tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861607724836445419.post865903435224620844..comments2023-11-02T11:19:50.851+02:00Comments on KarmicSangoma: Lets Talk Gun Control: Australia vs SwitzerlandAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629877273042507873noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861607724836445419.post-44808008250707392072013-11-15T08:50:34.768+02:002013-11-15T08:50:34.768+02:001) For hood had armed MP`s like any military base....1) For hood had armed MP`s like any military base. Since then there have been additional armed attacks on military bases.<br /><br />2) The gun show loophole is certainly not mythical and is well documented http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2013/08/feds_a_texas_man_waltzed_throu.php There is also the "bought online" loophole.<br /><br />3) The argument that you need to have guns because only criminals will have guns is ridiculous. Thats like arguing you should have crack cocaine because criminals have it. Thats what your argument boils down to. If the criminals are breaking the law there should be no law.<br /><br />America needs to wake up and mature. Until then you are going to be the country with the most firearms, having the most mass killings by random civilians with firearms.<br /><br />You can have firearms and be responsible about it. For Gods sake, you need a licence to drive a car, the same requirements should apply to a firearm. Be more responsible. Stop being so extreme. <br /><br />Please see the video shown here on Australia. Thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05629877273042507873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861607724836445419.post-68946621348646500452013-11-14T23:18:12.894+02:002013-11-14T23:18:12.894+02:00Unfortunately, you are misinformed--as are many pe...Unfortunately, you are misinformed--as are many people. <br /><br />First, the mass killings at Fort Hood did not happen in an environment where soldiers were all carrying loaded firearms. Unlike places such as Israel, only the police on a typical U.S. Military base have loaded firearms at their disposal. Arms and/or ammunition are stored under lock an key outside of combat zones. <br /><br />Next, the mythical "gun show loophole" that is bandied about so often simply doesn't exist. Dealers at gun shows must call in background checks on any buyer to whom they sell. That doesn't, however, prohibit a would-be citizen gun seller from conducting a sale with a would-be buyer on or around the premises of a gun show ... but the same two parties could conduct the same sale, quite legally, at a wedding or a funeral, if they wished to do so. It has nothing to do with gun shows, but that sounds all "FUDdy" It works both ways.<br /><br />Next, in the U.S. guns are so pervasive that better than 40% of an estimated 300 million firearms are already out in the public with no paper trail (FBI stats). It is from this roughly 120 million firearms that nearly every gun used in the commission of a crime (excluding suicide) comes (more FBI stats). Attempts to disarm criminals before the commission of a crime, therefore, are pretty futile. There are already more than enough guns to go around. Also, if we can't control the illegal importation of tons of marijuana and harder drugs, or even illegal human beings, what makes us think that we can stop the illegal smuggling of firearms by criminals with more than enough money to pay a premium for them? To them, it's another cost of doing business ... with the expense coming out of the pockets of victims. <br /><br />Finally, the big issue about what arms will, or will not, be illegal has U.S. gun owners concerned. Already we have had attempts at defining "assault weapons" that could encompass everything from an AK47 to a Boy Scout Commemorative .22 rifle. That's what has gun owners in the U.S. concerned. Politicians are not in agreement on their objectives or methods. In the absence of clear information, U.S. gun owners are concerned. After all, our current Vice President seems to think that the only firearm necessary to have for sport or hunting is a shotgun. T56SKShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035182858864457408noreply@blogger.com