200 years out of date!!!

[simay77]

As A Man From An Almost Completely Non Gun Owning Society It Confounds Me That The Law Has Not Changed In Relation To The Ability To Buy Guns In The U.s. This Is A Law That Goes Back 200 Yrs. Surely It Makes Sense To Not Be Able To Buy Guns. I Know That Some People Will Say That You Can Kill People With Cars, But That Makes No Sense Whatsoever. Just Because It Is Possible To Kill Ourselves With Items Like Pens Or Hammers, Doesn't Meen It Should Be Possible To Purchase Products Which Have Been Manufactured For One Reason And One Reason Only - To Kill.

What Is Everyones Opinion On Gun Laws???

[Boerseun]

First off, welcome to Hypo, simay!

Secondly, Please Do Not Capitalize The First Letters Of Every Word - It Makes It Kinda Hard To Read...

Thirdly, I'm totally opposed to guns. As you said, a handgun has only one function, and that is to deprive someone else of his life by hurtling tiny stones at them at a sufficient speed to make them spring a few leaks.

The car analogy used by the pro-gunners falls apart when you consider that a car was made for a very different purpose - when it kills someone, it was an accident. When a gun kills someone, it's a piece of machinery simply doing what it was designed to do. It's sickening, really.

[Tormod]

Welcome to Hypography! Another European here.

And I'm also in the anti-gun camp.

[simay77]

Thanks for the welcome, and I'll sort out that capital letters thing!

[Freddy]

I am not anti-gun but am pro gun control. Please do not assume that gun laws in all states are the same. It is very difficult to buy a handgun in MA. Welcome to the forum.

[orbsycli]

I could walk into a store in Bradenton, FL and buy a semi-automatic AK-47 in less than an hour.

I also hear gunshots all the time.

[simay77]

''I am not anti-gun but am pro gun control. Please do not assume that gun laws in all states are the same. It is very difficult to buy a handgun in MA. Welcome to the forum.''

So a short out of state drive is all thats needed then!!! Thanks for the welcome.

[C1ay]

Originally Posted by simay77

Which Have Been Manufactured For One Reason And One Reason Only - To Kill.

False. I've been a gun owner and user since I was a teenager, 30+ years ago, and I've never murdered anybody with one. I've enjoyed hundreds and hundreds of hours of target practice and skeet shooting for sport. I've enjoyed hundreds of hours of hunting and many great meals from my guns. There are millions more like me. Why should we be punished because of the occasional psycho that abuses the tool?

On the car argument suppose someone bought a car for the express purpose of running down a crowd of people. Would that make the car bad? No. It does show that it doesn't matter what the car was designed for, it's just another tool in a killer's arsenal.

Psychos that want to kill crowds of people will find a way and punishing everyone else because of it is not a solution. What will you do when some psycho walks into a mall with a gallon of gasoline and detonates it, ban gasoline?

Prohibition of anything fails and promotes black markets. Prohibition did not stop alcohol abuse and has had minimal effect of drug abuse and control. It won't work for guns either. Outlaw guns and only outlaws will have guns and the rest of us will be one step closer to defenseless...

[IMAMONKEY!]

Maybe we should all just wear body armor

Welcome to the forums!!

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by simay77

So a short out of state drive is all thats needed then!!! Thanks for the welcome.

Actually, the state of MA thought of that so they have agreements with neighboring states to hold MA residents to the same restrictions and steps that MA has. My dad lives in NH and could buy a handgun with less hassle and give it to me, but that would be illegal in both states.