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Originally Posted by the ikara cult

See if someone set fire to my house theres a chance i could escape, its not an efficient way of killing someone, and many things could go wrong, i could be out, be near a door, the fire might not set.
Shooting someone however is a little less uncertain in its outcome.

the point being that lots of people having guns means its easier for someone to be killed as a result of someone reasonable losing their cool.

But your point about the culture being the real problem is of course 100% correct, i take that as a given. I havent been to america so im in no position to judge the culture from anything other than an outsider position.

see the problem with this is that people get pissed off and do stupid things. if you get pissed off and you sock someone on the mouth, well, at the most you knock a couple of teeth. if you get pissed off with a gun, you end up with a humpty dumpty situation.

now people do the same with cars-- a lot of accidents are attributable to anger & violent tendencies. which sucks. but with cars you need to get training, a license, etc-- and still people drive like a bunch of assholes.

with guns, i've heard it say that only those who are thoroughly trained in their use should be allowed to touch them. but any asshole can buy a gun.

i have a story about an asshole ex-friend of mine. he tried to extort a free fuck from a whore that turned out to be a tranny-- true story! because his dad had was a cop & had a gun. so the asshole stole the gun, got drunk, and behaved like the biggest twat in history. he almost killed the tranny/ho except that (i swear im not making this up) i jumped & pushed his arm when he was pulling the trigger.

so i dont like guns because they often fall in the hands of stupid fucking irresponsible jackasses with mental problems. and that includes cops.