Should say upfront that I don't know anything about gun laws in India.
<!--QuoteBegin-Bharatvarsh+May 16 2008, 08:50 PM-->QUOTE(Bharatvarsh @ May 16 2008, 08:50 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->I used to be against gun ownership long ago but have changed my mind over the years, every unprovoked brutality of Islamic savages on Hindus convinced me that every able bodied law abiding Hindu should be legally able to arm himself/herself, terrorist attacks like Jaipur cannot be prevented by gun ownership but Islamic savagery witnessed in the usual riots can be prevented very easily, the unarmed Hindus have become easy prey for these rabid feral scum, they attack ordinary Hindus with impunity while the gov't and police do nothing at all.[right][snapback]81689[/snapback][/right]
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->How odd. It was just after I read about the Jaipur blasts that I made a 180 from my anti-gun stance.
You're right that for Hindus it will make the difference between life, and death at the hands of a jihadi. And unlike some other people, Hindus are not trigger-happy people and can be trusted not to use it except when in need. Also, as you said, islamis already have the weapons (not just the bombs, but the swords and guns) in preparation for their pre-meditated attacks.
The invention of the gun brought a hulk down to the level of a frail kid as long as the latter could aim and pull the trigger. So an otherwise helpless Hindu could defend him/herself and family against a trained jihadi terrorist. But even so, learning some type of martial arts must be made compulsory for Dharmics in India. And for the hypothetical situation of when worst comes to worst, Dharmics have to learn the Japanese art of biting one's tongue. (I always wondered how they could have learnt that without practise, because practise would mean you'd end up having killed yourself.)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In US having arms is your Right.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->When they made that ...amendment was it?... for the right of local militia to bear arms, they were in need of it in the US. But their mentality has changed over the time. Offense is now seen as defense in itself (I'm talking of many WASPies' "shoot first, ask questions later" mentality, not referring to the "offense is the best form of defense" war strategy). Mad WASPies with guns is almost as scary as Jihadis with swords.
<!--QuoteBegin-Bharatvarsh+May 16 2008, 08:50 PM-->QUOTE(Bharatvarsh @ May 16 2008, 08:50 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->I used to be against gun ownership long ago but have changed my mind over the years, every unprovoked brutality of Islamic savages on Hindus convinced me that every able bodied law abiding Hindu should be legally able to arm himself/herself, terrorist attacks like Jaipur cannot be prevented by gun ownership but Islamic savagery witnessed in the usual riots can be prevented very easily, the unarmed Hindus have become easy prey for these rabid feral scum, they attack ordinary Hindus with impunity while the gov't and police do nothing at all.[right][snapback]81689[/snapback][/right]
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->How odd. It was just after I read about the Jaipur blasts that I made a 180 from my anti-gun stance.
You're right that for Hindus it will make the difference between life, and death at the hands of a jihadi. And unlike some other people, Hindus are not trigger-happy people and can be trusted not to use it except when in need. Also, as you said, islamis already have the weapons (not just the bombs, but the swords and guns) in preparation for their pre-meditated attacks.
The invention of the gun brought a hulk down to the level of a frail kid as long as the latter could aim and pull the trigger. So an otherwise helpless Hindu could defend him/herself and family against a trained jihadi terrorist. But even so, learning some type of martial arts must be made compulsory for Dharmics in India. And for the hypothetical situation of when worst comes to worst, Dharmics have to learn the Japanese art of biting one's tongue. (I always wondered how they could have learnt that without practise, because practise would mean you'd end up having killed yourself.)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In US having arms is your Right.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->When they made that ...amendment was it?... for the right of local militia to bear arms, they were in need of it in the US. But their mentality has changed over the time. Offense is now seen as defense in itself (I'm talking of many WASPies' "shoot first, ask questions later" mentality, not referring to the "offense is the best form of defense" war strategy). Mad WASPies with guns is almost as scary as Jihadis with swords.