Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-25330335-20150126223524/@comment-25330335-20150210023805

Beauhunt III wrote: 104.2.190.161 wrote: There are two different conversations going on, so, I will give my views on these topics.

1. The enviroment- It it important that we treat the enviroment well and global warming is very much a real problem.

2. Gun control- Civilians should not have any type of firearm unless they are antiques and you should still nead a liscense, really, why would a civilian need machine guns? The reason we have the second Amendment is to keep the Government in check; The government works for us, not vice versa (in the States) If the population was armed with guns, a wanna-be dictator would think twice before taking over. But what does having guns accomplish? No person in the government would allow a dictator to take control, except after a national traumatic event (like WWI in Germany, which was the reason Hitler came to power) took place. Checks and balances exists for a reason my young padawan... Anywho, getting off track. All that the whole population having guns would do is to inspire more fear, which breeds more guns, which breeds more fear, which breeds more guns, etc. The army and national guard exist for a reason as well. We don't have a huge, well trained, over-funded military for nothing. We don't need a civilian militia, which, to my understanding, is what this is all about. So why does the civil side of the country (if you can call it that, due to all those shootings) need so many guns?