I'm glad you have an armoury seno, but so can anyone. Government controlled armouries for civilian owned weapons can limit their use and confine them to controlled areas. Nothing wrong with this is there, you still get to fire it.

Limit the cars then seno, I have no problem with that. It just seems those who like their hummers also like their assault rifles.

Originally Posted by Wallabies

I'm glad you have an armoury seno, but so can anyone. Government controlled armouries for civilian owned weapons can limit their use and confine them to controlled areas. Nothing wrong with this is there, you still get to fire it.

Limit the cars then seno, I have no problem with that. It just seems those who like their hummers also like their assault rifles.

And exactly what is the point you are trying to make? I used the cars as an example of the stupidity of limiting peoples freedoms for purely selfish reasons.

Selfish how? Not wanting people to needlessly die?

Like i said, "whats good for the goose", but that will never happen. Killing people with high powered vehicles kills them just as dead and gets a lot more of them.

Very selfish.

What if they got rid of both? Would you want to ban fish because their bones kill people?

You are missing the point completely, It's not what "I" want to ban, we're talking about what "others" want to ban, and where will it end.

Okay, I'll ban your big 72 inch TV because of the Radtion that it pus out and how Television has a whole destorys society.

Banning something from legel civilians is wrong. Doens't matter if it is firearms, cars, TVs, smoking, alcohol, or sex.

Legal citizen follow the law, why are you going to punish them for a criminal breaking it.

Instead you should punish the criminal with a harsher sentence. Samething goes with drinking and driving.

Originally Posted by Wallabies

I'm glad you have an armoury seno, but so can anyone. Government controlled armouries for civilian owned weapons can limit their use and confine them to controlled areas. Nothing wrong with this is there, you still get to fire it.

Limit the cars then seno, I have no problem with that. It just seems those who like their hummers also like their assault rifles.

In the US that is exactly why there should not be Government control on weapons. I can not speak for other countries but it can also be construed as invasion of privacy.

In essence you would have the government controlling civilians' access to weapons and knowledge of the person taking the weapon. Somehow this sounds very bad to me. . .

Too much power there in the hands of the government. Not to mention the possibility of theft, breakage, mishandling, misuse of power/authority by the people running the place. I am sure others can think of other things that can go wrong.

Anyway you look at it the cons outweigh the pros by several tons.

Also, who is going to fund this government controlled armory? Taxpayers? Think of everything involved. From buying the land and all that entails by the government, centralizing one or more locations so that it isn't an hour or more drive to get your weapons, building the place with adequate and proper security measures, hiring and training management staff, hiring and training personnel etc etc I could go on emore but you get the picture.

The US government procurement process for something like this would take 10+ years for the research of where to buy the land and who to buy it from. Not to mention the rest of it.

Now that you have disarmed your law-abiding civilians by making them put their weapons in an armory what do you do?

http://www.gun-control-network.org/GF02.htm

Most Mass Gun Killers are also Legal Gun Owners - Research

And now because the guns are not legal to own the mass murderers will be "Illegal gun owners" does that make it better for those who will die?

If you believe that now the guns are illegal, they are no longer out there, you are only fooling yourself. I have been out of the game for over 20 years, but I have no doubt whatsoever that if I really needed any weapon I could make a few phone calls and find whatever I needed within hours, or in a few days at most.

The only difference now being that none of the weapons are registered and the police have no idea where they are.

The nut cases did not hand in their weapons.

Banning worked perfectly for poor suckers like me who had everything registered and legal. Then the screws were tightened, the inconvenience of maintaining licences and storage facilities drove me to get rid of even my sporting weapons. Last month when my licence became due, I transferred my last weapon, a .22cal BRNO Mod1 which I have owned for 40 years to my son. For the first time in 45 years I do not own a solitary firearm, and the world is not one bit safer for it.

So to all of you owners in the USA, Don't fall for this Gun "Control", it is the thin edge of the wedge.