I have been at counter protests in the same state.. protesting against laws against gay marriage. and yep.. both sides were armed
Were you protesting for or against gay marriage and the protest you were opposing, was it by 22k men openly carrying guns ?
We can all be brave on the 'Net, I'd like to see your bravery when facing 22k guns
...the grounds against "mandatory gun registry" consist of things like
1. Its unconstitutional
2. It has been proven absolutely ineffective in doing anything other than create hassles for law abiding citizens
3. It can be used as a means of confiscating firearms in violation of the constitution.
Is the mandatory registration of cars constitutional?
Doesn't Maryland require you to register your hand gun ? And not been ruled constitutional?
Gun laws in Maryland - Wikipedia
Are you not aware of the requests to the ATF every year for info?
Why would they make hundreds of thousands of requests, & if the data was more complete, would you not expect even more requests?
But gun owners say such a confiscation will never happen, or do you now think the government could ban guns ?
BWAAAHH that's just hysterical nonsense
Says a guy beset by hysteria & thinks the US government might actually ban guns/seize them
we have to take away your property because we don't know that it WON"T be used in a crime
Yes, such is the case when things are banned - like the gun bans in almost EVERY country in the Western World
When do we start confiscating knives, cars....
Hysterical nonsense and pure what-about-ism
You missed off banning swimming pools too :lamo
almost all valid studies agree that firearms use for defense is far more prevalent than firearms use for crime
And you can cite such a study ? (not one by the NRA)
A wild, unsupported claim, as usual from gun owners
Bwahhh… YOU LIVE IN GEORGIA!. Your state has MORE GUN OWNERS than mine does. You are constantly surrounded by armed individuals just about everywhere you go
I have lived here since 2001 and never yet seen an ordinary citizen open carry
IMO people who open carry are nothing but idiots
Again..silly hysterics. So..you think you are safe because a person planning to shoot up the place is going to obey that signs.
No a calm decision
I prefer not to eat/drink (especially drink) with people carrying guns. s I said, IMO they're being idiotic and I don't want to eat with them, hell I don't want to even know them
Guns and alcohol don't mix - call it hysteria if you like.
Oh wait.. but the parking lot.. where you walk out to.. what about that.. where all those folks have their firearms??
More wild hysteria
So, let me guess what you're going to say, I should carry a gun because it'll help me if I get shot.
Or maybe I should draw my gun first, crouch behind a car engine block and make short sprints from car to car until I reach my bullet proff tank.
We don't all survive on reading comic books and watching action movies,
Surprisingly enough in 109 years I've never been threatened by a gun in as parking lot, guess I must have just been lucky :doh
...you really think that I am MORE like to get shot if I openly carry a gun.. versus not?
Yes. If you carry a gun, you're more likely to get shot by a negligent discharge than attacked by an armed gang
Cripes man.. all studies show that criminals fear the armed citizen MORE than they fear anything else including the police!
Total hysterics
Studies have shown that criminals have avoided potential victims simply based on a suspicion that they were armed.
Ah these "mythical" studies again.
Wow. is that some nutty thinking.
One.. its nuts to think that "some gang of youths".. is going to surround a person that is knowingly armed....
Nope they tend to pick on idiotic people rather those who just blend in.
Cripes.. your afraid to be in the same building with a person that's armed....
Yes
...how crazy to think that a law abiding citizen.. DESERVES TO BE ATTACKED.. simply because they carry a firearm....
Hysterical ranting
I didn't say they deserve to be attacked, just that open carry is idiotic and carrying a gun period is more dangerous than not
Whats next... "well that girl DESERVED to be raped.. look at what she was wearing?"..
Pure hysteria
Yep statistically that's a fact
Because you believe in foresight ?
I am far more likely to be injured by a fellow driving a car than by one of those firearms
Correct & I support all efforts to make driving/cars safer