Recent content by Eidolon

I'll ignore this one. You didn't get the point of it anyways. BTW, strawman.... See, I can play that game too. I don't know 'that much' about guns. I'm not a "gun nut" as some eloquently put it. I simply know what I do based on my own experiences with my old .22 Ruger and grandpa's...

Perhaps not. I personally have no need for an assault rifle. I really don't have need for any gun outside of a common .22 rifle because I like to target shoot. I don't hunt, so I don't need a hunting rifle, I don't really need a shot gun but they are good for clay targets. You can target...

The last few posts between Gnug and myself have been constructive and to the point. However, between yourself, Kenandkids and Ijoe (thought I haven't responded to him directly) I've had to defend my posts instead of progressing the discussion. I've had to go off on a damn tangent with the whole...

The original comparison was about the need for such an extravagant Item, not about comparing their deadliness. I only went with it when it was compared in that way because I figured someone would try to take it out of context, and I strive to be the worlds biggest asshole. :lol:

How many thousand of deaths have occurred due to automatic rifles? Without pulling any statistics out of my ass, I'd say the majority of shootings happen with small pistols. Yeah of course there will be those who may mow down movie theater with an M-16, but it doesn't happen nearly as often as...

That I can't answer. No, in all actuality no one "needs" an M-16 or equivalent, but no one needs a 400 HP engine in a Ferrari either. But if you can prove that you can handle it, and can afford to purchase and insure it, then I don't see a problem. Granted, it may just be showing off ones...

It was a sarcasm... Because so far the only idea anyone has presented is getting rid of guns entirely... So if guns are gone, just move down to the next viable alternative... Which would logically be bows and arrows. And he couldn't have possibly calmed down on his way home to get his gun? or...

Just like how you can operate a regular car, but can't drive a bus. A bus driver can't drive a commercial freighter, and a freight driver can't fly a plane, and a regular pilot can't fly a commercial airliner. A set of standards for each degree of qualification would have to be agreed on. Who...

For starters, I didn't use a straw man anyways. Reread the post in question. It was an implied level descending example stating that no matter what you ban, you can still kill with the relatively same efficiency with the next lower powered substitute and so on down the line. Therefore, banning...

Its a decoy to put it simply. "I don't want too address your point, so here is another one to take apart." I know what a strawman is, and frankly the majority of the accusations of it here are not valid. On that note, whenever a debate like this has a heavy bias to it, everyone calls out...

As I said in an earlier post, I think we should treat guns like cars in that you have to be trained, certified and possibly insured to own (or at least purchase ammunition for it because some people do collect them with no intention of firing them) them. If its a matter of drawing an arbitrary...

Yeah, means about the same thing as bringing an axe to a fist fight. Damn, now we have to ban axes because they make it too easy to kill someone who doesn't have a more powerful weapon. So if you really wanted to kill several people it wouldn't be possible without a gun? Damn now that makes...

What does it matter how easy or not guns make killing? Do you think if someone has taken the time to decide he wants to kill you that he really gives a shit about how challenging it may be? What if he decides to bury an axe in the back of your skull? Do you think that the lack of a fire arm is...

I don't think you can rely on the manifesto of any political organization to understand their objectives as all political organizations are a load of shit. The NRA may officially have one view or another on gun laws, but within the organization there will certainly be different factions which...