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By the way, if you read the Supreme Court decision (the recent decision on the gun ban in Washington) and the discussion they had prior to making the decision, they all agreed that there could be limits on guns.
If the Supreme Court says it is so, it must be so.
Don't groan, just hear me out and think about it for a second...
Listen, even if you don't like guns you still have a right to own one. It is a right, just like free speech or freedom of religion, written in the same document that lately seems to have more value as policial toilet paper. The ability of a body of people to own weapons signifies a people that cannot be dominated or entirely controlled by someone else. Not just hunting, tradion, or personal protection. Bottom Line.
Of course there are cons to the second ammendment. We see shootings and violence every day on the news and sometimes in our front yards. Each act of violence is a tragedy of imense porportions and should not have happened. It is painful for me to even watch them on TV. It is almost impossible to make ammends and go on, but be warned that human nature unfortunately makes it is easier to seek out someone or something to blame. There are no free rides; every freedom comes with a cost and anyone that tells you otherwise is trying to sell you something.
Soon we will see a new wave of gun control, given strength by fearmongering from polics and the media. They will promise to keep you safe. They will promise you a better world. But, they can't deliver, not any more than they will be able to pay me full social security benefits in 2040. Please realize that by supporting gun control you are exchaging a critical part of your freedom for a shaky promise of security. It's not a fair trade.
More gun control is only the begining of the continued erosion our personal freedoms, and I am sure it won't stop there. I've seen too much of my freedom evaporate in my short life, please don't let them take away any more.
Dear rightie fear-mongerer,
The Supreme Court has already ruled that you have a right to own a gun and no one can take it away from you.
It's over. Quit whining and crying.
You can own a gun and no one can take it away from you.
England approved the gun ban now they want to ban sharp pointed knives, and by the way the police are now having to go armed with a gun. Crime is up because the bad guys know that no one has a gun. Austrailia went with the gun ban ditto crime is up agian.
The UK gun ban affected only 0.1% of the population, because only 1 in 1000 owned owned a gun before the ban. Therefore it is hard to say what role private guns played in crime prevention in UK before the ban. I'd say that it was next to none. And I'd also say that a ban plays next to none role in crime preventation. Basically such bans are pointless. The UK conservetive party folded under the public demand for the ban after the two massacres they experienced. Both massacres were committed by licenced gun owners, and made the logel gun owners look like the bad guy. Gun crime rose after the ban, but is now in decline in UK. However the numbers have always been very low in UK. Only 1 in 500 crimes includes a gun. In 2006 only 2 police officers were killed by gun in UK.
Anyway, I am pro-2nd and a holder of conceled weapon permit, so I do not personally support bans or excessive taxation of firearms of any kind.
The UK gun ban affected only 0.1% of the population, because only 1 in 1000 owned owned a gun before the ban. Therefore it is hard to say what role private guns played in crime prevention in UK before the ban. I'd say that it was next to none. And I'd also say that a ban plays next to none role in crime preventation. Basically such bans are pointless. The UK conservetive party folded under the public demand for the ban after the two massacres they experienced. Both massacres were committed by licenced gun owners, and made the logel gun owners look like the bad guy. Gun crime rose after the ban, but is now in decline in UK. However the numbers have always been very low in UK. Only 1 in 500 crimes includes a gun. In 2006 only 2 police officers were killed by gun in UK.
Anyway, I am pro-2nd and a holder of conceled weapon permit, so I do not personally support bans or excessive taxation of firearms of any kind.
Yes but there is a man convicted of shooting a burglar inside his home, the same man that had broke into his house 2 times before. Burglar no prision sentence but the old man got 10 years for having a shotgun.
It's a right... with limits. Just like you don't have unlimited free speech (you can't yell "Fire" in a crowded room just because you feel like it), your rights to have a gun are also subject to limits.
Yelling fire infringes on other's rights because it is guaranteed to incite panic. A mentally stable individual owning an "assault rifle" infringes on no one else's rights by simply owning it if used responsibly.
Yes but there is a man convicted of shooting a burglar inside his home, the same man that had broke into his house 2 times before. Burglar no prision sentence but the old man got 10 years for having a shotgun.
Gun ban and UK self defence laws are two different things. The homeowner would still be in prison if he had killed the burglar with a baseball bat as opposed to shotgun. Therefore the ban has nothing to do with him being in prison.
Or are you under the impression he is in prison because of the UK gun ban?
The debate in UK about this case is about the self defence laws, not the gun ban.
There was no such thing in existence as a bullet when the Constitution was written.
They didn't show up for another 75 years or so.
Link?
Mr. Scalia and Mr. Thomas would have a good time with that.
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