Reasons your gun arguments are bullshit:
Stupid Argument 1: "Law abiding citizens need guns to keep the bad guys away."
Why it's fucking stupid: Everyone is a law abiding citizen until the moment that they're not. There is no secret band of evil doers waiting in the dark for all you "good guys" to give up your guns so that they can flood into town and kill you all. You are not the Justice League, and there is no evil super hero team out there plotting to take over the world. Normal people commit the majority of gun violence due to paranoia or in the heat of passion. Not some shadowy group of "bad guys". People have the capacity to use guns, or anything else, for good or evil. Which brings me to...
Stupid Argument 2: "People die in car crashes all the time, so should we make cars illegal?".
Why it's fucking stupid: Cars are created for the specific purpose of transporting people. That is their main purpose. The reason that people are arguing over the need for semi-automatic, high volume weapons is that they were created with the specific purpose of killing human beings in the most efficient manner possible. And before you throw in "Teh AR-15 is nota miliatry weapon!#!#OMGF!!" let me point out that the AR-15 is simply a semi-automatic version of the M-16, which was developed to be the U.S. Army's main battle rifle. The only difference is the ability to fire in burst/auto mode, which is not available on the AR-15. Despite what you may use it for, it is not made for hunting. It is designed to kill people efficiently, and it is pretty good at it. To caveat on that, I have never used the burst setting on my M4 in a firefight. It's a waste of ammo. Therefore, I have never had a need in combat for anything other than what is readily available on the U.S. gun market.
The worst thing you can do as gun owners/supporters is to keep up these idiotic arguments, which I have just ripped apart. If I can do it, a good lawyer in a Supreme Court case can do it much better. Your best defense is to rely on the Second Amendment and the freedoms that it provides, rather than some stupid, over-used internet meme. Think for a minute before crafting your argument. When you see that it's going to make you look like either a paranoid moron or a mindless sponge for people's memes, cancel that argument and revert back to the old "The people's right to bear and maintain arms shall not be infringed".
Stupid Argument 1: "Law abiding citizens need guns to keep the bad guys away."
Why it's fucking stupid: Everyone is a law abiding citizen until the moment that they're not. There is no secret band of evil doers waiting in the dark for all you "good guys" to give up your guns so that they can flood into town and kill you all. You are not the Justice League, and there is no evil super hero team out there plotting to take over the world. Normal people commit the majority of gun violence due to paranoia or in the heat of passion. Not some shadowy group of "bad guys". People have the capacity to use guns, or anything else, for good or evil. Which brings me to...
Stupid Argument 2: "People die in car crashes all the time, so should we make cars illegal?".
Why it's fucking stupid: Cars are created for the specific purpose of transporting people. That is their main purpose. The reason that people are arguing over the need for semi-automatic, high volume weapons is that they were created with the specific purpose of killing human beings in the most efficient manner possible. And before you throw in "Teh AR-15 is nota miliatry weapon!#!#OMGF!!" let me point out that the AR-15 is simply a semi-automatic version of the M-16, which was developed to be the U.S. Army's main battle rifle. The only difference is the ability to fire in burst/auto mode, which is not available on the AR-15. Despite what you may use it for, it is not made for hunting. It is designed to kill people efficiently, and it is pretty good at it. To caveat on that, I have never used the burst setting on my M4 in a firefight. It's a waste of ammo. Therefore, I have never had a need in combat for anything other than what is readily available on the U.S. gun market.
The worst thing you can do as gun owners/supporters is to keep up these idiotic arguments, which I have just ripped apart. If I can do it, a good lawyer in a Supreme Court case can do it much better. Your best defense is to rely on the Second Amendment and the freedoms that it provides, rather than some stupid, over-used internet meme. Think for a minute before crafting your argument. When you see that it's going to make you look like either a paranoid moron or a mindless sponge for people's memes, cancel that argument and revert back to the old "The people's right to bear and maintain arms shall not be infringed".
mortis322:
that's one of the best responses i've seen so far about all of this!!
gabeofthorns:
Thanks. I'm not necessarily anti-gun, but I am against dumb arguments. Well-thought-out arguments lead to better decisions. Unfortunately those rarely fit on bumper stickers, so people don't read them.