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FWIW, I find Americans ridiculously paranoid about the need to own guns. -- nm

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Feb 16 '09, 15:30

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I don't know where these americans are, but i can't say i know a single one that owns a gun -- nm - Gwaahjo Feb 16, 15:41 2
- I suspect a lot of people you know own them. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 15:43
- i know many who own guns. -- nm - kare Feb 16, 15:42
damn zombies - Trish Feb 16, 15:37
I would rather not ever need it, than to be in a situation and not have it. -- nm - Redmond Feb 16, 15:37
It weirds me out. Especially the handguns. Hunting rifles I can understand, but handguns, automatic weapons, sniper rifles, RPGs, etc ... overkill. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 15:37 5
- They can take my missle pod when they pry it from my cold dead hands. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 16, 15:39 1
  - nmb Vermin - Trish Feb 16, 15:51
- You can't tell me you wouldn't have a blast firing RPGs at a target. - Trish Feb 16, 15:38 2
  - I'm at Level 29 in Halo. Of course I'd have a blast :) - Beryllium Feb 16, 15:48 1
    - or better yet...on your car :D -- nm - J Feb 16, 15:53
I know a few people like this, though not a lot. "Paranoia" is a good word for it -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 15:35
I find a lot of the fervent 2nd amendmenters to be insane in their fears of govt banning - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:33
You're relatively small town in your origins though. Didn't you see quite a few homes having them back home? - Name Withheld By Request Feb 16, 15:33 24
- sure. We had numerous hunting rifles, and a couple of pistols. - Reagen Feb 16, 15:35 20
  - Oh sure, but I've always assumed that the "I've got to defend my home," has always been disproportionately blown up. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 16, 15:38 19
    - Well, hey, if you want to own a gun because you like shooting it for target practice or because you like how it looks, or whatever, knock yourself out - Reagen Feb 16, 15:40 18
      - How many home invasions have occured where you live? -- nm - the liioulu with hershey's Feb 16, 15:52
      - I think if you crunch the numbers, you could argue that the 'need' for your seat belt comes down to 'nearly zero'. - Dr.Vermin Feb 16, 15:43 16
        
        I'd be willing to bet that the #'s for both home invasion gun-defenses and accidental shooting deaths in the home are roughly equivalent - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:49 6
        
        the average person is in what, at least 3 accidents in their life? that's not an unlikely event. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 15:50 5
        
        Oh shit! I have 3 accidents that are going to happen still. -- nm - Redmond Feb 16, 15:51 1
        
        I've been in 3 that were not my fault at all. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 15:54
        
        Every time you put it on, it's a 3 in a lifetime event. - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:51 2
        
        of course any GIVEN outing is unlikely to result in a crash. - loosilu Feb 16, 15:53 1
        
        Let's not quibble over the definition of unlikely here. - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:55
        
        you're kidding, right? This time I'm sure, the numbers in favor of seatbelts are staggering. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 15:47 3
        
        If involved in an accident. I think he's saying that the statistics show that the majority of people are never involved in an accident where it... - Name Withheld By Request Feb 16, 15:50 2
        
        I seriously doubt that's true. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 15:52
        
        but that's not the cost-benefit analysis. -- nm - Reagen Feb 16, 15:51
        
        I'd disagree with that. A large portion of people will be involved in an automobile collision of some sort in their lifetime. - Reagen Feb 16, 15:47
        
        I'm pretty sure if you crunch the numbers seatbelts would end up being much more useful than guns... - Guigue Feb 16, 15:46 3
        
        Sure, but when you compare number of times used to number of times *needed*, the results are still going to be "nearly zero". - Dr.Vermin Feb 16, 15:50 2
        
        Per travel maybe, but when you add all the car rides in a lifetime I'm sure the number gets much higher - Guigue Feb 16, 15:53 1
        
        I'm not arguing that. - Dr.Vermin Feb 16, 15:55
- "they" say that in rural areas it's pretty much a necessity. (I don't know who they are) -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 15:34 2
  - Depends. Dad always had a gun, but I betcha he fired it at something around the yard maybe two or three times max when I was growing up. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 16, 15:42 1
    - my dad shot crows in the head with his pellet gun. :( - kare Feb 16, 15:43
kinda cracks me up. and frightens me at the same time. -- nm - kare Feb 16, 15:31

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