Why do people who have no technical or legal firearms knowlege try to answer firearms questions?...more.?
927325
I just answered a question about silencers and automatic weapons stating the same thing you just wrote here! There seems to be a lot of uninformed children on this section who seem to think just because they play Xbox they're suddenly a firearms expert.I don;t claim to be an expert by any means, but I would think after over 30 years of shooting experience i would know a little something about firearms and firearms laws. I'll be the 1st to say "In my opinion" instead of stating my opinion as a fact.If these kids on here would do a little research before spouting off their uninformed ignorant opnions about topics they know nothing about, we'd all be much better off.
806131
Some people use yahoo answers like a chat room where they are only soliciting opinions rather than hard facts.\n\nAdditionally, even though most questions can be answered by google, many people enjoy the repartee and comradery that is artificially created via the YA medium.
715301
I agree totally they are here to be cynical without license and to mock and to gain points, some people who ask questions in this category are in need of guidance of any kind and ask whatever is troubling them, it's like praying when times are hard, people should be a little kinder on here I think.
1041052
Because they are insecure. Do you give them a reason not to trust you? That's where questions usually originate in this fashion.
43467
Some people are overly intelligent, some are not.\nSome people seriously need an answer, then some people have a craving to see if they can get an other answer with a stupid question like yours.
16273
It is probably different for each individual.  Some may just be ignorant, and you really can t blame them, for asking questions is the first step to enlightenment.  Some may just want attention and some might just be bored.
1027939
People like answers, not questions.  Answers make sense of something unstable and bring order to that instability.  If you question something, you are doing so for your own sake, but at the same time you are necessarily (though probably not intentionally) challenging someone else's sense of stability/security (since that other person would see no reason for his/her belief system to be questioned).  You're not meaning to hurt anybody else, but it's just that too many people cannot easily face a disturbance to their beliefs; they view the one who asks the question as the problem.
949936
I am surprised a worldly man such as yourself, working on the fringe of military markets, needs much in the way of an education on laws, weapons and street violence, and I really do not have the time to educate you.  Nevertheless, allow me a cursory response:\n\n1) The US Constitution does not allow people to "play" with guns.  2) The "'right'" conveyed is simply that, and does not require quotation marks to belittle it.  3) You have no way of knowing who considered what before answering your last petty jab at the US and its military delivered in the guise of a question – at the time you conveyed no interest in the relevance of the 2nd Amendment.  \n\nYou say you live a country where guns are not available to civilians and there is very little gun crime.  Have you read Joyce Malcolm, "Guns and Violence: The English Experience"?  An English author, she writes: \n\n"With passage of the Firearms Act of 1997, “it was confidently assumed that the new legislation effectively banning handguns would have the direct effect of reducing certain types of violent crime by reducing access to weapons.” The news media promised that the “world’s toughest laws will help to keep weapons off the streets.”  \n\nYet faster than British gun-owners could surrender their handguns for destruction, guns began flooding into Great Britain from the international black market (especially from eastern Europe and from China), driven by the demands of the country’s rapidly developing criminal gun-culture."  Even The London Times, bastion of the UK, headlined with:  "Killings Rise As 3 Million Illegal Guns Flood Britain" on January 16th, 2000.  I doubt little has changed in the last few years.\n\nAs for your last comment, regarding an armed civilian militia being no match for a modern professional army – ask your “mates” in Basra how things are going – urban warfare fighting against militias with light/captured weaponry is one of the most difficult things imaginable.\n\nUltimately, everything about your comments suggests to me that you are the kind of man who would walk into a bar and start mouthing off, simply to get a good fight started.  I am sure there are many people who would probably oblige you, but for my part I will simply say, if you are a professional, act like one.
1175654
Because you don't have to put any thought into answering stupid questions or coming up with stupid answers.\nAlso stupid questions don't usually call for an opinion that you can back up with a coherent argument.\nStupid questions also tend to be band wagon questions so if you don't know the answer just repeat what the person ahead of you said.\nSociety, in what is a very scary development, has become accepting of answers that are wrong and/or stupid.  I don't believe you should tell someone they are unintelligent, but when they are being stupid you need to tell them.\nThe ignorant loudmouths have also developed, and society has let them, the attitude that they will just keep repeating themselves as loudly as possible no matter what you say and how wrong they are until the person with the intelligent answer just gives in because they have better things to do then argue with an idiot.\nAnd lastly answers to stupid questions are mostly short and don't require the ability to type and use halfway decent English and spelling.
416214
Because you can easily answer a question like this with a simple sentance, or even one or two words. But if I ask you something serious you might have to write a paragraph or do some other research. Plus, anyone can give advice or answer a serious joke, if you asking questions about how to set up your TV or a question about history, maybe only a few people actually know the answer. \n\nAnother thing is, after looking at most of the questions on here, I have to assume that 95% of the users on here are pre-teen girls looking for dating advice.
850593
WOW! The uninformed children are out in record numbers today! Silencers and automatic firearms are NOT illegal! Certain states my prohibit you from owning them, but for the vast majority of the country they are completely legal for private ownership if you meet the criteria, pay the tax, and follow the federal guidelines. WHY do so many ignorant uninformed children get on this section and answer questions they have NO IDEA about, seriously, if you don't know what the hell you're talking about, DON"T ANSWER!
664439
The question is when shutting up people that APPARENTLY don't know what they're talking about is (and, most of the time, is) a discriminatory act, that will establish some people above others based on half a dozen of pricks thinks that is considered intelligence or know-how in given areas.\n\nI've lately came to the conclusion that, more often than not, people actually KNOW what they're talking about -- they just use less refined language, and have a more broad approach of things -- and they know just as much as some people who have a a more refined language and choose to be snob when giving answers.\n\nIf you feel annoyed when people don't seem to know what they're talking about, try one of three things :\n\n*ignore them, and let them be (one day, you could be considered the ignorant one...)\n*change subject\n*ask them questions that challenge them to defend better their position and give more consistent arguments.\n\nI understand that it can be anoying at times, but freedom of speech is one of the best things we've got =).
785689
The problem with asking a question like thist nobody knows the answer....
70331
Why, you want to blow them up? :-)\n\nYou hardly asked a question and you expect answers. At least do your homework and try ask the question so that we know what and why do you want to know something.
270395
Isnt that frustrating?   Sometimes it feels like the laws are out to get the good honest citizens, instead of the criminals.  Unfortunately, the way things are going, what's going to happen first is the law abiding citizens giving up their guns.  There is little to be done, unless a very big change of attitude comes into play.  My personal theory is that we are way too many and something huge has to happen to the majority of us, so we can start with a cleaner slate.\nSorry, but know I feel your frustration.
1091652
people need more information than this.\n\notherwise you will just get replies from - well - freaks
184674
Did it ever occur to you that they may not have the actual answer ......or they simply do not understand the question. \n\nI was always told at a very early age that if you need  answers to a very important question...you go to people you trust or licensed professionals that are paid to answer questions.\n\nI would not take any of these responses on 'Yahoo Answers' to heart. I mearly regard them as suggestions or helpful hints........And that is all.