How many senseless crimes will it take for the people of this country to impose some meaningfull restrictions on gun ownership? How many kids have to be killed? Every "Right" protected by the Constitution has certain restrictions, even the right of Free Speech. Why is it so taboo to restrict gun ownership, particularly assault rifles, grenade launchers, automatic weapons, etc.?
Isn't it time the "silent majority" stands up and fights for gun control?
2006-10-03 08:35:55 · 20 answers · asked by jack b 3 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Must make parents responsible for guns by law. If kids take gun from home and kill.......... parents go to jail for not having gun locked up.
Schools need to be locked so no one can get in.
gun control only works on law abiding citizens, criminals do not obey laws. Gun control will not work on criminals and insane.
2006-10-03 08:50:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What do you mean? Unreasonably strict gun-control measures are already in place. These "senseless crimes" are perpetrated by people, not guns. You are extremely ignorant of the law. Assault rifles, grenade launchers, and automatic weapons have been illegal for a long time. The only way to purchase these items is with an expensive and invasive class III license. Gun control is a horrible idea, as it has never worked in any place it has been tried. I will never understand how people can justify the idea of banning guns when they are inanimate objects. A gun has never killed a person in the history of the world. It is PEOPLE!!!!!
2006-10-06 12:06:24 · answer #2 · answered by Gudelos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are already more suitable than adequate "gun administration" regulations on the books now. they don't seem enforced. yet human beings keep saying we favor extra. I own a number of handguns, shot guns and rifles. I truly have not a topic paying $30 -$40 to have my archives checked and get a hid let even even with the actuality that as regulation enforcement i do not ought to. i'd guess that each and every legaly offered firearm available has had to flow through those self same checks. What about the thousands of illegaly offered guns? As someone suggested in an earlier answer, about the grips, there's a sparkling idea out that can make ANY gun with a grip unlawful. this may include my 2 shot derringer and my MUZZLE LOADER for pity's sake. Ask any highway cop how he might want to sense to ought to bypass to any homestead that a earlier legal gun proprietor lived at and tried to conficate their firearms because some politictical hack made each and every gun available unlawful. that's a topic that got here up in my branch even as the clinton ban got here out.
2016-12-04 04:26:05 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the laws should punish those who use guns to commit crimes. The punishment needs to be much more strict for everything from committing murder to brandishing.
Legal ownership should be available. A gun is a weapon, as much as your hands, feet, and butter knives. What should be done is that people go through some sort of comprehensive course to understand how to handle a gun safely.
When kids first start martial arts in elementary school, they're out there kicking the crap out of other kids on the playground. But after they learn discipline and stuff like that, it becomes and incredible tool for self-defense.
Same should go for other weapons. Teach someone how to properly handle a firearm, and it could be to their benefit for truely being a tool for defending oneself, especially for women.
I think the currently laws for acquiring a firearm do not help, but just make it irritating for buyers. I push for a different kind of law, not more of the same restrictions.
2006-10-03 09:01:22 · answer #4 · answered by terrylondon00 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That would be wonderful if there was such a thing.
There can be gun control for the average good citizen, but not for gang members, and criminals.
They always figure out a way to get them, whether it be stealing, smuggling, or some other way.
You people for gun control don't seem to understnad that CRIMINALS, do not abide by the law; ordinary citizens do. I think ordinary citizens have the right to defend themselves from the creepy criminals.
So think twice, and WAKE UP; would you really like it if just gang members, and other criminals had all that power over ordinary citizens, and we had no way to defend ourselves.
I agree, people should be checked, and not be given a gun for up to a month; but the world is not perfect, things are always going to happen, because there will always be criminals, and mentally ill people.
2006-10-03 08:48:23 · answer #5 · answered by pixles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reasonable gun control has existed for several decades (no full-autos w/o a license, no guns for felons, known loonies, etc.).
But the cognitively-challenged among us fail to recognize that criminals don't obey the law.
If criminals won't obey the laws on murder, WHY would they obey the laws on firearms?
BTW, do you have any clue what an "assault rifle" is? It's a mythical object. And you only look foolish to advocate a ban on grenade launchers and automatic weapons, since they've been outlawed in private hands since the 1934 National Firearms Act.
2006-10-03 08:40:45 · answer #6 · answered by manabovetime 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Gun control is a complete failure, here's why. A criminal who has any type of gun is already breaking the law so more laws won't do anything except hurt the many, many law-abiding firearm owners. The solution for gun violence is very simple- Get more guns. If people were required to have at least one firearm in their house I guarantee that crime would plummet. Think about it, if someone tried to rob a store/bank or tried to kill or rob a person and everyone around had a gun, do you think the criminal has a very good chance of getting away with it?
The way I think America's gun laws should be...
Within 6 months of turning 18 every mentally fit person should be required to take a firearm safety course where they are taught to respect firearms and how to use/store them safely and responsibly. I do think that the laws on how to get restricted firearms such as automatics, silenced, etc. are good. I don't however like that each state can pick and choose which weapons they will allow. People think it is easy to get fully-automatic firearms which is completely untrue. You have to fill out a lot of paperwork, have extensive background checks done, and pay money just to be able to buy one, then shell out the thousands of dollars for the actual gun.
The people in favor of strict gun control do not usually understand why the Second Amendment was written by those incredibly intelligent men many years ago. There are two main reasons and neither of them are to protect the rights of hunters, even though it does.
1) Is for the protection of the nation in case of invasion- If Country
X invades the US they will have to face our military in addition to 300 million armed citizens, not an easy task. Look what's happening in Iraq, The US defeated the Iraqi Army in a month, and now we are fighting nothing more than armed citizens, who are putting one hell of a fight. If tight gun control passes and we were invaded we would have nothing but single shot rifles to go up against a military, we should have access to at the very least the same type of weaponry a potential enemy would have.
The second and most important reason is for the protection of freedom. The founding fathers made the Second Amendment so that if our government became tyrannous we could rebel against it. Every (good) dictator in history immeadiantly banned civilian firearms, you know why? Because people are extremely difficult to opress when they are armed. Look what happened to these countries when their government [dictators] took away their right to own arms...
In 1929 the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929-1953, approx.
20 million people were rounded up and exterminated.
In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915-1917, 1.5 million Armenians were rounded up and exterminated.
Germany established gun control in 1938. From 1939-1945, 13 million Jews, gypsies and others were rounded up and exterminated.
China established gun control in 1935. From 1948-1952, 20 million political
dissidents were rounded up and exterminated.
Guatemala established gun control in 1964. from 1964-1981, 100,000 Mayan
Indians were rounded up and exterminated.
Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971-1979, 300,000 Christians
were rounded up and exterminated.
Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975-1977, one million “educated” people were rounded up and exterminated.
That places total victims who lost their lives because they couldn't defend themselves because of gun control at approximately 56 million in the last century.
If someone could prove to me beyond a shadow of a doubt that the government wouldn't take complete control of the people if it got the chance, then I would gladly give up my guns, but until then I will continue to own and practice my abilities with firearms to preserve my freedom.
2006-10-05 12:18:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are more than reasonable restrictions on firearms. Every time a law abiding citizen purchases a firearm they have to go through a background check. Which violates our right to privacy which is guaranteed by Roe v. Wade.
Felons legally can't own firearms. Something I support by the way. People that have a known mental illness can't own firearms.
What do you want to do? If your opposed to the Patriot Act then you can't be for more stringent gun laws, because the Patriot Act doesn't come close to the restraints on freedom gun owners have to go through just to practice self-preservation.
2006-10-04 17:10:07 · answer #8 · answered by .45 Peacemaker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do people think gun controll will work... you can look at say, NY city, they have gun controll.... Washington DC, gun controll and the highest homicide rate in the country... if someone is going to rob a bank or murder someone, do you think they are going to say "oh i better not get a gun it is against the law"... the only way to deture crime is with stiffer penalties... i live in a small town where everyone owns a gun... guess what... i can't remember the last murder or bank robbery here....
2006-10-03 08:49:44 · answer #9 · answered by eldridgejoe 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are already over 20 thousand gun lawsin the US. We don.t need more laws. we need to enforce the ones we have. The grenades, and automatic weapons are already against the law. Criminals terrorists and crazies will always be able to get guns because they don't mind breaking the law.
2006-10-07 08:20:25 · answer #10 · answered by » mickdotcom « 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋