When is the USA gong to do something about it's gun laws?

Question

This attack on the peaceful and gentle Amish community is truly devastating.

Actually Catie - I am British, not American. The fact that I am using Yahoo UK & Ireland might have given you a bit of a clue. So your 2nd Amendment means nothing to me.

Londoner - very well said.

Answer 1

Guns don't kill people, people kill people - yeah, yeah - garbage. I'm so sick of hearing this tired old argument that right-wingers always trot out. True, a person has to fire the gun, but the gun itself makes it a damn sight easier to kill someone, don't you think? You just point this stick at them from a safe distance and pull the trigger and bang, they're dead. No effort on your part at all apart from twitching your finger! No nasty sharp knife to have to stick into their body, no need to bash their head in with a heavy object or strangle them with your bare hands - and what's more, because you can kill them at a distance, they can't defend themselves, unlike the other methods when they might even fight back and beat you. Sorry, BANG goes your pathetic gun-lovin' defense. BAN them!

Answer 2

The freedoms that make the United States great can also allow tragedies like this to occur. However, there are laws in place to help deter such events. Unfortunately, it takes a collective effort from the DA, judges, juries, probation and parole boards, and a ton of bureaucracy.
In this particular case, I have not yet heard if he has a criminal record. However, in most of these cases, they do. And even in cases where they do not have criminal records, they usually talk about or write about doing something like this. However, most schools and family members do not take it seriously.

A great man once said that if you are willing to give up freedom for security, you no longer deserve the security of freedom.

Those that live outside the US may not understand this, but this idea is what America is all about. It does have problems (such as the Amish incident) but we enjoy more freedoms than just about any other nation.

Answer 3

Oooh this is a good one. The US will not bring in gun legislation anytime in the near future. This is because it just not possible to enforce it and the government knows this. They would have to bin the second amendment, therfore amending the constitution, then you have all the wanabee vigilantes and their lawyers chasing you preaching breach of human rights.

The law sometimes is an ***, but there you have it. I like the UK. Guns are banned so they play with Knives!!!

Answer 4

There are other counties that have a high rate of gun ownership but do not have the same problems as the US has with gun related violence. Switzerland, Australia and Canada for example. So I think it is a mistake to blame the problems of gun related violence on gun ownership alone.

But why do we need to have such relaxed gun ownership laws in the US? Our reluctance to reduce the number of guns makes us look like a bunch of war-mongering idiots in the eyes of the rest of the world.

Answer 5

Saying "people kill people, not guns" is like saying that it was people that caused 214,000 deaths in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Sure, it WAS people who developed and dropped the atomic bomb, but wasn't it a convenient and easy way to kill a lot of people in one go?

Also, the second amendment (which is general knowledge, surely, not just known to Americans) was written at a time when there was no organised police force or other law and order in place. When everyone is allowed to be their own policeman, the world is a much more dangerous place.

If ever there was a time to change the constitution, it is now!

Answer 6

In America, the constitution allows you to carry a gun (2ND amendment). However, it must be noted that just because you can carry a gun it doesn't actually amount to much i.e. in Virginia just because you can carry a gun you can't actually fire it (thats illegal). Also you when you buy a gun you go to the shop and pay for it but can't take it home for 10 days.

I personally believe that guns are wrong and nobody needs one. However, maybe its not only the gun laws that need changing, but also people's attitudes (Walmart sells guns and they are a "family" store (Apparently murder is a wholesome family activity?!?))

Answer 7

Its a mad World and the leaders of the World set the example - Bush is a lunatic so what an example he makes for simple minds in the USA - USA will never give up the gun they have no real bravery without guns from cowardly rappers to the President of the USA without guns they are nothing but cowards!

Answer 8

If it wasn't a gun it would be a knife, crossbow, hammer, and so on. If someone is bent on killing or injuring someone then they will do it. The answer isn't to take guns out of the hands of responsible parties. The answer is to make judges responsible for their sentencing decisions. I'm sick of arresting people for violent crimes just to have a judge sentence them to probation, knowing that they will violate time and time again. There is no deterrent in this country!

Answer 9

i am afraid that the answer is going to be never. if there is such a thing as a national psyche it only seems to exist in the most fundamental religious states - eg. saudi arabia, united states of america and when something goes to the very core of the national psyche the way that right to bear arms does with our american cohabitors of this planet, then you, nor the senseless deaths of 10's of thousands of their people per year, ain't gonna change it - more is the pity

Answer 10

March 14, 2264 at 10:19:18 EST

Answer 11

i've had it already!!!!!! all you people do is talk about gun laws.....it's not the damn guns anymore, it's the frigin' losers out here that wanna think they're tough.....forget about how easy it is to get one.....it's like weed.....i'm sure everybody knows some one that sells weed right???? yeah you may not wanna say it, but you do.....well, it's as easy to get a gun as it is to get a bag of weed to get high......and that's the problem......the gun makes them high.....it makes them feel tough.....unstoppable....i know many people that have guns and it seems like even the littlest argument now a days always resorts to "go get the banger" "i'mma show that faget who he thinks he's talking to"
case in point, he's talking to a fu*king punk!!! a punk that without that gun would be home in his house feeding his cat, while he checks his myspace page.....get with it people......it's not the guns that are the problem......when you think of the getto what do you think of???? well i'll tell you b/c i've lived it......it's just a bunch of people trying to make it on their own.....but they don't know how to interact with society......it's not like the tv when there's a problem someone is always there to talk about it.....it's real and a lot of people don't have others to turn to, to talk out their problems....i've seen it sooooooo many times......people think they're worthless in their own mind and then when someone else has the same views on them they quickly wanna go get the gun.....grow up you immature lil punks.....go seek some help and stop trying to be a hard ***, cuz in the end......you don't have the guts to pull the trigger.....if you did, a lot more of you worthless assholes would be dead......forget about the gun laws......what we really should have is a psych law......where psych's would be avail. 24-7 to hear you out and try and help you through what you're feeling.......because jail......jail doesn't do it.......comming out of jail gives even more of a superman complex and you never hear someone come out and say...."wow, i learned so much in there.....they were so helpful"......no, you hear from eveyone that comes out and i mean EVERYONE!!!!! " I'D RATHER DIE BEFORE GOING BACK THERE!!!"