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In reply to the discussion: Only a real coward would want to use the kind of guns the NRA says are for hunting. nt [View all]Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)59. Negligent manslaughter carries no criminal penalties?
If something carries criminal penalties then it is a crime, QED.
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Only a real coward would want to use the kind of guns the NRA says are for hunting. nt [View all]
kelliekat44
Jan 2013
OP
Sure they can, but I'm betting they enable as many, if not more, than they stop. nt
white_wolf
Jan 2013
#9
You still are trying desperately to equate non negligent acts with negligent ones
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#63
The issue with nukes is not negligent use - it is malicious deliberate use. Just like with guns. nt
hack89
Jan 2013
#67
I already pointed out that nuclear weapons have killed far fewer people than guns
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#68
The Constitution does not mention "guns", it uses the more general term "arms"
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#80
So you hate all guns? Of every kind? Because that lady killed her brother with one? How 'bout knives
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#19
If the gun wasn't there, would the young man now be dead of a gunshot wound inflicted by his sister?
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#22
If the kitchen knives weren't there, would that teen's mother still be alive?
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#43
And the rest of us are free to point and laugh when you make a laughable inference
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#16
At least readers know "3. I think guns are capable of creating crime". FBI reports for 2010
jody
Jan 2013
#23
Fumesucker OP linked guns with hunting. True I and others do use handguns for hunting but that's a
jody
Jan 2013
#26
I know that violence including gun crime has been declining steadily for some time now
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#31
LOL those who want to ban all firearms attack those who want no bans and vice versa.
jody
Jan 2013
#84
Yes I know they create crime by making evil things possible, even glamorous in a sick way
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#53
I've always said that if you want to impress with your hunting prowess,
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#46