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Originally Posted by SteyrAUG
You're the first to even post sources. Anyway it's not the guns fault. If guns did not exist the criminals would kill people with something else so the people are to blame. Guns as with any other weapon have no say who lives or dies. If you ban guns that will only make law abiding citizens more vulnerable. Think about it. If you were going to commit a crime with a gun would you want to acquire it the legal way or the quick and easy illegal way?
I am somewhat of a man of honor, but just in a different way. I don't see honor in killing. Many aspects of life can be honorable, but not ending someone elses.
I must call bullshit on this. First off it is a very common misconception that the .50 caliber rifle is anti personal, but in reality it is used as anti matter. It's meant to do stuff like penetrating a trucks engine block stopping it rather than killing a general a mile away. For a .50 rifle much further than 1 1/2 miles accuracy is random at best. There is a rifle though that has a range of close to 3 miles. It fires the same 20mm bullets used in an airplanes nose gattling gun. It's not used by the military though since it is way too big and not practical.
http://www.anzioironworks.com/MAG-FED-20MM-RIFLE.htm
The blue bullet is a 20mm and the one right next to it is a .50 cal.
The small rifle is the .50 cal and the big one is the 20mm. |
well in a way, yes it is partly the gun's fault. The statistics are there and gun's are the death tool of choice. They're top ranked. Just because people have the urge to kill doesn't necessarily mean they can achieve it. In Law, you can't be convicted without motive and means. motivation is what drives people to kill in 90 some percent of all cases (the other slight percentage is doled out to crazy's and the like who kill randomly, and there's not too many of them), but they need a means by which to do so. Making your kill easier means there's a greater likelihood that they'll die. That's simple. People know to play the percentages, and when it's clear that it's easier and more efficient to use a gun they're going to do it. But yes, I believe statistics are in ill favour when it comes to legal vs illegal weapons. why wait and pay more when you can get your gun now for a low price.