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If it was legal, would you carry one?
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But no, I wouldn't. It's asking for trouble, imo.
Who said it did?
Incredibly well armed people are incredibly peaceful and polite people.
Not so much these days. Used to have a shotgun in the car if I had to go to the less salubrious parts of town.
And would you start doing so if it were legal?
Western time, now that was a good time...
Got a problem with a guy, both in the street, faster and better shooter win...
On top of that they had really cool clothes...
Because I no longer go to areas where firearms/violence are likely to be used, nor do I any longer think that violence is an answer to any particular problem save self defence.
Yup, certainly would.
scarey.
Even Michael Moore in ‘Bowling for Columbine’ acknowledged that high gun ownership doesn’t in itself translate into high violent crime. As Moore pointed out in the film (which had a somewhat confused message since he was partly making a point frequently made by the NRA) – Canada and the US both have similarly high gun ownership but gun crime in Canadian cities is among the lowest in the West. And in the US itself there’s not a particularly strong correlation between low gun crime and gun control. That said – I don’t really see any merit in relaxing gun controls in Britain.
For someone who resists state control over his life, how does that make any sense? Surely you'd be carrying the gun already if laws don't affect how you behave?
Or do your principles not stretch that far? :chin:
Given ready access to firearms the British aren't going to suddenly become all pacifist, but take to shooting instead of punching each other.
Anyway, I wouldn't trust the weapon handling skills of the great British public with a pea-shooter, never mind a pistol.
Oh I need a firearm at presnt, MoK. I just find it prudent not to carry one or to use violence against those I would defend myself against.
Who are the people most likely to be attacking me and my property?
Who, therefore, do I need to defend myself against?
They do not extend to getting into a fight with an army, no.
i don't really think it would have an adverse effect on society though,you can get shot dead in the street quite easily these days and i think this would probably even the ballance.
I wouldn't use one though, so it would be pointless carrying one even if everyone else carried them.
Laughable.
The state cultists.
No. I am a person who is tricky to con.
There isn't, I don't avoid, I don't owe. There is no soceity. there is no state.
You owe me nothing.
I don't take the states money. What on earth are you on about?
Then why would you carry one if it was legal if you don't carry one now?
Yay! Theres none for you either.
You don't pay anything. Everything you have has been stolen from someone else. The idea of taxing public sector workers is laughable.
What would those be?
Because the main reason for having an armed population is to tell the state to fuck off. It's the best way of limiting government there is.
So why wait until it was legal? Surely your views would carry more weight if you did it now?
No, because it's illegal they just kill you and it's fair enough because you shouldn't have been armed. Also these circumstances we are discussing are highly, highly unlikely, despite the crap the media churns out.
I could walk around armed and it's meaningless because no one expects it, so I am still just as likely to get some idiot try to mug me. In an armed situation, any mugger is going to think long and hard about his chosen profesion due to the risk factor.
This is why I say that the government are the people most likely to do you harm. They are.
The fact that people are disarmed isn't an accident.