Originally posted by: Reapsy00
Are you allowed to carry any gun? like a machine pistol ? or is it semi auto only?
Originally posted by: Boztech
I can think of 1000 reasons why I would need to carry a gun, but mostly it would be for the reasons I can't think of.
Do you live in Reading? Move out of that sh!thole.Originally posted by: MikePanic
ive skimmed some of this thread... in the city i live, which is an hour outside philly, there were 14 murders thus far of 2005. when i was 16 i was car jacked. i carry because 1) i can and 2) because i can
Originally posted by: Reapsy00
It seems crazy too me that you can have citizens walking around with guns legally. Still I suppose it's just what you're used to. Hope it never happens over here (UK).
Originally posted by: ryan256
Originally posted by: Reapsy00
It seems crazy too me that you can have citizens walking around with guns legally. Still I suppose it's just what you're used to. Hope it never happens over here (UK).
It seems funny to me that after banning legally owned firearms your gun crime rate has actually gone UP!! Hope it never happens over here (US).
The US had a bit over 12,000 murders and 17,000 suicides by handgun in 1999. Way to show your sources. Hint: Michael Moore is not a reliable one.Originally posted by: Thera
Yeah, having 30,000 gun deaths per year makes us a great example for gun ownership. :thumbsup:Originally posted by: ryan256
Originally posted by: Reapsy00
It seems crazy too me that you can have citizens walking around with guns legally. Still I suppose it's just what you're used to. Hope it never happens over here (UK).
It seems funny to me that after banning legally owned firearms your gun crime rate has actually gone UP!! Hope it never happens over here (US).
Originally posted by: MagicConch
b/c they can pull it out around women and hope to attract them with the level of security only a gunowner can provide them.
Originally posted by: Pablo
I understand the fear if he was shot or was hurt physically, but losing a car or other material goods can't be worth the time it would take to file all the police reports for shooting somebody, or the risk that the gun would fall into the wrong hands during the years that you are carrying it waiting for the opportunity to use it...
Originally posted by: logic1485
Even if you do have a gun, do you really think you have the balls to shoot the other person, even if it is just shooting them in the foot just to disable them?
I know I wouldn't.
Originally posted by: Thera
Yeah, having 30,000 gun deaths per year makes us a great example for gun ownership. :thumbsup:
Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: Reapsy00
Are you allowed to carry any gun? like a machine pistol ? or is it semi auto only?
for carrying on your person you usually need a CCHL, which is a handgun license. i'd imagine its semi-auto or revolver only, even if you do have a federal automatic permit.
Originally posted by: Vic
The US had a bit over 12,000 murders and 17,000 suicides by handgun in 1999. Way to show your sources. Hint: Michael Moore is not a reliable one.Originally posted by: Thera
Yeah, having 30,000 gun deaths per year makes us a great example for gun ownership. :thumbsup:Originally posted by: ryan256
Originally posted by: Reapsy00
It seems crazy too me that you can have citizens walking around with guns legally. Still I suppose it's just what you're used to. Hope it never happens over here (UK).
It seems funny to me that after banning legally owned firearms your gun crime rate has actually gone UP!! Hope it never happens over here (US).
Actually, as I noted above, the total of ALL US murders that year (1999) was roughly 12,800. Thera used the figure which Michael Moore falsely inflated in his movie Bowling for Columbine by including suicide deaths by handgun (an additional 17,000).Originally posted by: ryan256
Originally posted by: Thera
Yeah, having 30,000 gun deaths per year makes us a great example for gun ownership. :thumbsup:
Well consider that the US has roughly 5x the population of the entire UK and their numbers would have to be somewhere around 6000 to be doing better than us. Sorry.. but its much higher.
No, I said that there were a bit over 12,000 murders total in 1999. The actual number was 12,658. Of which, 8,259 were by firearm. It is an acknowledged fact by every police agency in the country that crime has been going steadily down since the early 90s.Originally posted by: CChaos
I can't really tell. Are you saying Thera is posting inaccurate information? You just posted there were approx. 29,000 gun deaths in the US 6 years ago. What makes 30,000 so inaccurate? Where's your source?
Also, do you think it's wise to use the UK as an example when we have 6x the population and 400x as many gun deaths? That link indicates ~70 gun deaths in the UK while we have more than that every day in this country.
Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
the right to carry arm is so that incase of an emergency a civilian milita can be assembeled. This includes government overthrowing