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Do you reckon guns should be banned in the U.S.? (Please vote)

Should guns be banned in the U.S.?

  • Yes.

    Votes: 84 50.9%
  • No.

    Votes: 81 49.1%

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zxr750j

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I can understand using guns for hunting, and maybe for home defense. I can also understand that is cool to shoot guns at a range. I don't understand how it's possible for an 18 year old to buy something like an ar15 or people carrying firearms openly.

If I was allowed to, I might buy a gun and handle it very carefully. But I am very happy I can't so other people also won't have access to them, there are too many crazy people. Now I won't have to arm myself against these people. In short: no guns in Holland (except for wild game regulation and law-enforcement).

In the USA? I don't understand a lot of Americans, it's culturally so different (too much god and holding on to prehistoric laws) that it's not my place to judge. Oh, I just did, did I?
 

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i live in europe and we are fucked here ! for the people who live in the usa the moment you give up your guns thats the moment your are fucked BIG TIME !! keep your guns ,you wil be happy and own nothing
how naief can you be ? who is going to protect you if the government has gone crazy ??
or do people in the usa realy think the government is going to take care of us ??:wacko:
We've been reduced to mindless children over here, people will believe in nearly anything these days.
 
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I don’t think guns should be banned. Guns require proper regulations, training, and better filtering processes. I don’t think an unhinged conspiracy nut in Facebook should have a gun but that doesn’t mean I think they should be banned.
 

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No. Not ever. Not even any restrictions. And we really need to disband the military, since there's no legitimate need for a standing army. The government is meant to fear its citizenry.
 
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Considering that we have a 2nd Amendment, there's not a debate to be had. It's like debating if you believe the military should be able to house soldiers in one's home without your consent. They don't and no matter how much one may want it to happen, it's not gonna happen.
 
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