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Gun Control Reform Activism

Violet_Crumble

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24. There's far fewer like that in Australia, but we do have guns here...

Reply to Kolesar (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 20, 2013, 07:12 AM

Mar 2013

The police are armed, and the strict laws ban semi-automatics and pump action shotguns only, not all guns. But it's the culture in the US that needs to change, because here I just don't know of people who see guns as an extension of themselves and *need* to own one to prove themselves as a person. That culture just doesn't exist here, as far as I'm aware...

btw, congrats to the hosts on getting this group up and running. It's been long overdue

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In an idealistic world why would anyone need any bullet or gun unless selfish? [View all] graham4anything Mar 2013 OP

I'm confused... Bay Boy Mar 2013 #1

Self-defense, subsistence hunting, or pest control. slackmaster Mar 2013 #2

Makes me want to emigrate to Australia to get away from the likes of you Kolesar Mar 2013 #4

There's far fewer like that in Australia, but we do have guns here... Violet_Crumble Mar 2013 #24

This was already all debunked in OP. graham4anything Mar 2013 #5

I don't agree with your claim of debunking. slackmaster Mar 2013 #6

Call an exterminator and they set traps and they come back and remove them graham4anything Mar 2013 #8

After the exterminator removes them, then what? slackmaster Mar 2013 #9

Then another nra soundbyte bites the dust. No bullet in the streets are needed. graham4anything Mar 2013 #11

I'll agree with your theoretical scenario. Travis_0004 Mar 2013 #23

There is ZERO reason to have a bullet. ZERO. Trunk Monkey Mar 2013 #31

Selfishness (and greed) rrneck Mar 2013 #3

So what are you arguing here? graham4anything Mar 2013 #7

Guns should not be a fetish object rrneck Mar 2013 #13

No other graham4anything Mar 2013 #15

Human beings are very good at cooperation. rrneck Mar 2013 #16

That idealistic world doesn't exist. Nor is it guaranteed we will have a society that functions dkf Mar 2013 #10

Your bullets are a false icon graham4anything Mar 2013 #12

I have no bullets. But I don't pretend things will always be organized and civilized. dkf Mar 2013 #14

Most 'perceived needs' for guns are based on selfishness. jmg257 Mar 2013 #17

+1. Both emotions are played consistently by the gun lobby to increase sales, not peace or justice. freshwest Mar 2013 #18

I just reread the SOP for this group and found Kingofalldems Mar 2013 #19

Explain please Crepuscular Mar 2013 #20

Use a bow and arrow like the original Native Americans did before the interlopers took their land graham4anything Mar 2013 #21

I do Crepuscular Mar 2013 #22

Or just enact strict regulation, as other countries have done, and eliminate most gun violence. Warren Stupidity Mar 2013 #25

to deal with fear and paranoia DrDan Mar 2013 #26

sounds good in theory Niceguy1 Mar 2013 #27

Who asked ZIMMERMAN to protect me with his gun and bullet graham4anything Mar 2013 #28

why are you making Niceguy1 Mar 2013 #29

Bow and arrow, like the Native Americans did, before the interlopers brought firearms to the country graham4anything Mar 2013 #30

I went back and re-read your OP and you are correct Trunk Monkey Mar 2013 #32