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Fast powerful cars are unessesary too. Why do we have them?

You wouldn't hear me crying if they took steps to reduce the maximum legal speed of automobiles. I wouldn't be going with the "It's my right" argument to drive fast.

I've said numerous times in these threads that cars above a certain power/speed plateau should require a special license to own and operate. After Ferrari put out the Enzo over half of them had been wrecked in something like a year because the rich idiots who bought them couldn't handle the power. Much in the same way you have to (read: are supposed to) get a license or take a separate test to drive a bigger truck, a big rig, a motorcycle, or pull a big trailer (meaning your standard DL doesn't cover all of the above), I think there should be a designation for being allowed to handle tope of the line sports cars and super cars. They take way more skill to operate than some guys Volvo.

I gave you an answer.

You ever try to conceal a shotgun?

The assault rifle argument is stupid, as I stated already its nothing more than a higher velocity 22.

No, you didn't give me a direct answer.

Conceal a shotgun? So are you saying it is easy to do? The point is to make it hard to walk around in public with a weapon. And, if you are saying "How can I walk about with a concealed weapon???"... sorry, you don't need one. Tell me one time when some guy with a concealed weapon prevented a crime. It doesn't happen.

Give me an example.

That's not what I said. I said tell me of a citizen with a concealed weapon stopping a crime. Totally different.

No. If CCL lead to extra crimes being able to be committed, it would take more prevention than additional crimes to produce a net benefit.

(I have no idea whether they do or not, but the discussion needs to include both additional crimes committed and crimes prevented.)

EDIT: Change 'no', to 'not necessarily'.

Get your head out of your ass. It happens A LOT. There are even a few caught on video.

To prove my point, and you'll have to trust me or look it up since I'm on my mobile, twice within TWELVE HOURS in cincy armed robberies were stopped by a citizen with a CCW. In one of the instances the civilian injured 3 and killed 1 of the robbers. In both instances not a single victim was harmed. Both happened in the last month or so. Just because you are a paranoid clueless individual does not mean I should forfeit my right to protect myself.

Thank you for proving my earlier statement true. The majority of gun control advocates, such as yourself, are f*cking clueless and brainwashed by the media.

You are saying that those factors have zero to do with culture? And you also want to refute the similarities Canada shares with the United States?

Then a dictionary won't be of use to you, because you obviously don't understand what you read.

If we ban guns we gotta ban alcohol, cigarettes etc

Culturally we are extremely more diverse than Canada. To even attempt arguing otherwise is foolish.

Location and economy are not variables which come into play with a subject like gun control, sorry.

The one story wasn't a case of someone having a concealed weapon, and the other, the weapon did not prevent the crime.