Demosthenes

er...I feel like I'm going to be a the single person whose going to be with the proposal to ban automatic weapons. I don't think gun-related crime is the target of this proposal. I believe it's terrorism as well as arms dealing and smuggling. I mean, can people in the US just walk in a gun store, show their license, and walk out with an M16? (Seriously, can they???)

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taygone

I think Texas is gonna be safe, for a little while at least.

Most of you probably heard of this. The following link is about a lawmaker who opposed the "castle law" which is use of force of yourself and/or property. From what I've heard people were obligated to try and run away first before using force. Anyway, this politician who was against this new bill/law shot a would be theif that threw a knife at him. No bans here in Texas unless Socialst run the country.

FOXNews.com - Texas State Lawmaker Opposing Deadly Force Bill Shoots Would-Be Thief - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

And yes, Demosthenes, you can walk in and buy a gun as long as your background check comes back clean takes about 15-20 minutes.

leib10

A true M16, with full-auto capability, no way. A semi-auto M16 clone, yes, depending on the state. Here in Texas it is completely legal to own AR clones with hi-capacity magazines. However, in a place like California, that is not possible.

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Demosthenes

Well, I guess semi-autos are okay...

But lol that one about the Pro-Gun Ban Law Democrat shooting thieves just made my day...

Stan187

As it is in Washington & Florida, both places where I live. Thank goodness. I'm actually suprised that it's legal in Democratic and ultra-liberal WA. But thank goodness!

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omon

in some states you can have full auto with proper atf permision, those full auto weapons are also are subjects to special tax.

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Expat Canuck

What makes a difference? If you think about it said nut case with a semi auto will do more killing. After all now he has to aim his shots.....

Australia is so rediculous with the gun laws that I have to get a license for a bloody paintball gun. Oh and they are strictly called paint markers as it sounds safer......

This country is messed up.

Normal people don't do stuff like the Hells Angels ******* who shot three people in the streets of Melbourne. A father of three died on his way to work for stopping to help a woman this freak was abusing.

I think that if a few people where armed.....

Oh yeah and cops here don't wear vests and have old six shooters. Pretty much any crook has more fire power with their illegal weapons that still manage to make their way here.

Maybe if more people had guns people would stop breaking into old ladies houses and stab them to death. Yep Australia sure is safer with all this gun control.

Indirect Fire

This is ridiculous! By the time I graduate out of college, there's no way I can get my hands on some of my dream guns, such as the Ak-47, 74, M-16, and M-4!

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Terran empire

HAs any one seen what California is doing now? they have to mutilate and mutate semi autos to sell them there now a sexy Bushmaster is turned in to that character from SNL with baby arms on it's head.

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Dreadnought

Amen to that one.

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HistoricalDavid

Ah, where would we be without Internet petitions?

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Stan

your all nuts, defending your right to bear arms is the thing that makes most of us roll our eyes at the USA.

You have by far the highest amount of gun related deaths in the country. You might say but its not the law abiding people doing the killing.

Well actually it is, kids getting hold of guns from their parents and killing people, husbands suicidal and killing their families and them selves.

You remove the guns from society, yes mainly the law abiding ones, and you make it impossible to buy them legally and I gurantee you, guns deaths in the US will go down by a long way.

And seriously your constitution doesnt protect you and your guns. You dont have a militia and you dont need one.

Grow the heck up and realise that your tamed the west. Act like a responsible grown up and give up the guns.

omon

there is no way in hell, you get rid of all guns, not gonna happen, even if atf comes to every door and gets registered gun, do you really think crackheads, gangsers, and drug deallers, will loose them??
you do know america has war on drugs, and guess what, it is flooding the streets, no war, or laws can do anything about it. do you think guns will be any different???
the problem is, nobody offers a solution, for situation at hand, all talk what would happen if by some magic guns dissapear. and dumbies blindly folow, this b.s.
lots of ppl have guns, do all go nuts and shoot entire family???? do all parents dumb enough to leave guns unlocked and loaded?? are all parents dumb enough not to tech kids gun safety?? no to all of above. those who do, and are, i have no problem restricting gun ownership for those, just like we suspend, and revoce driver licenses of those who can,t do it by the rules.
gun ownership is a right, but those who missuse that right, should loose it.

Stan

You dont think in the UK we have people running around with guns? I dont own a gun and I live in London.

I dont feel unsafe and I dont feel the need to carry a pistol.

Your arguement about self protection is a figment of your imagination and the NRA's.

Gun ownership is the right of the state and no one else.

I also acknowledge that getting rid of all guns does not include the criminals, but getting rid of the vast majority of weapons will help. Hell not selling ammunition will help.

I know criminals will find a away of getting guns but thats how it is in europe, you look at our gun related murders/robberies/fatalities and you then look at yours and you tell me if we have the stupid gun control laws?

Here are gun-related deaths per 100,000 people in the world's 36 richest countries in 1994:
United States 14.24;
Brazil 12.95;
Mexico 12.69;
Finland 6.46;
France 5.15;
Canada 4.31;
Australia 2.65;
New Zealand 2.38;
Germany 1.24;
Republic of Ireland 0.97;
Scotland 0.54;
England and Wales 0.41;
Japan 0.05

Do you want me to point out the countries with tough gun control laws?

gunnut

And not one of those nations have as big a population or as racially mixed.

Your statistics is misleading in that it only cites firearm related deaths. It does not site overall crime rate or homicide.

It also includes suicides to inflate the number. A determined suicider (is there such a word?) will find other ways to kill himself. Japan has a high suicide rate. They don't use firearms. They take pills or jump off high buildings, which we don't have as many per capita.

You don't like our guns and we don't like your nanny government. We're macho dumbasses and you're sissy sheeps. I'd rather be a dumbass than a sissy. You are welcome to be a sheep.

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