Obama and gun control

At the end of the day,that is the one factual truth,Super Beetle. All this debate aside,the truth is you are it,for you and yours. You live with it,what you've done,what you should have done,and what you didn't do. You are always responsible for your own safety,well being,and protection of your loved ones and friends. Accomplish it,or have nightmares and guilt about it for the rest of your days. No debate can change that...None...Now go secure your rights and do the right thing..

Yep some people would crap their pants if they had to wait for protection, hopefully my neighbors & myself are enough, been doing a good job so far, have two in jail for breaking & entering. My biggest concern is fire, plenty of water around but little in the way of VFD, nearest to me is Andover but I don't know if they would cross the state line, Linesville sounds like they are about to go under.

Fortunately the VFD here is less than a half mile away and I have a hydrant right out front. These guys do a very good job. We have one police officer that works 40 hours a week. He's a great guy. When he is off duty we are covered by the state police. They are stationed about 9 miles from here and the response time is very slow. There is always a possibility that one of them could be closer than that but very unlikely from may past experiences with them. 20 minutes (on a good day) just doesn't work.

according to FBI statistics, if anyone believes them, a gun owner, is 15 times more likely to be killed by a weapon, than protected by it. sounds good to me.

homecomfort wrote:according to FBI statistics, if anyone believes them, a gun owner, is 15 times more likely to be killed by a weapon, than protected by it. sounds good to me.

No, I'm not going to believe a claim that generic FBI statistics show that a "gun owner is 15 times more likely to be killed by a weapon, then protected by it."

First, let's define weapon. A weapon can be anything that is used to inflict bodily harm on someone, etc, a gun, a knife, a chair, a lead pipe, you get the idea. My VA carry conceal permit allows me to carry my 18inch machete concealed if I chose to do so. So what weapon does the "FBI" statistics you claim to have say gun owners are killed by. And while we're at let's look at the location the death occurs at. Is it in the home or out, is this in self defense or as victims? Just wondering because that all makes a difference doesn't it. That's why a link to your reference is important if you want us to believe you or should we just accept this as fact and pass it along. I'm going to question it because you have revealed yourself to be a leftist and you flavor all your postings with that bias.

Second, we have to look at the scenario. Are you looking in the home or out? Is this a homicide or a suicide? Domestic argument? I'm going to go with the in the Home scenario. Arthur Kellermann published a report: "Gun Ownership as a Risk Factor for Homicide in the Home," New England Journal of Medicine, October 7, 1993, Vol. 329 No. 15, pp. 1084-91 that clearly shows your claim is bogus. Check it out at http://www.guncite.com/gun-control-kell ... times.html. I know the data is considered old but when I checked out "the FBI" statistics I discovered that over all crime is down so I can safely assume that the 2.7 risk of being killed by a personally owned gun in the home stated in 1993 has gone down as well. This data can be confirmed easily from other reputable sources, including the NRA and most local Police depts. Just do a google search like I did.

Homecomfort, I see that you are new to our little family. Please understand, anyone is free to post here (thank you mayor) but if you make claims such as you did here, they will be questioned and proven wrong if they are indeed wrong. Arguing with documented facts is hard to do intelligently but go for it. Just provide your links so we can determine it is a fact, not a personal opinion. Have a great day, Lisa

samhill wrote:Baddawg, why not enlighten everyone with all this under the radar information?

Try a google search for "obama under the radar" or "obama brady under the radar

homecomfort wrote:

jpete wrote:

homecomfort wrote:What are all of the guns, and gun rights actually supposed to protect people from? other guns ??

Yes. Specifically the ones the government employs.

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

Good Luck with that one. I would not want to go toe to toe against the United States military.

Homecomfort, how about this for a quote. : "The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing."

Baddawg, the only two gun laws that I found signed by Obama, (1)allowing guns to be transported in luggage on AMTRAK, (2) allowing liscensed loaded weapons to be carried in National Parks.
Don't know if anything ever happened with it but I believe Bush OKed fully automatic weapons again. That one makes me feel safe, don't know why ant law abiding person would need one but in the past I think somebody here said some states allow them for hunting, which makes me wonder what "hunter"would need one.

Only a hunter that does not understand the concept of HUNTING sam, which is why I've only bow-hunted for the past 20 yrs. Too many A-holes out there. Not all, just too many.

I gave up deer hunting in my teens. There were more people in the woods than on the streets, all just itching for something to move so they could shoot at it. The only way I felt safe was to find a small fir to hide under so no one would see me move, but sitting still like that got awfully cold awfully fast.

samhill wrote:Don't know if anything ever happened with it but I believe Bush OKed fully automatic weapons again. That one makes me feel safe, don't know why ant law abiding person would need one but in the past I think somebody here said some states allow them for hunting, which makes me wonder what "hunter"would need one.

Bush never OKed full autos because they were never illegal in the first place. No state allows hunting with full auto weapons to my knowledge and any hunter that needs one shouldn't be hunting. That said, the Second Amendment says you have a right to bear arms, what that may be is the bearer's choice.

homecomfort wrote:according to FBI statistics, if anyone believes them, a gun owner, is 15 times more likely to be killed by a weapon, than protected by it. sounds good to me.

And whom do you rely on to protect yourself and loved ones? I don't believe the FBI, that's for sure. Sounds like a bunch of crap to me.

Coaledsweat, I never said that Bush OKed FAW for hunting, that was someone on the forum way back for some states, There was a law against either owning of selling them that I believe Bush my have lifted, (not sure) I'm pretty sure you can have one with a special license.
As for the right to bear arms I don't really think they were referring to arms that were never even thought of at the time. The same goes for the well regulated militia, every body seems to forget about that part, IMO that would reference today's ready reserve & national guard. Don't get me wrong on this I'm a gun owner & believe everyone has that right but I shutter to think of some people running around with any type of arm they may choose.

samhill wrote:Coaledsweat, I never said that Bush OKed FAW for hunting, that was someone on the forum way back for some states, There was a law against either owning of selling them that I believe Bush my have lifted, (not sure) I'm pretty sure you can have one with a special license.
As for the right to bear arms I don't really think they were referring to arms that were never even thought of at the time. The same goes for the well regulated militia, every body seems to forget about that part, IMO that would reference today's ready reserve & national guard. Don't get me wrong on this I'm a gun owner & believe everyone has that right but I shutter to think of some people running around with any type of arm they may choose.

My responses to Bush and hunting were separate. NFA weapons require no special license unless an individual state may require it, It does require a tax stamp from ATF, without it, you're looking at twenty years. That said, I'm not sure why anyone would fear someone owning a legal full auto weapon. According to ATF, there has never been a crime committed with a legal NFA weapon to their knowledge.

I don't think the Founding Fathers really cared about what weapons (arms) that we would come up with in the future, their concern was the right to bear them.

I was referring to the possibility of someone using them hunting. It's bad enough around here in deer season, if you hear one shot that's great, when you hear one & then 3 or 4 more in quick succession that to me means they couldn't hit it good with the first shot when the had time. Now the deer is running & they are pumping shot after shot & in no way do they know what's in front or behind that deer that they couldn't hit standing still or walking slow, that's the thing that scares me.