[Bonker]

If someone says to you:

"If more guns made people safer, America would be the safest country in the world"


What's the most clever comeback you can say? I'm trying to come up with a sig for another board I post to and there's an anti there with that as his sig.

Thanks !!!

[buy guns]

how about "that is correct. free guns for everyone!!!"?

[Stickjockey]

"If more guns made people safer, America would be the safest country in the world"

"If less guns made people safer, fewer people would be moving to America."

[tex_n_cal]

"fifty years ago, there were far fewer gun laws - you buy guns through the mail, and buy high capacity assault wepaons for a few dollars each as surplus from the Federal Government. We also had a much lower crime rate, too"

[cordex]

Think back before there were guns.

How safe was it then?

[SteveS]

If restrictive gun laws made us safer, then NYC, Chicago, and Washington DC would be crime-free utopias.

[MikeK]

More Guns Less Crime - Buy the Book (John Lott)

America didn't make the top 10 in violent crime (England and 9 other developed countries that ban guns did) I believe it was a Scandanavian University report that had the stats a year or so ago. They may not have all been developed countries, but many were, including England. Adjust accordingly. If I can find the report I'll post a link. It was fairly well publiciced, not in the mainstream media of course.

Love it or leave it.

[Gunpacker]

How about, "America is safer because of guns. It would be a hellhole if we didn't have guns. The thin blue line of police protection is an illusion. Without guns the guys that are robbing seven elevens where the clerks are told not to resist, would be coming into homes that are more valuable targets. The only thing keeping the wolves at bay is the certainty that more than half of the homes are protected by guns, and by people that would ABSOLUTELY use them in defense of their family. A guy might not fight for the case of beer and the $50 in the cash register at work, but he would blow someone away in a second to protect his family."

[DMK]

If restrictive gun laws made us safer, then NYC, Chicago, and Washington DC would be crime-free utopias. Yep, that's the correct answer right there.

[boofus]

The bit about LA, Chicago, NYC and DC is good.
They have the most restrictive gun laws, the largest police forces with the biggest budgets but still have the highest crime.

For whatever good it will do. Arguing with leftwingers gets taxing after a while. :barf: So many of the rabid antis ignore all logical arguments. You can quote from the Constitution, Declaration of Ind, US Code on the militia, the writings of the revolutionary time period, USSC rulings, federal court rulings, quotes from the Dalai Lama, Jesus, the Bible, the Koran, the Talmud, FBI uniform crime statistics, CDC reports and just about anything else you can think of and it won't sway their opinion.

[Heraclitus]

"Want my guns? Come and get them."

[jAK-47]

"If more guns made people safer, America would be the safest country in the world"


It is the safest country in the world - For those who exercise their right to own a gun. Seatbelts don't work unless you use them and guns won't make you safer unless you buy one and practice with it. You have to take responsibility for your own safety. That's why I own a gun and THAT'S why I'm safe!

Parachutes make jumping from a plane safe. But you DO have to pull the cord!;)

jAK-47

[4v50 Gary]

"I'd agree with you. More guns in civilian hands means that the government can't murder us like the Nazis did to the Jews, or the Communists in China or Russia or Cambodia did to theirs, or Rwanda, Liberia or other African nations. I'm glad you saw Innocents Betrayed."

[Blackcloud6]

"Go away!"

You can't win over those kind of knucleheads, why bother.

[jwmoore]

I've always like armoredman's signature:
If total government control equals safety, why are prisons so dangerous?

[pax]

"If laws against guns made people safer, New York would be the safest city in America."

pax

[Standing Wolf]

Arguing with leftwingers gets taxing after a while.

Herding squirrels is both easier and more productive.

[Ant Mod]

Its an incorrect use of statistics. Also known as a locgical fallacy. We do not have more guns per capita then anyone else. We just have more guns then anyone else. Look at switzerland. Everybody owns a gun. I am sure its pretty safe there.

[ctdonath]

"If more guns made people safer, America would be the safest country in the world"

"It is. Only in America can you protect yourself."

[Freedspeak]

More guns, I'll take Switzerland style!

[bukijin]

More guns make a country more dangerous... for criminals.

[Bonker]

"If restrictive gun laws made us safer, then Los Angeles, NYC, Chicago, and Washington DC would be crime-free utopias."


You guys rock! :)

The level of sanity here is overwhelming sometimes.

[PaladinVC]

Guns do make us safer. Before guns came around, even the French were deadly!

[Jim March]

"If a lack of gun control makes a state safer, Vermont would be the safest state in the Union. Oh, wait, it is...even though there's no permit needed to pack concealed or open carry and basically no other gun control laws. In 2002, Vermont had 7 murders, WashDC with just about the population and the most stringent gun control in the US: 262."

Murder rate figures:

VT: http://www.dps.state.vt.us/cjs/crime_02/statewide.htm

DC: http://www.safestreetsdc.com/subpages/murdercap.html

[ExtremeDooty]

In Kennesaw, Ga. there's a law stating that all home owner's must own a gun. Kennesaw, Ga. has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.

[thaddeus]

If less guns (or more gun laws) made people safer, then all the places that outlaw guns would become safer.

[sm]

"If more guns made people safer, America would be the safest country in the world"
Reply: You ain't from around these parts -huh?

[hey it works on folks that come down South to visit...worth a shot- ain't it? ] ;)

I'm not the one to ask about a snappy comeback. I'm the guy upon last hearing something to similar "statement/quip" , dropped his empty soda can in trash and walked away without saying word...until later.

My reply to pro gun classmate who left with me- stunned I didn't say a word, and left the room politely with - went something to the effect about my time and stupid people. :)

Sometimes the loudest message is the one not uttered.

I think BluesBear has the complete version of what I said...

[gunsmith]

For Nazi Germany and Red China

[rayra]

'More LAW ABIDING people with guns make America safer.'

'What's the 911 response time in YOUR neighborhood?'

[BluesBear]

Sorry but I really don't care about or have time for stupid folks. Folks got a right to be wrong, stupid or both.
(sm THR 05-06-04)

[MrPink]

"An armed society is a polite society".

"What I need to be able to do is have a gun with me if I were ever to need it. Having a safe full of guns at home does me little good if I get mugged on the way to the grocery store. What I need is the legal right to carry a gun about me."

[Smoke]

How about: "Bite Me"

Always one of my favorites.


Smoke



:D :D

[Baba Louie]

"If more guns made people safer, America would be the safest country in the world" Several snap answers come to mind, each with the same amount of sarcastic irony the original speaker utilized.
1. I wish! I've heard tell of some Americans who actually don't own A gun, let alone Several. THEY still depend on someone else to protect them and keep them safe.
2. When was the last time America was Invaded by a Foreign Army?
3. Out of 280 million Americans at least 80 million of us feel safe, secure and confident. I worry about the others.
4. I agree, I think I feel the need for ANOTHER gun. Can't be too safe.
5. So you AGREE with the Second Amendment?! Right On!
6. Imagine trying to stop a criminal without one, like they do in Washington DC.
7. The Boy Scouts got it right. BE PREPARED.

My older sister is very ANTI. On my last visit back to parents she HAD to inform me she was "Anti-Gun because they're very dangerous."
I replied, "That's OK, I'm Anti-Crime because criminals are dangerous and I can do something about it. You, on the other hand, can only talk about it... and pray it doesn't hurt too much."

[X-out]

I once gave a bumpersticker to an antigun friend of mine that says,

"Ted Kennedy's car killed more people than my gun"

He got a great laugh and actually put it on his car. Afterwards, a lot of other people he knows who favor guns began to talk to him about the issue and, believe it or not, he has seen the light! Seems that, being a member of the media and all, he had only seen the issue from one perspective before. Now he sees the other side and agrees guns are necessary.

People's views can be changed on this issue, but giving the appearance of being a jerk to them will never allow you to reach them. Maybe it will take more than a snappy comeback to convince them though. Of course, nothing will reach those opposed to guns out of self-interest (i.e., statists and others who rely on the state apparatus for their livelyhood) so a quick "bite me" would suffice.

[publius]

If America is so dangerous, why does the broken-down raft traffic only flow North across the Gulf Stream?