I haven't read every post here, but I've read most, and I don't see much animosity at all from outside the US. (Well at least not from outside North America).
To fully appreciate the animosity you will have to look at all the gun related threads for some time back and animosity whether it is one sided or mutual is just sad. I try not to show it, but I am really getting tired of people from other countries telling those of us who live in the US essentially well I'm from ______ and we don't have violence etc. like you do, if only you would _____ you too could be just like us. I posted what I thought was a good post from
OldMcDonald who is a resident of another country and who has lived in several. I can re-post if it helps, he said it better than I ever could.
i respect most if not all of your posts. I agree that just because we are from separate countries does not mean we can't get along. i don't mean to tell you or anyone else how to run your own country. Just stating an opinion. Being told I should have no opinion bc I'm Canadian, well I swung back at someone that post 7.xx time a day for 3 months. I guess if he throws enough poop at the wall some will stick. Most members here don't tell each other to buzz off.
I don't say to do things like me or Canada, we are not perfect and I hope we don't proclaim to be.
Back to the gun issue is their a good reason for a 30 round clip? just asking, is that some thing hunter or farms would let go?
BTW, yes your counts high enough to answer!:laughing:
I believe you may well have walked into one of those cumulative effect things. I come home after the kids have set the cat on fire, commode has stopped up, TV quit working and the dog died. I ask what is for supper and get my hind end handed to me; didn't understand what I did wrong.
If you are speaking of
dgoyette, he certainly doesn't need me to defend him, he and I have agreed and disagreed, but I find his posts overall pretty good and we all have different posting habits. I don't know if it is is true, but I have heard some people actually have to work for a living and then there are those who just come and go. If you look at any older posts you will see some who posted for a while and then just quit. No, I don't support telling someone to buzz off, but I can't deny the temptation to do so myself on an occasion or two; and I would be wrong.
As to the high capacity magazines, others have addressed this time and time again and I see someone has done so again. Do I personally "need" them, no not really, but I like to shoot them. I have posted elsewhere I now have trouble even holding a rifle anymore, but enjoy propping one over the dash of my Rhino or a shooting bench and spending some time shooting with my sons.
I personally prefer handguns, but there are threads on here with plenty of people telling me I don't really "need" them either.
I cannot say mass killings would not be cut down or eliminated "if" all semi-autos were eliminated, but I can say with certainty that this simply will not and cannot happen in the United States if for no other reason than logistics and history. Nationwide gun registration would be needed and if Canada cannot even do this with long guns, there is no way it will happen here. I know a LOT of gun owners and I doubt any of them will comply and I don't think they are unique and interestingly enough, many if not most of the people I know are or were in law enforcement.
I believe as is so often the case emotions rather than reason are driving the "we have to do something". We did this in 1968 and it was such a mess the FOPA had to be passed in 1987. We also got the AWB in 1994 and let it sunset as it had no effect.
