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How do all of you feel about people owning guns , that are not using them for hunting?

By Bowhunting Redneck Asked Jan 27 2008 9:43PM
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by Also known as Mommy.. on Feb 3, 2008 at 9:38 pm Permalink

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I'm ok with it, my hubby is a collector.
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by thetarget9 on Jul 19, 2008 at 6:08 pm Permalink

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I use them for Sporting Clays and Home Protection but do not hunt. I don't see any problem owning them for reasons other than hunting.
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by Armed and Dangerous on Jul 19, 2008 at 7:03 am Permalink

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I feel good about my gun collection,it makes me happy.I am not a big hunter but I do have alot of guns and I enjoy shooting and reloading.
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by eric on Feb 3, 2008 at 11:03 pm Permalink

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I have a few shotguns. For protection. I't's the owner, not the gun that's the problem.
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by TXrules Jetpacking Ninja Pirate Wannabe on Feb 3, 2008 at 11:00 pm Permalink

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I have a large gun collection and rarely hunt. It is my right granted by The Constitution of the United States of America.
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by Sunblynd 5.0 on Feb 3, 2008 at 10:36 pm Permalink

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It is every Americans soveriegn right to bear a firearm. The United States government shall make no law or statute that infringes upon the right to bear firearms. Even in our modern times, there are those who protest that this right is out dated and not neccessary because we now have the police to protect us. This is far from the truth, as no police officer is obligated to respond or protect you, there is no law or statute that states that they must protect you. An officer only has to respond if a crime has been committed, and is issued his firearm for his own self protection, not yours.

Interesting quotes;

“There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.” - Hubert H. Humphrey quotes (American 38th US Vice President under Lyndon B. Johnson (1965-69) and US Senator from Minnesota (1949-64, 1971-78). 1911-1978)

“We live in an age when pizza gets to your home before the police.” - Jeff Marder

“Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts of justice and police” - Albert Einstein quotes (German born American Physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity. Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921. 1879-1955)
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“The police cannot protect the citizen at this stage of our development, and they cannot even protect themselves in many cases. It is up to the private citizen to protect himself and his family, and this is not only acceptable, but mandatory.” - Jeff Cooper

“I do not believe in people owning guns. Guns should be owned only by [the] police and military. I am going to do everything I can to disarm this state.” - Michael Dukakis quotes (Massachussetts Governor, presidential candidate (1988) , American b.1933)

“There is no reason for anyone in this country, anyone except a police officer or a military person, to buy, to own, to have, to use a handgun... and the only way to do that is to change the Constitution.” - Michael Gartner

“After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.” - William S. Burroughs quotes

“Citizens have the natural right and the common sense duty to protect themselves, their families, their communities, and their property...guns are the equalizing tools of self-protection, utopian lamentations notwithstanding.” - Edgar A. Suter

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Avatar Johnny Nov, 03 2008 at 08:34 PM
Damn fine answer!!!!! It will not be an easy thing for another country to take this country if it's citizens are armed!!! No One bothers Ireland do they?

Answer 7 out of 30

by judgebill on Feb 3, 2008 at 10:58 pm Permalink

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Guns are pieces of machinery which, like most machinery, can cause harm if mis-used. The ownership and study of firearms provides historical insight to the industrial revolution in western civilization. Owning a gun (or guns) is no more or less significant than owing knives or hammers or screwdrivers or pliers. There is absolutely nothying inherently "wrong" with owning anything. There is something wrong with using anything to deliberately, or negligently hurting another, even if you deliberately drop a bowling ball on their foot. Maybe registering bowling balls will be helpful?
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Avatar Zebulon Oct, 27 2009 at 10:00 AM
Why would registration ultimately lead to the only people having guns being the police and military? I never said that people didn't have the right to own guns, I'm only saying that all guns should be registered.
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Paying the cost of the registration should be part of buying the gun, why would this lead to taxation?
Avatar Jewel Oct, 27 2009 at 03:47 PM
Zebulon, each and every point you offered has been consistently and clearly answered here. I don't understand what is so difficult for you to understand!
Crooks do not buy weapons legally, so registering them is useless. You can't trace a criminal and his illegally acquired gun by a legal registration of the weapon. All you can find out is who originally purchased the gun. Period.
Legal weapon owners have a rational fear of goverment tracking and confiscation of their weapons. They have nothing to hide. They will never commit crimes with their weapons. They usually learn the safe way to handle and use them at an early age.
Avatar Jewel Oct, 27 2009 at 03:51 PM
Taxation is clearly something that can be done. In fact, everything listed in these answers have happened somewhere. It isn't just speculation. Including taxation, and police and military being the only ones allowed to own guns.
BTW, vehicles are much more deadly, misused and numerous than guns. Registration hasn't helped curb that. Yet you seem to have no fear of who is driving 2 tons of steel and gasoline toward you at 60 MPH. Registration doesn't garantee that the auto drivers are capable, know the rules of the road, had enough sleep, aren't drinking, have good tires, etc. Why would registering a gun make it any safer? It wouldn't. It would only make it easier for LEGAL gun owners to be tracked.

Answer 8 out of 30

by socal619 on Feb 3, 2008 at 9:34 pm Permalink

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It is our right to be able to defend our selves. I own a weapon and I do not hunt. No one is ever ready to kill a person............I want you to defend that when you are dead and the criminal is free.
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Answer 9 out of 30

by Jewel on Jul 19, 2008 at 6:21 pm Permalink

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I think it is a fine thing to have a gun, a car, electricity, kitchen mixers, dogs and all sorts of things that can cause injury if misused.
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Avatar Johnny Nov, 03 2008 at 08:42 PM
Great answer! I wanted to give you more points but can't.
Avatar Jewel Nov, 04 2008 at 12:42 AM
Thank you Johnny. The points aren't the point so, no worry!

Answer 10 out of 30

by Cyndi Ninja on Jan 27, 2008 at 10:35 pm Permalink

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My Dad was a cop and I grew up around guns...he has several. I don't have a problem with people owning guns as long as they have had proper training in gun safety.
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