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Originally Posted by Shnabdabber
I did say they were trained, and women and children are also trained as well. Yes, being that Switzerland has no standing army it would make sense that their militia is trained. And those individuals with actual training and knowledge prove to be responsible.
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There is a significant difference in the level of training compared to America. I would argue that the average American that gets gun training and a false sense of confidence is maybe capable of shooting on a firing range and keeping their weapon clean. They are not capable or certified in using a weapon for self defense or as a vigilante.
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Jack offs like the old man that pulled out his handgun in the diner and had a discharge show that uneducated people make uneducated mistakes.
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How about the retired sherrif in a movie theatre. Lets not stand on formality here, he was trained and educated and still treated his pistol like it was a water gun, pew pew yer dead. This isn't about uneducated versus educated. This is about the split second decision that the educated and uneducated make that due to the nature of the "tool" usually has horrifying and fatal and unnecessary consequences.
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What does a 500,000$ insurance policy do to save peoples lives? And once again the idea that criminals will obey the law, take out gun insurance (ludicrous btw) and walk within the limits set out by law is bogus.
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Sober second thought when buying a gun, B limits people from making a snap decision when buying a gun, ensures that if you shoot someone or if you improperly store your weapon and someone takes it and kills someone that the victims are taken care and you are held personally and financially responsible. Forces its way past the whole anti registration for guns movement because you are forced to buy insurance and there is no choice in registering that insurance.
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Criminals don't care about gun control/laws because they operate outside the law.
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Yup, that's why crimes with guns needs to have additional sentences tacked on. And that would apply to the guy who discharged his fire arm in public places because he was engaged in a shootout with a criminal. This kind of stuff can simply not be tolerated anymore.
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The problem I read earlier about people moving firearms without trace to other individuals, I would like to ask what you think would happen if 300+ million firearms were suddenly outlawed. In a desperate economy where nearly 50 million Americans are on food stamps, a gun ban would create a huge black market for what would be then considered illegal firearms.
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Sure, but its a starting point to changing the culture, and that's all you can do. Hey maybe a food for guns program would bring some of those guns in.
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And I wouldn't expect a country to turn over their guns to the hypocrites who have been exposed for mass gun trafficking themselves.
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Change has to start at the top.