To all the Europeans and Aussie's on this forum...

[Arsen]

Do you wish you all had the legal authority to own a firearm? Or do you believe America has been completely irresponsible with it?

I like how Switzerland does it. You join the military and you get to keep your rifle in case you are called back in to duty.

 

[Adam Jenson]

nope. I hate the use of guns.

 

[jim_doki]

most farmers are legally allowed to use guns. I have no desire to shoot anything not made of video game

 

[Sprogus]

Maybe if the yanks decided to mass migrate to Australia then I would maybe want a gun for protection from the yanks and their gun totting ways

 

[hypothetical fact]

No. If someone breaks into your house the element of surprise and a tazer are more effective than a gun.

 

[Ultrajoe]

Not really. Guns hold very little attraction here apart from as tools for those who need them, like farmers.

We find your obsession with them a little creepy, actually.

 

[Radelaide]

We don't feel the need to kill people recklessly. So, I prefer my neighbours unarmed.

 

[Vinculi]

The idea is that if no one has guns, there isn't a need to have one to protect yourself.

 

[Aardvark]

The only barrier between me and firearm ownership is paperwork. And money. But mostly paperwork.

 

[stompy]

No. If someone breaks into your house the element of surprise and a tazer are more effective than a gun.

Pfft, tazers... real men use cricket bats...

Edit: Oh yeh, forgot my opinion on the matter. Frankly, while I think that guns aren't the best think to have in the household for self-defence, I would like to have the experience of firing a real-life firearm.

So, in short, nah, I don't really want a gun.

 

[Logan Westbrook]

After this [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7826663.stm] and similar incidents, no, not really.

 

[Tattaglia]

No. If someone breaks into your house the element of surprise and a tazer are more effective than a gun.

Baseball to the face works just as good. In most cases the crafty hamburglar gets his face crippled, and you can laugh at him as he squirms in pain on your carpet now soaked in his own delicious blood... oh I'm sorry, what was the topic again?

 

[Scolar Visari]

Oh god in heaven I felt a sharp pain when this thread was created. I can answer for you op. The majority of people will echo those first two posts. A smaller but still decent sized amount will say they want firearms. The final group will be neutral and will take up whatever percentage you haven't used. Usually any threads about firearms last around 2 to possibly 3 pages but. Good luck with this thread though. EDIT:Slow response is slow disregard my post.

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

http://www.adultswim.com/video/index.html Much excellence on the topic of gun control, Thinly veiled.

 

[Khadath]

It's not that we are not allowed guns it's just too much of a bother for most.

I'd like to get a class A gun license and a collectors license so I can start gun-smithing but there is a lot of paperwork.

 

[Scolar Visari]

No. If someone breaks into your house the element of surprise and a tazer are more effective than a gun.

So you want to entrust your life to a device that can be rendered ineffective by my ten dollar furry sweatshirt?

 

[hypothetical fact]

No. If someone breaks into your house the element of surprise and a tazer are more effective than a gun.

So you want to entrust your life to a device that can be rendered ineffective by my ten dollar furry sweatshirt?

So you want to entrust your prison sentence to your ability to not hit vital parts when shooting at somebody through their furry sweatshirt?

 

[Scolar Visari]

No. If someone breaks into your house the element of surprise and a tazer are more effective than a gun.

So you want to entrust your life to a device that can be rendered ineffective by my ten dollar furry sweatshirt?

So you want to entrust your prison sentence to your ability to not hit vital parts when shooting at somebody through their furry sweatshirt?

Lold hard bud, lold real hard. I regularly shoot with every firearm I own. Now this doesn't make me some elite OPERATOR but I'd be willing to bet that in the tight quarters of my house I could level my shotgun upon the intruders chest. Edit: I'm tired. When someone is breaking into my home I don't care about laws or what his rights are. I'm going to send him back out the way he came in only with a few more ounces of lead.

 

[joystickjunki3]

Well, I shoot nothing I won't eat. If I do, then it's because it was necessary to continue my own life. Or because the target never actually was alive, so it was target practice (pieces of paper w/ bullseyes on them, and such).

 

[samsprinkle]

Maybe if the yanks decided to mass migrate to Australia then I would maybe want a gun for protection from the yanks and their gun totting ways

Yes...it's true...us yanks are a bunch of bloodthirsty bastards...sometimes my countrymen scare me, I wish I lived in the UK. Not australia at all, but the UK would be nice...