2nd Ammendment Rights: Should Guns Be Banned?

[Jnadke]

Originally posted by MBiddy
"The National Rifle Accociation says that guns don't kill people, people do. But I think the gun helps. I think it helps, I think just standing there and going BANG!, that's not going to kill too many people is it? You'd have to be really dodgy on the heart, BANG! BANG! BOOM! BANG! RAT-A-TAT! BANG!" - Eddie Izzard

Sure you can kill somebody with a stick, but you have to be REALLY CLOSE to them to do it.

Okay, you stand there, and I'll take my metal baseball bat and see how many blows to the head you can withstand before you die. Or how about the ribs? How many ribs can I break before your lungs fill up with fluid and you die?

Okay, so maybe you won't just be standing there. You will defend yourself. But that baseball bat is gonna hurt no matter where it hits you, even if it's the hands.

Just kidding, of course. It's only hypothetical.

What about a crossbow? Those can be rather accurate. They can also be home-built. Same with compound bow. Are we going to ban those too? Crossbows have triggers, and it's possible to hit a target from many yards. Granted not as far as a gun, and not as accurate when moving, but just as deadly, if not more deadly.