Gun control

"I only addressed what I wanted at that point, and I didn't want to address all of it. " ---- this is not an argument. Your statement that "Guns do not kill people; the ill in the head who hold the gun and shoot people. I don't think the gun pulls its own trigger. " ---- does not disprove or in any way contradict my statement; I agree with it. "Going back to my statement, taking guns away will not make anything safer. Look at Washington D.C. That city is one of the cities in the US that has the highest crime level. "---- No guns would make things much safer, think about it: no sniping, no instant kills, no standoffs. Why do you mention Washington DC's crime levels? Even if the crime levels got worse directly after gun control was initiated, that doesn't prove that gun control was the cause. "That"s why you go through gun training before you get a license to own a gun. Some people are idiots, and they deserve to die if they are being irresponsible with a gun. You can"t save stupid from stupid." Not everyone has to be "trained" before they can own a gun. If you're implying that they should, I must remind you that that is gun control. Even if someone is forced to take "training", that doesn't insure that they won't be foolish. Besides the fact that your statement about stupid people was rude, I'l take your word for the fact that the stupid deserve to die. If someone is stupid in the handling of a gun, that doesn't mean that it will be the stupid person who will die. It's quite likely that others would die instead, or in addition to the stupid person. Once again, your next statement fails to argue or disprove what I just said, in fact, it's part of the point that I was making. You said that you carry a gun (paraphrased ;-)) with you all of the time, you are one of the few paranoid who do, my argument still applies to most people. About the safety, turning it off is not instant unless you've got a good deal of experience with that gun. There is no such thing as a gun which has a safety that turn off upon pulling the trigger; a gun like that would be the equivalent of a gun without safety. In case I need to remind you,wearing a gun without a safety mechanism tuned on is very hazardous. As explained in Wikipedia, "During the Tokugawa period in Japan, starting in the 17th century, the government imposed very restrictive controls on the small number of gunsmiths in the nation, thereby ensuring the almost total prohibition of firearms.[56] Japan, in the postwar period, has had gun regulation which is strict in principle. Gun licensing is required, and is heavily regulated by the National Police Agency of Japan. The weapons law begins by stating "No-one shall possess a fire-arm or fire-arms or a sword or swords", and very few exceptions are allowed.[57] The only types of firearms which a Japanese citizen may acquire are rifles or shotguns. Sportsmen are permitted to possess rifles or shotguns for hunting and for skeet and trap shooting, but only after submitting to a lengthy licensing procedure.[58] Without a license, a Japanese citizen may not even hold a gun in his or her hands." And as a former debater (imabench) in favor of gun freedom on this site mentioned, Japan is fairly stable.