It should be “two men in Tuscaloosa, Ala. -WERE- arrested…”

Thanks.

Bri

If someone pointed a gun at me, and I knew that ammo was “hard to get”, I wouldn’t s**t my pants. I would think “what a moron”.

So private citizens owning/carrying firearms doesn’t deter invasions? What about Switzerland? They don’t even have a real standing army, yet it has been something like 800 years since they were last invaded. Every adult male and many females are issued military assault rifles and pistols by the government and are expected to use them. There is a story from they early 1900s (not sure if it really happened; however, it is still cool) that says, A German General was visiting Switzerland when he asked the Swiss Leader, “How many men to you command?” The Swiss replied, “I can have 1 million men ready in less then 24 hours.” The German the asked, “What would you and your men do if I marched 5 million troops in to your country tomorrow?” The Swiss smiled and said, “We would all take 5 shots, then we would go home!” They have it right in Switzerland, they do shooting competitions that are sponsered by there Government. All of this to ensure they have the best collection of marksmen in the world so that they, not the “military” can defend the country. There are even jouurnalists that have noted 13 year old girls riding bikes from school to the gun range with fully automatic assault rifles strapped to thier backs. Oh, and I forgot to mention, they have very low violent and gun crime rates.

If our Government or military happen to try to take over the country, that is “suppress our rights as citizens”, whos responsibility is it defend those rights? The citizens of this great country!!! The militia was not designed to defend us from other countries but our own, if a “Hitler” came along. Tell me this, how exactly do you expect to defend yourself from the military without guns? Yes I know the military has the Navy and it’s many ASSets, the Air Force and it’s leathal arsenal, the Army and Marines as bullet catchers and slingers (just kidding guys), but we as citizens of a FREE country have the DUTY to defend ourselves and our rights.

Anybody who thinks that “Gun Control” will control anything, is simply ignorant. Many studies have been conducted using prison inmates as the subjects. They asked things like, “If you thought a person might be armed with a firearm, would you be likely to commit a crime against them?” The responses were so overwhelming that many Gun control advocates have had to rethink thier arguments. Almost all criminals interviewed said that they were less likely to commit ANY crime in an area that had little or no gun control; however, if gun control was intact, they wouldn’t hessitate.

The next time you decide to argue/debate a subject as heated as this one, PLEASE do some research and show up with a semi-intelligent opinion.

Then you can just bash them on the head and wait for the police to arrive. This in only effective if the gun is NOT loaded. It defeats the purpose if you accidentally shoot yourself.

If more guns mean less crime, why do countries with no guns have less crime? >.> Damn you statistics!”

Blayze,
Just out of curiosity, where do you aquire your statistics?

Ask yourself this…( hypothetical situation where guns are illegal) you are in your home with your family having a nice dinner.. and of course you have no guns in the house because guns are illegal and you being a good law abiding peace loving citizen you would NEVER break the law by having a gun in the house ( yes,,, redundant I know.. making a point here) when All of a sudden a burglar breaks into your house and OMG… he has a gun!!! What? but. guns are ILLEGAL!! do you think he cares? hes going to kill you and your family and steal everything you own while you stand there helpless to defend yourself because you donut own a gun.
you think a criminal who commits violent crimes with a gun is gun is going to be like ” every on the ground or I’M going to ask again really really loudly.. because I don’t have a gun cus they’re illegal!.” no… a criminal is going to FIND guns.. even if it means .. OMG… committing a CRIME.. to obtain one…. THINK PEOPLE.. what is one crime of possessing a gun matter to a criminal who intends to commit an even greater crime of robbing a bank.. or killing you… you really think hes gonna worry about braking the law by owning a gun? COME ONE.. let people have the means to defend themselves. take the one guy who open fired in a mall killing 8 people then himself… all it would have taken is ONE person there with a weapons permit and the skill to use it to take that dude out before he killed ANYONE…. another story in the news recently… a gunman open firing in two different churches until a former, or was it off duty I forget… security guard drew her weapon and killed the perpetrator, possibly saving many more lives.. the more restrictions we put on guns.. the more criminals will have them and less law abiding people can defend themselves.. the key is PROPER EDUCATION ON SAFETY.. if you have children in the home TEACH THEM that it is not a toy.. take them to a safe place and teach them the PROPER use of it. my brother learned how to use a hunting riffle when he was 12 years old.. and went hunting frequently. He knew it was not a toy.. and knew how to use it safely because my parents made him take lessons at the local riffle range. WE have the constitutional RIGHT to bear arms. let us USE that right and we can stop these violent criminals ourselves before they hurt anyone. rather than wait and let the cops investigate the murder afterwards. because tehre would BE No murder if the victim had a gun and knew how to use use it.

Also, “WHY DO YOU THINK THE UNITED STATES HAS NEVER BEEN INVADED BY A FOREIGN POWER, THERE IS 300 MILLION PEOPLE WITH GUNS.” It’s not because of guns, it’s because of nuclear weapons. I mean, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, we went and bombed them right back (maybe even realasing chemicals that might lead to lukemia). That’s why no other foreign power has invaded the U.S., not because some people have guns.

That’s the _point_. Only give guns to those that _can_ prove this. Hence less guns, less gun violence, less idiots shooting others in front of a police… (Gotta say this story made my day: I’m still laughing!)