zee1ander: There is nothing in the US Constitution, Bill of Rights or Amendments that states a person here has to be licensed to have a gun... yet some states make you.
Ya gotta love Kentucky... no paper trail.
zee
I may have to go down there and buy one. (I don't own one).
Mercedes1Sydney, New South Wales Australia3,764 posts
takeit4granted: they have excellent gun safty class's here,,shooting ranges. I hate the idea of having to feel like I need a weapon,,I'd hate it more if I needed to protect myself,,and not have one
Here in Oz woman have been known to knock em out with a vase or a baseball bat..
And our men smash them with their fists from what I read in the papers
If Im intruded in my home and I mame or kill the intruder I can go to jail and the family can sue me
Mercedes1: Here in Oz woman have been known to knock em out with a vase or a baseball bat..
And our men smash them with their fists from what I read in the papers
If Im intruded in my home and I mame or kill the intruder I can go to jail and the family can sue me
same here,,as far as sueing,,,in Tams,,or anyone elses defense who encourages gun control,,,the percentage of murders in the UK,,and many other countrys that endorse stronger gun control is fractional compared to ours
Mercedes1Sydney, New South Wales Australia3,764 posts
takeit4granted: same here,,as far as sueing,,,in Tams,,or anyone elses defense who encourages gun control,,,the percentage of murders in the UK,,and many other countrys that endorse stronger gun control is fractional compared to ours
2 nights ago my son was shot at and I heard the bullets and if a car backfires now my heart pounds as its so scary to just hear a gun going off
Mercedes1: 2 nights ago my son was shot at and I heard the bullets and if a car backfires now my heart pounds as its so scary to just hear a gun going off
I bet!,,I'm so sorry,,,this hits home for you,,hope he's ok
takeit4granted: I have a permit for a handgun ,,right or wrong in anyones eyes,,,that means nothing when and if I need to protect myself,or family
I agree.
In the best of all possible worlds, handguns wouldn't even exist. But they do. And it is the most dangerous elements of society that will have them first. So having a handgun for defense can be necessary in dangerous areas. The very fact that some people have guns in their homes has a disuasive affect on criminality. In Texas when carrying a gun became legal, agressions went way down. In the old west many people carried guns and crime was low. It is not the guns that increase criminality.
Even in the case of the housekeeper, it is paranoia of the housekeeper that is the problem. And that paranoia probably stems from high crime in the area such as drug gangs.
The fact that the housekeeper had a gun on her while working testifies that she considered the threat of violent intruders to be very real.
I admit it's a problem, but I don't think disarming law-abiding citizens and leaving them at the total mercy of vicious criminals is the answer.
The only real solution will have to involve a radical change in society and its values. Until then some sort of disuasive parity is about the best we can expect.
Like the old saying goes. God made men. Smith & Wesson made them equal.
Mercedes1: 2 nights ago my son was shot at and I heard the bullets and if a car backfires now my heart pounds as its so scary to just hear a gun going off
The same happened to my son as well, but it was by two drunken correction officers,or prison guards. after the couts where done they were allowed to keep the shotguns and thier jobs , but they did have to pay fines and have 90 days to pay for damage to his friends car. cute huh
Mercedes1: 2 nights ago my son was shot at and I heard the bullets and if a car backfires now my heart pounds as its so scary to just hear a gun going off
You should send your son somewhere safe for a while Mercedes.
jessejess47: The same happened to my son as well, but it was by two drunken correction officers,or prison guards. after the couts where done they were allowed to keep the shotguns and thier jobs , but they did have to pay fines and have 90 days to pay for damage to his friends car. cute huh
That's sick!!!
People who shoot at other people recklessly should lose all rights to ever own a gun and should do jail time.
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Yet, you can't own a gun.... so there are NO guns.... and there are gun murders..... how can that be?
zee