Thread: Whats your opinion on automatic weapons?

Originally Posted by straightrazorheaven

Let's face facts, bombs are difficult to make, require prior knowledge or training and take a heck of a lot of effort. I watched a documentary with the infamous Michael Moore, a firearm was offered along with a bank account. Much easier. With all due respect, I don't believe this guy would have killed more than one person had he had no access to a firearm.

In an effort to stay intelligent let's not bring Michael Moore in to this.
He made that film with a specific agenda. And to have gotten that rifle (a Weatherby hunting rifle, iirc) he still would have had tl go through a federal background check .

Making bombs is darn easy and far cheaper than guns. All it takes is a few minutes on Google or some time in a good library to find out how. My Uncle, a former Marine, may he rest in peace, taught me how to make gunpowder from scratch.

Originally Posted by straightrazorheaven

Somebody earlier said that the theater had a "no guns" policy. The fact still remains that had they been carrying guns, would it have changed anything, the guy rolled in a canister of tear gas first anyway. TEAR GAS, where the hell did a member of the public get a canister of tear gas?

Tear gas can be made very simply with everyday household products.

I take the things that he said with a pinch of salt, is HAS to be true that he got a gun for opening a bank account though, I saw that 0-o

Originally Posted by Hirlau

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Originally Posted by bharner

In an effort to stay intelligent let's not bring Michael Moore in to this.
He made that film with a specific agenda. And to have gotten that rifle (a Weatherby hunting rifle, iirc) he still would have had tl go through a federal background check .

Making bombs is darn easy and far cheaper than guns. All it takes is a few minutes on Google or some time in a good library to find out how. My Uncle, a former Marine, may he rest in peace, taught me how to make gunpowder from scratch.

I will second that! Burnt my fingers bad trying to make a firecracker

Originally Posted by straightrazorheaven

This is true, but they aren't going to do it all at once.

How about driving a large vehicle into a crowd of people?

Originally Posted by jaswarb

With internet the knowledge is there for the reading. One can go into any grocery, or chemist, or building supply in the UK and purchase enough ingredients to blow up more than a theater full of patrons.

That's where you're wrong ... There are raids on a monthly basis here in the UK where people who have purchased those things are being arrested. Some say we are watched too much, I like to think it is just enough

Originally Posted by straightrazorheaven

How? Explosives aren't a piece of cake.

The first decision that this subject made, was the commitment to complete the act. His choice of tool was decided later.

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Yeah, but they're not going to kill the NUMBERS of people. What are they gonna do? Stand there with a long bow and a quiver of arrows? Yes, of course acts of terrorism via bombs, planes, gas etc are going to happen, but at least what seems to be a disturbingly common method in your country will be curtailed. To be honest, I don't know how you all live with it, esp when it comes to your people killing people in schools. I find it really disturbing. In know some weirdo is always going to get a gun (or make one) but I still ask, how many of those people in the theatre were shooting back...

None? Oh, I thought the gun ownership laws protected them?

While firearm ownership is protected by federal law private businesses are able to put up signs prohibiting guns on their premises. I don't know if it's true or not but I've heard that the theater had such signs up.

True that! BAN CARS (just kidding :P)

Originally Posted by HNSB

How about driving a large vehicle into a crowd of people?

Originally Posted by straightrazorheaven

That's where you're wrong ... There are raids on a monthly basis here in the UK where people who have purchased those things are being arrested. Some say we are watched too much, I like to think it is just enough

No offence, but I will go crazy if people are being raided for buying BLEACH to make explosives!