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Hypothetical. All guns dissapear. What happens?
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Originally posted by TheWall View PostIf all guns dissapeared right now what would happen? Or more accurately what would possibly happen?.
If you asked me it would be short lived.
If you mean all guns are outlawed, collected, and destroyed - I suspect a black market in guns would quickly spring up and many of the guns would eventually be replaced.The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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Originally posted by carpedm9587 View PostIf you mean that all guns just vanished, then I suspect people would quickly go out and buy more and replace them.
If you mean all guns are outlawed, collected, and destroyed - I suspect a black market in guns would quickly spring up and many of the guns would eventually be replaced.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostI'm thinking he meant all guns universally, in which case there would be none to buy. However, as I pointed out earlier, I think some people would get very rich designing, manufacturing, and selling new ones.
Pretty much same as above - or imported from countries where guns are still being manufactured.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostIf it's such a good idea, perhaps you could explain how, exactly, we would "outlaw poverty", since we've been "at war" with it since 1964.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostAustralia is an interesting case study. Assuming Wikipedia is correct, there were as many murders that left three or more dead in the 20-years before guns were banned as there were in the 20-years after guns were banned.Last edited by Roy; 03-05-2018, 12:00 PM.Jorge: Functional Complex Information is INFORMATION that is complex and functional.
MM: First of all, the Bible is a fixed document.
MM on covid-19: We're talking about an illness with a better than 99.9% rate of survival.
seer: I believe that so called 'compassion' [for starving Palestinian kids] maybe a cover for anti Semitism, ...
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostI thought it was pretty obvious that suggestion was tongue-in-cheek, but apparently some folks are taking it seriously.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by JimL View PostIt simply a hypothetical. What would happen if guns didn't exist, and couldn't exist?The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostWait, WHAT? and guns 'couldn't exist'?Jorge: Functional Complex Information is INFORMATION that is complex and functional.
MM: First of all, the Bible is a fixed document.
MM on covid-19: We're talking about an illness with a better than 99.9% rate of survival.
seer: I believe that so called 'compassion' [for starving Palestinian kids] maybe a cover for anti Semitism, ...
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Originally posted by Roy View PostPerhaps a slower energy release from burning gunpowder that prevented the explosive reaction.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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It wouldn't be the first time somebody came up with a gun on a planet where no guns existed!
An alien race wants to test humanity by pitting Kirk against another alien, called a Gorn, in a fight to the death. The Gorn is bigger and stronger, but Kirk wins the day by finding and mixing together saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal into black powder, loading them into a bamboo tube, and, using diamonds as ammunition, shooting and killing the Gorn.
The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostBut, it's like saying "what if unicorns pooped cotton candy?"Jorge: Functional Complex Information is INFORMATION that is complex and functional.
MM: First of all, the Bible is a fixed document.
MM on covid-19: We're talking about an illness with a better than 99.9% rate of survival.
seer: I believe that so called 'compassion' [for starving Palestinian kids] maybe a cover for anti Semitism, ...
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Originally posted by Roy View PostApart from the non-existence of unicorns. Try 'what if guns pooped cotton candy'.
Cotton candy guns do!
CS1COTTON-2.jpgThe first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostBut the hypothetical is that guns don't exist.Jorge: Functional Complex Information is INFORMATION that is complex and functional.
MM: First of all, the Bible is a fixed document.
MM on covid-19: We're talking about an illness with a better than 99.9% rate of survival.
seer: I believe that so called 'compassion' [for starving Palestinian kids] maybe a cover for anti Semitism, ...
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