If the risk of violent crime is not so high that we do not need a gun for self-defense, why then do we need more gun control? The US, 1993 to present, proves otherwise.
If they want to ban guns fine by me, It has no impact on me regardless; I never have owned any guns. I know I'm safe.
Don't get mad and lash out because you are not hearing what you want to hear. There is support for the elimination of guns; all you have to do is read what some of the posters in here post.
Because once precedent is set, the united state supreme court rarely overturns and contradicts itself. It is not going to go from stating outright that something is a constitutional right, and then conclude that it is not a constitutional right at some point down the line. Actions on the part of government do not translate into court cases being overturned and overruled. Beyond such, matters becoming worse have increased public support for greater firearm freedoms, not firearm-related restrictions.
As is being demonstrated with each post made by yourself. Why wait until then? Tell it to those that have been assaulted in public in one fashion or another. This has been proven false by the city of Chicago. There were no legal handguns in the city for a period of thirty years, but that did not stop them from earning the dubious honor of being the murder capital of the united states during that time, rivaled only by the district of columbia. Because you would not have legally been allowed to carry a firearm, even if one was needed. That is the fault of yourself for maintaining a very limited pool of individuals to interact with. The united states is not a nice place.
As opposed to someone being paranoid enough to keep a fire extinguisher on hand? There is also support for prohibiting those with gender identity disorder from serving in the united states military. You believe that you are safe presently. This, however, is merely your belief on the matter, rather than confirmed fact. Those in the Pulse night club believed that they were safe, but such was not the case/ Everyone who has been a victim of violent crime believed that they were safe up until the time things went wrong, and they learned that they were not.
there are lots of dishonest and ignorant people , that is true, there is no reality based need for any additional restrictions on lawful gun owners
when the nazis came for the trade unionists-I did not object, I was not a trade unionist when the Nazis came for the socialists, I did not object, I was not a socialist when the Nazis came for the communists, I did not object, I was not a communist When the Nazis came for the Jews, I did not object, I was not a Jew and when the Nazis came for me, no one was left to object does that jog your memory. You want guns to be banned because you don't like the politics of the NRA
To you, anyone who wants to own guns is a "punk". Well, I'm sorry; but I've looked at your most recent posts, and the term "punk" applies to you far more than anyone on the pro-gun side here. I have tried to treat you with respect due to your military service in Vietnam, but clearly you are undeserving of that consideration. You're an authoritarian, and an enemy of the Constitution. I have hereby lost any respect I had for your military service, because you openly defy and violate your oath to said Constitution with every arrogant word you sputter. Your training is fifty years out of date, and you've made it clear you have made no effort to maintain it. You have nothing to offer here but ignorance, bile, and vitriol, and are hereby dismissed as the despicable creature you have become.
Gun Ban Advocados do not argue using facts or logic, they use knee jerk mindless Pavlovian reponses. There are Millions of legal Gun owners in the U.S., these Gun owners, many of them are licensed to carry, and are not causing trouble. There are numbers of hard core criminals living in places like N.Y.C. and L.A., N.J. and Chicago, and Washington D.C. the Nations Capital, those places have very strict Gun Control and very high crime. Yet Gun Control advocates can't take Guns away from Criminals, so what do they propose ? Take Guns away from Law Abiding Citizens that pay their taxes and are not a burden to anyone. Go figure.
American cities are violent hell holes of unrestrained, lawless, savage violence. Why pretend that you don't know?
I don't live under the umbrella of paranoia; furthermore I don't go to nightclubs or many public venues at all so I'm not too concerned; if I feel threatened in any way I can always call the police and ask for assistance.
Some parts of some cities are dangerous. A) Nothing new about that. B) Why are you walking around in those sections? There is no savage land unless you're stupid enough to go looking for it.
it would be nice if people like you who want to ban guns were honest about their motivations. that is all we are asking. sadly the four or five most prominent gun ban fans are not honest about what really motivates them. I don't think gun banners are stupid and actually believe their facade that if you ban guns criminals won't get them. I think they are dishonest because its something that has nothing to do with crime control that motivates those who want to ban guns.