[speaker001:] how do you feel about gun control
[speaker002:] well uh I mean I don't think that guns should be outlawed
[speaker001:] um
[speaker002:] but it's going to a lot of the stuff that I mean all you do is to get guns
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and then like with the stuff of that massacre in Killeen Texas not too long ago
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] but I don't really know I mean unless they do uh just outlaw them how you can uh I mean prevent that
[speaker001:] well don't you think that you know just having you know some you know almost like a driver's license be required you know with stiff penalties if you are found with with you know you know a gun that is not registered or you know that you are not licensed to carry
[speaker002:] yeah that well do you even know what the procedures are now
[speaker001:] I mean it varies from State to State
[speaker002:] um
[speaker001:] there is no national
[speaker002:] but it's kind of like if you want a gun you can get a gun especially if you have the money to pay for it
[speaker001:] uh in most States as long as you aren't a convicted felon
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] you know or on probation or you know other obvious things like that uh and I know I know that like in a lot of states you could you could be just like released from a mental hospital the day before you know be be obviously insane and then you you know but have your legal right to get a gun
[speaker002:] huh I didn't know that well that's pretty scary so does now do they want us to say where we feel about it like in rating it one to ten
[speaker001:] uh uh yes I'd probably I'd probably say about a five
[speaker002:] that's where I would probably be
[speaker001:] seems like it's a good safe number to pick you know
[speaker002:] well I mean I mean I don't really know what they can how they can really enforce the laws any better
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] because I mean I do think that some people need them and like for protection and stuff and I can understand them wanting to have them but then again it's just like all those nuts out there
[speaker001:] uh-huh uh-huh well you know uh uh other than that if you are looking at like you know country that you know uh where they do have a lot more gun control like England and places like that you know the amount of violent crime has decreased by so much
[speaker002:] it has because
[speaker001:] well I mean yeah the uh the in comparing per capita murders are incredibly lower than the United States
[speaker002:] hum
[speaker001:] uh you know I mean the problem though is you know they if the since the United States had this you know pretty much unrestricted flow of guns going for so long that I think you know if you were introduced you know any controls it would probably take a long while for them to take effect just because there is a glut of guns out there already
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] you know so it's so it's really into a kind of a complex problem
[speaker002:] well is the crime that bad there in Atlanta
[speaker001:] uh I'm not really sure how bad it is I've I've not really had that many problems with it but I mean apparently we we were ranked pretty high up
[speaker002:] yeah I know Dallas is
[speaker001:] uh I mean I think you know in the I mean I I think we have been like ranked in one of the top three for murders in the last few years
[speaker002:] I don't know if Dallas is in the top three but oh do you own a gun
[speaker001:] uh-huh no I've I've thought about getting one if I get one I think I will probably you know get something I probably wouldn't get a hand gun I would probably get like a shotgun just for protecting myself you know from you know burglar type thing I do kind of live in the downtown area
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah
[speaker001:] you know and shotguns are really good because you know they're I mean somebody is not going to break in steal it and you know use it to mug someone you know
[speaker002:] that's true
[speaker001:] uh and you know you yeah I just don't I just don't understand these people you know that like when they they decide they're going to buy a gun to protect themselves they go out and buy a three fifty seven magnum which is going to shoot through you know they are probably going to miss the person and they're going shoot and they're going to shoot through five wall and hit someone you know I mean a shotgun just just struck me as being you know a real good defensive weapon you can sort of point it somewhere in the direction of you know whoever
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] you pretty much you pretty much stop them and you don't then the actual shot doesn't go that far you know a wall will stop it pretty much
[speaker002:] well well now when I first moved to Dallas I moved up here by myself and uh my dad gave me a gun
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] but I never did go out and practice with it enough to feel comfortable with it
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] so I finally ended up giving it back to him I said I don't want it I don't want to be responsible for it because
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] you know if you're not going to teach me how to do it and if I am not going to you know be responsible enough to go out and learn I don't need it
[speaker001:] uh-huh yeah that that really does scare me people you know that have guns because you know if you ever get in the situation where you know you are not prepared to shoot but you pick up the gun and point it at the person that that person rushes you
[speaker002:] and they get it from you uh-huh
[speaker001:] and you know you're pretty much dead you know because you you've just told the person that you you're about to kill them then
[speaker002:] set them off
[speaker001:] you know and and well I mean you you you you basically made it clear to the person that you know unless he unless you know that you are a real danger to them and then you know if you if they manage to get the gun from you you know their first reaction is going to be you know stop you
[speaker002:] yeah well that's why I ended up giving it back to him I thought well you know
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] I don't want it if I don't know how to operate you know if I don't really know how to use it and I just didn't want the responsibility
[speaker001:] uh-huh um
[speaker002:] so well well uh did you hear about that Killeen massacre or whatever
[speaker001:] yeah the did it happen at a cafeteria or something
[speaker002:] yeah right that kind of
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] I mean it just makes you wonder how people get guns I would be scared selling guns to people