Thread: guns

Originally Posted by Neruo

Also, America has 3 times more people in prison, per citizen, than European countries. Also far more than Russian and China.

It's fun if you want to pay a lot of tax money, but it really makes you wonder about America's way of dealing with, (and creating of,) crime.

I believe I recently read that over 1/3 of all US convicts are actually in there for second/third strike drug possession. This is what the highly unsuccessful 'War on Drugs' has given the US - an overcrowded prison system full of people who shouldn't be in there in the first place. On the inside they mix with the harder criminals and can potentially come out a lot worse than they went in.

Originally Posted by Xaqaria

What if you need to defend yourself against the military or swat team?

What average citizen has a hope in hell of defending themselves against a fully armed and trained SWAT team even WITH automatic weapons?

Originally Posted by Alextanium

What average citizen has a hope in hell of defending themselves against a fully armed and trained SWAT team even WITH automatic weapons?

The Iraqis and Afghanis seem to be doing it just fine.

Originally Posted by Alextanium

What average citizen has a hope in hell of defending themselves against a fully armed and trained SWAT team even WITH automatic weapons?

One way or the other, average citizens are not the ones who want to buy automatic weapons, and they aren't the ones that are going to be standing up during a time of government oppression/civil unrest. I personally think buying an automatic rifle through legal means is a hindrance to any act of rebellion rather than helpful because what it does first and foremost is put you on a list of people to go after first once the shit hits the fan.

All I'm saying is, reserving the most effective killing machines for people in positions of authority, or working directly for that authority, is dangerous for the common man, unless you trust that authority explicitly and in all situations; which I have to say, I don't.