Who owns guns and you carry?

[Seanjackmc]

Just wanted to point out that I agree with you, as stated in the first line of my first post here.


How am I far out there talking about Heart Disease and Cancer? Every year over a million people die before their time from those 2 combined causes of death. Around 35,000 die from SUICIDE by firearm, and closer to 10,000 for homocide / gun violence. Put some jelly beans in a jar to try to quantify that. I don't say that mockingly; a million is a number that is difficult to quantify for anyone that isn't an astronomer or mathematician, self included.

My only point there is that you can't claim 'it's a crazy, dangerous world out there' and then roll through McDonald's drive-thru strapped with a handgun without contributing to the kind of hypocrisy that makes other countries laugh at America.

It seems, and this is speculative, much more likely that someone like big Rob might wrestle a gun off your persons while you're trying to be a hero, shoot you with it, and carry it off to use at the scene of the next crime they commit. Or just rob your house when you're not home and use the gun on the scene of their next crime. Just to round that thought out, I don't think banning guns is the 'solution' to gun violence, since that could be construed that way. What I mean by that is I wonder if someone owning or carrying a gun might be in MORE danger than someone unarmed.

Again, I totally agree with the right to bear and carry arms. Please keep that in mind while reading these responses.

Thank you all for not flinging poo at me.

Ok I want to be nice and calm. I started this thread and clearly stated I don't intend to start a political debate here. I've gotten sucked in a bit so I'm removing myself from it now. If you MrLang would like to start a gun control thread please do. Ill debate my points there. This was simply a thread trying to get people who share a love for snakes to learn what else we have in common. I actually think you should start a thread and lay out your McDonald's drive thru and carrying a firearm hypocrisy.