May 26th 07, 08:01 PM
On May 26, 9:24 am, Mxsmanic > wrote:
> kontiki writes:
> > That's because you have been indoctrinated to fear firearms and
> > that no "good' person should ever need one and they are 'dangerous'.
>
> Not so. The reality is that there is generally no indoctrination at all
> concerning firearms in countries where they are not common. Indeed, the
> greatest exposure to firearms for people in many countries is American motion
> pictures, which regularly feature gunplay (and hardly indoctrinate against
> it).
>
> Most people in most countries know very little about firearms, apart from the
> fact that they are normally used for hunting or killing people. Those who
> aren't interested in hunting or killing people aren't interested in firearms.
> And while the notion of someone in the countryside having a firearm for
> hunting isn't necessarily that repulsive, the notion of someone in the city
> carrying one (and the implication that it is intended to kill people, not
> food) is naturally repulsive to most people, in the same way that murder is
> repulsive.
>
> > A "locked away" gun is about as worthless as tits on a boar hog.
>
> Not if you have time to anticipate its use, which would be the case in the
> vast majority of scenarios.
>
> > Let me tell you it is the person holding the firearm that is
> > dangerous, and if it were not a pistol it could be a knife,
> > a club or a bomb or even bare hands.
>
> Only one of these works at a distance without harm to the bearer.
>
> > As long as the world is full of 'bad' people it is up to 'good'
> > people to be ready to protect themselves and others.
>
> The United States isn't full of bad people, but it is certainly full of guns.
The United States has more than it's share of bad people and not
enough guns in the hands of good people. There was a cachet of guns
at that airport which mine could not never rivel. But they were in a
hangar with beefed up security and steel doors with the latest teck in
deadbolts.
> kontiki writes:
> > That's because you have been indoctrinated to fear firearms and
> > that no "good' person should ever need one and they are 'dangerous'.
>
> Not so. The reality is that there is generally no indoctrination at all
> concerning firearms in countries where they are not common. Indeed, the
> greatest exposure to firearms for people in many countries is American motion
> pictures, which regularly feature gunplay (and hardly indoctrinate against
> it).
>
> Most people in most countries know very little about firearms, apart from the
> fact that they are normally used for hunting or killing people. Those who
> aren't interested in hunting or killing people aren't interested in firearms.
> And while the notion of someone in the countryside having a firearm for
> hunting isn't necessarily that repulsive, the notion of someone in the city
> carrying one (and the implication that it is intended to kill people, not
> food) is naturally repulsive to most people, in the same way that murder is
> repulsive.
>
> > A "locked away" gun is about as worthless as tits on a boar hog.
>
> Not if you have time to anticipate its use, which would be the case in the
> vast majority of scenarios.
>
> > Let me tell you it is the person holding the firearm that is
> > dangerous, and if it were not a pistol it could be a knife,
> > a club or a bomb or even bare hands.
>
> Only one of these works at a distance without harm to the bearer.
>
> > As long as the world is full of 'bad' people it is up to 'good'
> > people to be ready to protect themselves and others.
>
> The United States isn't full of bad people, but it is certainly full of guns.
The United States has more than it's share of bad people and not
enough guns in the hands of good people. There was a cachet of guns
at that airport which mine could not never rivel. But they were in a
hangar with beefed up security and steel doors with the latest teck in
deadbolts.