Comments on: The Gun Game http://aworldamongworlds.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/41/ Anthroblogging! Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:25:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Manymeez http://aworldamongworlds.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/41/#comment-87 Manymeez Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:40:10 +0000 http://aworldamongworlds.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/41/#comment-87 Why is it that you have to do more to earn the privilege to drive a car than to earn the privilege of owning a gun? Why is it that one needs to practice, go take a test, and pass that test before obtaining the right to drive? And you need to continue to retake that test every few years in order to keep that license. However, I can go into a gun shop, fill out a form, permit a criminal background check, and in 10 minutes walk out with a gun? No practice required. No education required. No test required. Nothing further is required of me to keep that gun for the rest of my life, so long as I do not become a felon. Why is it that you have to do more to earn the privilege to drive a car than to earn the privilege of owning a gun? Why is it that one needs to practice, go take a test, and pass that test before obtaining the right to drive? And you need to continue to retake that test every few years in order to keep that license. However, I can go into a gun shop, fill out a form, permit a criminal background check, and in 10 minutes walk out with a gun? No practice required. No education required. No test required. Nothing further is required of me to keep that gun for the rest of my life, so long as I do not become a felon.

]]> By: Trish http://aworldamongworlds.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/41/#comment-82 Trish Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:43:03 +0000 http://aworldamongworlds.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/41/#comment-82 our hilarious trans friend Eddie Izzard had another bit that i liked on the subject. in order to test the whole 'guns don't kill people, people kill people' idea, he suggests we give a gun to a monkey and let him loose in Charlton Heston's house... 'cause if we're lucky, (in addition to scaring the shit out of Heston) we might have definative evidence that guns do indeed play a role. although the monkey might get shot. and that would be sad. our hilarious trans friend Eddie Izzard had another bit that i liked on the subject. in order to test the whole ‘guns don’t kill people, people kill people’ idea, he suggests we give a gun to a monkey and let him loose in Charlton Heston’s house… ’cause if we’re lucky, (in addition to scaring the shit out of Heston) we might have definative evidence that guns do indeed play a role. although the monkey might get shot. and that would be sad.

]]> By: Dylan http://aworldamongworlds.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/41/#comment-78 Dylan Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:14:49 +0000 http://aworldamongworlds.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/41/#comment-78 This is a excellent post. In the UK guns laws are very different to the US. I have never seen a gun there with my own eyes, unless carried by certain identified police officers. We do have gun crime. But the gun related deaths in whole of the UK are the same as for the whole of DC. Lets think about that. A country where guns are easy to get vs one where they are not. A city of 800,000 commits more gun related deaths than a country of 60 million! Guns are lame. Their only intent is to kill people, not deter. And yes i think the guns themselves are as much to blame as the people who pull the trigger. One unfortunate consequence of the freedom to own guns in the US is once guns are in circulation they are out there and will not generally dissappear. If the US stopped selling guns tomorrow there are still more than enough, and there will continue to be more than enough, to continue the gun violence we're all becoming desensitised too. This is a excellent post.

In the UK guns laws are very different to the US. I have never seen a gun there with my own eyes, unless carried by certain identified police officers. We do have gun crime. But the gun related deaths in whole of the UK are the same as for the whole of DC. Lets think about that. A country where guns are easy to get vs one where they are not. A city of 800,000 commits more gun related deaths than a country of 60 million! Guns are lame. Their only intent is to kill people, not deter. And yes i think the guns themselves are as much to blame as the people who pull the trigger.

One unfortunate consequence of the freedom to own guns in the US is once guns are in circulation they are out there and will not generally dissappear. If the US stopped selling guns tomorrow there are still more than enough, and there will continue to be more than enough, to continue the gun violence we’re all becoming desensitised too.

]]> By: Tom http://aworldamongworlds.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/41/#comment-75 Tom Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:43:25 +0000 http://aworldamongworlds.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/41/#comment-75 I recently learned that guns are used in the us more commonly for suicide than for homicide. Lets reduce the number of unnecessarey deaths by reducing the number of guns in circulation. I recently learned that guns are used in the us more commonly for suicide than for homicide. Lets reduce the number of unnecessarey deaths by reducing the number of guns in circulation.

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