It's worse than you think. You see of all the privately owned firearms in the world (about 600,000,000) at least half are in the US. Kinda boggles the mind doesn't it?



To hear the control side talk I'd expect half or more of the world's murders to be here, too.






But they aren't........... I wonder why...........

Thats the reason?

Less than 1 percent of guns are used in taking of life, and less than 1 percent of those who own them, use a gun to take life.

In light of that, how exactly is it the guns or the people that own them, that are the problem?

My county of residence has a crime rate lower than any of the lowest crime nations of the world such as Norway.

We have 7 guns per each man, woman and child here.

So far it has not been used in that capacity - and I hope that it never is.

The premise that 'banning the private ownership of guns will prevent gun deaths' is disingenuous in that it offers hope that the ban will stop the crime of murder that just happens to be committed with a gun. The real problem is murder, not murder with a gun.

Smith Model 66-5 w/ 2.5 inch barrel, Robar satin black coating, laser engraved rosewood grips

OK, OK, OK..... I admit, it's a sexy gun.

4 3/4"Colt SAA, 45LC with silvertips.

And before anybody says anything, it the same firearm I shoot in competition. It is an extension of my arm.

Very nice.....

That's old school cool.

...insult your intelligence as they attempt to intimidate and bully folks into risking the lives and the lives of their families, so as not to offend ammosexuals out on dinner dates with their guns by running away to safety.

I mean, how stupid do they think we are?

"Ammosexual" is a real thing, what mental gymnastics do you use to convince yourself it is not a TOS violation?

Now I've got coffee all over my keyboard and monitor.

Please put a warning in your post title next time.

Define "comparable".

Your reaction is not really a matter of IQ.

"The fight-or-flight response (also called the fight, flight, freeze, or fawn response), is a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival"

Fear is wonderful thing - it keeps us from doing all kinds of stupid things. And causes us to do all kinds of smart things.
It's OK to be afraid.

So if you are afraid of guns, or people with guns, and you see a person with a gun, and that makes you feel afraid - then you are best to get the heck out of there - fast. The dumbest animals will react the same way (although I have seen a fawn just lie down right in the middle of the road in front of my car).

...peering his beady eyes into these discussions?

One day upon a stair...

I saw a little (stand your ground) man who wasn't there...

Here's an example of a self-avowed Zimmerman supporter getting in the very first post with a Skittles wisecrack.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172192055#post1

I suppose that it is supposed to be funny.

But it's only funny to those who support cold-blooded murder, and to their enablers here in this forum.

...the Skittles back first.

There's a big difference between being a heartfelt supporter of someone and arguing law pertaining to a case.

I remember when the ACLU defended the KKK's right to free speech.

Hardly a 'white supremacist supporting organization' I would argue.

http://aclu.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=000744

A person's rights do not disappear if enough people dislike him.

The only meaning to a Zimmerman supporter jumping in at the first comment in such a thread to make a wisecrack about skittles is to take a racist slap at the faces to Trayvon's family.

Not going to enter into a dialogue regarding the subtleties of meaning when Zimmerman supporters make jokes about skittles.

That's a level of literality not justified by the racist intent on the post in question.

...it's rude to thread jack for some wholly unrelated purpose.

Maybe you could start your own thread about that.

Better yet, maybe you could talk to Florida about changing there laws with which I infer you have a problem.
Maybe you could start your own thread about that, too.