Commander Riker Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Eh, you have to have an enclosed environment with specific conditions for Zimbardo's findings to be relevant. You're stretching on this one Lucas to apply it to the broader world. It may be a stretch. I was generally talking about the "authoritarian complex" that rises in people. It happens regardless the size of environment, and having a gun on one's hip, I'm willing to bet, would re-inforce these kinds of influences. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JCviggen Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 (edited) The Australian laws aren't exactly recent. But they are reported to have little to no effect in general. But the problem there is that Australia already WAS pretty safe by any standard, and gun related deaths are currently around 1 per 100.000 inhabitants a year. The laws appear to have been a knee-jerk reaction to a few high profile shootings. I'm not here to argue that specific gun laws (in the US or elsewhere) worked. I am arguing against the concept that the best thing possible is "no gun laws whatsoever". Criminals know that they can bust down your door and not be shot. Is this relevant to the number of people dying as a result of guns? How many people would prefer to die instead of being burgled? If you could vastly reduce the number of guns in circulation, putting a serious dent in the number of gun deaths, who cares about home invasion? I'd rather get burgled than shot any day of the week. Anyone with a similar opinion who adheres to statistics should come to the same conclusion. In any case, this Australian gun crime and "home invasion" thing appears to be copied straight from a well known biased and unreliable source http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/stories/s112652.htm The total number of such crimes is so low that large percentage swings mean very little. Apparently Australia is a pretty civilized country. UK - oulaws guns ... stabbings skyrocket ... bans many pocket knives ... stabbings with kitchen knives skyrocket ... make all kitchen knives rounded on the end ... beatings with clubs are now increasing ... ... ... Removing a weapon type from a society just makes those who are still willing to commit violent crimes choose different weapons. All of which offer a pathetic killing efficiency compared to guns. In order to kill someone with a knife, you will need a considerable amount of physical strength and you also need to get very close indeed to your victim. You'll have to be an absolute Rambo of a man to go on any kind of mini-killing spree with a knife and most of your potential victims will have time to flee while the ones you go get have a decent chance of pulling through. The amount of DEATHS by knives will never be able to match the numbers that guns manage. Silly argument. Baseball bats still kill several times more in this country every year compared to firearms. Good grief do you copy-paste any old nonsense from the good ol' boys website? http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/baseballbats.asp http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-8 ---> 10K out of 15K total homicides are by gun. Even those arithmetically challenged should be able to work out pretty quickly that you're making a pants on fire ridiculous claim there. The FBI database also shows a nice correlation that is easily overlooked. >80% of gun crimes per capita are commited in cities which have a population >100,000. It makes sense that there is relatively more crime in big cities (not just in the US) but if I understand you correctly it's not actually meaning anything. The big cities hold a large amount of the total population so a much larger percentage of *anything* per capita will be happening there. edit: stupid quote tags Edited January 19, 2013 by JCviggen 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caanglin Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 I prefer G.W. and the shoe myself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdjNV9nv3QQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfishing3 Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 not as good as that vid, but here's 5 people wounded at gun shows from loaded guns. nice. http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/19/16603029-5-accidentally-shot-at-gun-shows-in-north-carolina-ohio-indiana?lite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfishing3 Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtQNnlQLlwk&feature=fvwp&NR=1 can't you guys just accept, some people should just not have guns. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfishing3 Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCppmoZiXUY this is crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfishing3 Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 http://news.yahoo.com/teenager-reportedly-used-ar-15-kill-five-mexico-225610219.html you guys are out of your mind with the attitude more weapons are needed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caanglin Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 (edited) can't you guys just accept, some people should just not have guns. 404 Problem not found http://news.yahoo.com/teenager-reportedly-used-ar-15-kill-five-mexico-225610219.html you guys are out of your mind with the attitude more weapons are needed. "reports the father's name is Greg Griego, a local pastor" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mFtG8SSHto Edited January 21, 2013 by fivex84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudge_Brownie Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtQNnlQLlwk&feature=fvwp&NR=1 can't you guys just accept, some people should just not have guns.I don't see how that video helps any of your argument? It wasn't her gun, she was being supervised by the owner of the gun. I can't speak for everyone here, but I don't think everyone should be allowed to have guns. And I also like the idea of having to pass a training class before being allowed to own one.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCppmoZiXUYthis is crazy.It sure is. And that video was awesome. Most of those were fully auto weapons that are extremely expensive to buy, operate, and I'm pretty sure not even legal in most states.So what's the point of those military weapons being owned by civilians beyond enthusiasm? Some people have made the argument that a point beyond on the Second Amendment was to be able to fight your own government. Whether you believe that is possible, or a likely scenario isn't important. Do you believe that we should be able to maintain a well-armed militia as to defend yourself from a tyrannical government, and how do you propose to do that without weapons on a similar playing field?And if you're scared of high power weapons ending up in the hands of a psycho, what about a small inexpensive and easy to find weapon held by someone covered in armor? You can buy plenty of armor, and you can armor-plate your own vehicle if you were really nuts. That makes you pretty lethal and dangerous. And a similar scenario was played out in real life. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hollywood_shootout (for the sake of argument, pretend they didn't use an AR-15 and imagine it was an AK brand) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Riker Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 Sorry Mike, but your video posts are about as relevant as this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcEXMLxESoE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burn-E Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 And if you're scared of high power weapons ending up in the hands of a psycho, what about a small inexpensive and easy to find weapon held by someone covered in armor? You can buy plenty of armor, and you can armor-plate your own vehicle if you were really nuts. That makes you pretty lethal and dangerous. And a similar scenario was played out in real life. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hollywood_shootout (for the sake of argument, pretend they didn't use an AR-15 and imagine it was an AK brand) Only problem with citing the Hollywood shootout is it demonstrated how ineffective these weapons can be on automatic for actually hitting what you want to hit with any kind of accuracy unless you're well trained with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caanglin Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 (edited) Found this funny, considering the Illinois gun laws. Edited January 22, 2013 by fivex84 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Riker Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 Found this funny, considering the Illinois gun laws. You should probably outlaw guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caanglin Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 Imagine how much it would drop if people couldn't just walk around the city carrying guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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