Thread: Whats your opinion on automatic weapons?

Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

Yeah, I can just see the next generation of hone-based robber barons. I can just see those Welsh miners quaking in their boots at the thought!

Not this bloody Colonial born Welshman mate. Cymru ac Awstralia am byth!

Originally Posted by Sticky

The reasons seem easy and obvious to me. "According to the University of Leiden study on violence, Australia and Britain have the highest levels of violence in the western world. The US isn't even in the top 10." IIRC, the study was commissioned by two west European governments (maybe Netherlands and Finland). Gun shootings are going to be higher in the U.S. because we are allowed to shoot someone trying to hurt us. If I lived across the pond, I'd probably wear running shoes all the time.

Levels of violence from all sources? It is lower in the U.S.; probably because we often tend to carry a gun. Criminals probably hate any potential victim who turns out to be armed. Why are the levels of violence higher in the U.K. and Australia? Because of the stringent gun laws. The British crook knows that his law-abiding victim is highly unlikely to have a gun; or a knife of any size and effectiveness.

The knife laws are so stringent and silly, much like their gun laws, that some U.K. forums forbid any post from even mentioning them.

Lets give England and Australia mandatory handgun carry requirements for non-objecting adults; and institute Kennesaw, GA style home ownership laws. I'd bet the high levels of illegal violence drops like a rock in the first 3 months. Especially in the big cities with the highest rates.

STICKY FER P.M.! STICKY FER P.M. I vote Sticky for Prime Minister of Australia and I'll even help to make him Queen of Jolly old England. That way he can sort out all the criminal behavior over there and we won't need them sending their criminals to Australia any more...Oh hang on! They don't do that now anyway.


Mick

Originally Posted by Grizzley1

so I guess you're not splitting any atoms in your spare time are you?

No not really which is a pity since I have lots of spare time in my retirement. Just never thought you needed a degree to get through life and retire at 56, turns out I was right. What occupies your spare time pray tell?

Bob

MickR --
If I offended any Welsh I do apologize. It is known the world over that they are the best miners on the planet.

Willie, you look remarkably like my brother-in-law. I always wanted an M1, but wanted a Navy version in 308. So I settled for an M1A.

The message bases have bugs today. Acting strange.

"The second gauranteed the right to a single shot musket,not a BAR."

The law says absolutely nothing about the type of gun. It could also include a howitzer.

Originally Posted by Crotalus

The message bases have bugs today. Acting strange.

"The second gauranteed the right to a single shot musket,not a BAR."

The law says absolutely nothing about the type of gun. It could also include a howitzer.

Or a nuclear missile.

Originally Posted by straightrazorheaven

Or a nuclear missile.

You really want world peace? Give everyone a nuke.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

The second gauranteed the right to a single shot musket,not a BAR.

Where does it say that in either the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution?

Where does it say you may have a firearm? It says "arms" that could mean a knife, or your own fists.

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

Where does it say that in either the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution?

Originally Posted by straightrazorheaven

Where does it say you may have a firearm? It says "arms" that could mean a knife, or your own fists.

"Arms" was specifically used to not limit the type of weaponry available to the citizenry, i.e. left intentionally vague so the Congress wouldn't outlaw weapons per se, but rather left it up to the individual States.