The FAST Approaching Gun Ban

[hippifried]

Adults have to be in control of weapons. The quickest way to give up control of anything to a 5 year old is to transfer ownership. They don't know or understand shit, & the only thing they care about, in regards to their new toy (& it is a toy in their mind), is "it's MINE". I learned to shoot at 5, but I didn't own the guns. 5 year olds aren't reasonable, & these child sized rifles are being marketed as toys. Hell, so are the rest of the guns that are marketed to the so called grownups.

[BluegrassCat]

Colbert sums up it. The people who would rather see children die than fill out some paperwork are truly damaged.

Background Check Backlash - The Colbert Report - 2013-01-05 - Video Clip | Comedy Central

[Willie Escalade]

I put this on my Instagram...

[Ben]

I'm pro gun. But this is too nutty for me.
Parents shouldn't be giving their kids guns. Vodka? Yes. Of course. Cigarettes? Of course... ha ha ha! Kidding.
But, of course, this is parental responsibility...

Shocking: 'I Nearly Shot My Kid Sister' says Child Gun Promoter:

[robertlouis]

Quite. We seem to be able to do it in the UK too.

[Prospero]

I see the NRA annual convention is underway in Houston. I had an unseemly fantasy. That someone would lock the doors of the convention hall and open up on the gathered gun enthusiasts and stout defenders of the right to bear arms i with a machine gun. Of course the gun would not be the thing teaching these fools a fatal lesson.

[Ben]

Quite. We seem to be able to do it in the UK too.

Apparently Canada has more guns per capita than the U.S. Robert, the U.K. doesn't really have a gun culture... or does it?
And, too, Canada is more of a social democratic country. I mean, they've free universal health care. Not health insurance. But care.
Americans don't believe in a gift economy.... One of the core reasons for American gun culture could be fear. I don't know.
I'm not a gun owner. But I do support the right to own a gun.
I mean, why are there fewer homicides [per capita] in Canada than America? I don't know.... Does public policy have a part to play in it? Again, Canada is more socially democratic.... Canada, of course, doesn't veer to the left like Denmark, Norway, Sweden, &, well, Cuba -- ha ha!

More guns in Canada now, but fewer owners: RCMP...

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/01...r-owners-rcmp/

[Ben]

At NRA convention, both sides of gun debate

Many attending the Texas event say they want to support 2nd Amendment rights they see as endangered. Outside, protesters read the names of those slain by guns.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...0,791179.story

[Prospero]

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[lixx]

I don't see why people need to own guns, it's not needed in modern society. Guns exist to kill and injure people, so yeah, killing and maiming brings utiliity!!