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The whole video game argument is a smoke screen and totally irrelevant.
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No, it's a parallel comparison, it's to understand where/how/when you guys draw the line. It's also because many of the "no firearms" advocates never handled one, and because of videogames/movies etc they think that gun owners sleep with their pistols under their pillow or walk around with a Garand on a shoulder strap. It's an utterly ignorant attitude that is comparable to witch hunting done in the middle ages: you don't understand something so you make it look evil and dispose of it.
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Violence is everywhere in entertainment, Film, TV, Music and video games. It has nothing to do with Firearm ownership.
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couldn't agree more, although it's an equation that has been created by the media that you mentioned.
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Again Sternjaeger is using the worlds wrongs as a reason to have more relaxed gun laws. Last time I checked the Governments main role is to govern, to make laws. To 'chose' for you. If you don't like it, tough. Lobby.
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That's very dangerous thinking. What happens the day the Government decides on something that you're against and that might potentially influence your life? Will you say "tough" to yourself? Do you really think that the firearms law that we have in place in the UK now are adequate in their incomplete shape and protecting you against firearms?
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Stick to the point, ie. Why you personally want this. The rest is scare mongering and self justification.
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I personally would like a re-insertion of handguns and semiautomatic full bore rifles, even if just kept in shooting clubs and not allowed in a household, this because I have interest and passion for the mechanics, history and use of firearms. I enjoy target shooting, reloading, collecting, studying and discussing about firearms, I am ready to be psychologically tested to see whether I'm suitable for the use/detention of firearms (wouldn't be the first time) and last but not least I would love to have everybody approach to firearms with a different attitude, far from the evil portrayal they receive, but with an attitude of respect, understanding and common sense, which can teach us all that firearms are not just about killing, they're about discipline, prevention, hunting, sport, collecting, and that they always served us great and like nothing else in the defence of our freedom.