SHOOTING at the OLYMPICS

[rhinomonkey]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

and that sums up the ignorance of many on the topic.

Don't you really think it's ridiculous to express such broad statements on a topic you obviously know nothing about?

Not really. Did you read the rest of my post? I cant see what's wrong with pointing out that people use guns to kill each other thats why there is high gun death rate in countries like USA Somialia and Afghanistan where there is no gun control mixed with social problems. I didn't say people only use guns to kill each other, i do realise that there are many legitimate reasons for owning firearms. Sport shooting, hunting, pest control etc.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by rhinomonkey

Not really. Did you read the rest of my post? I cant see what's wrong with pointing out that people use guns to kill each other thats why there is high gun death rate in countries like USA Somialia and Afghanistan where there is no gun control mixed with social problems. I didn't say people only use guns to kill each other, i do realise that there are many legitimate reasons for owning firearms. Sport shooting, hunting, pest control etc.

because you're distorting things with semantics. Yes, if you want to you can use a gun to kill a person, but same thing is with a car, a cricket bat, a knife... everything has a killing potential, but it's not the ban of such things that will control the animal spirit of human beings.

Massacres are a sad reality of human kind since the beginning of the homo sapiens day. Portable firearms on the other hand became available only in the late 19th century, to think that banning firearms will automatically stop violence is ludicrous for two main reasons:

1) criminals won't hand their weapons in, can you really imagine that happen?
2) psychopaths that want to kill will still do it.

The thing to understand is that people that commit such atrocities are not regular folks, they're mentally deranged. The problem is that gun licenses should be given following more effective checks on the person and with mandatory conditions such as "you need to attend your local shooting range regularly", I can guarantee that weirdos will be easily spotted in this way and the authorities will be warned promptly.

[Verhängnis]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

The thing to understand is that people that commit such atrocities are not regular folks, they're mentally deranged. The problem is that gun licenses should be given following more effective checks on the person and with mandatory conditions such as "you need to attend your local shooting range regularly", I can guarantee that weirdos will be easily spotted in this way and the authorities will be warned promptly.

This. ^^ And actually, what distinguishes a law enforcement agent owning a firearm to any other citizen? They are just as capable of going on killing sprees as the next man............