Dear Red States

[Agamemnon]

Originally Posted by Matej

Cars are made to transport people.

Guns are made to shoot people.

Yes there are other uses for them, but those are their main purpose.

Get it?

Correct. But you're making an unfair ussumption towards people. Just becuase you own a gun, doesn't mean you are going to kill someone. Just like modding your car doesn't mean you street race.

Get it?

[Matej]

Originally Posted by Agamemnon

"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.
The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is
wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts
they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions,
it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. ...
And what country can preserve its liberties, if it's rulers are not
warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of
resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as
to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost
in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from
time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It is its natural manure." -Thomas Jefferson

You cannot compare the founding fathers to the people who are currently in charge.

Originally Posted by Agamemnon

Correct. But you're making an unfair ussumption towards people. Just becuase you own a gun, doesn't mean you are going to kill someone. Just like modding your car doesn't mean you street race.

Get it?

Yes, but in the end the fatality rate resulting from modding your car or even illegal street racing is nowhere near that of guns.

[Agamemnon]

Originally Posted by Matej

You cannot compare the founding fathers to the people who are currently in charge.

So we are supposed to turn our backs and forget about the founding principles that made this the best nation in history because times change?

Originally Posted by Matej

Yes, but in the end the fatality rate resulting from illegal street racing is nowhere near that of guns.

But thats not what i'm arguing about. My argument is that you stated guns kill no matter what. This just isn't true!

[ESmorz]

Originally Posted by Agamemnon

But thats not what i'm arguing about. My argument is that you stated guns kill no matter what. This just isn't true!

No, that's what you are saying. He simply stated the fact that guns were invented and are still produced to this day to end lives. Whether it be human or animal... alien.