Member of the Month

Biffbarf
February, 2025

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

Right to bear arms?

profile picture
Anathema
Posts: 21048 - Karma: 5,062
remember, when this amendment was written, everybody had a single shot, 6 foot long rifle that took a minute to reload.

that amendment would never be re-written today with the guns we have now.

it's a stupid law, and nobody should have guns but soldiers and officers of the law.

end of story.
Dec 14 2012 4:29PM
17 30
profile picture
fujarome
Posts: 8630 - Karma: 1,561
a quick survey...


has any on NS ever actually fought off a gang of heavily armed thugs who've broken into their house with a gun? Because you all speak of it as if it happens to you a nightly basis.
Dec 15 2012 4:22PM
0 0
profile picture
roddy116
Posts: 10651 - Karma: 7,686
there is nothing in there that concludes whether the guns were legally owned or not.
Dec 15 2012 4:22PM
0 0
profile picture
roddy116
Posts: 10651 - Karma: 7,686
yes.
Dec 15 2012 4:23PM
0 0
profile picture
Anathema
Posts: 21048 - Karma: 5,062
so your rationale is

hey, 0.0001% of the population gets robbed

so we all need guns

who cares about all the accidental deaths or crime that comes as a result of guns

i want guns because of that 0.0001% that some mean person wants to hurt me :[
Dec 15 2012 4:23PM
0 0
profile picture
fujarome
Posts: 8630 - Karma: 1,561
prove it.
Dec 15 2012 4:24PM
0 0
profile picture
Petey.
Posts: 5736 - Karma: 4,890
A bucket of hot water over the door, perhaps?
Dec 15 2012 4:24PM
0 0
profile picture
deleted5
Posts: 14507 - Karma: 13,509
54% of firearm-related deaths occurred in the home where the gun was kept 70.5% of these (firearm-related deaths in the home where the gun was kept) involved handguns 0.5% of these (firearm-related deaths in the home where the gun was kept) involved an intruder shot while attempting entry 1.8% of these (firearm-related deaths in the home where the gun was kept) were judged by police as self-defense there were 1.3 times as many accidental firearm-related deaths in the home where the gun was kept as self-protection shootings there were 4.6 times as many criminal firearm-related homicides in the home where the gun was kept as self-protection shootings there were 37 times as many suicides in the home where the gun was kept as self-protection shootings.




In 1988, Kellermann published a study comparing robberies, burglaries, assaults, and homicides in Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia, a city "similar to Seattle in many ways" that had "adopted a more restrictive approach to the regulation of handguns." The study found that
both cities had similar rates of burglary and robbery
in Seattle, the total rate of assaults with any weapon was modestly higher than that in Vancouver
rates of homicide by means other than guns were not substantially different in the two study communities
the rate of assaults involving firearms was seven times higher in Seattle than in Vancouver
the rate of being murdered by a handgun was 4.8 times higher in Seattle than in Vancouver.
The study concluded that restricting access to handguns may reduce the rate of homicide in a community by reducing the lethality of assaults.
Dec 15 2012 4:25PM
0 0
profile picture
Gods_Father
Posts: 1466 - Karma: -284
0.0001%??? where do you get that shit from, kid? yeah, during katrina only 0.0001% of the population got robbed lol.
Dec 15 2012 4:26PM
0 0
profile picture
roddy116
Posts: 10651 - Karma: 7,686
uhhhmmm how? im alone at home, i see a bunch of guys come through the back of my house i get gun i shoot the ground with my glock in my SAFE in my room they run. i call cops, give them descriptions, never found them, simple as that.
Dec 15 2012 4:26PM
0 0
profile picture
Anathema
Posts: 21048 - Karma: 5,062
there-in lies the problem.


you fucking americans are scared that people are going to randomly barge into your home and try to hurt your family.

something that happens next to never.


so your intelligent solution to this is to give EVERYONE a gun




LOL


im done talking about this. you guys are actually stupid. i pity you. i really do.
Dec 15 2012 4:26PM
0 0
profile picture
.Hugo.
Posts: 17360 - Karma: 28,492
I don't get why you all continue to argue about this. No matter how much you bitch and whine nothing is going to change. Guns will never be banned in america, no matter how much you want/think they should be.

The amount of ignorance and stupidity in this thread is astounding (on both sides).
Dec 15 2012 4:27PM
0 0
profile picture
Anathema
Posts: 21048 - Karma: 5,062
oh, so give everyone a gun for the off-chance that a hurricane hits you smack in the face and everyone starts to loot and pillage and wants to come hurt your family, where the only reasonable method of defense is to have a gun.


like i said, this conversation is over. i pity you.
Dec 15 2012 4:28PM
0 0
profile picture
LIL_WAT
Posts: 1900 - Karma: 475
Nice strawman.

Conflating 2nd amendment rights with "GIVING" everyone a gun is completely retarded.
Dec 15 2012 4:28PM
0 0
profile picture
Gods_Father
Posts: 1466 - Karma: -284
yeah, after hurricane sandy nobody was robbed or beaten lol. how can old ass grandpa protect himself from a younger man with a weapon? 
Dec 15 2012 4:29PM
0 0
profile picture
JAHpow
Posts: 7282 - Karma: 17,183
Yeah sure. Like I said before it doesn't make sense to take away our 2nd amendment right because .01% of people are being victimized.
Dec 15 2012 4:29PM
0 0
profile picture
deleted5
Posts: 14507 - Karma: 13,509
no one is saying that all guns should all be banned (at least i don't) but the laws and rules need to be changed and something needs to be done.
Dec 15 2012 4:29PM
0 0
profile picture
Barefootin_Fiend
Posts: 7618 - Karma: 4,727
Jesus Christ dude. Shut up. Your opinion doesn't matter. Stay in fucking Canada and don't worry about our "problems".
Dec 15 2012 4:29PM
0 0
profile picture
roddy116
Posts: 10651 - Karma: 7,686
i can think of a few ways, booby traps and stuff.
Dec 15 2012 4:30PM
0 0
profile picture
deleted5
Posts: 14507 - Karma: 13,509
can you fucking read? where is this .01% coming from
Dec 15 2012 4:30PM
0 0
profile picture
roddy116
Posts: 10651 - Karma: 7,686
but yeah guns are the best way.
Dec 15 2012 4:30PM
0 0
profile picture
roddy116
Posts: 10651 - Karma: 7,686
oh this all makes sense now, he doesnt like it when people shoot his elk and moose cars on the way to work.
Dec 15 2012 4:31PM
0 0
profile picture
Gods_Father
Posts: 1466 - Karma: -284

is it over because you could not come up with a response to how you would protect your family from people with guns? probably.....

i pity you for not being prepared to defend your loved ones.

is chaos only attributable to a hurricane lol?

Dec 15 2012 4:32PM
0 0
profile picture
Gods_Father
Posts: 1466 - Karma: -284
op, being prepared is not being scared...
Dec 15 2012 4:35PM
0 0
profile picture
Barefootin_Fiend
Posts: 7618 - Karma: 4,727
It's ridiculous. The loudest people against guns don't even fucking live here. I can't ever expect someone who grew up in another country to be able to understand how guns are fundamentally rooted in our existence. I'm so sick of listening to non Americans bitching about taking our guns away. It's not their problem.
Dec 15 2012 4:41PM
0 0
profile picture
PhaedeD
Posts: 11499 - Karma: 342
What Stalin did to Russia is about to happen here. This is preparation for the government, they were the ones behind this attack and the other ones just like it. They want to take away your guns so when our government collapses which it will they can control you and then possibly kill 6 million of us like Stalin did..


Thoughts?
Dec 15 2012 4:42PM
0 0
profile picture
roddy116
Posts: 10651 - Karma: 7,686
Click for larger image
Dec 15 2012 4:44PM
0 0
profile picture
Petey.
Posts: 5736 - Karma: 4,890
Although I disagree with your side in this, I understand and respect your own reasoning. I do think you're showing your own stupid side by stating that its simply 'shit that never happens'. You'd be surprised how often it does actually. I'm not saying it has to follow the cliche "parents asleep with small children tucked in" scenario, but recent and past events prove that anything can happen to anyone at anytime, and we shouldn't forget that. If someone wants to do another person harm, they will, guns or not. Guns are not a cause of conflict, they are a means of handling it, meaning that the bad guy will find a way even if it proves a bit harder without a gun, and the last thing you want to do is let the psychopaths get creative. It would be nice if other, innocent people had a chance against those people..
Dec 15 2012 4:45PM
0 0
profile picture
e.wait
Posts: 869 - Karma: 1,954
There's skepticism, and then there's idiocy. Want to guess which one this post falls under?
Dec 15 2012 4:45PM
0 0
profile picture
JAHpow
Posts: 7282 - Karma: 17,183
11 person death rate per 100,000 people, do the math.
Dec 15 2012 4:45PM
0 0
profile picture
.Hugo.
Posts: 17360 - Karma: 28,492
Please be joking
Dec 15 2012 4:46PM
0 0
profile picture
PhaedeD
Posts: 11499 - Karma: 342
LOLZ


FO REAL THOUGH. THIS IS THE TRUTH. ITS HAPPENING.
Dec 15 2012 4:47PM
0 0
profile picture
PhaedeD
Posts: 11499 - Karma: 342
If we take away cars we can save 17,000+ lives that die in DUI accidents a year and we can also cut down on these crazy shooters way of transportation. Like the guy in Oregon, I think he drove a car to the mall. If he didnt have a car, he might not have went.
Dec 15 2012 4:57PM
0 0
profile picture
DANETRON
Posts: 6671 - Karma: 137
Guy guys i got it.....lets make murder illegal, that will solve this!
Dec 15 2012 4:58PM
0 0
profile picture
roddy116
Posts: 10651 - Karma: 7,686
ER







MAH








GERD




UR A GERRRNIURRSSS
Dec 15 2012 5:00PM
0 0
profile picture
theabortionator
Posts: 52264 - Karma: 169,946
Yes!


I like this
Dec 15 2012 5:02PM
0 0
profile picture
PhaedeD
Posts: 11499 - Karma: 342
stfu you dont like anything.
Dec 15 2012 5:02PM
0 0
profile picture
ActualNinja
Posts: 394 - Karma: 133
Maybe this is relevant?



^in case the embed fails here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uq8cmqt7QI
Dec 15 2012 5:03PM
0 0
profile picture
JAHpow
Posts: 7282 - Karma: 17,183
Hahaha, Gentlemen, I think we have something here.
Dec 15 2012 5:06PM
0 0
profile picture
LIL_WAT
Posts: 1900 - Karma: 475
OMG
Dec 15 2012 5:10PM
0 0
profile picture
theabortionator
Posts: 52264 - Karma: 169,946
You're not my mom, you can't tell me what to do! Bitch
Dec 15 2012 5:10PM
0 0
profile picture
.Hugo.
Posts: 17360 - Karma: 28,492
Morgan Freeman knows whats up:

Morgan Freeman's statement about these random shootings....

"You want to know why. This may sound cynical, but here's why.

It's because of the way the media reports it. Flip on the news and watch how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are household names, but do you kn
ow the name of a single victim of Columbine? Disturbed people who would otherwise just off themselves in their basements see the news and want to top it by doing something worse, and going out in a memorable way. Why a grade school? Why children? Because he'll be remembered as a horrible monster, instead of a sad nobody.

CNN's article says that if the body count "holds up", this will rank as the second deadliest shooting behind Virginia Tech, as if statistics somehow make one shooting worse than another. Then they post a video interview of third-graders for all the details of what they saw and heard while the shootings were happening. Fox News has plastered the killer's face on all their reports for hours. Any articles or news stories yet that focus on the victims and ignore the killer's identity? None that I've seen yet. Because they don't sell. So congratulations, sensationalist media, you've just lit the fire for someone to top this and knock off a day care center or a maternity ward next.

You can help by forgetting you ever read this man's name, and remembering the name of at least one victim. You can help by donating to mental health research instead of pointing to gun control as the problem."
Dec 15 2012 5:12PM
0 0
profile picture
ActualNinja
Posts: 394 - Karma: 133
Click for larger image
Dec 15 2012 5:19PM
0 0
profile picture
JAHpow
Posts: 7282 - Karma: 17,183
I think we should end this thread with that statement.
Dec 15 2012 5:20PM
0 0
profile picture
roddy116
Posts: 10651 - Karma: 7,686
inb4 anathema starts being stupid again.
Dec 15 2012 5:21PM
0 0
profile picture
theabortionator
Posts: 52264 - Karma: 169,946
I wonder if morgan freeman saying it will make more people listen or if people will insist that it's all the fault of having guns still.

Dec 15 2012 5:23PM
0 0
profile picture
Hoppy
Posts: 685 - Karma: 95
Is there a limit, in the US, on how much ammunition you're allowed to have/keep/store?
Dec 15 2012 5:24PM
0 0
profile picture
PhaedeD
Posts: 11499 - Karma: 342
These are the kind of people that are creating most of the gun violence statics I bet... I have a bunch of guns in my house that I would never use to kill anyone unless they were trying to kill me or whatever..

Why the fuck do these guys have all these guns. Gun Control is an answer not taking all guns away. Fuck these idiots, pointing guns at the camera with their fingers on the trigger and shit... wtf kind of idiot camera man let them do this shit.
Dec 15 2012 5:27PM
0 0
profile picture
JAHpow
Posts: 7282 - Karma: 17,183
No
Dec 15 2012 5:30PM
0 0
profile picture
ActualNinja
Posts: 394 - Karma: 133
Yeah haha I was surprised that nobody got shot
Dec 15 2012 5:30PM
0 0
profile picture
JeremyClarkson
Posts: 1600 - Karma: 1,932
im gunna wright a really long essay about how im right and youre all wrong and i dont care how long your wall of text is because im going to stick to my guns and i expect you to read all of mine and il keep poitning out about what a fucking idiot you are compard to me and i dont give a fuck what you think yet im writing this really long essay full of punctuation mistakes and horrible grammar yet yourte the ignorant one because we both have opposing viewpoints and im just gonna keep writing more and more and more talking strait out of my asshole or typing rather Everyone here is so fucking ignorant blah blah blah i cant belive you actually think that youre such a stupid fuckhead yadda yadda yadda allah akbar have you noticed that i havent used a period yet or how this is just one huge fucking wall of text without any indentation its because im really mad and my jimmies have been rustled over the internet are you still reading this because if you are then congraduations to you because you have way too much time on your hands like ninty nine percent of the american youth today does have you noticed how reese witherspoons chin is really pointy its almost inhuman how fucking sharp that thing is you could seriousley fuck someone up with that thing i bet you could even kill someone with it if you really tried ok im done typing now oh yeah one more thing youre really ignorant and im right because im so well educated and youre just uneducated street trash because im currently studing african ammerican literature and history at my liberal arts college that anyone could get into as long as they have a pulse and theyre breathing and ill always be right because of that especially on the internet.
Dec 15 2012 6:05PM
0 0
All times are Eastern (-5)