I love how that's considered to be a perfectly normal household item in the US ... Like, "What can I use to fish this cable through this desk ... hmmm, I know, my gun cleaning kit!". "Hmmm, now I need a bigger hole in the desk .... Where's my gun!"
And it boggles my mind that anyone would want to live in a society like that.
It's what you get used to I guess.
The problem isn't crazy people. It's criminals. When a violent criminal breaks into your house late at night with a gun intent on killing you, you'd better have a gun too otherwise you're gonna wind up dead. If they made guns illegal, criminals would still get them. Criminals don't obey the law.
Totally agree. But, with proper gun control and severe penalties for anyone caught owning/using a gun illegally, that almost never happens. In the UK, gun crime is very rare. Burglars and petty criminals over here don't usually carry guns and most gun crimes involve drug gangs or vast amounts of money. And I think those gun crimes could be minimised too with even stiffer penalties and tighter gun control (or, 'bullet control' maybe? ... since it's easier to acquire the materials to make a gun than it is to make a bullet).
Well, there are non-violent ways to rebel against and overthrow corrupt and tyrannical governments, especially in this technological age. In case you haven't heard, there's a growing 'silent protest' in the shape of cryptocurrencies (like Bitcoin). Take away a government's control of money and you take away its power.
I LOL'd. Our politicians can't even agree to emergency stimulus without throwing a bunch of political BS into it, holding this much needed stimulus for the people hostage in their attempts to pass funding for absolute BS that has nothing to do with it. I guarantee you if they made gun ownership illegal, gun deaths would go up 10x overnight because they wouldn't pass anything to protect the law abiding people from the criminals.
Grabs popcorn. Anyone want to start a pool on how long this thread goes before it is locked?
Hey, I get paid by the hour, my customers appreciate speed and efficiency. If I can make holes at 1200 feet per second, the job gets done that much faster."Hmmm, now I need a bigger hole in the desk .... Where's my gun!"
Too many people are far too comfortable with their Netflix subscriptions and their ability to complain on social media, both of which make their life a little more bearable while allowing them an outlet to vent and a way for them to see that other people are suffering too. Misery loves company. Things have to get far worse before people are willing to risk their lives challenging the government through armed conflict. We have far too many creature comforts and distractions these days. I don't think there's going to be armed rebellion until people are literally starving in the streets. A little bit of their freedom chipped away each year is a small price to pay in exchange for their life.
