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Thanks for taking the time to respond. No, it doesn't scare me. Guns in general don't scare me, because I see them as tools that generally have a lot more posi

Thanks for taking the time to respond. No, it doesn't scare me. Guns in general don't scare me, because I see them as tools that generally have a lot more positive effect than negative effect. There will always be bad people who would do others harm, whether with guns or with something else. If guns didn't exist in America, the next crazy person who wants to go out in a blaze of ignominy will just drive his car into a crowd, or make homemade explosives, or something else. Guns give the good guys a fighting chance, leveling the playing field. And by "good guy" here I mean both the unassuming guy who carries a concealed handgun every day (me, for example) as well as the 90-pound girl who protects herself from a home invasion. (To say nothing of the whole defense-against-tyranny thing.) Anyway, I'll get off my soapbox about all that. This gun in particular doesn't scare me because there are already far more practical and cheaper ways to do bad things. If you want to throw servos and a camera on a rifle, you can do that today. It doesnt need to be something that compensates for wind speed, and you won't use a bolt-action rifle if your goal is to kill a bunch of people remotely. Or you just build a bomb or something, like I said above.

hnb32 14y ago
... and logic like this is why I'm glad I live in Europe. Please examine recent events in your country to see how ridiculous your opinions are.
- monochromatic 14y ago
  Well you're certainly snotty enough to be European. Which thing I said, in particular, do you disagree with?
- hga 14y ago
  Repeating a post from a recent gun control thread, you're actually doing noticeably worse than the US: From Wikipedia, school shootings in Europe in this century, last two numbers are killed and wounded: R., Georg, 18, Sep. 17 2009, Germany, 0, 10-15 Kretschmer, Tim, 17, March 11, 2009, Germany, 15, 9-13 De Gelder, Kim, 20, Jan. 16/23,, 2009, Belgium, 4, 12 Saari, Matti Juhani, 22, Sep. 23, 2008, Finland, 10, 1-3 Auvinen, Pekka-Eric, 18, Nov. 7, 2007, Jokela, Finland, 8, 1 Bosse, Bastian, 18, Nov. 20, 2006, Germany, 0, 22 Steinhäuser, Robert, 19, April 26, 2002, Germany, 16, 1 Other spree shootings in Europe in this century: Merah, Mohammed, 23, March 11–22, 2012, Toulouse & Montauban, France, 7, 8 Amrani, Nordine, 33, Dec. 13, 2011, Liège, Belgium, 6, 123 (he also used grenades) Breivik, Anders Behring, 32, July 22, 2011, Norway, 75, 242 (a bomb killed 8) van der Vlis, Tristan, 24, April 9, 2011, Netherlands, 6, 17 Radmacher, Sabine, 41, Sep. 19, 2010, Germany, 3, 18 (arson was also used) Bird, Derrick, 52, June 2, 2010, United Kingdom, 12, 11 Sacco, Angelo Secondo, 54, June 28, 2005, Italy, 3, 9 Antonello, Mauro, 40, Oct. 15, 2002, Italy, 7 Durn, Richard, 33, March 27, 2002, France, 8, 19 Selamet, Ozan, 42, Jan. 18, 2002, Belgium, 6 (2 strangled) Roux-Durrafourt, Jean-Pierre, 44, Oct. 29, 2001, France, 4, 7 Leibacher, Friedrich, 57, Sep. 27, 2001, Switzerland, 14, 18 Kaya, Hakan, 24, Dec. 22, 2000, Germany, 6
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hnb32 14y ago

... and logic like this is why I'm glad I live in Europe. Please examine recent events in your country to see how ridiculous your opinions are.

monochromatic 14y ago
Well you're certainly snotty enough to be European. Which thing I said, in particular, do you disagree with?
hga 14y ago
Repeating a post from a recent gun control thread, you're actually doing noticeably worse than the US: From Wikipedia, school shootings in Europe in this century, last two numbers are killed and wounded: R., Georg, 18, Sep. 17 2009, Germany, 0, 10-15 Kretschmer, Tim, 17, March 11, 2009, Germany, 15, 9-13 De Gelder, Kim, 20, Jan. 16/23,, 2009, Belgium, 4, 12 Saari, Matti Juhani, 22, Sep. 23, 2008, Finland, 10, 1-3 Auvinen, Pekka-Eric, 18, Nov. 7, 2007, Jokela, Finland, 8, 1 Bosse, Bastian, 18, Nov. 20, 2006, Germany, 0, 22 Steinhäuser, Robert, 19, April 26, 2002, Germany, 16, 1 Other spree shootings in Europe in this century: Merah, Mohammed, 23, March 11–22, 2012, Toulouse & Montauban, France, 7, 8 Amrani, Nordine, 33, Dec. 13, 2011, Liège, Belgium, 6, 123 (he also used grenades) Breivik, Anders Behring, 32, July 22, 2011, Norway, 75, 242 (a bomb killed 8) van der Vlis, Tristan, 24, April 9, 2011, Netherlands, 6, 17 Radmacher, Sabine, 41, Sep. 19, 2010, Germany, 3, 18 (arson was also used) Bird, Derrick, 52, June 2, 2010, United Kingdom, 12, 11 Sacco, Angelo Secondo, 54, June 28, 2005, Italy, 3, 9 Antonello, Mauro, 40, Oct. 15, 2002, Italy, 7 Durn, Richard, 33, March 27, 2002, France, 8, 19 Selamet, Ozan, 42, Jan. 18, 2002, Belgium, 6 (2 strangled) Roux-Durrafourt, Jean-Pierre, 44, Oct. 29, 2001, France, 4, 7 Leibacher, Friedrich, 57, Sep. 27, 2001, Switzerland, 14, 18 Kaya, Hakan, 24, Dec. 22, 2000, Germany, 6
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