Beck. I couldn't even finish the clip it was so bad.

Nobody's as bad as Glen Beck. At least, nobody I ever bothered to listen to. Yeah he has a biased to the right. That much is obvious, but I don't see him frothing at the mouth sputtering a bunch of conspiracy theory garbage. Hmm, maybe i"m thinking of Alex Jones. Meh. Either way, this guy doesn't appear to be as irrational as our own talking heads.

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

The second amendment doesn't have any rights. It is a right.

I'm gonna have to get my ass to the voting booth this year. I doubt it will do much good, but my conscience will be clear for having done everything I can possibly do as a law abiding citizen. I wonder what the voter turnout will be the next presidential election. My hope is the progressive's have slit their own throats, and election results swing congress and the white house more to the right. I hope this, because I think it would send a resounding message to ALL politicians - do not screw with constitutional rights.

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Let's all try to stay away from the insurrection talk. Thanks.

The Management

Insurrection talk tends to make people uncomfortable, as it is an uncomfortable thought, and certainly one that is at an extreme. Just so my position is clear, though i won't dismiss them outright, I do view such discussion with skepticism, because i think it on the extreme end of the political posturing scale. I have to add though, I think the reason insurrection talk isn't a welcome discussion (even on gun forums), is because everyone's afraid of becoming a blip on the Government's radar. (insert dramatic pause here) There's a word here that is applicable because of this, but I can't quite place it. Irony maybe? I'm not sure.

Originally Posted by Nippelspanner

Canadians don't live in fear...

Well, I think that's because Canuk's don't have certain things that we do.

- Do they have the history and level of violence in their inner cities that the US does? (Gang violence being one example, While i'm sure they have some, I doubt it's to the extend of ours.)
- Mohammad didn't park a couple of airliners into any of their skyscrapers. So began our current era of "politics of fear" in earnest here in the US.
- I think, generally speaking, most American's tend to be a bit more paranoid of an over reaching government to begin with.