QotD: Guns
Posted May 21st, 2004 @ 11:59pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Question: Who do you blame: guns or people?
My Answer: People. Duh.
You are encouraged to answer the Question of the Day for yourself in the comments or on your blog.
9 Responses to "QotD: Guns"
Posted 22 May 2004 at 12:05am #
People. In fact, the Constitution should be amended to reduce the legality of gun ownership. Even in the U.K., the majority of police officers aren't armed.
Posted 22 May 2004 at 12:21am #
i blame "the man." damn "the man!!!"
Posted 22 May 2004 at 12:49am #
I blame the people who make it way too easy to get guns in this country.
Posted 22 May 2004 at 1:44am #
Basil, the problem with amending the Constitution to restrict the 2nd Amendment is that we then open the door to creating new amendments that would restrict things such as the 1st, 4th, 5th, etc. Secondly, I know some Brits feel strongly about it, but I honestly don't think it's smart to not arm police officers. Violent crime has been on the rise in the UK lately. Sending officers out there with literally no protection against guns, knives, and other deadly weapons is absurd. (I recently read about an officer who was killed by a knife wielding suspect they were apprehending during a raid. I couldn't believe they weren't even armed during a raid.)
Posted 22 May 2004 at 5:10am #
People with guns?
~BS
Posted 22 May 2004 at 4:29pm #
I think it is people. Even though I think most of his film is crap Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine brings up the point that Canada has more guns per capita than America, but their gun related violence is a lot less. The problem is all of my fellow countrymen who love freedom, but eschew responsibility.
Posted 25 May 2004 at 4:15pm #
It's not guns that kill people; it's people with guns that kill people.
Posted 25 May 2004 at 4:21pm #
So do people with cars. Or pitchforks.
Posted 05 Jul 2010 at 7:14pm #
This is what we've come to? Blaming inanimate objects? Are we going to blame the Sun tomorrow if we get hot? People pull the trigger. That's the end of the story. People were killing each other in large numbers way before guns were ever invented.