The right to own a firearm

Firstly, im glad to see you peter i havent read one of your tantelising post for a while and it warms my heart to hear from you (over the top but you get the point). Its also great to see you have returned my Reedlover, i for one am glad your back.

I don't have much to say on the subject of this debate as i have never posessed a gun and will hopefully never feel the need to. I f u really need to protect your self you can buy perfecly good knives or even better pepper spray. I personally own thrrowing knives but never carry them in public (well... sometimes). I would rather see all guns destroyed (thers nothing like a bit of medeival combat (joke). Seriously i would like guns to be banned but i also realise this is not possible.Guns could be banned but so many people own them that is it possible to make sure every gun is returned.

Its human nature to want to kill someone every now and again but its the ability to override these thaughts that makes us rationable and not complete psychos. However some people are complete psychos for watevere reason (parenting, disabliity, peer pressure etc). My point is that the blame for the crime must fall on th eperson who commits it. So guns do kill people but only because people make them. The guns have no choice in the matter and cant give much defense in court. For this reason the responsibilty is for the gun carrier to make sure it isnt misused.

I see taht both sides of the debate present a good argument but im in favour of the less guns the better. Now lets roll a joint and sing along to "leave it" (YES).

Guys nad gals never forget "A real froob knows where his towel is"

IM WELL AWARE OF THE SPELLING MISTAKES AND AM TO LAZY TO CORRECT THEM LOL

One must always eat what they hunt, right girls?

Actually, in the US, I'm not sure about other countries, deer and some other native animals are hunted, by PERMIT, in order to keep the populations under control. When there is over-population, many deer (and others) starve due to limited food availability. The permits are issued on the basis of the animal population. Deer are not hunted merely because they are an inconvience.

I totally abhor trophy hunting or fishing.

Do vegetarians taste like salad?

We have had a big problem in New Jersey also with deers causing really bad car accidents.  One reason I love the City... if my subway hits a deer, I'll never feel it...

However I was in Australia a couple of years ago when they had open season on killing kangeroos... that was not nice... and some of the restaurants were serving kangeroo burgers...

gdub411 wrote: Reed Lover wrote: Are we saying that deer should be culled because they are inconvenient? I find hunting for sport to be barbaric in the sense that it I can find no justification for anyone to kill anything senselessly. However as long as the hunting is for food eg not just for a trophy,then I cant really muster a valid argument against it. I think vegetarians are just as pathetic as hunters. When a family plows into a deer that stepped out onto the highway at 65 mph and their son or daughter flies through the windshield I will be sure to let them know we couldn't keep the deer population down just because it was an "inconvenience"

I am absolutely certain that if this "family" had been wearing seat belts they would NOT have gone through the windshield!

BTW I am pretty certain that I drive well enough not to hit anything on the roads. Greg you should not be reading "Playgirl" whilst driving your van!

We used to award 100 points if you could knock down an old dear, when i was a boy racer!

Oh no offence intended 3F8T's

Well here in southern california it is important to have our .44 magnums as we speed (when Possible) at 85 mph to kill any field mice or lizzards or gang members that might iccky up our tires. 

 In parts of this country hunting is a way of life.  These people grow up that way learning to properly handle guns.  In fact here is a picture that will show you the caliber of people we are dealing with:

http://www.kansasmusicalartist.com/shower.jpg

See any of these guys before Gdub.

In all seriousness I own no guns have fired one once in my life and never expect to ever.  BUT I have a real problem giving up rights if the guns go first Free speach is next and so on. 

I drive a Hyundai...hardly a gas guzzler....too poor to throw money away on SUVS

I think we should take the oil from Iraq-that outa lower the prices...eh Reed Lover

and then we ought to set to conquering the world and assimilate everyone else into our culture...I mean we're the richest and greatest country on earth so who wouldn't want that?

We're like the Borg....but a benevolent,wonderful Borg