Give up your guns |
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50.5% (738) |
Kill the person who tries to take it from you |
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10.3% (150) |
Try to hide your guns |
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16.6% (243) |
other |
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22.6% (330) |
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Yeah, right, a breach of this part of the constitution? Also, can somebody finally answer what people hunt with an M16? Even bears go down to a bolt action if you have a half decent aim, and why do people need any more than bolt action rifles?. But back onto the poll. Yeah, I'd give up my gun if that happened. As far as I'm aware no country that has either gun control or a proper gun culture has ever suffered the kind of massacre America sees every other month so I would be willing to disarm myself, the majority of criminals, and the Psychos at the same time. | |
Im sorry, but it is literally impossible for me to imagine the government passing a law to solve America's financial crisis, than alone passing a law that bans the ownership of firearms. Its not even possible to come up with a honest answer for a hypothetical question. The literal idea of it is so mind boggling that... I really cant imagine it ever happening... But most likely, I would demand compensation for my firearms... actually I just own one shotgun... and as it was a $500 piece, would use the proceeds to buy some new games... | |
Well, I'm also in the UK, and there are currently two licensed double barrel shotguns in my house. Those have shotgun licenses, and then my uncle has a semi-automatic shotgun that chambers seven or eight shells that has a firearms license. So, that seems pretty legalized, to me. Then again, we are in a rural area. Even so, I'd hardly say it's illegal to own firearms. Strict, maybe, but legal. | |
Not going to entertain this question because it feeds the paranoia that certain gun lovers have. You know the crazies that are afraid o imaginary boogey men in the government. The ones that believe the US government wants all of the guns. Your scenario represents the unlikely outcome, one that is not going to happen. The feds do not want to take all guns away. They want to enact measures that 90 percent of NRA members happen to agree with, simply a series of common sense measures to address the gun problem in the United States. Limit the sale of assault weapons, as defined by the 1994 Assault Weapons band. Limit the ability to buy and manufacturer high capacity clips for firearms. Force the Gun Show loophole to be closed. Make it tougher for people to get firearms. Force the federal database of banned gun buyers to be a 50 state thing. Make it harder for those prone to gun violence to purchase firearms legally You know things that sane and rational people would agree with. No, this is not a "If at first you don't succeed, fuck it" scenario. Yes, it will not stop all firearms death, nothing will. What it can do is lessen number of ruined lives after each incident. The fact that people entertain asinine scenarios like this one are part of the problem. | |
I have no guns, soo.... Yeah, I'm an American, and I don't own a gun. Come at me bro (Don't really come at me, I just felt like saying that). | |
I don't own guns, I don't care to own a gun, and I don't need a gun.
Sounds reasonable. | |
They would be "stolen" if asked about them and as none of mine are registered unless they come knocking with a warrant no one will be the wiser. Same for any kind of regulation, or registration, none of the governments business what I own so they'll never know i have it. | |
Look up James Yeager You'll all be in for a good laugh. | |
Creative melee combat and/or bows, now would that not be fun. Sure it would be more difficult and take a lot longer to properly master but the fights could be amazing. | |
Don't you know? Australian wildlife is impervious to bullets. You gotta wrestle everything into submission, like a real man. | |
Well, time to go buy a gun. I'm thinking an M16. | |
Rural folk actually have a practical use for guns, so that's easily justified. However, the stigma against guns isn't just because they're guns, it's because inner-city Americans do not need a handgun for any reason. I'm also British, and the house opposite mine was ransacked by police, who found a cache of assault weaponry in there. Which amuses me for reasons it shouldn't. | |
If I owned guns (which I don't), I'd give them up as to not get in trouble with the law....Then proceed to stock up on everything else that could be used to defend myself, maybe a pepper ball gun and a large CO2 tank. | |
Huh? That link is about how Nazi's murdered people because of their race, religion or something. I don't see how that has anything to do with what we're talking about. Unless you're trying to stretch it like this, first the government removes skateboards. The people who don't skateboard don't care so they don't speak up. Then , like a dude who gets a tattoo feels the urge to get another one, the government is like, "wow ... I like this banning idea, it feels good." So they ban guns. Then they ban redheads. Then they ban graduation parties and dogshows. Then...KAZAAAM! We're all Nazis. | |
And those licenses aren't easy to get. It is illegal to own a firearm any other way. Unlike in America where they are readily available. | |
This might not really count since I'm not American and we Spaniards have a completely different culture surrounding guns, but... Give them (or rather, it) away. I only own it so I have a basic level of training on how to operate/maintain it in case some big war happens and I'm conscripted into the army. Don't really care about it beyond that. | |
Nothing changes for me. I keep living with the happy thought that this is not Detroit. | |
I would buy a huge bag of popcorn and ticket to southern part of USA. | |
I believe most firearms would be grandfathered in, meaning you can keep what you have. If not, I'd try to sell the few I have as quick as a good.
This is a hypothetical question, and such things tend to not really be based on what is happening more on what won't happen. | |
You can't just say that this thread doesn't belong in the Politics forum because the hypothetical is that the law has already been passed. Gun threads will always come down to politics, no matter what you say. As people have said, politically, it can't be done. If it happened there would be serious and rebellious repercussions. I voted "other" in the poll because: I'd sit back and watch as the vast majority of the police force said no, because, even if they supported it, it would be too much risk of life to try and enforce such a law. You'd then say, well, such people wouldn't be able to handle the US military coming to take their guns. Wrong. Because they wouldn't have to worry about the US military, because the military would be right next to such people, protecting them from an unconstitutional law and any police and disloyal(downright stupid) military members that were crazy enough to try. As I've said before in other gun threads, I know people in the military. I know there would be whole military bases, that if such a law was passed, they would say "hell no" to the government and not enforce the law and would protect gun owners. Because, seriously, who do you think makes up a majority of the military force in the US? Yes, the kind of people that love guns and will protect the right for them and others to own them. In order to gain back the military to do what it normally does with it, the US government would have to erase the law and promise that they would never think of passing such a law ever again. I just don't see how people don't get how this is the only real scenario that would happen if such a law was passed.
Referring to what I've said above, that just isn't the case. I've got to know way too many gun owners and people in the military to think that the majority people here in the US would just fold under such a law. It would be the reverse of your second sentence. There would be a small amount of extremist anti-gun people holding out against the US military which the vast majority is made up of pro-gun types. If there ever was a scenario where the US military would turn and over throw the US government if it had to, such a gun ban law would be the case. | |
Looking through the thread, I see lots of speech about Americans objecting violently. America is the only country in the western world that hasn't had truly violent protests about entitlements and money since the global depression began. OT: While you are free to give up your arms, it is an inherent right of every US citizen that they be able to own a gun. There are several reasons why we were afforded such a right, the main one being so that the common people don't get trod upon by a tyrannical government or the us as a whole doesn't get overtaken by a hostile foreign nation. | |
Well I don't own a gun, so I guess I'd just say "You can have it, IF YOU CAN FIND IT." | |
If you'd said rifles, I'd understand where you're coming from, but I'd say people in the city have more reason for a handgun than someone in a rural area. Carry weapons and such, which do protect people. | |
I would be pretty pissed off to see my collection of WW2 firearms thrown into the smelter. If such a law were passed there is no way anyone would be getting any compensation, I would expect $3000 alone. I would probably get them all deactivated before I would let the mounties take them, history deserves to be preserved. However, collecting these old relics would be far less interesting if I couldn't take them to range once in a while. My Collection (Dear god 7 guns! I must be a sociopath...) Lee Enfield No.4 Mk.1 | |
If the law was passed, I would sell them before they got a chance to take them. I would then get a small, .22 handgun from "other sources" and keep it hidden. Make money, stay protected, watch the hilarious fireworks as the government tries to round up almost the number of guns as people in the country.
While, yes, this is somewhat true of some people, you really don't need to be like THAT. The only reason I would acquire a gun is to keep hidden away in my house for emergencies. But in terms of "complaining about their toys being taken away.", just no. In the context of sport and enjoyment, taking away guns would be no different than banning video games and I don't see you calling everyone who would hide their games "Children". | |
Which is why every Londoner carries a handgun, right? | |
I'd give it to them alongside my massive collection of Manga and immense library of classic literature and 8 tracks along with my Rolls-Royce and everything else I don't have. I live in Australia, where only farmers and private security have guns so I can't honestly say I give a shit. My Nerf guns on the other hand... | |
Don't own one, never did, never will. Wish Americans would get over the issue, they're a bit grown up to be playing cowboy anymore. | |
If the government were to do such a thing it would be a sign that they are plotting to take more power from the people to round them up and enslave them. If your gonna deny my reasoning, look at the way the world is running right now. Most people are forced to work multiple jobs or to not take any vacations just to make ends meet. This also forces people into the military because thats the ensures them that they will have a steady income that will pay the bills and slowly warps them into being killing machines. PTSD is proof of this because when people come back, they still have that feeling of being in a battle zone. Also the military tends to 'post' people to different locations so that they don't form strong bonds with non military personal. So if the government bans the ownership of guns, it means they are moving closer to the enslaving of the people. And befor anyone gets any stupid ideas, no i am not an anarchist. I don't have faith in the way the government is being run and believe there should be a drastic change in leadership. | |
Like this? OT, I don't own one, and my country (Slovakia) has some pretty strict rules for those who want to go around the streets armed so I guess it doesn't matter that much to me. | |
Do I ignore this thread, considering it's pretty obviously only aimed at people from countries where gun ownership is legal, especially the USA. Or do I make a smartarse comment because it wasn't specified i'll get back to you on this | |
As somebody from another part of the world I can only wonder how it got to the point where 'muricans consider guns to be some sort of god-given right. How some misinterpreted piece of writing from hundreds of years ago has let gun laws and control spiral so very out of control. | |
I ticked the 'kill' one, to express my disgust at such a notion. In reality, I would just pack up my stuff and leave. It just wouldn't be my country anymore. It wouldn't be what I signed up for when I was born into this. You want what is mine, without paying for it? In my books, that's stealing. And I don't like thieves. I am not an overly religious person, but I find my religion to always give me more than I put effort into it. It's quite an amazing energetic perpetuum mobile. It'll end once I'm down and out, which will inevitably happen, but my religion is absolutely OK. It gives me the freedom to believe in God, even though I perfectly know there is no God. It allows me to make shit up and occasionally even use foul language to express my feelings. It allows me to want to be friends with everybody, even the angry beardyman that wants to cut off my head. I think my religion is awesome. I can look back to the early days when we were but a cult, despised and shunned and hated by our Jewish brothers and sisters. I can look back at over a thousand years of conflict with that other, younger cult that tends to crave for what isn't theirs. I can look back at Medieval times, when the surplus of sons led the church to breed Darth Vader clones and lots of bored people. I can look back at Nazi Germany, knowing that part of my people died in camps just because they remained true to their faith. OK, some ate non-kosher food. At least I think rats and worms and beetles ain't kosher. Never looked it up, as it's really not a problem of mine. I can look back at how we were driven out, raped, beheaded, murdered and ridiculed by the Horde for centuries, without ever being allowed to regroup or catch a break. I can look at how things are turning to shit right now in, say, too many nations in Africa, the area affectively known as the 'Middle East' or even Eastern Asia, wherever someone else claims to have gotten the latest update from some imaginary deity or a less godly bearded guy like, say, Marx. I can see people claiming to fight for their people in South America, but they do it with guns, and mostly by exploiting their very own people, to produce drugs they then sell to other countries to fund their struggle, and fuck shit up from within. If you're into the cuddly fuzzy world of National Geographic, check out their 'Zombie Island' documentary. It's hilarious. I can look at all that and still want to believe in a better tomorrow. I can look at all that and still control my disgust, my sadness and my rage. Because I know that it is in our nature to be but murderous, raging beasts. Homo Homini Lupus. Destroying is not an art form. And yet, those lonely folks that choose to go on a rampage are but glitches in the system. We, as a people, as a nation, are better than that. I don't condone James Yeager's words uttered and thoughts behind them, but I can allow myself to understand how threatened he must have felt that moment he considered it to be a good idea to have that moment put up on teh interwebz for all eternity. I don't know him personally and I don't think he's a very smart man. But there are plenty other folks around us, wherever we are, that think and act and look like James Yeager, they just don't all subscribe to they same cause. Tick off the majority of them, and it's not just Al-Qaeda sleeper cells or lonely assburgers on a rampage. It really would mean civil war. And I wouldn't like that very much, now, would I. So, why should I pay taxes to a bureaucracy that, well, does not respect me and treads on me? Why not just turn my back on them and ridicule them from afar? Let them build their socialist Utopia and - inevitably - fail, like everyone before them. I really want no part in this.  | |
Last time I checked, we're not enslaved or forced into military on this side of the pond. Shit's fucked up, yeah, but that's a greater issue than just "The man" doing it "for t3h evulz, lol"...
When you say "the government", do you mean "the US government", or do you mean "any given government in the world"? And if you mean "any given government in the world", I'd love to hear it from you how all of them work, really. I do know ours is just about to fall - and we needed no guns for that. That's right. We're ousting our government because we feel it's betrayed our trust (well, not me, since I never did trust them in the first place, and voted for someone else) and we're not doing it with guns. | |
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The most likely result from this a visit from your friendly neighborhood SWAT team.