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Ok, let's make that leap then, since guns are "obviously" evil.

So are cars, as evidenced by the thousands of automobile related fatalities nationwide.

Taken from: http://hazmat.dot.gov/riskmgmt/riskcompare.htm

These are stats from '99-'03 (average per year), complete with risk.





Now we can add the extra 3k from motorcycles, and really skew it, but I'll let you dwell on the fact that you are more likely to die in a car accident than you are from a firearm.

It's also esitmated that more than 39% of household have legal firearms in them. What is not listed is what % of households that have illegal firearms. I'd imagine that's somewhere around 15%, and would overlap some with the legal households.

Edited, Apr 11th 2007 3:04pm by Metastophicleas

Oh, I skipped most everything because I figured once Gbaji posted, anything relevant went out the window because of starving children in Africa not getting attention because Democrats are bickering over the war in Iraq, but dispite the negativity the economy is booming, and Wall Street is dancing on lightpoles. Also, if you're quick, you can spot the ghost kid in three men and a baby in two seperate scenes. What that has to do with anything, I have no idea.

I don't know what I just said either. But it's an extra post for me.

Edited, Apr 11th 2007 3:15pm by Metastophicleas

Personally, as a liberal (not necessarily democrate) I don't support the limitation on what type of Gun you can own. I do support waiting periods. It is reasonable to make someone wait a little while before purchasing a dangerous weapon. However, I think, with a reasonable wait and Back Ground Check, we should be allowed to own what ever gun. Personally, I intend to own full body armor, and 50 mm belt fed machine gun and enough ammo to hold of the special forces that I am sure Bushies would like to send to my home to pick me up. (joking)

Anyway, I have a proposal...

Democrates Give the Republicans their Guns and the Republicans get the hell off abortion. LEts just accept we are a country that will not regulate death past murder/manslaughter and get it over with. Prohibition DOES NOT WORK. It didn't work for Alchahol...It doesn't work for drugs or guns...It doesn't work for Prostitution, suicide, or anything. There is no way to regulate people not to hurt themselves. Abusing ones body is not only a fact of the human state, but it is actually a "God Given Right" When Jefferson wrote, "We hold these truths to be selfevident...endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights...life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." he never meant for those to be limited to "pusuits that don't adversely affect your health." He, and others, assumed that the declaration of those "INALIENABLE RIGHTS" was enough and that the Bill of Rights need not cover them. WHY? BECAUSE THEY ARE SELF F*#KING EVIDENT! In other words, even Bush should be able to see that those are true rights.

Oh Well...This is the Assylum and I am insane...As far as retarded, well, I try.

Oh, I seriouly doubt you have read more than 2 of my post and probably don't get my sense of humor...you would not be the first.

Yes, I would tend to agree that I don't get it.

I have read more than two of your posts and decided that you are largely just talking to yourself anyway, haha. As long as you're happy!

Nexa

haha, coming from you, that's really bad. I didn't even tell him his mother's a ***** or that I hope he's incapable of procreating.
Nexa

im all for gun controll.

while i fully support the rights of an individual to own a fire arm, or weapon to hunt or target shoot with, and would be opposed to any bill aimed at taking those rights away from non-felon individuals.....

i support this bill.

i see nothing wrong with having to register a weapon. i see nothing wrong with manditory back ground checks to buy a weapon. i see nothing wrong with a manditory waiting period go take possession of a weapon.

none of those things infringes on the second amendment.

what does, adn something i am also all for, is the elimination of assult type weapons. not only from individuals, but from this country alltogether. they have no purpose other than to kill people. cant hunt with them, you would destroy the animal. cant target shoot with them, they are hugly inaccurate. and if they are illegal, you can bet you would see less of them in the hands of criminals.

someone breaks into your house? i guarentee you the sound of a 12 guage pump action shotgun being pumped will discurage all but the most determined intruder more effectively than the slide on an assult weapon being pulled back. knowing they dont really have to aim to hit you is a huge detractor. knowing a shotgun slug will go through a wall, lift you off your feet and out a baseball sized hole in your body is as much intimidation as anyone needs in their home.

assult type weapons? no use for them but killing people and law enforcement officers. ban them. and ill willingly re-register my weapon if they want. nothing to hide.

I really want one of these, but I bet they'd eat a ton.

I bet I could teach it to feast on the flesh of my enemies though...like those ******* elephants.

/ponder

Nexa

What if giant worms attack your basement?

I think I had that in India in 94.

I have the coolest business idea for you guys that are into, erm, genetic modifications and stuff:

Mini-Jungle Animals!!

It's really easy. We genetically modify wild animals, like lions, giraffes, elephants, leopards, cheetahs, rinhos, etc, to one-tenth of their size. Then you cant buy them as pets, to keep in your house or garden!

Just imagine! Having a mini-elephant running around the house, with its mini-trunk, and its mini-tusks! You could even call it Dumbo, and put little rings on his tusks, or a little bell.

Personally, I want a mini-cheetah and a mini-rihno. And a maybe a fish tank with mini-dolhpins in it.

Now, I realise there are some, erm, well, "ethical" issues involved, but I'm pretty sure the demand will be so big that any ethical concerns will be swept under a gigantic tide of money.

Anyway, I'll let you know how it goes.

No no, its not about mixing elephants with pigs, cos that's just wrong, it's about making elephants the size of a cat. It's easy, you just cut their, erm, "big gene" into a small gene.

Like midgets.

You're obviously not a genetics scientist



Edited, Apr 13th 2007 11:16am by RedPhoenixxx

Fine, you've won this round, Miss I-have-a-womb, but we'll discuss this again when I'm stroking my tiny giraffe.

Hmmm, I could've phrased this better...

I think it might be a bit of both.

Either way we seem to make more sense with our gun laws.