Should we Ban Guns?

[Michael-5]

Kasz216 said:

Michael-5 said:

Kasz216 said:

deskpro2k3 said:

Guns should not be easy to get.

I remember the Columbine High School shooting. Two students 17 to 18 years old, dressed like they came out from the Matrix with:
Intratec TEC-DC9
Hi-Point 995 Carbine
Savage 67H pump-action shotgun
Stevens 311D double barreled sawed-off shotgun
explosives
4 knives

 

this shyt is ridiculous

...which they aquired illegally.

Aquired Illegally, but still bought in the good old USA correct?

Does an old lady need a semi automatic rifle? Why should she be able to purchase one when she has a youth in the house with serious psychological issues?

...and?  I bet i could buy a gun in canada pretty easy too.  Or Japan... etc. 

It's not like illegal drugs make drugs hard to comeby afterall.

You have to take a psychotic test to purchase a gun in Canada, and it's easy to fail, one of my very normal friends took it, and failed. If you have a history of schizophrenea, or bi polar in the family, even if you are mentally competant and disease free, you can't get a gun. You also sometimes need family member to take the psych test if there is a chance they can steal the gun from you. I also believe you need a justified reason for owning a gun, and there a few clauses (like you can;t own a handgun if you have children under the age of 6). For example, I can't get a gun outside the shooting range unless I want to purchase a rifle for hunting deer. It's almost impossible for me to get a handgun because I have no use for it. I don't like in a ghetto neighbourhood, and if I did, I would pass the fitness test, so I can fend for myself without a gun.

In Japan it's almost impossble to get a gun, and I'm not even sure if you can own one, just lease it from the government.

In South Korea, it's literally impossible to get a gun. Border security is tight, the only way you can get a gun, is if you make it yourself.


Because of these strict regulations, an old lady can't buy a gun if there is a chance her teenage son will steal it and use it. This is my issue with guns, it's just too damn open in the USA. It's fine if an old lady in a ghetto area wants a gun for protection....IFF you can garentee she has no family members who might abuse her, steal the gun, and kill people. Guns are just too easy of a way of killing others.

You analogy to drugs is true, but drugs are easier to smuggle. You only need 1 seed to grow a drug plant. You can't grow a gun.