as more and more guns kill our kids, will the NRA insist citizens need them for protection against the gov?

Question

seriously..you're going to take on the US gov with a rifle?

Answer 1

1. I've never seen a gun go off by itself. And even if one did I doubt it could accurately aim itself. It requires a human to aim it and pull the trigger.

2. Killing has predated modern weapons, it predates written history. One of the world's first written documents, the Bible, contains hundreds of years of verbal history that includes the parable of the 10 Commandments that admonishes people not to commit murder.

Even when guns were not available in the past, and even if they aren't available in the future, people will find a way to commit acts of violence.

Answer 2

To those who pose the questions of what if, here is a what if for you. What if an intruder breaks into your home unarmed but is able to take your gun from you sexually assaults your wife and daughter then proceeds to shoot and kill your entire family as you watched helpless? I know you won't have to worry about what your daughter would think of you, because you would all be dead. The NRA biggest argument is the Constitutions Second amendment. Has anyone actually read and understood the whole Constitution? The second amendment reads:

A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

They are talking about the right of the states militia to bear and keep arms, for protection of the state and nation, not personal protection. Disagree, how about parts 15 and 16 of section VIII of Article I? They read:

[15] To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions;
[16] To provide for organizing, arming and disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

When the Constitution speaks of militia they are speaking of our Army, National Guard, State and local Police. So when those that say they are granted the right to bear and keep arms, only those who are "employed in the service of the United States" fall under the second amendment.

Answer 3

A gun is not responsible for killing anyone. It's the stupid #%&*#% that's holding the gun that's responsible. Every intelligent GUNOWNER knows that it's his/her personal responsibility to make sure that their guns are secured when they are not in control of them. The stupid people that don't secure their firearm and leave it were a child can get it are giving the people that are being responsible a bad name. If everyone that owned a gun would teach their children about gun safety while they were still fairly young (7 or 8 is a great time to start), there wouldn't be half as many children being killed. Also if you check the statistics, more people are killed by "UNLOADED" guns than by the police. It's when you fail to follow the 4 basic safety rules that you have accidents.

For everyone that doesn't know these rules here they are:

1. Always treat every firearm as if it is loaded and will fire if the trigger is pulled.

2. Always keep your firearm pointed in a safe direction. Never point a firearm at anything you don't intend to shoot.

3. Never place your finger on the trigger unless you intend to fire.

4. Always be sure of your target and what is beyond it.

If you follow these simple rules and teach them to your children they will never accidentally shoot anyone, or themselves.

Answer 4

Civilian gun ownership is an important check against the power of the state. Could a group of armed citizens defeat the army on an open battlefield? No of course not. But they would be successful in preventing permanent martial law and the repeal of our most cherished freedoms.

You have to remember also that soliders and police aren't grown in a tube. They come from our cities and towns just like everybody else, and if there ever was a military coup it's likely a large number would defect because their loyalty is to their country, their homes, and their family, not to whatever figurehead happens to be in power.

Answer 5

So, if I put my gun on the table and it's loaded will it actually kill me? Or, does someone have to pull the trigger. I think it's not the fault of the gun but the fault of the parent for: a) Not teaching the child about guns. b) Being irresponsible enough to leave a loaded gun in the house. c) Not locking up the gun. I have an AR-15, a 12 Ga. shotgun, and my son has a .22. They all have a trigger lock or a breech lock.

Plus, can you honestly cite a credible source actually quoting the NRA president saying that?

Answer 6

as more and more auto accidents kill our kids (yes more people die in auto accidents than in gun accidents) will Ford, Chevy, Dodge, and all others insist that citizens need their vehicles for the various purposes we claim?

Did you know that during the 1970's the Chinese said that the only reason they would never invade the US is because so many citizens own a gun?

And as others have already pointed out, guns don't kill people all on their own. It is people using guns that kill people. Outlaw guns and only outlaws will have them. Or they will find other ways to commit murder.

Answer 7

Okay, answer me this...

You're in bed sleeping and a sick pervert with an illegal gun breaks into your home to rape your child. What exactly are you going to do about it without a gun of your own? What will your child think about your inability to protect them because you were shot in the head the moment you protested the intruder's presence?

Guns by themselves do not kill people. Idiots with guns and idiots who don't know how to use guns kill people. No, I don't think I can take on an invading army with a rifle... But I can take some of them down with me.

Answer 8

guns cant kil kids, guns cant do anything, they arent alive! when we have a gun ban which we wont anytime soon, the criminals arent just gonna let thier guns get taken away they are going to keep them and kill more people and rob more houses, when they rob youre house and you dont have a gun, what are you going to do, spit on em? think about it, would you rob someones house if you knew that you would probably end up with a bunch of .45 bullets in your chest? probly not. would you rob a house if you knew they were defensless and you had a gun? probably.

Answer 9

Why do so many people like to own guns? The answer is that different people own guns for different reasons.

Some people own guns so that they can hunt.
Some people own guns because they enjoy recreational target practice.
Some people own guns because they enjoy competitive target practice.
Some people own guns because they like to collect historical things, and guns are a big part of history.
Some people own guns for self-protection from criminals or to protect their families and neighbors from criminals.
Some people own guns because they ARE criminals or want to intimidate people.
Some people own guns to defend their nation against invasion without having to be part of the military.
Some people own guns to act as a check-and-balance against their government becoming a dictatorship.
Some people own guns because they spend a lot of time where there are potentially dangerous animals.
Some people own guns because they are heirlooms that were passed down from their parents, grandparents, etc.

There are lots of good reasons to own guns, and only one bad one (to commit crimes with or to use to intimidate people).

Guns are inanimate objects, they cannot be good or bad. They are simply tools, and if owned by a good and honest person will be put to good and honest uses, but if owned by a bad person will be used for evil. Just like a hammer -- if an honest carpenter owns it, he will use it to build homes for people. But if a murderer owns it, he will use it to bash someones head in. Or a car -- if an honest person owns it they will use it to go to and from work or school and so on, but if a dishonest person owns it they will use it to help them commit crimes and get away faster.

In this day and age many people take a foolish position that "guns are evil and should be outlawed" because they perceive that most gun owners are criminals or psychos -- nothing is further from the truth. In fact, only about 1% at most of all guns in private hands in the USA will EVER be used in a crime (that statistic comes directly from FBI and BATFE studies) -- which means that 99% of privately-owned guns are NOT going to be used in crimes. Pretty amazing when you consider the percentage of the US population who are career criminals, and that there are probably more guns than people in the USA (based on known gun ownership rates and the number of people who don't report gun ownership because they fear confiscation). The reason for the discrepancy is simple, and it is this: the vast majority of gun owners are responsible people who go to great lengths to keep their guns properly stored and protect them from falling into the hands of criminals.

There certainly need to be certain restrictions on gun ownership, for example you don't want career criminals or insane people to have guns and you don't want households with really young children to have loaded guns just lying around. Proper systems of background checks take care of the first case, and reasonable trigger-safety-lock and liability laws cover the second.

The fact of the matter is, almost all law-abiding (good) gun owners would support laws requiring all gun owners to take safety classes and abide by safe handling and storage procedures, IF these laws were written in such a way that they (1) did not PREVENT law-abiding people from lawfully owning guns (by local anti-gun police or politicians holding up the permit process as if they were a dictator), (2) did not require unreasonable fees designed to tax gun-owners out of existence, and (3) had safeguards permanently included as part of the law so that the information collected as a result could NEVER be used to facilitate a nationwide confiscation of privately (and lawfully) owned guns.

The debate over gun ownership is a long and involved one, and to have any real hope of making any sense at all of it you need to carefully read the information presented by both sides. That is INFORMATION, not fear-mongering and scare tactics (which are employed routinely by both sides unfortunately). Check out every reported statistic to make sure it really is a real statistic and not something somebody just made up, and see what the other side has to say about the same statistic.

Answer 10

guns don't kill, I have had one laying on my self and he has never left my house and went on a killing spree.

Guns are safe, people are the problem, laws on thier use and seroius punishment for breaking those laws.

And yes a rifle is better than no weapon at all. It works for Iraq, it work in Viet nam.