GUN CONTROL....is it a good thing ( Archived) (888)

This subject is about the US constitution for american citizens . I am not a boggot as u say u are a stupid britt. that needs to tend to your own buisness .

Your last typed statement screams ignorance, insult and narrow minded bigot....

This is an Int forum free for all to discuss so your statement about minding my own business id bizarre....

I do not see it stated anywhere that is is for American Ciitizens....

I feel very sorry for you...

I know this is slightly off-topic but it seems to being increasingly included in this discussion, so I wanted to post.

I can totally understand why certain citizens of the US do not learn another language; they have a delightful mixture of immigrants that allows them to listen and live with other cultures on their own doorstep. I can totally understand why alot of US citizens have not travelled beyond the borders of the USA. Its a huge, huge country, full of diverse sights and experiences, and is far, far more culture-mixed than, for example, England. England is so close to Europe, that it is almost not considered "going abroad" to travel to France, or Spain or suchlike. It does not make Europeans more "wordly" or widely travelled than Americans. It is simple easier, and cheaper to travel to other parts of Europe.

To generalise, and say that Americans are not interested in other countries, or are unworldly is wrong. I find Ireland extremely insular at times, and I also know of English citizens with the same attitude. I know people who have lived in England (or Ireland) all their lives, and STILL have not travelled out of either small country.

I think it is uncalled for to make sweeping generalisations on other country's citizens, and I, for one, would never do it. It smacks of xenaphobia.

I have not commented on the Gun Crime topic, as I admit I do not know about it to contributed constructively, so I will leave that to the rest of you.

I simply found it uncomfortable to read comments being made about other country's citizens.

Rant over..

No not gullible sir just have seen some off the world and can see the answer to violence is not with more violence...

Have you seen missing limbs, smelt burnt flesh, seen a dead body and had that knock at the door....

Violence and the use of guns is not the solution....

The sooner the USA has a peace loving, mature, sensible female president the better....

Guns only have one use to kill and harm....

And for your information I have ben around the world a fiew times and speak several langueges. The most arrogant people i have ever met were the britts who always thought they knew everything. So again I say to you mind your own buisness.If you Britts had stayed out of Ireland we would not have ben fighting you for 300 years .

you well know that gun control is a sticky subject for most americans, tam....what do you expect from some?...americans tend to hold dear to their right to bare arms...it's part of our history...it's what made us who we are, as a country...but don't worry your pretty little head...it wont be long and the U.S. will be just like th E.U....tell me...in brittain, can the average joe get a gun?...or is that still just reserved for the upper crest?...

Tam that is simply not true now

This is my worry. The people who go out there shooting others and use their guns illegaly don't give two craps about what the constitution says. They're already breaking the law, why would they care about breaking other one. So now they could do pretty much whatever they wanted and know almost positively that the victim won't have a gun to protect themselves. I can know all the martial arts and have all the knives in the world, and that isn't gonna help me one damn bit if you shoot me from the other side of the room. JMO, feel free to bash me now.

The longer the thread gets, the more it is being taken out of proportion.

Several times I said:

I am not against people who own guns legally.

I also said I am not again hunters. There are gun collectors who have a license. Those people are not the problem.

The initial subject of the thread is to ask you, how do we keep guns out of the hands of criminals?

I asked should we add a codicil to the 2nd Amendment. I NEVER said do away with the 2nd Amendment.

I admitted that I had an education from this as I did not know that the government of the United States was beheading people. Rest assured, I will do some research on that.

Look, guys, I don't have the answer to how we can lower crime. All I did was ask for your opinion.

But you seem to think it's more efficient to handle violence with more violence. March on Washington when you don't like what they do. Why aren't you marching on Washington now. They have put us in debt of trillions of dollars. Go down there and tell them "You're not going to take it anymore". Put a gun in their face, show them you mean business.

Yes I did. It wasn't intentional.