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Originally Posted by DuoMaxwell

You've still failed to have an opinion and make yourself heard, you must vote at all levels of government and you must contact those people when something comes up that you don't agree with.

I dont want to make myself heard..i havent come across anything where ive needed..wait once i did. I have no problem in standing up for myself..dont worry about that, but i only need to when necessary, which brings to my next point.

I dont believe in using extreme force. You want to carry a gun, thats fine, thats because in the U.S you have the right to bear arms..whoopie good for you. As for thinking my children are less safe..i do. Knife and gun crime is creeping up over here.. and really really hope to christ this doesnt mean that the police will eventually decide to carry guns at all times too, that day would be a sad..sad day indeed. The point is Mr..im a lover not a hater and ill never agree that everyone should have the right to carry a gun. Violence does not stop or prevent more violence, your just escalating it to a higher level.

Originally Posted by DuoMaxwell

As for your children being less safe due to firearms, grow up nannystater, an armed populace is essential to a functioning government as it prevents things from becoming as completely one sided as it has in your country where the government can release the military hounds and put you back in your hole.

First off..feck off. Second its your opinion that its essential. How is making everyone have a gun..essential to a functioning government ?? FFS

Originally Posted by DuoMaxwell

Guns also don't cause an increase in crime rates, just look at Switzerland where its mandatory for every home to have least one functioning firearm.

Good for them

Originally Posted by DuoMaxwell

Even Ghana, one of the greatest pacifists in history saw the value of a gun, he also knew that just because you have it doesn't mean you will use it, but its a great thing to have when you are threatened by an external force. Like all weapons, the best one you can have is the one you never have to use.

Guns have no value..other than there ability to end life.

Originally Posted by DuoMaxwell

And before you think a bunch of yahoos with rifles can't hold back a well trained and equipped military force if they had to, take a look at history, over the last 50 years it's happened over and over again that exactly that has happened, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are just the most recent case where a bunch of yahoos have actually managed to hold back one of the most powerful military forces on the planet and managed to hold them back for years using asymmetrical warfare techniques. Sure they where up against all manner of tanks, planes, bombs and boats yet are still there and still putting up a fight after all this time. You don't have to be more powerful, you just have to grind them down, one side will back down eventually, thats just the way it works.

The really want to go down this route..one of America's biggest mistakes in history..what good ever came from all that war...none...bloody none.

And I also stated that there is no reason to have a concealed weapon, since how often is it that someone commits a violent crime with a riffle of any sort? Compare that to how often a handgun is used for violent crimes, notice that the handguns far outnumber the cases involving rifles? All of this is due to the fact that the small hand gun can be hidden away and carried on your person anywhere without anyone knowing its there, so you end up taking it to situations that could easily escalate.

Are you listening to yourself here... Im not sure what you waffling about..are you saying everyone should have a rifle in their home or what ?? Make your point clearer please.