“I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church. All national institutions of churches … appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.”

So Mr AC you should feel free to throw your trash in the street and dump your waste into the rivers, cut down national parks, drive with out a seat belt and your child not in a kiddy seat, walk around naked, as know one can tell you what to do........ you have freedom to do as you want right....... Why stop at a gun... why not a canon or tank,.... maybe put some land mines in your yard... as you are free to do as you want... but driving on the correct side of the road is only to keep things efficient....

Wow...Your ignorance knows no boundaries.

Throwing trash in the PUBLIC'S street and waste into the PUBLIC'S river is a violation of the public's rights.

And Yes....The Government shouldn't tell me I have to use a seat belt (Even though I never drive without wearing one, Haven't since way it became mandatory,)

As for Tanks......Sure! Why not?
http://www.armyjeeps.net/armor1.htm

http://www.milweb.net/classifieds.php?type=1

WWWooooooWWWWW so you do think there should be regulations and government impose rules on us... but is that not someone tell you what to do..... is that not against every thing you hold sacred...

I love fishing hahahhahah seem to get a bite every time...

BTW ..
The only reason the right to bear arms adopted in 1791 in the USA, was so that if needed citizen could be called up to fight in the malita and thus save a lot of money, not having to arm and distribute arms to people if a conflict broke out..

As passed by the Congress:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

So this has very little to do with modern day life some 200 years later.....

Pull up your collar the red is showing on the back of your neck....

You are a very silly person who has no grasp of even the most basic of logical thinking.

AnthonyC, StillHere seems logial to me. However you have already stated you believe in your right to own, carry and use a homicidal device, regardless of the facts - just like blind religious faith.

So presumably if you or any of your NRA megalomaniac buddies own a tank, you will ensure it, and anything it fires, will not go outside the electrified booby-trapped razor-wire topped wall around your property, and in to the PUBLIC'S street?

... and when you impale yourself on your steering-wheel (from defiantly not wearing a seat-belt to exercise your civil liberty), you will not accept assistance from a PUBLIC ambulance, hospital or insurance fund?

Just like if you use a butter knife to harm another person you will be charged with a crime,. Only a Wussie Liberal cares about what you use to kill while a Conservative just cares about the Killing.
Assault is Assault and Murder is Murder. The idea that criminal's weapon of choice makes a difference is just retarded.

I never drive without a seat belt but if someone decides not to use one and is injured he should receive no FREE public assistance just like everyone else. Healthcare isn't a right. Make them pay.

Oh and the insurance company is a private company and that is between the Insurer and the insured.

Please stop wasting my time until you manage to grasp even the most basic of Logical thinking,

Perhaps you are not aware that a butter-knife is for spreading butter. I don't know of anyone being killed by one, and ridding the world of them would not save anyone's life.

Guns on the other hand, are for killing people, period, and I don't know of anyone using one to spread butter. Ridding the world of them would save millions of lives.

Still don't get it?

The Atheists missed some important points in the debate. The Theists quoted an American survey claiming religious people are moregenerous, and that rich Atheists are the most uncharitable, while Evangelists are the most charitable.

1) The survey is of questionable accuracy, since it is based of what people say they did. Christians are more likely to lie to defend and promote their particular denomination.

2) Evangelists giving money to their church "charities" would not know that little, if any, actually goes to charity.

3) Agreed America's 2 wealthiest men are Atheists - Warren Buffett and Bill Gates. Both have given huge amounts to charity, and have pledged most of their fortunes to charity also.

4) Many Evangelist leaders are also filthy rich, money taken from the desperately poor, the terminally ill and the gullible.

5) Mother Teresa, who was held up as an example of charity by Christians, was a total fraud, as exposed by Christopher Hitchins.

6) If Atheists are the biggest earners, then they also pay for most of the welfare given to the poor by government, which is far more than religious and secular charities put together.