I solved the worlds gun problem

[Jerrick]

Originally Posted by monkeyman

That's rpetty sweet dude...where do you get em all?

if your talking about my sowrds and whatnot, mainly from online-some at antique or pawn shops, the only ones i buy are handmade and have to be folded over and hammered out a few times, i dont like the cheep manufactured ones, those will break really easily, but for practice i use my bokens lol, paintball guns i get on-line, me and my dad restore blackpowders, or we get kits and build them =p

[musketman]

Originally Posted by monkeyman

No, the people with access to both kill...
you can't outlaw guns because they can/are used to kill people...baseball bats are used for assaults all the time...should we outlaw those too?

yea that was kind of a joke.. im all for guns! i go hunting all the time and totally agree with u that the people that have access to the guns have the power to kill people with the guns.

so really the guns aren't the problem...people r da problem

[lucky_8]

It is the person with the gun not the gun. i would be really mad if they got rid of guns because I would like to be a sniper for the marine's.

[Seager]

The world doesn't really have a gun problem, the united states has a gun problem.

And not really that either, Canada has as many guns as the US but a fraction of the murders. Thus, the USA has a violence/anger problem, not a gun problem.

[Tim Morin]

The violence in the world today has nothing to do with guns, or knives, or any other potential weapons. We are living in a time of turmoil, which is a reflection of where things are going. Violence is seen as an answer to some people's problems, and to those living in areas of extreme poverty (mostly at the hands of their oppressors), it's a very real answer.

I guess what I'm saying is that outlawing firearms will not help.

Something else that's interesting to look at, is that the media covers a lot more stories than it used to. For example, in Canada, many believe that youth crimes are up in the past 20 to 30 years, which in fact is not true. Youth crimes have actually dropped in the past couple decades. But what has increased is the media coverage of youth crimes. It has gone up by over 600% in the past 30 years. People need to be careful about how they interpret what they hear.

[monkeyman]

Originally Posted by lucky_8

It is the person with the gun not the gun. i would be really mad if they got rid of guns because I would like to be a sniper for the marine's.

I don't think they would jsut get rid of the Armed Fores if they outlawed guns....

[maestro8]

Originally Posted by harper

It's always those danged sentient guns.

Some college undergrad built a sentient gun (albeit poorly):
http://www.usmechatronics.com/old_page/turret.htm

I'm working on a design of my own. I just finished the stepper motor driver circuits and the embedded motor controller software. It's going to be much better than the above-linked design... using a neural network to "learn" its surroundings, able to pan 360+ degrees and tilt 180 degrees, will be self-contained and self-powered.

By my estimates, all parts (minus the gun and batteries) will cost just under $200. It's not rocket science... one can find all they need to implement such a system at their local library. The same thing goes for conventional weaponry... the knowledge is out there and everyone has access to it.

*puts on tinfoil hat*

*crawls back into backyard bunker*

[lucky_8]

Originally Posted by monkeyman

I don't think they would jsut get rid of the Armed Fores if they outlawed guns....

i know but like right now if they were outlawed i couldn't own one and i couldn't shoot guns because i am not old enough to be in the marines

[dorfman]

in the famous words of some guy i cant rember right now......"guns dont kill people minorities do"




jk of course

[habbywall]

but seriously, if guns kill people then spoons made rosie odonnel fat and pencils make mistakes

[lucky_8]

To end this.

it is the idiot (unless they have a really good reason) holding the gun that kills someone not the gun.

also how would a gun fire if noone pulls the trigger or it hit something and sets the trigger off.

[The Bruiser]

someone on this forum had a great quote in their signature. I forget who's it was but it said "Guns cause crime like flies cause garbage" and i completely agree with that statement

[James_Potter]

Originally Posted by The Bruiser

someone on this forum had a great quote in their signature. I forget who's it was but it said "Guns cause crime like flies cause garbage" and i completely agree with that statement

I belieeeve thats Evan. whoever it is, it was said by Harper originally.

[toddw9]

Originally Posted by Seager

Canada has as many guns as the US but a fraction of the murders.

and also 1/10 the population

[johnhimsworth]

Originally Posted by harper

I am constantly chased about my house by my guns trying to kill me.

You've made that joke before, and it still misses the point. We all know that the gun is always used be a person - the problem is that the presence of the gun gives that person a quick, clean, easy option that they would not otherwise have.
While we're repeating quotes, I quite like the Eddy Izzard one " 'Guns don't kill people, people kill people.' Yeah, but I think guns help."

John