Quote from: hotforblockchain on August 30, 2018, 08:49:52 PM

Why are you trying to compare drugs with guns? This is completely and utterly different. Drug use as craving for intoxication is consequences of human mind, the lack of coping mechanisms in most people . This is why war on drugs will never work until the war on drugs would mean completely something else not trying to kill the drug traffic and selling.

Actually guns and drugs have some remarkable psychological similarities. A lot of people are 'gun nuts' who derive a good deal of pleasure out of owning, collecting, and shooting their guns. It seems to give them an adrenalin rush. More power to them as far as I'm concerned. Almost zero lawful gun owners are a threat to me, and the fact that 75% of the households in my area own firearms for home defense is a giant benefit to me.

Vastly more people feel vulnerable and feel a lot more security knowing that they can defend themselves against the threats that are out there. Older people and females who are by nature more weak than most of their attackers are especially prone to feel this sense of security, and with good reason. It takes a special kind of dirtbag to want to deprive a person of this sense of security and leave them to the tender mercy of the local rapists and/or meth-heads.

Quote from: hotforblockchain on August 30, 2018, 08:49:52 PM

Guns on the other hand is something completely different. I was using ' assault riffles" as the most extreme example of guns which are ' normally" owned by US citizens. It does not matter which gun, riffle ,small big or shotgun, i dont know how they all are called and I dont care and it does not matter.

So you are saying that 'assault rifles' are simply the first step for the gun-grabbers? I mean, who knew???

Quote from: hotforblockchain on August 30, 2018, 08:49:52 PM

US has sick definition of freedom if the freedom involves free market of any kind of guns. And dont give me this shit that a lot more people die in other type of deaths.

I feel aligned with the founding fathers and their concepts of 'freedom.' And they did make it the 2nd amendment after all. If that makes us 'sick', then so be it. A lot of people in a lot of countries have derived inspiration from our brand of 'freedom' over the last several centuries...and a lot of political leaderships have worked hard to undo some of 'damage.'

If you _really_ want the low hanging fruit in so far as protecting the kiddies, outlaw bicycles. They are quite unnecessary and result in vastly more injury and death than do guns. For an extra kick, throw in snowboards and similar demonstrably dangerous sports. Maybe you should ask yourself why the gun-grabber propaganda doesn't ever mention this and why nobody has their panties in a bunch about it. Hint: it isn't about saftey for the plebs and the kiddies. It's about something else entirely.

Quote from: hotforblockchain on August 30, 2018, 08:49:52 PM

I agree that there would be bigger black market if the guns would be banned in US, but guns are much harder to smuggle than drugs. And the problem is also in the society which thinks that it is normal to have such lethal weapons in their possessions. Why the rest of the civilized world does not have a problem with mass shootings? For example Europe? Because people in Europe does not think that they need fucking gun or 10 guns, if they need to protect themselves they buy tear gas.

A metric ton of contraband is a metric ton of contraband. One is not much more difficult to smuggle than then next. People have a simplistic understanding of how 'smuggling' is typically accomplished and who the big players in the industry are.

I've no interest whatsoever in the U.S. becoming anything like Europe in any way. It is the last 1/4 of a turd disappearing down the toilet as far as I'm concerned. In engineering a 'backup option' for my own ass, the thought of setting up shop in any part of the EU never even crossed my mind.