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wanna read the post before posting gun memes made for republicans for retards to believe is the simple truth - there are criminals in all countries, if guns are embargoed they have a lot harder time getting hold of guns and ergo killing people.

002 wrote Oh boy, this topic again.

Hmm, let's look at some numbers. The UK has 64.1 million people, and the US has 318.9 million people. There are going to be a lot more issues in the US regardless....

Ok, next. 32k people die every year from guns. That's what? 0.01% of the population? Oh, but let's not forget that 20k of those deaths where suicide, and 2k where gang related. Cool, so now we're down to 10k deaths, that's 0.003% of the population? Is that honestly a big enough number to justify taking guns away from the rest of the people?

According to the Trackers data, which defines a massacre as an incident in which at least four people are killed or wounded, there were 372 mass shootings in the U.S. in 2015, killing 475 and wounding 1,870. We know that gang violence roughly accounts for what? 15% of that? That's about 56 of those shootings. Let's say that the others where all the bad people shooting up schools of innocent children and such. That's 316 mass shootings. We look at a lot of these shootings it is 1 person doing it. Let's jump the number to say that from the 316 mass shootings, 1k people where shooters. So 0.00031357792411414236% of the US population are mass shooters. That means 1 person out of every 318,900 people are "mass shooters". 1 out of every 318,900, should that 1 person being an idiot account for guns being taken away for the next 318,900 people behind them? NO.

But please, I'm all ears. What do YOU suppose we should do? There are all sorts of people saying America is a horrible place because 0.0003% of the population are shooters and 0.003% of the population die from guns, so how do we solve it? We can't simply take them away, because I as a law abiding citizen will not hand in my gun, along with many others. I often hear that people want stricter regulations on how you get guns. I have yet to hear a viable option as to what else we can do. As it stands right now, if you buy a gun at a legal FFL you know that they do everything but know what will happen with the gun in the next 20 years. I do agree however that being able to sell guns at a gun show without a registered FFL there should be illegal. Yes, you are supposed to go to an FFL to transfer it into your name, but if anyone has done that, you know that it's like going to the DMV for a new drivers license picture. It sucks, so people don't do it. The only way past it that I can see is have 1 legal FFL booth for every 5 gun booths and make sure no one leaves with a gun that they did not transfer. Another way to do it is write everyone's names down and have a signing party at an FFL the next day. For example I'd go there, I see a gun I want say I'll buy this gun, write my name down and let's get it registered tomorrow, all the while the gun is still at the booth until it is in your name. That's all we can do.


So you are willing to relegate the students and teachers of Columbine, Lindhurst, Sandy Hook, Pearl High, Santana High, Virginia Tech as well as the innocents in various public places to a percentage?! Like don't worry guys its okay cause most people dont get killed. Listen to your infantile reasoning. And whats it all for? Is it just the principle that you don't like have the slightest bit of freedom of choice taken away? Are their lives not important enough for you to give up the ability to shoot animals and the non existent intruders in your house you all talk about?

You are asking me to propose change? what would I do? Place an embargo on the supply of guns full stop. Are you guys babies with rattles? Once its taken away you want it for the sake of wanting it? The second amendment was written when there were standards in battle. When guns weren't capable of taking out schools and clubs of people - it was written when dueling was a sport for christ's sake. Are you incapable of adapting when it is clearly needed.

You are also still talking about the requirement for licensing and ticking boxes to be able to purchase a weapon, however, you still have not provided any evidence to suggest that this stops the amount of barbaric shootings that go on. Shall we all just ignore these events that only seem to happen in the US barring a few other nations like Venezuela and parts of Africa. There are plenty of other hugely popularised areas such as China (larger than USA) that don't have these problems, so don't just justify your statistics as "we have more people than you do so its bound to happen" cause as long as you can prove its a "small amount" then its fine to keep on going on as you do.


I don't think you understand facts. There are a ton of guns here. People won't give them (myself included), so if these people can't get a gun, the steal mine. Oh, but let's say it's a perfect world, no citizen has a gun. Cool, they are hard to get, what;s next? The tannerite you can buy from Walmart. Great thinking.

You have no idea how hard I laughed when you said take the supply of guns to a full stop, that was hilarious. Take your liberal ideas and keep them in your country rofl. In case you didn't notice, we are not ruled by tyrants. You mean to tell me, that you think because 10k people die a year that shouldn't, we should take away guns? What about the rest of the people who need guns for hunting? I want you to visit places like Chicago and walk down the streets. Tell me you'd feel safe with pepper spray, you won't.

80% of guns used in these attacks are purchased legally. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about in this conversation, so I am done. You have no idea how the real world works. Guns will always be around in the US weather or not you make them illegal, kind of like drugs.


LOL you actually haven't addressed any of my counterargument - I accept that it may be a small percentage, but you haven't addressed the issue that that still isn't okay. Perhaps we can employ you to go home to these families and tell them their son or daughter is dead.

You're actually so mad now lmao, you just predict arbitrarily that if you don't have guns people will resort to tannerite hahaha are you literally that assured that people are that desperate to kill others in the states - I mean even though throughout this whole thread I've been providing statistics and examples that less guns directly lead to less mortality, but apparently I "don't understand facts". Anyways I'm done feeding you official statistics from various sources to which you have provided none except a simple division of gun rate to population which is irrelevant. You can continue on in your ignorance lol peace


Yes, you've provided statistics, those won't change. Tell me one more statistic. How much did the UK murder rate increase per 100k after guns where banned? Go ahead, tell me. Also, I have provided facts on the other thread that was linked to you, it already has 6 pages, no need for another one here.

I'm "mad" because you are using childish words resorting to personal attacks.

It is such a small amount that we shouldn't be worried about taking guns away. If we're honestly worried about that small of a number, we might as well take cars away because 30k people die a year from cars. While we're at it, not more swimming because people die from drowning, oh, and no more fired because people die from those too. What about the thousands of people who rely on hunting for meat? I personally hunt with an AK-47. But hey, let's take away semi-auto "assault rifles". Now we're left with bolt action / lever action rifles. Great, now I can get on a roof top and snip everyone. Great idea.


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after 1997 here are the statistics, admittedly the figures dont change immediately as it will have taken some time for all personal firearms to be handed in, but there has been an overall net fall in death within crime since the firearm ban in britain. Also to counter another one of your earlier points that people will not give their firearms up, well they did here, so you can speak for yourself..

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You're a slippery fella, read what I said, murder rate, not firearm related murder rate.


To find that statistic just take away that from the actual murder rate, will still drop - but apparently because only a small percentage are affected, not including yourself, it doesn't matter if the rate drops just as long as you can own a few pieces of metal


The murder rate will not drop lol, the UK proved that when it increased. But hey, let's look at a couple more facts. You like to post pictures, so I'll post two as well.

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Fact: Countries with the strictest gun-control laws also tended to have the highest homicide rates.

Fact: According to the U.N., as of 2005, Scotland was the most violent country in the developed world, with people three times more likely to be assaulted than in America. Violent crime there has doubled over the last 20 years. 3% of Scots had been victims of assault compared with 1.2% in America.

Fact: Many of the countries with the strictest gun control have the highest rates of violent crime. Australia and England, which have virtually banned gun ownership, have the highest rates of robbery, sexual assault, and assault with force of the top 17 industrialized countries.

Fact: The crime rate is 66% higher in four Canadian Prairie Provinces than in the northern US states across the border.

Fact: Strict controls over existing arms failed in Finland. Despite needs-based licensing, storage laws and transportation restrictions, Finland experienced a multiple killing school shooting in 2007.

Fact: Since gun banning has escalated in the UK, the rate of crime especially violent crime has risen.

Fact: Ironically, firearm use in crimes in the UK has doubled in the decade since handguns were banned.

Fact: Britain has the highest rate of violent crime in Europe, more so than the United States or even South Africa. They also have the second highest overall crime rate in the European Union. In 2008, Britain had a violent crime rate nearly five times higher than the United States (2034 vs. 446 per 100,000 population).

Fact: 67% of British residents surveyed believed that As a result of gun and knife crime [rising], the area I live in is not as safe as it was five years ago.

Fact: U.K. Violent Crime Rates 1982 through 2010 covering gun control acts in 1998 and 1997 - revised - 2Fact: U.K. street robberies soared 28% in 2001. Violent crime was up 11%, murders up 4%, and rapes were up 14%.

Fact: This trend continued in the U.K in 2004 with a 10% increase in street crime, 8% increase in muggings, and a 22% increase in robberies.

Fact: Comparing crime rates between America and Britain is fundamentally flawed. In America, a gun crime is recorded as a gun crime. In Britain, a crime is only recorded when there is a final disposition (a conviction). All unsolved gun crimes in Britain are not reported as gun crimes, grossly undercounting the amount of gun crime there. To make matters worse, British law enforcement has been exposed for falsifying criminal reports to create falsely lower crime figures, in part to preserve tourism.

Fact: An ongoing parliamentary inquiry in Britain into the growing number of black market weapons has concluded that there are more than three million illegally held firearms in circulation double the number believed to have been held 10 years ago and that criminals are more willing than ever to use them. One in three criminals under the age of 25 possesses or has access to a firearm.

Fact: Handgun homicides in England and Wales reached an all-time high in 2000, years after a virtual ban on private handgun ownership. More than 3,000 crimes involving handguns were recorded in 1999-2000, including 42 homicides, 310 cases of attempted murder, 2,561 robberies and 204 burglaries.

Fact: Handguns were used in 3,685 British offenses in 2000 compared with 2,648 in 1997, an increase of 40%. 27 It is interesting to note:
Of the 20 areas with the lowest number of legal firearms, 10 had an above average level of gun crime.
Of the 20 areas with the highest levels of legal guns, only 2 had armed crime levels above the average.
Fact: Between 1997 and 1999, there were 429 murders in London, the highest two-year figure for more than 10 years nearly two-thirds of those involved firearms in a country that has virtually banned private firearm ownership.


Is that enough facts for you? Go ahead, look them up.


FACT: none of your facts have sources.

You do realise that when you say crime increased in the UK since guns where banned that could be due to various outside factors such as the fact that everything is logged on computers now. Technology has advanced so more cases can be solved (this is just my view as a reason why it could of happened not a FACT)

However even if an increase in crime from when guns where banned is what it takes in order to be safe in 20 - 30 years time then it's worth it imo?

FACT: The last school shooting in the UK was in 1996
FACT: Dunblane was the UK's first and only school shooting.

Meanwhile in America there's been countless School Shootings this could be due to the FACT that it's easy to obtain a gun in america because of your gun laws. (source: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] )

The other argument about your constitutional rights is also retarded how about you bear arms with the weapon that was in mind when it was written. Even with AR-15's and other guns you can get you aren't going to overthrow your government look at the tech they have vs you.

The other argument that "bad guys" will still get guns/ other weapons is another retarded argument because even tho yes they will find a way I know that I personally feel safe in the UK I don't even think I've seen a gun. Knife crime is going to go up yes but you can run from a knife you can't really run from a bullet.

The only people I feel sorry for is the people that are sensible with their guns I sympathise with them but there's a time where you have to think...are your guns worth the consequences if they get into the hands of a mentally ill person?

I also think that you should have your own NHS but that is a bag of worms for another time


No, its gun crimes, not general crimes.

"The Government's latest crime figures were condemned as "truly terrible" by the Tories today as it emerged that gun crime in England and Wales soared by 35% last year.

Criminals used handguns in 46% more offences, Home Office statistics revealed.

Firearms were used in 9,974 recorded crimes in the 12 months to last April, up from 7,362.

It was the fourth consecutive year to see a rise and there were more than 2,200 more gun crimes last year than the previous peak in 1993.

Figures showed the number of crimes involving handguns had more than doubled since the post-Dunblane massacre ban on the weapons, from 2,636 in 1997-1998 to 5,871."

That's odd, you'd think that kind of crime would have gone down with a ban.

All you British people talk about how easy it is to get a gun, yet have never gotten one. Please come get one then tell me how easy it was.

People do own those weapons still. And it's not about overthrowing the government, it's about defending ourselves from it.

Unfortunately, feeling safe won't do you any good when someone tries to break into your house.

Why would my gun get into the hands of a mentally ill person? None of my other belongings have.

When we lose 260 million people to get to your population, then we may get an NHS.


You keep making reference to the size of your population, however, everything is relative, your population size contributes to a far higher yearly gdp rate as the US runs a multi trillion dollar economy annually.
Probably a good idea to start putting some of that towards helping your citizens rather than to overfund your military and keep mexicans out lmao
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Wonder how many more innocent lives will be taken before people start to get the message.

There are lots of reasons for keeping Guns and lots of reasons for getting rid I'm obviously not gonna go into detail because you guys have already went into enough detail but there definetly needs to be more restrictions on guns.
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Overall it really doesn't matter what anyone says (for or against banning guns). They can not and will not ever take away our 2nd Amendment right. And here is a great solution. You don't like our country, then f**k off, we are none of your business, you are not our parent. And if you live here and don't love our country, I going to say you don't belong. No one forces you to stay in our country and you are FREE to leave when ever you like.
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Pepperoni wrote Overall it really doesn't matter what anyone says (for or against banning guns). They can not and will not ever take away our 2nd Amendment right. And here is a great solution. You don't like our country, then f**k off, we are none of your business, you are not our parent. And if you live here and don't love our country, I going to say you don't belong. No one forces you to stay in our country and you are FREE to leave when ever you like.
It becomes our business when we constantly hear about your country on OUR news. You didn't even take the time it seems to read what he said or look at the others sides argument.
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Nodus wrote
Pepperoni wrote Overall it really doesn't matter what anyone says (for or against banning guns). They can not and will not ever take away our 2nd Amendment right. And here is a great solution. You don't like our country, then f**k off, we are none of your business, you are not our parent. And if you live here and don't love our country, I going to say you don't belong. No one forces you to stay in our country and you are FREE to leave when ever you like.
It becomes our business when we constantly hear about your country on OUR news. You didn't even take the time it seems to read what he said or look at the others sides argument.

Oh, I did. I think it was terrible what happened and I agree with both sides of the argument. But like I said above. It really doesn't matter what you think. Nobody will ever change our 2nd Amendment right. Just like they would change our right to free speech. I posted on this from the beginning. I don't think we should ban all guns and I think it should be way more difficult to get a gun.
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Pepperoni wrote Overall it really doesn't matter what anyone says (for or against banning guns). They can not and will not ever take away our 2nd Amendment right. And here is a great solution. You don't like our country, then f**k off, we are none of your business, you are not our parent. And if you live here and don't love our country, I going to say you don't belong. No one forces you to stay in our country and you are FREE to leave when ever you like.


I agree completely, we should have left Russia alone during the Cold War also, they probably would have converted every single country to communism and taken over the whole world if Western Europe hadn't of intervened but the Russians can do what they want.

We should have left Germany alone during WW2 also because whatever they do in their country has nothing to do with us I guess.

You're part of the United Nations, although America is probably the most powerful country in the world, it doesn't mean that you can just do what you want and you don't have to face the consequences.
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Motivational wrote
Pepperoni wrote Overall it really doesn't matter what anyone says (for or against banning guns). They can not and will not ever take away our 2nd Amendment right. And here is a great solution. You don't like our country, then f**k off, we are none of your business, you are not our parent. And if you live here and don't love our country, I going to say you don't belong. No one forces you to stay in our country and you are FREE to leave when ever you like.


I agree completely, we should have left Russia alone during the Cold War also, they probably would have converted every single country to communism and taken over the whole world if the rest of the world hadn't of intervened but they can do what they want.

We should have left Germany alone during WW2 also because whatever they do in their country has nothing to do with us I guess.

You're part of the United Nations, although America is probably the most powerful country in the world, it doesn't mean that you can just do what you want and you don't have to face the consequences.



Anytime you do something there will always be consequence to our actions. Lets say we ban all guns. We are in the same situation (Pulse shooting), no one can defend themselves, now more are dead. Not its all over the news that we made a terrible decision banning guns. It's bad no matter what. Lets say someone in pulse had a gun and takes out the gunman shortly after he started firing, now less are dead and injured. To me, the problem is not the gun itself, but the people. We as Americans need to stop blaming the guns for our problem and teach our citizen how to act. I mean it's unbelievable how childish our country acts. We don't act a whole, we basically pick sides of two extremes and fight to see who wins. It's a joke. Our three best candidates for the next presidency are a joke. I mean Hilary is a criminal, Trump is unrealistic, and Bernie live in a fairy tale where we can help every single person on the world. It's sad really.
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wanna read the post before posting gun memes made for republicans for retards to believe is the simple truth - there are criminals in all countries, if guns are embargoed they have a lot harder time getting hold of guns and ergo killing people.

002 wrote Oh boy, this topic again.

Hmm, let's look at some numbers. The UK has 64.1 million people, and the US has 318.9 million people. There are going to be a lot more issues in the US regardless....

Ok, next. 32k people die every year from guns. That's what? 0.01% of the population? Oh, but let's not forget that 20k of those deaths where suicide, and 2k where gang related. Cool, so now we're down to 10k deaths, that's 0.003% of the population? Is that honestly a big enough number to justify taking guns away from the rest of the people?

According to the Trackers data, which defines a massacre as an incident in which at least four people are killed or wounded, there were 372 mass shootings in the U.S. in 2015, killing 475 and wounding 1,870. We know that gang violence roughly accounts for what? 15% of that? That's about 56 of those shootings. Let's say that the others where all the bad people shooting up schools of innocent children and such. That's 316 mass shootings. We look at a lot of these shootings it is 1 person doing it. Let's jump the number to say that from the 316 mass shootings, 1k people where shooters. So 0.00031357792411414236% of the US population are mass shooters. That means 1 person out of every 318,900 people are "mass shooters". 1 out of every 318,900, should that 1 person being an idiot account for guns being taken away for the next 318,900 people behind them? NO.

But please, I'm all ears. What do YOU suppose we should do? There are all sorts of people saying America is a horrible place because 0.0003% of the population are shooters and 0.003% of the population die from guns, so how do we solve it? We can't simply take them away, because I as a law abiding citizen will not hand in my gun, along with many others. I often hear that people want stricter regulations on how you get guns. I have yet to hear a viable option as to what else we can do. As it stands right now, if you buy a gun at a legal FFL you know that they do everything but know what will happen with the gun in the next 20 years. I do agree however that being able to sell guns at a gun show without a registered FFL there should be illegal. Yes, you are supposed to go to an FFL to transfer it into your name, but if anyone has done that, you know that it's like going to the DMV for a new drivers license picture. It sucks, so people don't do it. The only way past it that I can see is have 1 legal FFL booth for every 5 gun booths and make sure no one leaves with a gun that they did not transfer. Another way to do it is write everyone's names down and have a signing party at an FFL the next day. For example I'd go there, I see a gun I want say I'll buy this gun, write my name down and let's get it registered tomorrow, all the while the gun is still at the booth until it is in your name. That's all we can do.


So you are willing to relegate the students and teachers of Columbine, Lindhurst, Sandy Hook, Pearl High, Santana High, Virginia Tech as well as the innocents in various public places to a percentage?! Like don't worry guys its okay cause most people dont get killed. Listen to your infantile reasoning. And whats it all for? Is it just the principle that you don't like have the slightest bit of freedom of choice taken away? Are their lives not important enough for you to give up the ability to shoot animals and the non existent intruders in your house you all talk about?

You are asking me to propose change? what would I do? Place an embargo on the supply of guns full stop. Are you guys babies with rattles? Once its taken away you want it for the sake of wanting it? The second amendment was written when there were standards in battle. When guns weren't capable of taking out schools and clubs of people - it was written when dueling was a sport for christ's sake. Are you incapable of adapting when it is clearly needed.

You are also still talking about the requirement for licensing and ticking boxes to be able to purchase a weapon, however, you still have not provided any evidence to suggest that this stops the amount of barbaric shootings that go on. Shall we all just ignore these events that only seem to happen in the US barring a few other nations like Venezuela and parts of Africa. There are plenty of other hugely popularised areas such as China (larger than USA) that don't have these problems, so don't just justify your statistics as "we have more people than you do so its bound to happen" cause as long as you can prove its a "small amount" then its fine to keep on going on as you do.


I don't think you understand facts. There are a ton of guns here. People won't give them (myself included), so if these people can't get a gun, the steal mine. Oh, but let's say it's a perfect world, no citizen has a gun. Cool, they are hard to get, what;s next? The tannerite you can buy from Walmart. Great thinking.

You have no idea how hard I laughed when you said take the supply of guns to a full stop, that was hilarious. Take your liberal ideas and keep them in your country rofl. In case you didn't notice, we are not ruled by tyrants. You mean to tell me, that you think because 10k people die a year that shouldn't, we should take away guns? What about the rest of the people who need guns for hunting? I want you to visit places like Chicago and walk down the streets. Tell me you'd feel safe with pepper spray, you won't.

80% of guns used in these attacks are purchased legally. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about in this conversation, so I am done. You have no idea how the real world works. Guns will always be around in the US weather or not you make them illegal, kind of like drugs.


LOL you actually haven't addressed any of my counterargument - I accept that it may be a small percentage, but you haven't addressed the issue that that still isn't okay. Perhaps we can employ you to go home to these families and tell them their son or daughter is dead.

You're actually so mad now lmao, you just predict arbitrarily that if you don't have guns people will resort to tannerite hahaha are you literally that assured that people are that desperate to kill others in the states - I mean even though throughout this whole thread I've been providing statistics and examples that less guns directly lead to less mortality, but apparently I "don't understand facts". Anyways I'm done feeding you official statistics from various sources to which you have provided none except a simple division of gun rate to population which is irrelevant. You can continue on in your ignorance lol peace


Yes, you've provided statistics, those won't change. Tell me one more statistic. How much did the UK murder rate increase per 100k after guns where banned? Go ahead, tell me. Also, I have provided facts on the other thread that was linked to you, it already has 6 pages, no need for another one here.

I'm "mad" because you are using childish words resorting to personal attacks.

It is such a small amount that we shouldn't be worried about taking guns away. If we're honestly worried about that small of a number, we might as well take cars away because 30k people die a year from cars. While we're at it, not more swimming because people die from drowning, oh, and no more fired because people die from those too. What about the thousands of people who rely on hunting for meat? I personally hunt with an AK-47. But hey, let's take away semi-auto "assault rifles". Now we're left with bolt action / lever action rifles. Great, now I can get on a roof top and snip everyone. Great idea.


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after 1997 here are the statistics, admittedly the figures dont change immediately as it will have taken some time for all personal firearms to be handed in, but there has been an overall net fall in death within crime since the firearm ban in britain. Also to counter another one of your earlier points that people will not give their firearms up, well they did here, so you can speak for yourself..

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You're a slippery fella, read what I said, murder rate, not firearm related murder rate.


To find that statistic just take away that from the actual murder rate, will still drop - but apparently because only a small percentage are affected, not including yourself, it doesn't matter if the rate drops just as long as you can own a few pieces of metal


The murder rate will not drop lol, the UK proved that when it increased. But hey, let's look at a couple more facts. You like to post pictures, so I'll post two as well.

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Fact: Countries with the strictest gun-control laws also tended to have the highest homicide rates.

Fact: According to the U.N., as of 2005, Scotland was the most violent country in the developed world, with people three times more likely to be assaulted than in America. Violent crime there has doubled over the last 20 years. 3% of Scots had been victims of assault compared with 1.2% in America.

Fact: Many of the countries with the strictest gun control have the highest rates of violent crime. Australia and England, which have virtually banned gun ownership, have the highest rates of robbery, sexual assault, and assault with force of the top 17 industrialized countries.

Fact: The crime rate is 66% higher in four Canadian Prairie Provinces than in the northern US states across the border.

Fact: Strict controls over existing arms failed in Finland. Despite needs-based licensing, storage laws and transportation restrictions, Finland experienced a multiple killing school shooting in 2007.

Fact: Since gun banning has escalated in the UK, the rate of crime especially violent crime has risen.

Fact: Ironically, firearm use in crimes in the UK has doubled in the decade since handguns were banned.

Fact: Britain has the highest rate of violent crime in Europe, more so than the United States or even South Africa. They also have the second highest overall crime rate in the European Union. In 2008, Britain had a violent crime rate nearly five times higher than the United States (2034 vs. 446 per 100,000 population).

Fact: 67% of British residents surveyed believed that As a result of gun and knife crime [rising], the area I live in is not as safe as it was five years ago.

Fact: U.K. Violent Crime Rates 1982 through 2010 covering gun control acts in 1998 and 1997 - revised - 2Fact: U.K. street robberies soared 28% in 2001. Violent crime was up 11%, murders up 4%, and rapes were up 14%.

Fact: This trend continued in the U.K in 2004 with a 10% increase in street crime, 8% increase in muggings, and a 22% increase in robberies.

Fact: Comparing crime rates between America and Britain is fundamentally flawed. In America, a gun crime is recorded as a gun crime. In Britain, a crime is only recorded when there is a final disposition (a conviction). All unsolved gun crimes in Britain are not reported as gun crimes, grossly undercounting the amount of gun crime there. To make matters worse, British law enforcement has been exposed for falsifying criminal reports to create falsely lower crime figures, in part to preserve tourism.

Fact: An ongoing parliamentary inquiry in Britain into the growing number of black market weapons has concluded that there are more than three million illegally held firearms in circulation double the number believed to have been held 10 years ago and that criminals are more willing than ever to use them. One in three criminals under the age of 25 possesses or has access to a firearm.

Fact: Handgun homicides in England and Wales reached an all-time high in 2000, years after a virtual ban on private handgun ownership. More than 3,000 crimes involving handguns were recorded in 1999-2000, including 42 homicides, 310 cases of attempted murder, 2,561 robberies and 204 burglaries.

Fact: Handguns were used in 3,685 British offenses in 2000 compared with 2,648 in 1997, an increase of 40%. 27 It is interesting to note:
Of the 20 areas with the lowest number of legal firearms, 10 had an above average level of gun crime.
Of the 20 areas with the highest levels of legal guns, only 2 had armed crime levels above the average.
Fact: Between 1997 and 1999, there were 429 murders in London, the highest two-year figure for more than 10 years nearly two-thirds of those involved firearms in a country that has virtually banned private firearm ownership.


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Anytime you do something there will always be consequence to our actions. Lets say we ban all guns. We are in the same situation (Pulse shooting), no one can defend themselves, now more are dead. Not its all over the news that we made a terrible decision banning guns. It's bad no matter what. Lets say someone in pulse had a gun and takes out the gunman shortly after he started firing, now less are dead and injured. To me, the problem is not the gun itself, but the people. We as Americans need to stop blaming the guns for our problem and teach our citizen how to act. I mean it's unbelievable how childish our country acts. We don't act a whole, we basically pick sides of two extremes and fight to see who wins. It's a joke. Our three best candidates for the next presidency are a joke. I mean Hilary is a criminal, Trump is unrealistic, and Bernie live in a fairy tale where we can help every single person on the world. It's sad really.


I don't think anyone is suggesting that you ban all guns because it's simply not going to work. We're suggesting that more restrictions are put on them.

Otherwise, I agree completely with what you're saying about the presidency situation and how more education is needed to teach people that it's wrong to kill someone.

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If you actually looked at these sources, you'd notice that some of the articles that his facts are based off were written over twenty years ago. You can understand why people don't think that the facts are legitimate and up to date.
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notvote4memotm2016XD wrote
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wanna read the post before posting gun memes made for republicans for retards to believe is the simple truth - there are criminals in all countries, if guns are embargoed they have a lot harder time getting hold of guns and ergo killing people.

002 wrote Oh boy, this topic again.

Hmm, let's look at some numbers. The UK has 64.1 million people, and the US has 318.9 million people. There are going to be a lot more issues in the US regardless....

Ok, next. 32k people die every year from guns. That's what? 0.01% of the population? Oh, but let's not forget that 20k of those deaths where suicide, and 2k where gang related. Cool, so now we're down to 10k deaths, that's 0.003% of the population? Is that honestly a big enough number to justify taking guns away from the rest of the people?

According to the Trackers data, which defines a massacre as an incident in which at least four people are killed or wounded, there were 372 mass shootings in the U.S. in 2015, killing 475 and wounding 1,870. We know that gang violence roughly accounts for what? 15% of that? That's about 56 of those shootings. Let's say that the others where all the bad people shooting up schools of innocent children and such. That's 316 mass shootings. We look at a lot of these shootings it is 1 person doing it. Let's jump the number to say that from the 316 mass shootings, 1k people where shooters. So 0.00031357792411414236% of the US population are mass shooters. That means 1 person out of every 318,900 people are "mass shooters". 1 out of every 318,900, should that 1 person being an idiot account for guns being taken away for the next 318,900 people behind them? NO.

But please, I'm all ears. What do YOU suppose we should do? There are all sorts of people saying America is a horrible place because 0.0003% of the population are shooters and 0.003% of the population die from guns, so how do we solve it? We can't simply take them away, because I as a law abiding citizen will not hand in my gun, along with many others. I often hear that people want stricter regulations on how you get guns. I have yet to hear a viable option as to what else we can do. As it stands right now, if you buy a gun at a legal FFL you know that they do everything but know what will happen with the gun in the next 20 years. I do agree however that being able to sell guns at a gun show without a registered FFL there should be illegal. Yes, you are supposed to go to an FFL to transfer it into your name, but if anyone has done that, you know that it's like going to the DMV for a new drivers license picture. It sucks, so people don't do it. The only way past it that I can see is have 1 legal FFL booth for every 5 gun booths and make sure no one leaves with a gun that they did not transfer. Another way to do it is write everyone's names down and have a signing party at an FFL the next day. For example I'd go there, I see a gun I want say I'll buy this gun, write my name down and let's get it registered tomorrow, all the while the gun is still at the booth until it is in your name. That's all we can do.


So you are willing to relegate the students and teachers of Columbine, Lindhurst, Sandy Hook, Pearl High, Santana High, Virginia Tech as well as the innocents in various public places to a percentage?! Like don't worry guys its okay cause most people dont get killed. Listen to your infantile reasoning. And whats it all for? Is it just the principle that you don't like have the slightest bit of freedom of choice taken away? Are their lives not important enough for you to give up the ability to shoot animals and the non existent intruders in your house you all talk about?

You are asking me to propose change? what would I do? Place an embargo on the supply of guns full stop. Are you guys babies with rattles? Once its taken away you want it for the sake of wanting it? The second amendment was written when there were standards in battle. When guns weren't capable of taking out schools and clubs of people - it was written when dueling was a sport for christ's sake. Are you incapable of adapting when it is clearly needed.

You are also still talking about the requirement for licensing and ticking boxes to be able to purchase a weapon, however, you still have not provided any evidence to suggest that this stops the amount of barbaric shootings that go on. Shall we all just ignore these events that only seem to happen in the US barring a few other nations like Venezuela and parts of Africa. There are plenty of other hugely popularised areas such as China (larger than USA) that don't have these problems, so don't just justify your statistics as "we have more people than you do so its bound to happen" cause as long as you can prove its a "small amount" then its fine to keep on going on as you do.


I don't think you understand facts. There are a ton of guns here. People won't give them (myself included), so if these people can't get a gun, the steal mine. Oh, but let's say it's a perfect world, no citizen has a gun. Cool, they are hard to get, what;s next? The tannerite you can buy from Walmart. Great thinking.

You have no idea how hard I laughed when you said take the supply of guns to a full stop, that was hilarious. Take your liberal ideas and keep them in your country rofl. In case you didn't notice, we are not ruled by tyrants. You mean to tell me, that you think because 10k people die a year that shouldn't, we should take away guns? What about the rest of the people who need guns for hunting? I want you to visit places like Chicago and walk down the streets. Tell me you'd feel safe with pepper spray, you won't.

80% of guns used in these attacks are purchased legally. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about in this conversation, so I am done. You have no idea how the real world works. Guns will always be around in the US weather or not you make them illegal, kind of like drugs.


LOL you actually haven't addressed any of my counterargument - I accept that it may be a small percentage, but you haven't addressed the issue that that still isn't okay. Perhaps we can employ you to go home to these families and tell them their son or daughter is dead.

You're actually so mad now lmao, you just predict arbitrarily that if you don't have guns people will resort to tannerite hahaha are you literally that assured that people are that desperate to kill others in the states - I mean even though throughout this whole thread I've been providing statistics and examples that less guns directly lead to less mortality, but apparently I "don't understand facts". Anyways I'm done feeding you official statistics from various sources to which you have provided none except a simple division of gun rate to population which is irrelevant. You can continue on in your ignorance lol peace


Yes, you've provided statistics, those won't change. Tell me one more statistic. How much did the UK murder rate increase per 100k after guns where banned? Go ahead, tell me. Also, I have provided facts on the other thread that was linked to you, it already has 6 pages, no need for another one here.

I'm "mad" because you are using childish words resorting to personal attacks.

It is such a small amount that we shouldn't be worried about taking guns away. If we're honestly worried about that small of a number, we might as well take cars away because 30k people die a year from cars. While we're at it, not more swimming because people die from drowning, oh, and no more fired because people die from those too. What about the thousands of people who rely on hunting for meat? I personally hunt with an AK-47. But hey, let's take away semi-auto "assault rifles". Now we're left with bolt action / lever action rifles. Great, now I can get on a roof top and snip everyone. Great idea.


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after 1997 here are the statistics, admittedly the figures dont change immediately as it will have taken some time for all personal firearms to be handed in, but there has been an overall net fall in death within crime since the firearm ban in britain. Also to counter another one of your earlier points that people will not give their firearms up, well they did here, so you can speak for yourself..

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You're a slippery fella, read what I said, murder rate, not firearm related murder rate.


To find that statistic just take away that from the actual murder rate, will still drop - but apparently because only a small percentage are affected, not including yourself, it doesn't matter if the rate drops just as long as you can own a few pieces of metal


The murder rate will not drop lol, the UK proved that when it increased. But hey, let's look at a couple more facts. You like to post pictures, so I'll post two as well.

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Fact: Countries with the strictest gun-control laws also tended to have the highest homicide rates.

Fact: According to the U.N., as of 2005, Scotland was the most violent country in the developed world, with people three times more likely to be assaulted than in America. Violent crime there has doubled over the last 20 years. 3% of Scots had been victims of assault compared with 1.2% in America.

Fact: Many of the countries with the strictest gun control have the highest rates of violent crime. Australia and England, which have virtually banned gun ownership, have the highest rates of robbery, sexual assault, and assault with force of the top 17 industrialized countries.

Fact: The crime rate is 66% higher in four Canadian Prairie Provinces than in the northern US states across the border.

Fact: Strict controls over existing arms failed in Finland. Despite needs-based licensing, storage laws and transportation restrictions, Finland experienced a multiple killing school shooting in 2007.

Fact: Since gun banning has escalated in the UK, the rate of crime especially violent crime has risen.

Fact: Ironically, firearm use in crimes in the UK has doubled in the decade since handguns were banned.

Fact: Britain has the highest rate of violent crime in Europe, more so than the United States or even South Africa. They also have the second highest overall crime rate in the European Union. In 2008, Britain had a violent crime rate nearly five times higher than the United States (2034 vs. 446 per 100,000 population).

Fact: 67% of British residents surveyed believed that As a result of gun and knife crime [rising], the area I live in is not as safe as it was five years ago.

Fact: U.K. Violent Crime Rates 1982 through 2010 covering gun control acts in 1998 and 1997 - revised - 2Fact: U.K. street robberies soared 28% in 2001. Violent crime was up 11%, murders up 4%, and rapes were up 14%.

Fact: This trend continued in the U.K in 2004 with a 10% increase in street crime, 8% increase in muggings, and a 22% increase in robberies.

Fact: Comparing crime rates between America and Britain is fundamentally flawed. In America, a gun crime is recorded as a gun crime. In Britain, a crime is only recorded when there is a final disposition (a conviction). All unsolved gun crimes in Britain are not reported as gun crimes, grossly undercounting the amount of gun crime there. To make matters worse, British law enforcement has been exposed for falsifying criminal reports to create falsely lower crime figures, in part to preserve tourism.

Fact: An ongoing parliamentary inquiry in Britain into the growing number of black market weapons has concluded that there are more than three million illegally held firearms in circulation double the number believed to have been held 10 years ago and that criminals are more willing than ever to use them. One in three criminals under the age of 25 possesses or has access to a firearm.

Fact: Handgun homicides in England and Wales reached an all-time high in 2000, years after a virtual ban on private handgun ownership. More than 3,000 crimes involving handguns were recorded in 1999-2000, including 42 homicides, 310 cases of attempted murder, 2,561 robberies and 204 burglaries.

Fact: Handguns were used in 3,685 British offenses in 2000 compared with 2,648 in 1997, an increase of 40%. 27 It is interesting to note:
Of the 20 areas with the lowest number of legal firearms, 10 had an above average level of gun crime.
Of the 20 areas with the highest levels of legal guns, only 2 had armed crime levels above the average.
Fact: Between 1997 and 1999, there were 429 murders in London, the highest two-year figure for more than 10 years nearly two-thirds of those involved firearms in a country that has virtually banned private firearm ownership.


Is that enough facts for you? Go ahead, look them up.


FACT: none of your facts have sources.

You do realise that when you say crime increased in the UK since guns where banned that could be due to various outside factors such as the fact that everything is logged on computers now. Technology has advanced so more cases can be solved (this is just my view as a reason why it could of happened not a FACT)

However even if an increase in crime from when guns where banned is what it takes in order to be safe in 20 - 30 years time then it's worth it imo?

FACT: The last school shooting in the UK was in 1996
FACT: Dunblane was the UK's first and only school shooting.

Meanwhile in America there's been countless School Shootings this could be due to the FACT that it's easy to obtain a gun in america because of your gun laws. (source: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] )

The other argument about your constitutional rights is also retarded how about you bear arms with the weapon that was in mind when it was written. Even with AR-15's and other guns you can get you aren't going to overthrow your government look at the tech they have vs you.

The other argument that "bad guys" will still get guns/ other weapons is another retarded argument because even tho yes they will find a way I know that I personally feel safe in the UK I don't even think I've seen a gun. Knife crime is going to go up yes but you can run from a knife you can't really run from a bullet.

The only people I feel sorry for is the people that are sensible with their guns I sympathise with them but there's a time where you have to think...are your guns worth the consequences if they get into the hands of a mentally ill person?

I also think that you should have your own NHS but that is a bag of worms for another time


No, its gun crimes, not general crimes.

"The Government's latest crime figures were condemned as "truly terrible" by the Tories today as it emerged that gun crime in England and Wales soared by 35% last year.

Criminals used handguns in 46% more offences, Home Office statistics revealed.

Firearms were used in 9,974 recorded crimes in the 12 months to last April, up from 7,362.

It was the fourth consecutive year to see a rise and there were more than 2,200 more gun crimes last year than the previous peak in 1993.

Figures showed the number of crimes involving handguns had more than doubled since the post-Dunblane massacre ban on the weapons, from 2,636 in 1997-1998 to 5,871."

That's odd, you'd think that kind of crime would have gone down with a ban.

All you British people talk about how easy it is to get a gun, yet have never gotten one. Please come get one then tell me how easy it was.

People do own those weapons still. And it's not about overthrowing the government, it's about defending ourselves from it.

Unfortunately, feeling safe won't do you any good when someone tries to break into your house.

Why would my gun get into the hands of a mentally ill person? None of my other belongings have.

When we lose 260 million people to get to your population, then we may get an NHS.


You keep making reference to the size of your population, however, everything is relative, your population size contributes to a far higher yearly gdp rate as the US runs a multi trillion dollar economy annually.
Probably a good idea to start putting some of that towards helping your citizens rather than to overfund your military and keep mexicans out lmao


Not surprised you ignored the gun crime rise part.

Didn't you just say we have a military and don't need guns? Now we should stop "overfunding" them?

Keep Mexicans out? Why would we have 12 million (including my mom) if we kept them out?

I also like how you brought up China earlier about not having these problems. Do you not remember when they banned guns and exterminated 10 million of their defenseless people? Then another 30 million by the late 80's?
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