hillary or osama er bama....

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Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

Danzig,
This might amaze you...I'll just say that I own 68 "guns". Flintlocks to shotguns, sniper rifles and pellet poppers.
Guns are good.
It's the people that own the other ones that scare me.
I don't have a need for assault weapons nor machine guns though.
Heck, didn't David kill a guy with a sling and a round river stone once?
Just my take...if someone really wanted to kill others, it could be done with a knife, a polonium popper, or maybe some fertilizer bought at the farm supply.
Ask Terry Nichols.

That's all true but owning a gun just makes it easier than say using a knife or rock. This is not an issue that will be solved by government regulation, but America's "love affair" with the gun is troubling and related to a similar view of violence in general...showing some dude killing five people on TV is cool but showing a naked woman is porn...that logic always escapes me! The issue can only be resolved, as with poverty, bigotry and the like, by fundamental change in the collective mindset. Still, I think government has a responsibility to keep weapons under control...I mean, does the average house need an automatic weapon for "self-defense", I'd sorta like a flame thrower or rocket launcher myself...and tanks are cool! My own personal nuke...there is an idea!