University Shootings

[ZeroKirbyX]

I have guns, 3 really. 9mm Makarov, .22 Hoban and a .22 Marlin Golden. As soon as I'm 21, I'll "officially" have a MAK-90 waitin for me.

You guys best watch out. I'm a killaz.

[HackersTotalMassLaser]

I've heard he had no girlfriend.

That he made that girlfriend up (i mean the girl existed, but there was never a relationship), among other imaginary girlfriends. He revealed this when he was drunk  in the dorms with the roomates.

[Cosmos]

Mabbe the plays were a reflection of himself?

[j_master]

Guns are bad!
End of story

[Blue_Strife]

Originally posted by j_master
Guns are bad!
End of story

Guns are not all bad, though they all are made to cause physical/bodily harm, they can be used for self-protection.

Inherently, they're bad, but in the end, it depends on the person who uses them.

Then again, the same could be said for a weapon of any kind, possibly. Who knows.

[Dragonium]

All weapons are an evil we have to tolerate, really. You can try your best to remove all the guns from the world, but people will still keep theirs hidden or something. And besides, if you want to remove all the guns you may as well remove all the rocks and trees and anything else that can be used as a weapon. Before guns existed, people still killed each other.

I read somewhere that the guy had bought a different gun to the one he used, but didn't use it. And the gun shop owner said he was a "clean-cut college kid". I doubt that any gun shop owner would get suspicious of someone who seemed perfectly stable.

My view is that it could have been prevented, but only if people had been watching this guy's every move like a hawk from day one.


EDIT: Lol Gem, same time post and same subject matter.

We are totally telepathetic or something.

[Ben]

Yeah. Guns arent the problem. Guns save lives too.

Like when you live on an acreage. And Coyotes are going to eat your Pet dog. And your First born child runs out to save the dog. And then the coyotes get the Idea to eat Man-Veal.


Then you'd best have a gun.


Guns are sortof a tool, really. A tool that happens to work quite effectivly as a weapon.

I use Nail and Bolt Guns all the time at work. Im sure I could kill somebody with one. I just dont. Because Im not an idiot.

And those guns keep your damned walls from slipping out of place over years of seasonal structure expansion and contraction.


Guns aren't bad. They keep your house standing up. Neat.  

[Kinslayer]

Guns 'r good to keep the King of England out of our lands!

Is that what you want?!

The King of England...?!

[HackersTotalMassLaser]

This is why I like swords. Though the purpose of it is one and the same.

What are guns meant to be for? Shoot things. Not in all people, but well, people like shooting at people.

We are hazardous to ourselves. We need judgement. We need futuristic robots to come into our time and set us straight.

Or just better gun laws D:

Even then, we'll still shoot people.

[Dragonium]

Anyone can shoot someone. Swords are better, since they're about skill. If everyone had swords instead of guns, we'd be a lot safer. And wars would be more fun.

The only reason people prefer guns is because of convenience. A sword requires effort to swing. Not so with a gun.

Guns are the result of mankind's laziness.

Originally posted by Kinslayer
Guns 'r good to keep the King of England out of our lands!

Is that what you want?!

The King of England...?!

You know, you'd be surprised how many people today actually whole-heartedly believe that there is still a King of England.

[HackersTotalMassLaser]

Originally posted by Dragonium
Anyone can shoot someone. Swords are better, since they're about skill. If everyone had swords instead of guns, we'd be a lot safer. And wars would be more fun.

The only reason people prefer guns is because of convenience. A sword requires effort to swing. Not so with a gun.

Guns are the result of mankind's laziness.

Totally agree with you there. Every damn point.

[ZeroKirbyX]

Anyone can shoot someone. Swords are better, since they're about skill. If everyone had swords instead of guns, we'd be a lot safer. And wars would be more fun.

Bull. If I was to give you a Colt 1911 could you effectively hit a 3inch/cm/whateverthefuck target at 100 yds/decimeter/whateverthefuck? Doubt it. They both require skill, just different types of skills.

[SaiKar]

Totally disagree with you there. Every damn point. Except maybe about the skill thing, but it's moot.

Originally posted by Dragonium
If everyone had swords instead of guns, we'd be a lot safer. And wars would be more fun.

The only reason people prefer guns is because of convenience. A sword requires effort to swing. Not so with a gun.

Guns are the result of mankind's laziness.

It grates me on me a little bit when people romanticize medieval times. A sword may be a more flashy weapon than a gun, but that era was full of nonsenseical and meaningless violence. "Wars would be more fun?" Yeah, there's nothing fun about the guy who owns your land saying you need to go fight in his honor for years at a time. Medival wars were slow, in part because it DID take longer to fight with swords and the general level of technology they had back then.

And guns may be the result of manking's laziness, but so was the indstrial revolution. And electricity, not needing to rely on oil and lamps. And the internet, lightspeed communication anywhere in the world. Being able to do stuff faster is the driving force of almost all progress. Welcome to the future.

Me says, if you like medival weapons, that's cool. Everyone has their passions. Make training, reenactments, or collecting a hobby. But don't try to use it to impose some sort of whack nostalgia on the present.

You know, you'd be surprised how many people today actually whole-heartedly believe that there is still a King of England.

The king is dead. LONG LIVE THE KING!

[Meiscool-2]

Yippie! I'd prefer marching for two years to get to my destination, then fight with wooden sticks and iron rather than take a helicopter and shoot stuff because I'm super skilled! I'm a fairy!

It's natural for gamers to like weapons they see in games in actual reality... but still, that's a generally stupid comment.

Plus, has anyone here actually taken swordsmenship? I think oooog said he did, and I've taken fencing, but other than that, your "Press X" hardly qualifies as a skill.

Not saying you would be the one fighting of course.

[Ben]

Guns take skill.

Aiming takes skill.


Sword wars are bloodier.

Sword wars were way more brutal than gun wars. Guns are just more efficient. Its not that were lazy. Its that we dont want to get decapitated.

Its efficiency.



yeah, its easy to sit and cut apart guns and theoir effects, but the truth is, If guns never came along...the world would be alot more of a violent place. Police get sweet guns. They keep peoiple from coming into your house and taking your stuff and Raping your daughter