Gun ownership poll

[nwobhm]

Originally Posted by Carter08

Thoughtful responses do not have to agree with me by any stretch. A serious response addressing points is what is thoughtful. Yours qualifies in my view. I think the idea is if you have weapons, don’t secure them, and a child in your home gains access to it and goes on a shooting spree then you face consequences. Not if someone breaks into a safe.

If a child gains access and uses a steak knife, baseball bat, automobile, tire iron, frying pan, drill, saws all or a 2x4 etc…. and commits multiple homicides, is the homeowner is on the hook for leaving them unlocked?

What if a child takes a 5 gallon can of gasoline from an open garage and burns down an apartment building killing everyone inside……? Homeowner is on the hook for that too? What if the same child stole his grandmothers magnifying glass to use as the ignition source? Grandma is in trouble too?

Firearms are not a problem. They are a symptom of problems not being identified and used as leverage to try and disarm the country.

Firearms are a protection against tyranny.

[Leon]

+1.
Gun laws generally keep guns away from law abiding folks. Anyone in America that wants a gun can get one, if they so desire. Guns don't kill, people do.

Originally Posted by nwobhm

If a child gains access and uses a steak knife, baseball bat, automobile, tire iron, frying pan, drill, saws all or a 2x4 etc…. and commits multiple homicides, is the homeowner is on the hook for leaving them unlocked?

What if a child takes a 5 gallon can of gasoline from an open garage and burns down an apartment building killing everyone inside……? Homeowner is on the hook for that too? What if the same child stole his grandmothers magnifying glass to use as the ignition source? Grandma is in trouble too?

Firearms are not a problem. They are a symptom of problems not being identified and used as leverage to try and disarm the country.

Firearms are a protection against tyranny.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by nwobhm

If a child gains access and uses a steak knife, baseball bat, automobile, tire iron, frying pan, drill, saws all or a 2x4 etc…. and commits multiple homicides,

I'd say that's one hell of a rampage.

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by steve B

I'd say that's one hell of a rampage.

But a kid with a can of gasoline and a match could kill more than even the worst mass shooting, in the right building.