What the 2nd Ammendment is for

[Payson Dave]

smoking in public places can affect others... drinking and driving can affect others.... law abiding citizens with no criminal background possessing a semi-automatic weapon does not affect others

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by Payson Dave

smoking in public places can affect others... drinking and driving can affect others.... law abiding citizens with no criminal background possessing a semi-automatic weapon does not affect others

Dave...until you shoot a round through your walls and kill me.

Or until I cut you off in traffic and you blow me away.

Why are semi automatics (and I know what they are) in the hands of anyone beside police and military?

http://www.iansa.org/campaigns_event...lShootings.pdf

http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/09/...sconsin-boy-11

http://www.iansa.org/campaigns_event...lShootings.pdf

[Payson Dave]

If you are going to cut me off in traffic... you should be banned from operating a motor vehicle....I could get badly hurt or killed....in fact I'm probably a lot more likely to get hurt or killed by a careless driver than I am a careless firearms owner

and a revolver... a bolt action... a lever action... a pump....hell even a single shot weapon can be more dangerous in the wrong hands than a semi-automatic in the right hands

[Payson Dave]

Bob,.... are you saying that it would be okay for me to beat you to death with a baseball bat after you cut me off in traffic... or shoud we outlaw baseball bats because in the wrong hands they can be a deadly weapon

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by Payson Dave

Bob,.... are you saying that it would be okay for me to beat you to death with a baseball bat after you cut me off in traffic... or shoud we outlaw baseball bats because in the wrong hands they can be a deadly weapon

The amount of effort and follow through to beat someone to death with a baseball bat vs the adrenaline rush of one pull of a semi auto are two different things. And I don't think anyone ever accidently beat themselves, or another person to death with a baseball bat

[Payson Dave]

I realize that I'm not going to change your mind... I hope you realize that you are not going to change mine


btw one pull of the trigger on a semi-auto is no different that one pull of the trigger on a single shot

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by Payson Dave

I realize that I'm not going to change your mind... I hope you realize that you are not going to change mine

yep..although I have to admit that I know I am extreme about my wanting all guns banished, but really think I'm right about drawing the line with semi automatics and up..

anyway...moving on

[miraja2]

Did anybody else read the lead story in the Chicago Tribune today?