Green Lantern
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I have some family that....well, if they weren't family I'd probably lump them firmly in "anti" category. Among "solutions" proposed earlier by some of them:
- not allowing ownership of more than X number of guns
- if you own X number of guns and want to "collect" more, fine so long as additional guns are rendered non-firable
- banning internet ammo sales
- requiring registration of ammo
Luckily OTHER immediate members of same family group are very much not anti and helped try to point out flaws there. I pointed out that owning a gun you couldn't shoot was as dumb as owning a book you couldn't read. Cousin pointed out highly-collectible comic books to me, To which I replied that some people DO choose to spend their money on books they can't read (well they CAN but it'd ruin the value), but I ain't one of them.
...I did admit that there was ONE exception I would CONSIDER making in owning a gun I couldn't shoot: an unfired ASP 9mm.
They said that the alternative to gun control would be to have metal detectors about everywhere, which would mean that I couldn't CCW in a lot of places. I reminded them that here in NC there are already tons of places that are off-limits to CCW - including every place that charges admission (IE, movie theaters). I said that any place that forbids CCW SHOULD put up metal detectors and armed guards, it's the only way to actually TRY to force the bad guys to comply.
I had to justify "high-caps" by pointing out that criminals don't always work alone, and even when they do "Hollywood Rules" DO NOT APPLY. James Bond can shoot the bad guy with a .32 from 50 yards away and have him drop dead on the spot, that does not happen in the real world. Especially with some of the drugs out there these days!
Some people are saying that the gun-control hysteria will blow over. Hope they're right. Some have gone as far as to speculate that Obama has more to lose than Romney over the issue - and "King" Mike Bloomberg is doing his darndest to force both of their hands on the gun control issue.
I wish a lot of things right now, and sitting close to the top of the list is that the guards would "accidentally" stick this monster in with the general population and let them make good on their assorted threats to him....
ETA: I have to agree with the earlier poster that said sometimes the best thing is just pointing out that YOU own an "assault weapon" or CCW or..etc. It's so very easy to demonize a nameless, faceless member of a group, but put a FACE on it...
- not allowing ownership of more than X number of guns
- if you own X number of guns and want to "collect" more, fine so long as additional guns are rendered non-firable
- banning internet ammo sales
- requiring registration of ammo
Luckily OTHER immediate members of same family group are very much not anti and helped try to point out flaws there. I pointed out that owning a gun you couldn't shoot was as dumb as owning a book you couldn't read. Cousin pointed out highly-collectible comic books to me, To which I replied that some people DO choose to spend their money on books they can't read (well they CAN but it'd ruin the value), but I ain't one of them.
...I did admit that there was ONE exception I would CONSIDER making in owning a gun I couldn't shoot: an unfired ASP 9mm.
They said that the alternative to gun control would be to have metal detectors about everywhere, which would mean that I couldn't CCW in a lot of places. I reminded them that here in NC there are already tons of places that are off-limits to CCW - including every place that charges admission (IE, movie theaters). I said that any place that forbids CCW SHOULD put up metal detectors and armed guards, it's the only way to actually TRY to force the bad guys to comply.
I had to justify "high-caps" by pointing out that criminals don't always work alone, and even when they do "Hollywood Rules" DO NOT APPLY. James Bond can shoot the bad guy with a .32 from 50 yards away and have him drop dead on the spot, that does not happen in the real world. Especially with some of the drugs out there these days!
Some people are saying that the gun-control hysteria will blow over. Hope they're right. Some have gone as far as to speculate that Obama has more to lose than Romney over the issue - and "King" Mike Bloomberg is doing his darndest to force both of their hands on the gun control issue.
I wish a lot of things right now, and sitting close to the top of the list is that the guards would "accidentally" stick this monster in with the general population and let them make good on their assorted threats to him....
ETA: I have to agree with the earlier poster that said sometimes the best thing is just pointing out that YOU own an "assault weapon" or CCW or..etc. It's so very easy to demonize a nameless, faceless member of a group, but put a FACE on it...
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