Gun Control: Should civilians be allowed to possess firearms? [ENDS 30/12/2012]

[peteyt]

Tbh there should be a license for guns just te way it is now, and it has to be out in a Cabnet out of sight and secure where the police have to come and check aswell as having a safe for animation.

My brother has 2 guns which are used for hunting as in foxes and rabbits and birds, I don't see the point in having a law which bans them, only and idiot with a gun would use it to kill people, guns are dangerous yea but to ban them cometely ly is just stupid, should sex not be banned If people are dying from HIV and aids???? Should knives not be banned as I hear more about stabbing rather than shooting, it is really sad as a man was murdered by a gunshot driving to work in the mornin who lives near me and it was sad for all of Northern Ireland.

Only an idiot would kill someone - state the obvious lol. The problem is identifying these people. There's this idea that all mental people are over the top insane and show it all the time. Interestingly did you know a lot of cannibals english and american wise have turned out to be posh.

My point is that you can't tell who's going to be bad and who isn't and I just think it's a too great risk to take. I don't want to ban rifles for things like hunting so maybe only hunters and the law should get them - there would always be a risk but some random person shouldn't be able to just buy a gun as he's old enough.

[Andii]

Only an idiot would kill someone - state the obvious lol. The problem is identifying these people. There's this idea that all mental people are over the top insane and show it all the time. Interestingly did you know a lot of cannibals english and american wise have turned out to be posh.

My point is that you can't tell who's going to be bad and who isn't and I just think it's a too great risk to take. I don't want to ban rifles for things like hunting so maybe only hunters and the law should get them - there would always be a risk but some random person shouldn't be able to just buy a gun as he's old enough.

Bu wouldn't that be like taking part of someone's freedom away?? What if someone lives in a really bad neighbourhood an was in great danger would they not r allowed a gun as protection??? If they are completely same and know not to shoot someone dead??? Why don't we ban knives aswell tho?? Since they kill more than guns these days ( not including wars or battles) what if someone went into a school with a knive and started killing everyone with it?? Would they then consider banning knives??? They need to focus on the people more than the weapons, like the old saying goes a poor craftsman blames his tools, if someone was going to buy a gun they should at lead be checked out it any sign of mental illnesses or any problems and every few months it should be followed up

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[Kardan]

Bu wouldn't that be like taking part of someone's freedom away?? What if someone lives in a really bad neighbourhood an was in great danger would they not r allowed a gun as protection??? If they are completely same and know not to shoot someone dead??? Why don't we ban knives aswell tho?? Since they kill more than guns these days ( not including wars or battles) what if someone went into a school with a knive and started killing everyone with it?? Would they then consider banning knives??? They need to focus on the people more than the weapons, like the old saying goes a poor craftsman blames his tools, if someone was going to buy a gun they should at lead be checked out it any sign of mental illnesses or any problems and every few months it should be followed up

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But getting mental health check ups isn't going to spot every mad man. I mean the Norway bomber, they declared him as sane, yet he still killed 77 people and injured 242.

And no, if you live in a bad neighbourhood, you shouldn't have a gun. We should focus on trying to improve the neighbourhood, not giving them more weapons.

[dirrty]

Bu wouldn't that be like taking part of someone's freedom away?? What if someone lives in a really bad neighbourhood an was in great danger would they not r allowed a gun as protection??? If they are completely same and know not to shoot someone dead??? Why don't we ban knives aswell tho?? Since they kill more than guns these days ( not including wars or battles) what if someone went into a school with a knive and started killing everyone with it?? Would they then consider banning knives??? They need to focus on the people more than the weapons, like the old saying goes a poor craftsman blames his tools, if someone was going to buy a gun they should at lead be checked out it any sign of mental illnesses or any problems and every few months it should be followed up

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lmao good joke. you should do stand-up

[peteyt]

Bu wouldn't that be like taking part of someone's freedom away?? What if someone lives in a really bad neighbourhood an was in great danger would they not r allowed a gun as protection??? If they are completely same and know not to shoot someone dead??? Why don't we ban knives aswell tho?? Since they kill more than guns these days ( not including wars or battles) what if someone went into a school with a knive and started killing everyone with it?? Would they then consider banning knives??? They need to focus on the people more than the weapons, like the old saying goes a poor craftsman blames his tools, if someone was going to buy a gun they should at lead be checked out it any sign of mental illnesses or any problems and every few months it should be followed up

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Everyone keeps using this argument.

A knife's main purpose really is for cooking. It can kill but so can sex, so can cars, so can lots of stuff, banning everything that can kill someone accidentally or on purpose is stupid if they have non violent purposes.

A gun however is made to kill, there's no other purpose for it. Also if you got attacked with (A) A Gun or (B) A knife - there's more chance you'd be able to survive. I have to point out if the killer at the school had a knife, I'm sure someone would have been able to have tackled him, remembering a gun is easy to use with long distance. Yeah you can throw a knife but while doing that you could be easily tackled from behind.

Gun's need to be controlled. If you have no real reason for a gun you shouldn't be allowed one - If guns where banned people would not need to protect themselves as much anyway's - crimes will always happen yeah but lets make it as hard as possible for them.

Also there's a thing about the constitution I read specially on the gun part - that when it was designed it was basically a blue print, and has something written inside it that apparently legally allows it to be updated (remember it was a far different time compared to today when it was originally wrote up)