But let me clarify:
I am for gun control. As in actually controlling your gun. Locking it up in a secure fashion when not in use. Keeping it in your holster until that unfortunate day where you will need it. Not forgetting it in the bathroom. Not letting your child play with your "unloaded" firearm while you take a nap. Not shooting it off as you draw it from your holster and putting a couple of holes through your leg.
I am against gun rights. A gun doesn't have rights. It is an inanimate object. It functions solely when operated by a person, and only performs as a deliberate action from said person. Yes, there are apparently some parts failures that make the gun accidentally go off. I don't have the statistics, but I think I'd be safe in saying it happens in 1 in 300 million chances. Guns don't "just go off" as the media stories would have you believe.
I am, however, for people's rights. As in enumerated (at minimum) in the Constitution. That includes the Second Amendment. The one that says, in essence, the right to keep and bear arms cannot be infringed. The Supreme Court of the United States have ruled that rights can be denied after due process- that is, through court action. But realize this is mostly acted upon reactively. After a criminal commits a crime and serves their felonious time. Rights are removed when the court determines the citizen has been unable to exercise their rights lawfully. Not prior to.
Anti-gun people want to make everyone afraid of a gun because they think guns are bad. Guns kill and injure. Criminals use guns. And on and on. Outlawing guns will not make criminals stop using guns. Anti's have no idea what the word "criminal" means. They want gun owners to be subject to background checks, mental health checks, exorbitant taxes and fees, and have severe limitations on what types of guns people can have.
Imagine only having the choice between a Ford truck and a Buick sedan. Those are your options, even though we have Teslas, BMWs, Audis in the world.
It would be funny if it wasn't so freaking ridiculous. Obviously anti-gun people are no students of history. Any cursory glance of history will show that arms directly affects the restraint and oppression of freedom and independence.
Everyone can try to manipulate country comparisons. It's a moot argument, since independent countries have completely different societal ideals.
It would be funny if it wasn't so freaking ridiculous. Obviously anti-gun people are no students of history. Any cursory glance of history will show that arms directly affects the restraint and oppression of freedom and independence.
Everyone can try to manipulate country comparisons. It's a moot argument, since independent countries have completely different societal ideals.
