Originally posted by: 6000SUX
Originally posted by: JD50
Originally posted by: 6000SUX
Originally posted by: JD50
Originally posted by: 6000SUX
Originally posted by: JD50
Originally posted by: 6000SUX
Originally posted by: exdeath
I see now... his tactic, it you want to call it that, is simply to get people all worked up in pointless groundless arguments about who is debating who, who sucks, who is pwning who, etc. That way we are supposed to forget what the original topic was and the thread dies into a chaotic clamor. I'd say hes succeeded judging by the last few pages. It's clear he has no stance in this topic, that his sole purpose was simply to derail this thread and prevent others from discussing a topic he doesn't agree with.
Lets stop talking about 6000SUX, who is clearly beneath this thread, and get back to the gun topic we had going before his pointless carcass arrived.
He loses... at life.
Nope. By the way, guns have different capabilities, and it is untrue that in the right hands, all guns are equally lethal. Lethality depends on many factors, including the ammo, range and accuracy of the weapon, and the situation. That's why you can't walk around shoot people accurately in the spinal cord at 25 yards with a derringer.
See, you don't lose because I am an award-winning debater, and I never said that. You just lose because you won't admit when you've lost a point, disqualifying yourself from the argument. There is no point in trying to convince you, a gun nut, that you're wrong; and you will deny to others that you are wrong, even when it's obvious.
You lose.
LOL, so now your tactic is to say, "you lose because you won't admit that you lost". This is getting ridiculous.
Tell me something. I already know you are a dyed-in-the-wool gun nut, which is fine. But isn't it obvious to you that some guns are inherently more dangerous than others, such as a fully automatic AK-47 versus a two-shot derringer? Does it make sense to you to say that all guns are equally lethal, "in the right hands"? I'm really curious. Because I've asked three people here just now, and they all feel it's obvious. If you are fair, you will also admit it-- and if not, no big deal.
Your misquote is stupid. I'm not using a tactic, since there is no arguing with someone like exdeath. I am merely noting that exdeath has lost, and won't admit it; I'm not basing his loss on his failure to admit he's lost. Don't be stupider than necessary.
An AK-47 in my hands is much less dangerous than a two shot derringer in a killers hands.
That's not what I asked. One of the inaccurate points I was addressing, back before the gun nuts decided to gang up on me, was that all weapons have equal capability.
He said any gun in "the right hands", which is a key point.
It's still wrong. Take the most lethal weapons expert in the world, give him a choice between a sniper rifle and a derringer, put him on a rooftop and ask him to shoot a far target. Guess what he'll pick?
The comparison is not a more-dangerous weapon in the hands of a safer person versus a less-dangerous weapon in the hands of a more dangerous person. The fact that you are trying to arrange your facts this way is because one is more lethal than the other (by which I mean lethal in a greater range of circumstances, not that one kills and one does not). If you are honest, you will now admit to yourself that you consider one weapon to be more lethal than another. If not, fine.
It looks as if you are the one not wanting to admit you are wrong now isn't it? You completely circumvented someone else's point because you couldn't offer a counter-point. You did not make the claim that a derringer is ineffective in a sniping position on a roof top. You made the claim that "some weapons are more dangerous than others". Cho wasn't sitting on a roof, and he didn't have a sniper rifle or a derringer. But he still killed 32 people. You blanket statement that one type of weapon is inherently more dangerous than another, without regard for the human role in implementing those weapons, is blatantly wrong.
A gun is a tool, and like other tools, they each come with difference capabilities suited for different things, such as range, ammo capacity, accuracy, penetration against hard or soft targets, ease of concealment, etc, all of which have trade offs for differing circumstances. Simply sitting there however, an AK47 is no more dangerous than a derringer, and a derringer is no less dangerous than a nuclear missile offline in a underground silo or a Skilsaw sitting on a work bench all by itself. Being more powerful or more capable at something does not make any tool more dangerous than another. Do you care if you cut your hands off on a 7 1/4" saw blade or a 36" saw blade? Human skill, intention, and intervention, is required in all cases.
The point was the illustrate that any person intent on doing harm to others will competently use any tool at his disposal in order to do so, thereby completely rendering the anti-gun arguments null and void. Tell me why Cho chose a G19 9mm if a AK47 would have been more dangerous and deadly? Last Monday, his 9mm handgun was infinitely more dangerous than everything in my house, which includes AK47s, AR15s, etc.
Like a Skilsaw or a book of matches, it is only in the hands of a competent individual that weapons of differing types can be used to kill people in different circumstances. A sniper on a roof top isn't going to use a derringer any more than an assassin is going to stuff a semi automatic .50 BMG in his pocket. One is no more inherently dangerous than the other; conversely, and more accurately, you could say that no gun is safe at all. It all comes down to the needs of the application. Bottom line, if you are against private ownership of any guns, you are against them all, as they all have the same purpose in the end: to launch a projectile at high speeds by means of chemical propellant.
And you know this, assuming you are as smart as you claim you are, and you can't even state your pro-gun or anti-gun stance for what it is and speak your peace. You just want to make a fuss for the sake of fussing in and of itself.
PS: I'll take that silenced .22 and you can have a .50 cal machine gun. Unless you provide me your serial number so that I can confirm whether or not I have plausible reason to believe otherwise, I will win. Are you going to blame my weapon and claim that I cheated because I had a superior and more dangerous weapon?
End of debate. Go home.