16 Jul 10:47

Mechanizoid

you want a real argument, ask me if chess is a sport or not

16 Jul 10:47

Amit Dutta

lol

16 Jul 10:47

Mechanizoid

LOL

16 Jul 10:47

Jun

* Jun makes sure he didn't accidentally walk into reddit

16 Jul 10:46

Amit Dutta

They devolve any argument back to a couple of very simple to understand if false premises

16 Jul 10:46

Jan Kloidt

ban thumbs?

16 Jul 10:46

Amit Dutta

No, that is what the NRA and gun lobby want you to think as a gun owner

16 Jul 10:46

Jan Kloidt

you can kill someone with your thumb if you know how

16 Jul 10:46

Jan Kloidt

what is the point of comparing a machete with a gun?

16 Jul 10:45

Mechanizoid

isn't that what gun control is all about? That's what the politicians here want to do, ban things

16 Jul 10:45

Amit Dutta

I don't think Jan or I were ever talking about banning.

16 Jul 10:44

Mechanizoid

do we ban those too?

16 Jul 10:44

Mechanizoid

my father was once menaced by a dude with a machete standing around outside a hotel

16 Jul 10:44

Mechanizoid

Doesn't tend to work that way, violence doesn't require a gun

16 Jul 10:40

Jan Kloidt

you prevent the problem before you even have to protect anyone

16 Jul 10:40

Jan Kloidt

that is how protection works

16 Jul 10:40

Jan Kloidt

if it would happen it would be a big deal

16 Jul 10:39

Jan Kloidt

I was talking about gun violence in my sphere, I mean no one I ever met & talked to in my life has ever even had to be scared to have this happen

16 Jul 10:38

Mechanizoid

but in my lifespan? never

16 Jul 10:37

Mechanizoid

he threw his bookbag at them and they ran away

16 Jul 10:37

Jan Kloidt

...

16 Jul 10:37

Mechanizoid

okay, maybe once, my father was mugged in D.C, but guns are banned there

16 Jul 10:36

Mechanizoid

never ever

16 Jul 10:36

Jan Kloidt

so you dont know anyone who has?

16 Jul 10:36

Mechanizoid

maybe part of that is not living in a big city, but still

16 Jul 10:36

Amit Dutta

ah...there we go

16 Jul 10:36

Mechanizoid

it's pretty rare actually

16 Jul 10:36

Mechanizoid

I own a gun, I know many people who do, and I have never had any contact with gun violence either

16 Jul 10:36

Jan Kloidt

i wonder if that is a coincidence

16 Jul 10:35

Mechanizoid

Partly because people go after normal citizens like they are witches or something just 'cause they happen to own firearms

16 Jul 10:35

Jan Kloidt

i dont know anyone who owns a gun and i also have no one who even has made contact with gun violence in the slightest

16 Jul 10:35

Amit Dutta

I wonder why it gets so devisive?