If you lived in the USA would you buy a gun?

OMG TOOTHBRUSH

Well?

I would. I'm glad guns are illegal here though.

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Reply 1

brap man 420

Depends where I lived, I probably would in a state in the South.

Yes, absolutely.

Of course, I wish they were legal in this country

Reply 4

MidnightDream

I wouldn't like to own one, I'm a tad clumsy, but if everyone else has one I need one for safety :smile:

Reply 5

mojojojo101

I wouldn't buy a handgun for use in self defence. I probably would be more likely to buy a rifle or something for use on a range / sport shooting / etc.

Reply 6

Jkizer

As protection in my own home.

Reply 7

BeanofJelly

No. I would be more likely to be killed by my gun than defend myself with it.

(Not just me - that's the evidence. In the USA, a gun in the home is many times more likely to kill a person living in that household, whether by suicide, domestic argument, or accident than it is to be used legitimately as self-defense).

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Reply 8

scannergirl

Nooooooo

I'm too freaking clumsy

Plus, if I shot someone, I couldn't live with myself.

Reply 9

Stinkum

Oh, hell to the yes, without question. I'd invest in a nice range of firearms including a desert eagle, browning pistols, walther ppk, mossberg shotguns, ruger mini-14, etc.

Reply 10

MancStudent098

Although I'm very anti-firearm legalisation, I'd enjoy target shooting if there was a decent range near where I lived. If it is legal then you might as well go with the flow. Of course the one group of people who can't easily take advantage of their ridiculously lax gun law are non-citizens so would probably be tricky for most of us even if we did live there.

Reply 11

Frodokins

Though I don't like the idea of guns and their legalisation, I would in a country that allowed it for self defence because everyone else would have one, so it would be a disadvantage not to have one.
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Reply 12

Clip

I would really like a Glock 22 and an HK USP in .40SW

Reply 13

crayz

Yeah it would be pretty cool i'd get a katana too i want one in the UK but there are silly laws against it.

Reply 14

arcturus7

I think that firearms, ideally, should be strictly regulated, but be more available than they are in this country. I think that experienced policemen deserve the right to be able to protect themselves with a firearm, and to try and coerce suspects to surrender so that people may be arrested easier. Your average Joe certainly shouldn't be able to just walk into a gun shop and buy a weapon. I think there should be many strict criteria that must be met before anyone should be able to buy a weapon, particularly one that can be concealed about your person and carried in public. I don't know what those criteria should be, but they need to exist.

That being said, if I lived in a country where everyone else was packing a 9mm when they left the house, I'd have a .45 ready in response. You have to protect yourself and your family and friends; hopefully you'd never have to use it.

Reply 15

brap man 420

party in the usa

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Reply 16

anosmianAcrimony

Original post by crayz

Yeah it would be pretty cool i'd get a katana too i want one in the UK but there are silly laws against it.

My fencing epées are enough for me.

Reply 17

NJam

No. It's a stupid idea.

Reply 18

Sunny_Smiles

yes, and it would preferably be fully automatic, but obviously I'd only have it for the event of a burglary or for the protection of someone being seriously harmed/wronged inside the house. I may also carry a smaller gun if I was walking around on the night streets alone. I wouldn't go around the streets going "look at my big gun". but there's nothing wrong with the former situation, in fact, in switzerland, all adult males must own a gun and go through gun training

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Reply 19

Oldcon1953

Original post by BeanofJelly

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There are many times more incidences where a firearm is used in self defense then are mentioned here. The reason is that there are times when a gun doesn't have to be fired to prevent an attack. Another reason is that many times a gun used in self defense is not reported for a number of reasons.