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07-22-2012, 04:27 PM | #61 (permalink) |
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In California, you can't buy a gun with a felony in your records. There's also a certain wait period I think. It definitely varies from state to state. In Texas you can get one with your whiskey at the gas station with no background checks. Or so I've heard.
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07-22-2012, 06:18 PM | #63 (permalink) | |
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Reminds me of reading bob Dylan's chronicles where talks about how people were invading his home in Woodstock, climbing on the roof, breaking in. The local sheriff told him that if anyone fell off his roof they could sue him. How ridiculous is that? I'm not sure about anywhere else, but here in Texas you have the right to use deadly force to protect yourself from unwanted trespassers if you feel threatened. If someone breaks into my house at night and they have a weapon, bet your ass I'm shooting that bastard. It's simple, don't break into someone's house if you don't want to get shot like you rightfully should. Last edited by blastingas10; 07-22-2012 at 06:28 PM. |
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07-22-2012, 09:55 PM | #64 (permalink) | |
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Pro-gun owners also always bring up shop owners needing guns for armed robberies. Wouldn't it be safer for them if they didn't have guns, and the robbers knew they wouldn't? Then their guard wouldn't be up and they wouldn't be jumping the gun (no pun intended) and shooting the shop owner because he has a gun, or cause they even might think he has a gun (regardless of if he does or not). Point is most armed robbers are there to rob, not kill, and the last thing they want is a murder warrant out on them. If someone is actually out to kill, they will probably do it in a fashion where you wouldn't have time to react in self defense anyways. So I've never ever subscribed to this self defense argument. To me, the second amendment is a dated amendment from a time where there was rightful paranoia that Americans had over the overbearing British. At that point, it was understandable they'd want to be prepared should a coup take place. Now that we have a systematic system of checks and balances it seems nigh impossible for someone to seize power and turn our country into a tyranny, regardless of if the citizens are armed or not. Most of these points have probably already been made but I haven't bothered to go through the rest of the thread yet. |
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07-23-2012, 12:02 AM | #67 (permalink) |
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I do wish the best for the families who their lives. My heart and prayers to them. They are the ones who are in major pain.
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07-23-2012, 12:47 AM | #68 (permalink) |
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I saw it last night at an imax theatre and it certainly ran through my mind, there must have been over 200 people there, the casualties would be huge! I feel so bad for the victims losing their life too quickly. If I'm typing like I'm foreign it's because I'm using an on screen keyboard!
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07-23-2012, 01:03 AM | #69 (permalink) |
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And yet the more conservative states have the less crime it seems.. Then again, the less populated states seem to have the less crime where the more popular ones like New York and California have the highest..
California Crime Rates 1960 - 2010 California.. And here's a more Libertarian state.. Kentucky.. Kentucky Crime Rates 1960 - 2010 There appears to be more theft, rape and more people getting killed in car accidents than mass murder and most people who do get murdered it often involves a case that someone was getting mugged, raped or was attempting a robbery where someone got killed.. Last edited by Eyrothath; 07-23-2012 at 01:10 AM. |
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