Thread: Constitution and controls on firearms ownership

Originally Posted by Cordite

Not sure it is the deterrent that law abiding citizens may shoot back at the criminal, at least not always, it may also be the case that it's not so cool to have a gun if you are ALLOWED to have it. The workings of the immature criminal mindset...

There is possibly more truth to this than I would have originally thought. I see the same thing with alcohol. As kids we were allowed a glass of beer with dinner if dad had a bottle open. (1 or 2 times a week ) . However my Dad was also smart enough to open a bottle of Coca cola as well. Thus we preferred the coke to the beer as our sense of taste preferred it. (Sweeter) As such, as an adult I never took to drink quantities of beer as it was not a rebelious or cool thing to me. It was just a drink I did not like much. (Still dont and Im approaching 50 faster than I would like)

So if everyone was allowed to own one, whether they did or not, it would no longer be cool or special and people would look at them and go ho hum. whats that tosser doing?

Originally Posted by timattalon

There is possibly more truth to this than I would have originally thought. I see the same thing with alcohol. As kids we were allowed a glass of beer with dinner if dad had a bottle open. (1 or 2 times a week ) . However my Dad was also smart enough to open a bottle of Coca cola as well. Thus we preferred the coke to the beer as our sense of taste preferred it. (Sweeter) As such, as an adult I never took to drink quantities of beer as it was not a rebelious or cool thing to me. It was just a drink I did not like much. (Still dont and Im approaching 50 faster than I would like)

So if everyone was allowed to own one, whether they did or not, it would no longer be cool or special and people would look at them and go ho hum. whats that tosser doing?

Probably would have been healthier to drink the beer