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Permalink Reply by Conejita on March 7, 2013 at 10:17pm

Lucky. The only people I meet in bars are the ones who offer me anonymous bathroom gay sex.

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Permalink Reply by Woosp Vision on March 7, 2013 at 10:19pm

teehee, clearly I jest but what is our conclusion from this?

It seems that if guns are present in a culture they will, on occasion, be used to shoot people regardless of whether there is a law in place or not. Conversely, if there are no guns present in a society then 'no one' will be shot (just stabbed). Sounds legit to me.

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Permalink Reply by Lab Rat on March 11, 2013 at 5:19am

But how does a ban actually get rid of them? That's the part I've never understood. I moved to Australia when they were implementing this and some people said straight up, on the news and everything, that the government can stick their amnesty where the sun don't shine. After my wife's grandfather died we found three revolvers in his bedroom. With bans or restrictions, probably the best case scenario is no one can sell them legally and your risk of getting shot by a firearm (that isn't manufactured in someone's shed) will slowly decrease as the years roll on.

Also, in reference to my earlier comment...

...but if this ends like a standard week there will be at least one local shooting (usually motorcycle gangs), another standoff in one of the big cities down south, and someone at the pub will ask me if I'm interested in buying a handgun.

I was away for a few days so I can't remark on the availability of guns or gay sex at the pub this weekend.

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Permalink Reply by Woosp Vision on March 11, 2013 at 7:27am

This seems to be the only answer that would work -

no one can sell them legally and your risk of getting shot by a firearm (that isn't manufactured in someone's shed) will slowly decrease as the years roll on.

Hardly a quick fix, something I feel all those opposed to guns would want, but the only one that seems like it could actually make a difference. The reality of this though is clearly different.

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Permalink Reply by Woosp Vision on April 9, 2013 at 10:50pm

guns dont kill people...

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Permalink Reply by Serj Spill's Octopus on April 9, 2013 at 11:09pm

Add gloves and stuffed animals to the list of items that should be grounds for preemptive arrest, right next to trench coats and fedoras 

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