Maddog wrote:Let's make this simple. I don't care if a single member of this forum has an AR in their closet. It's none of my fucking business.
What boggles my mind us how just about everyone else on this forum is so fucking worried about what the rest of the posters have in their closets.
I don't have a problem with people who choose not to own weapons. I just have a problem with people who cant respect other people's decisions as to whether they own them or not.
Mind your own fucking business.
Let me make this simpler.
I know three people who I know have guns and that doesn't bother me because I know they have passed a stringent set of tests that includes periodic checks on their capacity and capability to own a firearm and to prevent that firearm from being abused by members of their family or stolen. The firearms they own are proportionate to their needs and those limitations are a matter of law. No-one should be worried about responsible gun owners with legally held guns who take proper precautions to ensure their weapons are not a threat to themselves or others.
On the other hand a gun in the hand of idiot is a danger not only to that idiot but to everyone else too.
You say you're not an idiot and, a jibes to one side, by an large I'm prepared to take you at your word but you will notice the Christchurch Shooter did not carry out his massacre in Australia and that was because he couldn't because of Australia's gun control laws.
Now if you check into it you'll find that Australia's gun control laws are probably something you could live with, the only difference being that all the sensible things you claim to do to ensure your safety and that of others are not merely advised but mandated by law.
You're not defending responsible gun ownership, responsible gun ownership is completely unaffected by Australia style laws, you're defending irresponsible gun ownership
[quote="Maddog"]Let's make this simple. I don't care if a single member of this forum has an AR in their closet. It's none of my fucking business.
What boggles my mind us how just about everyone else on this forum is so fucking worried about what the rest of the posters have in their closets.
I don't have a problem with people who choose not to own weapons. I just have a problem with people who cant respect other people's decisions as to whether they own them or not.
Mind your own fucking business.[/quote]
Let me make this simpler.
I know three people who I know have guns and that doesn't bother me because I know they have passed a stringent set of tests that includes periodic checks on their capacity and capability to own a firearm and to prevent that firearm from being abused by members of their family or stolen. The firearms they own are proportionate to their needs and those limitations are a matter of law. No-one should be worried about responsible gun owners with legally held guns who take proper precautions to ensure their weapons are not a threat to themselves or others.
On the other hand a gun in the hand of idiot is a danger not only to that idiot but to everyone else too.
You say you're not an idiot and, a jibes to one side, by an large I'm prepared to take you at your word but you will notice the Christchurch Shooter did not carry out his massacre in Australia and that was because he couldn't because of Australia's gun control laws.
Now if you check into it you'll find that Australia's gun control laws are probably something you could live with, the only difference being that all the sensible things you claim to do to ensure your safety and that of others are not merely advised but mandated by law.
You're not defending responsible gun ownership, responsible gun ownership is completely unaffected by Australia style laws, you're defending irresponsible gun ownership