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When atlatls are outlawed only outlaws will have atlatls.

If they're in your house, a child has access to it.

I'm not advocating for banning all guns. I actually, unlike most people here, actually know real people who depend on hunting for food...not just for fun, but actually to be able to eat balanced meals over the course of the year. I'm asking how much is it going to take to admit that you don't need a ******* Uzi?

We spend bazillions of dollars each year on social services, child placement, education, drug prevention, suicide prevention, nutrition programs, prenatal programs, safety seats. We freak out when there's lead in the paint on a toy. When a kid gets their hands on a set of matches and burns a house down, we say that the parent should lose custody and be publicly beaten. When a kid goes into a school and shoots a bunch of other kids, we blame video games. Kid gets murdered? National news for days. Kid shoots self in the face with an Uzi in a completely preventable and unnecessary display of how neanderthal the U.S. is in comparison with the rest of the industrialized world? "Oops."

Keep clinging to the slippery slope of "a ban on completely unnecessary automatic weapons in every household will lead to them takin' away our hunting rifles" though. It's just too difficult for little kids to shoot themselves in the face with hunting rifles.

Nexa

From 10' away, I imagine the difference is academic.

That was my thought.

To add to it, why do you hate your wife and leave her defenseless if you're not home?

Sounds more like they're your toys.

Compensating.

For the record, I do own a gun. A 20-gauge shotgun that my dad gave me when I was in 8th grade. I haven't fired it in over a decade, but I still enjoy having it. If I ever really wanted to, I could go squirrel or rabbit hunting with my dad again. Beyond that, there's no reason for owning a gun.

I'll take your word for that, tarv.

Personally? Neither. In the case of most break-ins, at least where I am, the intruder does not have a gun, so calling the cops with the phone that's half a foot away from my bed, and then trying to keep the intruder from escaping using a non-lethal weapon such as say, a baseball bat, a Shillelagh(yes i have one), or my old roommate's dull, but still very painful "samurai sword".

Though, if I had to pick a firearm to defend my home from an intruder, I'd go with a hunting rifle.

Ok, letting an 8 year old handle an Uzi, semi auto or full, is retarded.

Having said that, I really hate people who don't understand guns as a hobby or a form of entertainment and expect everyone else to agree with their opinion.

Yeah, I don't know that I'll ever understand keeping a loaded uzi as a form of "entertainment" or as a hobby. I also don't know why that should be acceptable.

And I don't understand what's entertaining about that. But I can understand why you'd so grossly misunderstand my post. You seem to have a habit of misunderstanding simple opinions.

Edited, Oct 27th 2008 4:13pm by Belkira

I've fired guns and it was good times. Not good enough to own a gun but, if I was invited somewhere to fire a few rounds, I'd happily go.

But, as you agree with, allowing a child to fire an Uzi is just stupid. If I was a member of the gun-promoting community, I'd be pretty pissed that someone made us look so retarded.