Question about democrats and the second amendment?

Question

My question is this. Why is the democratic party so anti gun?
As a farmer I have to be able to protect my livestock from preditors. I like some of the stuff the democrats say. Like the whole looking out for the little guy stuff but why do they feel a need to try and disarm me?

Oh I should specify that I use a .32 semi-automatic pistol as it fits easily in a jacket pocket is not that heavy and uncofortable to wear, will put down a raccoon or a coyote. and allows my hands to be free for other tasks instead of shlepping around a bolt action rifle that would penetrate my barn the neighbors house 1 mile away.

Just remember that semiauto means 1 bullet for 1 trigger pull.

Answer 1

I can't stand ignorant questions.

Let me give you a few facts.
1. No one party has a majority that is anti-gun. The vast majority of anti-gun ppl are females who are mothers and are from both parties.
2. Liberals are pro-gun because liberals are constitutionalist and you have a constitutional right to bear arms. IE, I am as far left as you can go and I am not only pro-gun but a gun owner, as well as, all the women in my family.
3. A lot of anti-gun ppl are not anti-gun ownership but anti-guns that do massive damage or automatic weapons.

When you ask uneducated questions, it really shows your lack of knowledge on a subject that you are trying to argue or promote. I'd be careful about attacking democrats on gun ownership because it is the liberal portion of the democratic party that will fight for your constitutinoal right to bear arms a lot faster than anyone else.

Answer 2

Most of the debate is over handguns, especially concealed handguns; long guns are pretty much off the table for both sides in this debate. Nobody serious has ever suggested that you shouldn't be able to fire a shotgun at predators that sniff around your livestock, and I know you don't want to hide a pistol under your jacket and walk up to a coyote like nothing's wrong. The NRA has grouped all gun issues under the same banner partly because they believe in an absolute right to be armed, but partly because they are funded by gun manufacturers who stand to make a lot of money from nervous suburbanites who want to hide a gun under their driver seat every time they go into the city.

I absolutely support your right to keep hunting weapons; I just want to know that the police in my city can arrest somebody who walks into a convenience store with a pistol tucked into his belt, instead of having to wait for him to use it.

edit ... okay, you do use a pistol. Still, I'm guessing you don't need a concealed carry law that allows you to have that pistol in any public place....

Answer 3

According to the writings of Thomas Jefferson, the second amendment has nothing to do with being able to hunt or protect your livestock. He stated that the only reason that it exists is so that the people will have the tools available to overthrow the government if at sometime the government becomes corrupt and is oppressing the people.

In that light, the people have every right to have any weapon that our government possesses and be able to carry them anywhere.

Also we do not have the right to bear arms anymore. If the teachers at Columbine actually had the right to bear arms and chose to do so, those two pieces of garbage that shot the place up would have been gunned down before they could have reloaded.

Answer 4

Here's the problem:

We're trying to write one set of laws for two totally different situations.

1) Out on the farm, where it's 30 minutes to the nearest police station, and 10 minutes to the nearest neighbor.

2) In downtown NYC, where there's nothing to hunt, and the only time guns are used is drug deals.

Answer 5

Some are just scared little old ladies that think if they take away your guns all crime will magically go away.

Some are too stupid to understand that guns don't kill people, people kill people. (Pick up a history book, we've been killing each other for all of recorded history: roughly 5000 years before the gun was invented)

Some are hippies that think hunting is evil. They also fit into the previous category of being incredibly stupid.

Some are evil. They understand that if they take away the guns, then they can force us into socialism and take all of our freedoms.

Lots of reasons, all bad. You'll take my guns from my cold, dead hands.

Answer 6

Well, you may have discipline & know how to use & handle & take care of a firearm. But, most don't!
Remember Colombine? & all the other schools where children shot other children?
Remember all the kids who were shot by a ricoshet? (I am not sure that is spelled right) Or were caught in the crossfire?
All the ex cons who still have them?
Those of us who have respect for firearms & know how to use them will suffer for all the idiots who have no respect, & can't even control their own children, & the kids shoot people
It is a shame, but may be necessary till we find a better way to regulate guns.

Answer 7

I'm a democrat but I do split my ticket. I'm not a gun owner and I really don't see any need to tell you not to own a gun. I think people who are responsible should be allowed to own guns. The nit-wits who abuse that right should be locked up when they commit crimes. I know you can kill someone with your bare hands, with a rock or a stick. I agree guns are not the problem.

Answer 8

I used to be for gun control...but after witnessing the dramatic decline in gun violence during the Clinton years of prosperity I came to realize that the greatest deterrent to gun violence is a good economy. Why bother committing crimes when you can get a decent job? (I wish our economy were doing that well today.)

So now I'm pro-NRA provided what they want doesn't piss of the cops....copkiller bullets and all.

Answer 9

I don't have a problem with that. I just don't think people need assult weapons and hand guns. They're for nothing but killing people. Dems think you ought to be able to hunt or protect livestock...we just don't think you need an automatic weapon to do it with.

Answer 10

i am a democrat and not anti gun,
just for smart legislation.


you don't need more columbines or amour piercing bullets.

is there anyone seriously who thinks that they will go to war with thier own government, if so can you give me and the FBI your name and number.

and the years you've admired tim mcviegh?