# Gun lovers don't see how far gone they are.... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 23, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933 "2012-11-23T20:51:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933/181 "2012-11-25T15:52:37Z")
> [@Abatis](#): > > Lock and Load you authoritarian, statist dimwits. 😛 Bring it, you destroyer of worlds. Bring the pain. ---
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933/182 "2012-11-25T15:58:36Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Don’t worry about intruders with bats either. Just wondering why you sleep with a life vest next to the bed. Thought you might live on a boat. I’m afraid of swimming pools. They are apparently really dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933/183 "2012-11-25T16:04:15Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Aaaaand…there’s the topic. :rolleyes: That’s all you got? 😛 Man, I don’t know if I’d have posted those quotes like that. Not exactly covering yourself in glory…OR in anything resembling coherence. Ah well, different strokes and all that… ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933/184 "2012-11-25T16:30:14Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > I’m only gently teasing, I don’t really give a fuck about hillbillies shooting each other. > > Have you had a look at the **Abatis** contribution? Except that the people shooting each other aren’t hillbillies, by and large. What is it about life in the UK that leads ignorant, bucktoothed twats to troll threads about the gun situation in the US? Even if your posts were knowledgeable (note the use of the subjunctive tense) as a resident of the UK you have no place in our political process. Your time would be better spent eating jellied eels and beating each other up over soccer games or whatever the fuck it is you people do now that your empire is no more. ---
**Author:** ![Abatis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d78d45/32.png) [@Abatis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abatis)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933/185 "2012-11-25T16:30:20Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > 😛 > > Bring it, you destroyer of worlds. Bring the pain. And out of all I wrote you pick the one thing that you have the absolute least chance of action and control. As is some piss-soaked goofball is going to put down his pint, take off the football fan face paint and have a _ **third** _ go at the Yanks. From your previous posts it seems your skills of attack are limited to critiques of the usage of the Queen’s English and for a loyal subject of the fucking crown of England to call an American “destroyer of worlds” is the epitome of stupidity and ignorance of history and only demonstrates once again that the left, regardless of nationality, lives in its own self-serving world. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933/186 "2012-11-25T16:40:38Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Except that the people shooting each other aren’t hillbillies, by and large. Didn’t say anything other than I do not care about hillbillies shooting each other. _shrug_ > [@](#): > > What is it about life in the UK that leads ignorant, bucktoothed twats to troll threads about the gun situation in the US? Even if your posts were knowledgeable (note the use of the subjunctive tense) as a resident of the UK you have no place in our political process. Your time would be better spent eating jellied eels and beating each other up over soccer games or whatever the fuck it is you people do now that your empire is no more. Hey, **Scumpup** , how long have you been so insecure? (Also, read my post about gun ownership in the UK - the only reason I’m in this thread) ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933/187 "2012-11-25T17:03:07Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Your time would be better spent eating jellied eels and beating each other up over soccer games or whatever the fuck it is you people do now that your empire is no more. Holy ill-informed stereotypes, you morbidly obese drooling moron! ---
**Author:** ![Modern\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@Modern\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Modern_Master)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933/188 "2012-11-25T17:07:49Z")
Guns have the potential to create too many problems. In a legal sense, you are better off not owning a gun. I know enough about human nature to know that people can become angry and irrational fairly quickly. If you add a gun to the mix, it can create a nasty situation. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933/189 "2012-11-25T17:22:25Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Except that the people shooting each other aren’t hillbillies, by and large. What is it about life in the UK that leads ignorant, bucktoothed twats to troll threads about the gun situation in the US? Even if your posts were knowledgeable (note the use of the subjunctive tense) as a resident of the UK you have no place in our political process. Your time would be better spent eating jellied eels and beating each other up over soccer games or whatever the fuck it is you people do now that your empire is no more. You’ve got to admire someone who can successfully troll _a BBQ Pit thread_. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933/190 "2012-11-25T18:05:59Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You’ve got to admire someone who can successfully troll _a BBQ Pit thread_. Fucks sake. I’m such an amateur ☹ ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933/191 "2012-11-25T18:47:19Z")
> [@XT](#): > > That’s all you got? 😛 Man, I don’t know if I’d have posted those quotes like that. Not exactly covering yourself in glory…OR in anything resembling coherence. Ah well, different strokes and all that… You seem to be under the impression that this is some kind of competition where you and I post a debate back and forth to attempt to reach some conclusion. :rolleyes: I assure you that once **John Stamo’s Left Ear** gets serious responses, it will be responded to. But that thread, and this one, is a confirmation of the insanity prevalent within the pro-gun side and their inability or unwillingness to discuss things like adults. Rein in your crazies, or just admit that they are your only defense ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933/192 "2012-11-25T18:59:46Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > whatever the fuck it is you people do now that your empire is no more. We tend to feel a smug sense of gratitude that all the idiots in your country no longer belong to us. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933/193 "2012-11-25T19:05:55Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Holy ill-informed stereotypes, you morbidly obese drooling moron! I’ll freely admit I don’t know much about what you all get up to over there. Don’t really care, either. That is exactly why you won’t find me posting at all, much less trolling, in discussions of issues that are politically contentious in the UK. Even if I had an informed opinion, I have no political standing in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933/194 "2012-11-25T19:09:08Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > We tend to feel a smug sense of gratitude that all the idiots in your country no longer belong to us. …and another snaggletoothed twat is heard from. Your contribution is just as valuable as those from your countrymen. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933/195 "2012-11-25T19:11:16Z")
You do realize, I hope, that it would help your position immensely if you could elaborate on just what the differences \*are \*that make any other country’s experiences inapplicable to those of the US. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933/196 "2012-11-25T19:17:12Z")
> [@dimmy\_derko](#): > > Don’t get lippy, he’s got a gun. > Oh wait, he can’t fire it at you… or me! So, Mr Dallas Jones, fuck you, too. I’ll post in whatever threads I feel like. Not any more! 😃 I knew the guys was on a suicide mission. ---
**Author:** ![gms453](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@gms453](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gms453)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933/197 "2012-11-25T19:25:39Z")
> [@Bilbo1967](#): > > Do you always rewrite history and resort to pathetic personal attacks when challenged? I guess it’s easier than addressing the points raised, but it doesn’t do much for your credibility. > > Whatever, given that you’ve proven yourself a dickhead of the first order, I’ll not bother responding to anything else you say - I’m really only interested in a debate with somebody who knows the meaning of the word (I can see the attraction of personal attacks now, it’s quite fun). What history? What attacks? Why the name calling? Don’t you know that in the land of grown ups name callers never win (and it doesn’t do much for their credibility, either). ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933/198 "2012-11-25T20:08:42Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > Well, you’re mistaken. What am I mistaken about? ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933/199 "2012-11-25T20:30:18Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Not any more! 😃 > > I knew the guys was on a suicide mission. I didn’t do it! I have a rock solid alibi. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933/200 "2012-11-25T20:36:36Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Not any more! 😃 > > I knew the guys was on a suicide mission. I figured, as I noted upthread, that he wouldn’t be with us long. Didn’t think it would happen this fast, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-lovers-dont-see-how-far-gone-they-are/641933.md?page=11)