For or against?

I don't think it's so much the guns, it's the paranoia the masses are deliberatly kept under by mass media and politicians. Scared people will easier do your bidding, i.e. consume or approve of certain things. So of course you feed them an endless line of ominpresent terrorism, crime, video game inspired amok kids, satanic metal, cholesterol... naturally they will all want a gun (or other weird things).

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Minion

Because without guns people basically could not kill each other and would have no desire to do so anyway.

I wouldn't quite agree on the bit about the desire but there's a quote from Frank Miller that pretty much nailed the ramifications of a society with broad access to firearms:

"A gun is a coward's weapon, a liar's weapon. We kill too often because we made it too easy, sparing ourselves the mess and the work."

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Chibi Neko

I hardly ‘ever’ heard of someone getting shot here in my province. Everyone in my family have shot-guns. We keep them in a closet in the basement unloaded, and are only taken out in hunting seasons like moose or sealing. The same story can be heard across Canada.

That's what I found to be so hilarious in "Bowling For Columbine", you Canadians being armed to the teeth as well but with far less gun related crime. It has to come down to an attitude problem on the (US) Amercians' part, doesen't it?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.