The Myth of the Good Guy With a Gun (crime rate, compare, senator)
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So your mad that the third amendment is being followed?
I'm guessing yes. After all, if the government needs to put an person in your home, they should have every right to do so. Government knows best. DC forever!
So after umpteen posts attributing DC's decreasing homicide rate to the gun ban of 1975 you now admit that maybe it's a little more complicated than that. Now we're getting somewhere.
Be careful, I thought he finally understood the brilliance of the founders and then he called them paranoid.
Neither is needed nor useful today. It reflects the paranoia of the founders.
BHAAAAAA!!!!! you must have called in sick the day your school taught history........one thing bout history since the beginning of time that is for certain , it always repeats itself.....the question is when, where and how.
"paranoia"??? lol ........tell that to the 6 million Jews who were sent to the oven if having the right to bear arms to defend themselves was paranoia.
Tell that to Mexicans who have the toughest gun control laws on the planet to only live under constant terror by the drug cartels and criminals and can't rely on the police.
So after umpteen posts attributing DC's decreasing homicide rate to the gun ban of 1975 you now admit that maybe it's a little more complicated than that. Now we're getting somewhere.
I never made such a statement. It's certainly true that a gun ban doesn't cause crime to increase as many claim. It's also clear that cities with lax gun laws are not more peaceful than cities with strict laws.
The 2nd and 3rd could both be repealed and rights in this country would not suffer.
so you would like it fine and dandy if soldiers came into your home, ate your food, flirted with your wife or daughter and took your belongings?
i think not.
since you only care about some amendments and not the rest, maybe you should try reading those amendments before spouting off like you know what they mean and say.
Murder is down 75% in DC during our era of proscribing handgun ownership. Gun deaths are higher in states with higher gun ownership. In the FBI statistics, there appears to be no impact on other violent crime from gun ownership. Since very few women carry firearms changes in rape or sexual assault are certainly not due to changes in firearm laws.
You're saying that you have never made a statement attributing the decline in DC's homicide rate to the gun ban of 1975?
Of course homes with guns are more likely to have accidental shootings, domestic incidents, homicides, suicides, with guns. Duh!!!! They have GUNS. It's akin to saying people who drive or ride in cars are more likely to be involved in auto accidents, hit and runs and DUIs. REALLY. It's because they drive or ride in cars. The answer is NOT to get rid of the guns/cars. For every accident, homicide, hit and run with a car/gun, there are hundreds of thousands that use them wisely. No this is just about taking firearms out of citizens' hands.
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