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 #16 (permalink) Fri May 04, 2007 15:42 pm Do you own a gun? |
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Police are ineffective at stopping violent crime, unless they are magically on the scene as the crime is occurring. If you have a gun (or, I suppose, a poker, broom, baseball/cricket bat or knife. hehe), you have a chance to defend yourself, your family, your property.
I don't agree with your last sentence.
An armed population is difficult to be controlled by a would-be tyrant, or by foreign opposition. Guns can protect a people en-masse, in that way.
Criminals are going to get guns, and they are not going to give them up. That is a fact of life in the US. So to have a chance at stopping that criminal from killing/raping/stealing from you, you need a gun. Cops won't get there in time unless, as stated previously, they're magically already in the vicinity.
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| #17 (permalink) Fri May 04, 2007 16:59 pm Do you own a gun? |
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singapore has a no gun rule so mad people go around with knives and long screwdrivers to hunt their prey...! *Shivers*
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| #18 (permalink) Sat May 05, 2007 2:33 am Do you own a gun? |
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Is there anyone who owns a gun ? i mean the people in this forum. Because i haven't seen a true gun in my real life except seeing it in movies. I asked only out of old curiosity.
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| #19 (permalink) Sat May 05, 2007 6:38 am Do you own a gun? |
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| prezbucky wrote: |
An armed population is difficult to be controlled by a would-be tyrant, or by foreign opposition. Guns can protect a people en-masse, in that way.
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Yea, lets arm the citizens of our countries and that way we can cut down on army expences (the army can be abrogated !!!) |
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| #20 (permalink) Sat May 05, 2007 6:56 am Do you own a gun? |
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| aleaf wrote: |
| Is there anyone who owns a gun ? i mean the people in this forum. Because i haven't seen a true gun in my real life except seeing it in movies. I asked only out of old curiosity. |
Well, I don't own a gun now but I used to go to a shooting range when I was younger. When I was a teenager, I was trained to use a Kalashnikov and I would frequently take part in shooting competitions that were run by a semi-military youth organization. Later when I served the army we would also go the shooting range about once a week.
I was a pretty good shooter back then but I haven't used a gun in years and at this point I have no intention to change this.
What about you Aleaf, are you going to serve the army?
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| #21 (permalink) Sat May 05, 2007 14:16 pm Do you own a gun? |
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What about you Aleaf, are you going to serve the army?
No Torsten. In china Serving the army is not compulsory.Furthermore, i think i am too old to join the army.hehehe
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| #22 (permalink) Sat May 05, 2007 16:53 pm Do you own a gun? |
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| Some of my neighbours do own a gun.They take precautions from being robbed or subjected to criminal assault. Once I was given an opportunity to sink a shot. I took up a challenge to break the stereotype( in my town) that a gun in the female hands is a horrible and unbelievable picture. When I ascertained there was none within the 10000000( :lol: :lol: :lol: ) km, I fired a shot. The overall experience proved to be neither good nor bad. :wink: |
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| #23 (permalink) Sat May 05, 2007 21:56 pm Do you own a gun? |
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Did you hit what you were aiming at?
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yeah, lol. We'd miss the air force, navy and artillery though. hehe
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| #24 (permalink) Sun May 06, 2007 6:53 am Do you own a gun? |
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If i were to carry a gun, people will call me a butch... :oops:
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| #25 (permalink) Sat May 19, 2007 8:02 am Do you own a gun? |
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| prezbucky wrote: |
Did you hit what you were aiming at?
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No, I overshot the target, Tom :lol: |
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