Guns Are Good Mmmmkay..

Sounds like a perfect world.

The only people who say guns are bad either have an agenda (Feinstein et al.) or are ignorant about firearms in general.

Post your homies turning in their guns smiley...I need to steal it. :)

ETA: totally missed it in your first post. Derp.

You're looking good, btw.

Just bought a 300 Win Mag. Gonna get it set in this weekend!

Some stats for you guys. I will provide some links also.

1) Between 1.5-2.5 million crimes are stopped each year by legal gun owners.

2) 200,000 women stop a sexual attack with a gun each year.

3) Only 8% of those crimes stopped by gun, actually required a criminal to be shot. Most were scared away by the sight of the gun.

4) About 2% of the criminals shot by legal gunowners were a case of mistaken identity, and an innocent was shot. Compare that to 11% of police shootings resulting in an innocent being shot due to mistaken identity.

5) In 2010 almost 2/3 of gun deaths in America were by suicide.

6) The vast majority of homicides by firearm are done in poor urban areas usually associated with gang violence. Not by legal gunowners.

7) In 2010 there were 11,000 homicides by firearm. 90% of those were gang members shooting other gang members.

So I think the stats speak for themselves. Guns help stop more violence than they create. Plus when there is gun violence, the majority is gang members killing other gang members. Not legal gun owners.


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Oh Evan, 'you so cute' (said in a motherly way).

Thanks for the thread. Appreciate it.

I am pro-gun but I am anti-cheesy commercials.

Ok non cheesy.. how about this one?

I'd also add that the US homicide rate and total number of homicides are at their lowest levels since the late 60s/early 70s. And consider that firearm sales are at an all time high. That may or may not be coincidence, but regardless, it invalidates the charge that more guns results in more violent crime. In fact, the opposite has happened.

In our local news today:

Woman shoots two gunmen during robbery

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. —A woman shot two armed men early Wednesday before they could get away during a robbery, according to the Spartanburg Sheriff's Office.

Read more: [link to www.wyff4.com]

Ok non cheesy.. how about this one?

Just bought a 300 Win Mag. Gonna get it set in this weekend!

Some stats for you guys. I will provide some links also.

1) Between 1.5-2.5 million crimes are stopped each year by legal gun owners.

2) 200,000 women stop a sexual attack with a gun each year.

3) Only 8% of those crimes stopped by gun, actually required a criminal to be shot. Most were scared away by the sight of the gun.

4) About 2% of the criminals shot by legal gunowners were a case of mistaken identity, and an innocent was shot. Compare that to 11% of police shootings resulting in an innocent being shot due to mistaken identity.

5) In 2010 almost 2/3 of gun deaths in America were by suicide.

6) The vast majority of homicides by firearm are done in poor urban areas usually associated with gang violence. Not by legal gunowners.

7) In 2010 there were 11,000 homicides by firearm. 90% of those were gang members shooting other gang members.

So I think the stats speak for themselves. Guns help stop more violence than they create. Plus when there is gun violence, the majority is gang members killing other gang members. Not legal gun owners.


[link to www.gunowners.org (secure)]

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

Just bought a 300 Win Mag. Gonna get it set in this weekend!

Can you say "Nacho"?

Not only is it in the same league with the others, but it encourages people to shoot before the "criminal" breaks into the house. Not a good idea.

If the commercial was "true life", the end of the commercial would have that woman wearing an orange jumpsuit that read "INMATE" on the back of it and we would see her she whiling away her youth in the crowbar hotel.

Thanks for trying though.

Sounds like a perfect world.