Wasn't greenland involved in that?:rolleyes:

Nope. The "UK" wasn't involved really. If it hadn't happened we WOULD be, NOW, a part of the UK. Unless we disagreed with parliment's decision in 1833...

looks like americans are the only ones who can't grasp how detrimental to their own society their gun laws are. i suppose if the majority of americans want guns to be this accessible then let them. then, if a nutter goes mental and wastes some innocents then its just a case of 'you gotta break a few eggs to make an ommelette'. it seems that the americans on this thread aren't sure if they want guns cause they wanna hunt or if its to preserve the constitution and to make the government think twice before it exercises further measures of control. lets face it, as soon as they tighten their gun laws and have a gun amnesty they'll lose the gun culture. then it won't be in joe publics mindset to use guns to solve his problems. its a lot harder to kill someone with cold steel. i bet the parents of the dead students in VA aren't that bothered about tweaking the constitution

The world is on it's way to hell in a handbasket. In this day & age, I question the sanity of anyone not wanting to have a gun.

You need to keep in mind that if the US just outlawed guns one day, only the legal, registered guns would get turned in and that'd be by the good, responsible gun owners. The guns owned by criminals are generally not on the books anyways & I can't imagine them all lining up to turn them in.

So if we were to take away our gun rights, all that would be doing is preventing the decent folks from having a way to protect themselves should some nutjob (that didn't turn in his gun) kick in their front door one night with the intent to kill your whole family or rape your wife.

"If guns were outlawed, then only outlaws would have guns."

Well, it's significantly less than the USA, but about double that of Canada and still with less shootings. We'd rather talk things through I guess.

No, indeed America isn't the UK - nor is it Russia, yet out of all these countries America is home to the most gun crime, right up there with war-torn and drug producing nations.

Interesting mention of The War of Independence - perhaps it is that America has never really laid down its guns. Understandable perhaps, since maybe this manufactured country has yet to calm down and find its own identity. This might explain the seemingly forced booming of national pride and bombastic nature of celebration and entertainment. Who knows what the future holds?

A little like Cho Seung-hui, who in his final video has again highlighted the disturbing obsession with both religion and guns in the Land of the Free, as he talks about his hatred for success and hedonism.

Thank you bwind! A voice of reason!

BTW, one of the first thing Nazi's did was unarm the Jewish people so they could no longer defend themselves. Looky at the result of that whole charming disarmiment (I know I probably spelled that wrong).

And to respond to someone else's earlier comment, YES, out of my cold dead hands. Just don't come around my home meaning any harm.

You know, when watching aliens must joke about the Earth destroying itself... you can bet which corner of it they've got their eye on.

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