Connecticut School Shooting

[GoinAllTheWay]

Originally Posted by Azure

Here in Canada we are actually required by law to store ammo and the firearms in a different safe.

Not sure about the law regarding taking the bolts out, but I also do that.

The obvious issue is that it is hard to enforce. You're pretty much just stuck teaching it and hoping people choose to follow the guidelines.

It's not law at all but certainly a very good idea as an extra step of security.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by PIMking

I have two safe's, one for ammo, the other for the guns. Never in the same one. Also when I leave the house on vacation (like this week in Indy) I take the bolts out of the rifles and barrels from the semi auto pistols and still cable lock them and put them in the safe.

It would be great if everyone did that.

[polak]

This is sort of unrelated but I would love to know how gun owners feel about illegal drugs.

I don't get how they can justify one being illegal and not the other.

[puckluck2]

Originally Posted by polak

This is sort of unrelated but I would love to know how gun owners feel about illegal drugs.

I don't get how they can justify one being illegal and not the other.

Holy crap this might be one of the dumbest comparisons ever.

[polak]

Originally Posted by Iginla

Holy crap this might be one of the dumbest comparisons ever.

They're both harmful things that are controlled. They can both be viewed as a hobby. They are both unnessecary, dangerous things.

There's no reason someone needs to own an assault rifle and there is no reason someone needs to do blow. They both just put people at risk.

I know they're not easy to compare as one harms the user and the other is meant to harm others, but I think it's an interesting discussion in terms of freedoms and rights.

(fyi, I meant this in an anti-gun light. As in my mind it's absolutely ######ed that guns are legal and easily available and drugs aren't)

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by nik-

Korean like the Va Tech shooter.

It's either not enough God, mental health or Korean. The only three reasons a shooting happens. Nothing to do with easy access to guns.

One day GirlySports is going to light us all up.

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

She'll K-pop a cap in your ass.

you guys are dead

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

you guys are dead

Just came here to post this picture of you...

[SeeBass]

Originally Posted by Azure

Or perhaps because they have mandatory military service, which includes firearms training, gun violence isn't a problem simply because more people are better educated as to the safety protocols.

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Just like the fourth highest Swiss.

[EddyBeers]

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/c...499/story.html

Not sure if it was pointed out, but I saw the Chinese knife attack pointed out earlier in the thread. Everyone survived the knife attack. There were no casualties. Only 7 people went to the hospital. Trying to equate knife attacks where it is much more difficult to kill someone with a gun attack where it is much easier seems ridiculous to me.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by SeeBass

Just like the fourth highest Swiss.

The lists seem to vary a little, but are all pretty similar.

According to this source http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datab...-homicides-map, the most heavily armed civilian populations are:

1. USA
2. Yemen
3. Switzerland
4. Finland
5. Serbia
....
13. Canada

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

you guys are dead

ummm dude. not exactly the best thread to post jokes on! tsk tsk!

[Minnie]

FA, isn't it a mandatory thing for the Swiss? Because they don't have a standing militia? I wonder what their death rate is, regarding guns?

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Bertuzzied

ummm dude. not exactly the best thread to post jokes on! tsk tsk!

I've been cracking jokes on how stupid guns are since the beginning.

We're mocking Koreans too.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Rathji

Just came here to post this picture of you...

isn't that Rerun's job?

[polak]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

isn't that Rerun's job?

She's missing a tail and fur or it would be

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by polak

This is sort of unrelated but I would love to know how gun owners feel about illegal drugs.

I don't get how they can justify one being illegal and not the other.

or illegal chickens....

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Minnie

FA, isn't it a mandatory thing for the Swiss? Because they don't have a standing militia? I wonder what their death rate is, regarding guns?

If you click on the map, it will give you more details (and you can also download a sortable table). The number of people killed by firearms in Switzerland is 0.77/100,000 people. Right between Lebanon and Turkey. Switzerland is actually one of the worst countries in Europe.

For comparison:

France = 0.06/100,000
Israel = 0.09/100,000
Cuba = 0.26/100,000
Finland = 0.45/100,000
Canada = 0.51/100,000
Uganda = 0.87/100,000
Sri Lanka = 1.48/100,000
Sierra Leone = 2.28/100,000
West Bank and Gaza = 2.95/100,000
USA = 2.97/100,000
Mexico = 9.97/100,000
South Africa = 17.03/100,000
Columbia = 27.09/100,000
Honduras = 68.52/100,000

The Middle East and Asia seems to have a lot of incomplete data though.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

I've been cracking jokes on how stupid guns are since the beginning.

We're mocking Koreans too.

blah. you won't be cracking jokes like this when your kids hit schooling age.

Unthank!

[_Q_]

It is absolutely insane that the US has more gun deaths per capita than the West Bank & Gaza, Sierra Leon and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Absolutely shocking!

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Bertuzzied

blah. you won't be cracking jokes like this when your kids hit schooling age.

Unthank!

Yes I will because guns are stupid.