# we ought to have a discussion related to firearms **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 22, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-ought-to-have-a-discussion-related-to-firearms/809372 "2018-02-22T23:50:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-ought-to-have-a-discussion-related-to-firearms/809372/1 "2018-02-22T23:50:27Z")
I mean, come on, just about any thread that relates to guns, shootings, gun control, anything of the sort rapidly devolves into argument, sniping and incivility. It does not appear that this subject matter brooks any restraint. I submit that it should all be consigned by rule to the Pit, because even the most measured discourse teeters on the edge of fire. Even MPSIMS news threads get out of control and are destined to cleanup or relegation. Why not just save a step? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-ought-to-have-a-discussion-related-to-firearms/809372/2 "2018-02-22T23:53:19Z")
Are you talking about a dedicated firearms forum? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-ought-to-have-a-discussion-related-to-firearms/809372/3 "2018-02-23T00:05:48Z")
Only if every thread is headlined with [this](http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/shivers/autoweapons.html). Stranger ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-ought-to-have-a-discussion-related-to-firearms/809372/4 "2018-02-23T00:05:59Z")
No, I mean guns belong in the Pit, because they always end up there anyway. Well, maybe not _always_, but it seems like. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-ought-to-have-a-discussion-related-to-firearms/809372/5 "2018-02-23T01:29:28Z")
I’ve seen plenty of gun threads start in GD and stay there. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-ought-to-have-a-discussion-related-to-firearms/809372/6 "2018-02-23T05:25:36Z")
Be the change you wish to see. - that kind of works both ways. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-ought-to-have-a-discussion-related-to-firearms/809372/7 "2018-02-23T05:30:23Z")
It looks like a started this thread in order to get **Stranger** to post that link. That was awesome. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-ought-to-have-a-discussion-related-to-firearms/809372/8 "2018-02-23T05:47:45Z")
Awesome indeed! Thanks, Stranger, I needed the laugh. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-ought-to-have-a-discussion-related-to-firearms/809372/9 "2018-02-23T10:27:02Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Only if every thread is headlined with [this](http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/shivers/autoweapons.html). > > Stranger From the link: > [@](#): > > As my advisor said: “The tragedy of Galois is that he could have contributed so much more to mathematics if he’d only spent more > time on his marksmanship.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-ought-to-have-a-discussion-related-to-firearms/809372/10 "2018-02-23T11:32:03Z")
_The free ammunition has some nice side effects, too: the campus police never, ever give CS grad students parking tickets. And you just wouldn’t believe how attentive the students are in the courses we TA._ Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-ought-to-have-a-discussion-related-to-firearms/809372/11 "2018-02-23T14:21:48Z")
There is no reason why a thread that involves guns can’t stay in the appropriate forum for the OP. If someone can’t help themselves and they behave inappropriately that’s why we get paid the big bucks. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-ought-to-have-a-discussion-related-to-firearms/809372/12 "2018-02-23T15:59:44Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > There is no reason why a thread that involves guns can’t stay in the appropriate forum for the OP. If someone can’t help themselves and they behave inappropriately that’s why we get paid the big bucks. Yeah, I remember getting those [“big bucks”.](https://www.amazon.com/100-Enlarged-Oversized-Replica-Money-One-White-Single/dp/B008D3DY7W) ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-ought-to-have-a-discussion-related-to-firearms/809372/13 "2018-02-23T16:09:58Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Yeah, I remember getting those [“big bucks”.](https://www.amazon.com/100-Enlarged-Oversized-Replica-Money-One-White-Single/dp/B008D3DY7W) I always thought it was more [like this.](https://www.100trillions.com/products/zimbabwe-100-trillion-dollar-banknote?variant=22502802951&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIoPb93LW82QIVzlcNCh0S6QGgEAQYAyABEgKTkPD_BwE) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-ought-to-have-a-discussion-related-to-firearms/809372/14 "2018-02-24T11:57:35Z")
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