2987

You just used the worst example I can think of, Sweden has some seriously well thought out laws concerning your subject. This compared to the awesome ‘Stand your ground law’.

2988

Hasn’t it been discussed multiple times in this very thread, that current US legislation makes that very difficult, at least in an official capacity?

Sure, you can muster anectdotes in aggregate, but then it’s just one guy’s internet sleuthing vs another guy’s internet sleuthing.

2989

I have a PPK but it’s a little flimsy. I broke it cleaning it. Still like it but has to be handled with care. My CZ 75 sp01 would work at a ccw.

2990

Too bad Sweden still has an extremely high rate of rape.

Also every state in the US (there are 50 of them) have different laws. So saying America sucks because of one state’s laws is silly. Not to mention you’re talking about Florida, the state with possibly the dumbest laws around when it comes to this sort of thing. Most Americans would agree Florida is a clusterfuck of stupidity. As far as fuck ups go they’re near the top, these days.

2991

Broke it cleaning it? How the heck?

2992

There’s a little plastic part that serves as the release. I pulled too hard and it snapped.

2993

Ew, plastic.

2994

I still don’t trust polymer guns. Give me metal, with all the weight, every single time.

2995

I’m generally the same way, especially with pistols.

2996

Brad what was the maker of your PPK? Just curious.

2997

Janster, there are millions and millions of guns, and yes, several thousand times a year over three hundred million people and trillions of interactions they do make it easy enough to take another person’s life that it happens when it otherwise might not have. This is a decision that everyone made and just like letting everyone have a lawyer and say pretty much whatever they want, there are going to be foolish, disgusting people who take advantage of our rights and excercise them in a shameful fashion that results in the death of innocent people. If you want freedom for yourself you have to trust in it for everyone else.

Taking away the guns in the United States is an impossibility both from a legal standpoint and a logistical standpoint. Even if there was a substantial shift and the government instituted a policy of confiscating guns, the United States is too large to search and guns are very, very easy to make. You would see the same utter failure as with Prohibition and the War on Drugs. If higher than thirty percent of your people don’t like a criminal statute, it is going to get violated harder than the United Nations Treaty on Human Rights at Guantanamo Bay.

2998

We have what, a 300 year supply of firearms in the secondary market? For that reason alone I think sales restrictions are simply a feel good policy aimed at voters who don’t understand the issue.

2999

Walther. It’s a great pistol, just requires someone with half a brain to disassemble.

3000

It’s the same on both sides, some are great, some not so much. If the world ended and I only could have a single pistol, it would be a Glock every time.

3001

Which one? I have a 17 but still prefer my CZ 75.

3002

I know Flowers, however what about the future, we’re going to more wicked weapons than we can imagine now, can we allow 1 madman to wreck unimaginable havoc ?. Also the Sweden thing, they have more rapes being reported because women know they can get justice. How are the stats on that in the US?

I read most go unreported.

3003

I’d hardly be called someone opposed to gun control, IMO, the more restricted guns are, the better, but you’ll never be able to stop a madman, not without police state powers.

3004

There is a huge difference between a madman with a knife and one with a needler gun with 9000 round homing darts on full auto killing your entire village. Are you prepared for that?

3005

I worry more about auto producing nano bots than I do madmen with future guns.

3006

I have a modicum of trust in my fellow man.