Personally I've no philosophical issue with guns. I've been shooting, I liked it. Not enough to do it regularly mind you.
Nor do I have a problem with collections. I have a friend with a collection of 19th and 20th century revolvers which, I assume, is worth something including an early-ish Colt his grandfather had owned.
That said. I don't really see them as being all that useful for self defense, at least not without a LOT of training so you are likely to be able to defend yourself. There's a lot of reasons why armies spend a lot of time drilling people to do things like shoot guns. Drilling people in things lets them deal with stuff that stops them freezing.
I also think that if we license motor vehicles, we should license guns and that there should be background checks and all the other stuff.
I'm also fairly sure that individuals don't need extended magazines nor assault weapons.
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branchandroot
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Date: 2012-07-26 03:38 pm (UTC)Nor do I have a problem with collections. I have a friend with a collection of 19th and 20th century revolvers which, I assume, is worth something including an early-ish Colt his grandfather had owned.
That said. I don't really see them as being all that useful for self defense, at least not without a LOT of training so you are likely to be able to defend yourself. There's a lot of reasons why armies spend a lot of time drilling people to do things like shoot guns. Drilling people in things lets them deal with stuff that stops them freezing.
I also think that if we license motor vehicles, we should license guns and that there should be background checks and all the other stuff.
I'm also fairly sure that individuals don't need extended magazines nor assault weapons.