Replies to post #3926 on The Free Zone Board

[mikkj]

RE: Meme/Gun Control.

A little Freudian slip in that last post? -

"why should they be ENcouncouraged to buy guys anyway?"

A little insight into our Meme. :-)

[was Graywolf]

Meme - gun control

Why would "law-abiding" citizens be "discouraged" from buying guns? - Meme

Any law or regulation regarding the legal sale of guns discourages law-abiding citizens from going through with the purchase. Paperwork, fees, etc. - Spall

You asked a question, then quoted Spall's answer - which happens to be accurate. The discouragement comes from the inconvenience involved and from being treated like a criminal for wanting the means to defend yourself FROM criminals.

Oh yeah, we all surely know how the paperwork, fees, documentation and standing in line discourages people from buying and registering cars.

If the two were anything alike, your argument may hold water, but since they are as diiferent from each other as they are from buying groceries, it doesn't. Just out of curiosity, when was the last time you were fingerprinted to buy a car?

As if that weren't a lame enough argument in and of itself, why should they be ENcouraged to buy guys anyway? I don't particularly wish to encourage anyone to buy guns.

SO people should not be encouraged to self reliance and to protect thier families? Ok, I see.

[Spallenzani]

RE: Meme/Mikkj/Spall/Gun Control.

Oh yeah, we all surely know how the paperwork, fees, documentation and standing in line discourages people from buying and registering cars.

Cars entail a significant cost. Insurance, title fees, gas, the price of the car itself, etc.

The same holds true with guns. Misguided leftists like yourself try to ban cheap guns (what are commonly referred to as "Saturday Night Specials") and impose mandatory licensing and training programs, believing that this will promote safety. Yet you and others like yourself fail to realize that you are harming the people most in need of protection: the poor minorities living in crime-ridden inner-cities.

The more expensive you make gun purchases, the less chance law-abiding citizens will defend themselves and help prevent crime. This is simple economics, so I don't expect you to understand it.

As if that weren't a lame enough argument in and of itself, why should they be ENcouraged to buy guys anyway? I don't particularly wish to encourage anyone to buy guns.

Because the more guns controlled by law abiding citizens, the less crime. Remember this study?

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/493636.html

It uses much more detailed criteria than the bogus study you posted.