Quote: sootyj @ January 28 2009, 1:36 PM GMTNot GUNS or KNIVES, if you are going to misrepresent what I say why not be a bit more colourful. Why not suggest atomic bombs, rocket launchers and dragons. Guns and knives in the hands of untrained and unpredictable people is a terrible thing.
But I rather like the idea my sister could buy a pepper spray or lowish powered tazer. Albeit she'd probably use it on me.
Oh and repeat the point I made before. English people who don't buy guns buy big dogs which are almost as dangerous and way more unpredictable.
You sound annoyed. Have I riled thee? You seem to have got all uppity for no real reason. And idiots do buy dangerous dogs, but I imagine the percentage of fatal attacks by dogs in the UK is significantly lower than the percentage of fatal shootings in the US. Plus running into a bank with a viloent dog and attempting to rob it, setting the dog on anyone who tries to be a hero, is never going to be an easy option.
Quote: DaButt @ January 28 2009, 1:40 PM GMTGuns are designed to fire bullets. The person controlling the gun is the one who might have designs on killing someone.
WTF?! What, on God's green earth, do you think the bullets are there for? To-kill. Guns exist for one reason alone. To-kill. Guns are designed to fire bullets which then kill things. Or blow something's fingers off. Of course someone has to be there to pull the trigger, but if they attempt the same thing WITHOUT a gun, it's just some idiot poiting their finger at you and going BANG. The other person will therefore probably live. Unless they have a very weak heart, of course.
I think I'm going to leave it there, because this could just go on and on and on and on and on; but a lot of what I've read here truly astonishes me. Ah well, live and let live. Or pick up a gun and blow the shit out of everything! Yee-ha!