If you could carry a concealed weapon would you? (1 Viewer)

[Alexis Texas]

So, there has been a lot of debate about gun control lately, sparked by the recent shootings in a U.S. elementary school.

So, if you could carry a concealed weapon on your person (a small firearm, knife, whatever) would you?

Why/why not?

hey mods i selected poll but it didn't work please put a poll saying 'yes' 'no' 'depends' thx <3 u

 

[brent012]

Probably not, seems kinda futile considering any possible assailants would have weapons too and likely be either stronger than me or skilled in using those weapons - so no point antagonising them. If you are approached by more than one person you are fairly screwed either way imo.

 

[iwannaacetheHSC]

I would- self-defense, pranks, cooking etc.

 

[Absolutezero]

Poll added

 

[Verify]

Yep, for "self-defence"

 

[teabag]

The issue here is that you have to assume that if other people, are too, carrying a weapon. If you knew that everyone else had a weapon on them, be it knife, gun, anthrax, woteva, you'd want to protect yourself too. You'd be stupid not to.

But here's the crazy part

what if

what if no one had a weapon huh

 

[abbeyroad]

nah

only if legalised concealed carry leads to a direct increase in gun crimes

 

[abbeyroad]

The issue here is that you have to assume that if other people, are too, carrying a weapon. If you knew that everyone else had a weapon on them, be it knife, gun, anthrax, woteva, you'd want to protect yourself too. You'd be stupid not to.

But here's the crazy part

what if

what if no one had a weapon huh

they still have hands

 

[teabag]

they still have hands

i have hands too

 

[abbeyroad]

Probably not, seems kinda futile considering any possible assailants would have weapons too and likely be either stronger than me or skilled in using those weapons - so no point antagonising them. If you are approached by more than one person you are fairly screwed either way imo.

moral of the story kids if someone is trying to stick their pen1 in ur butt/trying to kill you just let them ur all gunna die anywai lol11!!!!

 

[abbeyroad]

i have hands too

yes and we'd be back at square one

 

[brent012]

moral of the story kids if someone is trying to stick their pen1 in ur butt/trying to kill you just let them ur all gunna die anywai lol11!!!!

Ehhh, didn't mean it that way. Im just saying it's probably a bad idea to pull out a knife if some psycho is asking for your phone.

 

[Rixon]

exqueeze
but
thread title/poll question misleading
discussion was not if you could, would you
rather should you be allowed to

 

[Riproot]

no

i dont go out thinking 'hey i might kill someone today, better take my knife just in case someone needs to get SHANKED' and i live in C-Town

 

[OzKo]

The issue here is that you have to assume that if other people, are too, carrying a weapon. If you knew that everyone else had a weapon on them, be it knife, gun, anthrax, woteva, you'd want to protect yourself too. You'd be stupid not to.

But here's the crazy part

what if

what if no one had a weapon huh

Pretty much this and therein lies the issue with gun control in the United States. It's irresponsible to be so stringent about removing guns off the streets because non-compliance would be rampant among criminals (naturally). The Second Amendment of the Constitution states that "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed," and of course therein lies the problem. The US has been fucked from the start.

 

[Lolsmith]

if by "fucked" you mean "the freest nation on earth" then

 

[Lolsmith]

If I couldn't open carry, yes.

 

[unLimitieDx]

I am a weapon.

 

[SylviaB]

Pretty much this and therein lies the issue with gun control in the United States. It's irresponsible to be so stringent about removing guns off the streets because non-compliance would be rampant among criminals (naturally). The Second Amendment of the Constitution states that "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed," and of course therein lies the problem. The US has been fucked from the start.

yeah they should be more like mexico right

 

[Riproot]

if by "fucked" you mean "the freest nation on earth" then

yeah... no...

yeah they should be more like mexico right

Aren't guns smuggled into Mexico from USA?