# What's With The Guns? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 28, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-guns/292298 "2005-02-28T14:59:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 34
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-guns/292298/661 "2011-12-05T15:55:07Z")
Wow. You bumped a six-year-old thread to make a point that had already been made at least 20 times over the previous 14 pages? Get a life. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-guns/292298/662 "2011-12-05T16:25:35Z")
Ah, so \*that’s \*what a jerkish response to a new poster in a zombie thread looks like! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-guns/292298/663 "2011-12-05T16:27:52Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Ah, so \*that’s \*what a jerkish response to a new poster in a zombie thread looks like! The guy’s been a member since 2003. ---
**Author:** ![Pessemist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@Pessemist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pessemist)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-guns/292298/664 "2011-12-05T17:01:29Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Wow. You bumped a six-year-old thread to make a point that had already been made at least 20 times over the previous 14 pages? > > Get a life. Amazing isn’t it? I even trotted out a well known and repeated ad nauseam historical fact from 1938’ to make my point. And yet, surprisingly, there are still large numbers of people who sit their butts during these contended times and dismiss the obvious. I have a life and intend on keeping it. Pesse (the only thing that separates a law abiding citizen from a murderous killer is 3 days without water or 30 days without food.) Mist ---
**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:** [December 5, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-guns/292298/665 "2011-12-05T17:36:52Z")
You are also arguing with someone who hasn’t posted in this thread for almost seven years. ---
**Author:** ![elninost0rm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-guns/292298/666 "2011-12-05T17:50:05Z")
> [@Pessemist](#): > > Amazing isn’t it? > > I even trotted out a well known and repeated ad nauseam historical fact from 1938’ to make my point. > > And yet, surprisingly, there are still large numbers of people who sit their butts during these contended times and dismiss the obvious. > > I have a life and intend on keeping it. > > Pesse (the only thing that separates a law abiding citizen from a murderous killer is 3 days without water or 30 days without food.) Mist Jesus christ. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-guns/292298/667 "2011-12-05T19:36:19Z")
Some folks take longer than others when trying to form and articulate their thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-guns/292298/668 "2011-12-05T19:44:27Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > The guy’s been a member since 2003. Oh, I didn’t mean that he didn’t deserve it. Vinyl (Here I sit, broken-hearted, came to shit but merely farted) Turnip ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-guns/292298/669 "2011-12-05T19:52:17Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You are also arguing with someone who hasn’t posted in this thread for almost seven years. Let’s hope he’s a little more attentive to firearm safety than he is to details like this. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-guns/292298/670 "2011-12-06T10:28:57Z")
To be fair, guns are the preferred line of defence against zombies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-guns/292298.md?page=33)