JS: At the very least I should be allowed to lay a small minefield in my front lawn.

& Send your children out to play in it Johnathon. Ay. This is exactly why some people should be banned from having weapons. IQ test: Fail.

I guess it would be fair to say that after WW2 there were lots of men with weapons. A lot were allowed to take their weapons home on discharge. I know all my uncles had their .303's from the War. The difference to day is that those men had the training & knew what their weapons could do. They had full respect for the weapons. They were extensions of their own bodies. Unfortunately, nowadays, the young people just see a weapon as another toy, to be played with. That's the difference.

I have witnessed weapon handling by some of these later gun addicts. I would not let them be in charge of a butter knife without supervision.

Jayb,

The obvious solution then is training.

Is Mise: The obvious solution then is training.

But first you would need to weed out those with a SG (Specific Grouping.)Rating of below 3. I do believe the Army rated me at SG2+, IQ 129 & High Mechanical, Aptitude Low Clerical Abilities, at 17. (Improved a bit since then.)

Some of these people who want to run around with Guns are below an IQ of 95 & SG4. All the training in the world would not allow these people to handle anything other than a wooden spoon.

Jayb, it was probably those very people who stopped the Japs at Kokoda.

You don't have to be exceptionally bright to know what is dangerous.

In fact, looking at the attitudes expressed by so many of our academics, I think it is fair to say that perhaps many of those with high IQ are more dangerous to others than those with low IQ.

Hi there J SWIFT...

An earlier thread contained in this topic did embrace other non- lethal options, for defensive measures, without the necessity to resort to some of your absurd solutions ?

Has been: looking at the attitudes expressed by so many of our academics, I think it is fair to say that perhaps many of those with high IQ are more dangerous to others than those with low IQ.

Whooo yair! I can't argue with that. Just look at the mess's some of the Generals have got us into. I won't mention Politicians that comes into the Low IQ category.