When you consider how many guns Americans own, verses the number of people killed by guns, there is no problem. It's a tiny fraction of one percent. Now, how many people are killed in automobile accidents? How many people are killed crossing the street? There are many things that will kill you, before someone with a gun will. Also, have you ever heard of someone being murdered at a gun show? All those guns, and no one gets shot. Explain that. Criminals are the ones using guns to kill people. Why aren't people like you demanding the death penalty for these thugs? You'd rather go after the guns. There's a name for people like that.

Why do you always come back at me with a load of fallacious bullshit and immature insults? I have heard that liberals have no sense of humor. At least Paul got the gist of it.

Troops in Nam and Iraq and A-stan often slipped condoms over the muzzles of their guns to keep water, mud, sand, bugs and all kinds of shit out of the barrel. Obviously they didn't have to take the condom off the gun to fire it. Try it sometime. A jacketed bullet traveling at over 3000 fps is a bit more effective in penetrating a thin film of latex than is a blob of sticky white liquid squirted by a swollen prostate.

There is nothing pretentious about owning a gun, Pete, just as there is nothing pretentious about having a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit, a health insurance policy, or even a lawn mower. But, setting aside my firearms for the moment, you should see my other weapons.

I must say, you certainly can spin a tale right out of the leftist narrative. And, regarding all that crap about manhood, manliness, and being a man, WTF do you know about that? Apparently, not much. It has nothing to do with owning a gun. Growing up would be a start.

This is the same argument spewed over and over again with the same varying positions taken..It will never change..

Those whom support weapons know they were not manufactured to kill. But to use as a defensive tool, and hunting that certainly goes back well before any of these ridiculous arguments became the standard....

Admire your tenacity though..

I say, let those who want them, own as is our right defined in the Constitution and for those who do not want to own them, simply do not !!

I find it rather interesting those that do own sure aren't standing out there saying Ohhh you should own a gun...Why do those whom do not feel the need to try to control our choice?????