do you think we should have guns or not?

Question

Even with a permit they are very dangerous , what are your opinions on this matter

But here's the thing criminals conceal their identity and we are all capable of being a criminal so when saying criminals should have them think right now how many criminals there are i see we do have weapons like knives

Answer 1

we shouldn't need permits. 2nd amendment.

Answer 2

There is no question as to whether we can have guns or not it is provided for in the Second amendment and it is a natural right. That is it is not some privilege granted to us by a kindly politician but it is a right conferred upon us at birth; to accept less is to accept slavery.

On the practical level in the United States the States with the most tolerant guns laws happen to be the safest. NYC is pretty safe right now but you also get the privilege of a policeman hassling you every block.

Other countries that have banned guns have not fared well either. I am sure you have heard about the quadrupling of home invasions since Australia banned guns. The myth that Europe has a lower crime rate than the US is a myth, their violent crime rate eclipses the US.

In Great Britain they have lost all rights of self defense, you cannot even use a golf club to defend yourself. I have heard that they tell you not to yell help but to yell call the police because help is too provocative.

It may seem like an easy answer to violence by banning guns, but it would only affect honest people criminals will continue to behave like criminals, it is their nature

AA the 12 gauge is a much more powerful weapon than the AK 47. The AK is a weapon that is designed for light recoil so that it is easy to train large numbers of servicemen. The 12 gauge is the ultimate stopper. I have worked as a police officer in the past. I have seen what the shotgun can do to the human body. In Europe their police carry machine guns without alarming the public but to have a beat cop in the US carry a machine gun would freak everyone out.

Answer 3

They are very dangerous in the hands of people who really don't use them. The NRA puts out 3 magazines and the front section called Armed Citizen tells about home invasion and burglary stopped by armed people. As far as danger, I, like a lot of people have several guns, never has one "went off" without it being intentional. The real danger is that we become like Canada or the UK and let criminals do as they please while we surrender our weapons. Please click my avatar and go to the profile to my 360 page. You, and others who believe as you do, have no idea how many concealed weapons are right beside you everyday. You would never know if someone is carrying, we have a perfect right to it. The constitution even says that. Right now, there are more than 38 states that have made it legal to carry concealed handguns.

Answer 4

Let's think about what Utopia is - Is it a place you ban guns because you can't trust anyone? Or is it a place where there is no need to ban guns because you DO trust everyone (to be responsible, etc.)?

Guns are simply mechanical devices. Misuse is intentional or negligent. It is not an accident. Permits generally have nothing to do with safety.

Guns are very useful tools. They are particularly useful for equalizing force. As an example, the average male has the physical strength to beat the average female to death with bare hands and feet. Give the woman a gun, and she now has a chance to defend herself.

"The available information does not indicate that gun control will reduce violent crime against women. Much of the information actually points in the opposite direction ... gun control measures ... actually hurt women by restricting or removing the most effective method of self-defense available ...." - Larish, Inge Anna, "Why Annie Can't Get Her Gun: A Feminist Perspective on the Second Amendment," Univ. of Illinois Law Review, 1996, Issue 2 http://www.saf.org/LawReviews/Larish1.html

Even gun control proponents who can't write honest research understand the basic statistics:

"If you've got to resist, your chances of being hurt are less the more lethal your weapon. If that were my wife, would I want her to have a .38 Special in her hand? Yeah." - Dr. Arthur Kellerman, Health Magazine (March/April 1994) p 61

Guns don't cause violence or make it worse. This is the conclusion of Federally funded research:

"It is commonly hypothesized that much criminal violence, especially homicide, occurs simply because the means of lethal violence (firearms) are readily at hand, and thus that much homicide would not occur were firearms generally less available. There is no persuasive evidence that supports this view." - James Wright and Peter Rossi, _Armed and Considered Dangerous_, (Aldine de Gruyter, NY, 1986)

But has been known for much longer:

"It is the contention of this observer that few homicides due to shooting could be avoided merely if a firearm were not immediately present, and that the offender would select some other weapon to achieve the same destructive goal." - Marvin E. Wolfgang, _Patterns in Criminal Homicide_, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1958) p. 82

"[W]hen used for protection, firearms can seriously inhibit aggression and can provide a psychological buffer against the fear of crime. Furthermore, the fact that national patterns show little violent crime where guns are most dense implies that guns do not elicit aggression in any meaningful way. Quite the contrary, these findings suggest that high saturations of guns in places, or something correlated with that condition, inhibit illegal aggression." - Toch, H. and Lizotte, A., "Research and policy: The case of gun control." In Suedfeld, P. and Tetlock, P. (eds.) Psychology and Social Policy. Washington, D.C.: Hemisphere, 1991

They are dangerous in irresponsible hands:

"Gun accidents are generally committed by unusually reckless people with records of heavy drinking, repeated involvement in automobile crashes, many traffic citations, and prior arrests for assault. . . . Consequently, it is doubtful whether, for the average gun owner, the risk of a gun accident could counterbalance the benefits of keeping a gun in the home for protection--the risk of an accident is quite low overall, and is virtually nonexistent for most gun owners." - Gary Kleck, _Point Blank_ p 304-305

Now, does "heavy drinking, repeated involvement in automobile crashes, many traffic citations, and prior arrests for assault" describe you or the crowd you hang out with? If so, you are likely at higher risk.

Lastly, try these questionaires, created by a former Nashville PD officer:

http://www.rateyourrisk.org/

See how carrying a gun changes the results in the different tests.

Answer 5

They are especially dangerous if only the criminals have them. If guns are outlawed, criminals will ignore the laws and still obtain them in a black market, or make their own. The technology isn't that complex you know.

If two neighbors put signs on their lawn... one saying: I support anti-gun laws..... and the other saying: This home protected by Smith & Wesson...... which one would you break into????

We need the right to bear arms, which is protected by the 2nd amendment to the Constitution and for a good reason.

Best Wishes,

Sue

Answer 6

The reason we the people should have the right to own guns is so that government fears the families of this great nation. Our Government has nuclear weapons. Permit or not nuclear weapons are dangerous, how do you feel about that? I will lay down my weapon the day my government does the same.

Answer 7

we would be more in danger if guns were illegal. our political gods would love to have an unarmed populace(even the right-wingers, if they were in power) the dark ages were so dark because the common people were controlled by those in power, the ones with swords and ballistas, gun rights are about preventing slavery, allowing the common man to protect his(or her) own life, family, and property. the "supreme court" has ruled multiple times that it is not the responsibility of the police to protect you. the police are there to keep us in check. look at the peaceful little town called Kennesaw, Georgia, and the safety of it's gun toting citizens. and witness our great capitol, and the violent-crime orgy that the left wants us all to join in. as accidental deaths go, you have a 1 in 218 chance of falling to your death, while it is a 1 in 5,134 chance of accidentally being shot. when the amendment was written, the Fathers wanted the citizenry to be AS WELL ARMED AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. so they didn't have tanks and fighter jets yet, but they do now, and so should we. absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Answer 8

We should absolutely have guns. IF we couldnt have guns, guess who would have the guns? the criminals because they arent going to follow the law. THerefore even more people will die because the criminals will run around and kill everyone who cant protect themselves because they have no guns. Taking away guns is the most absurd idea i've ever heard of.

Answer 9

My opinion and yours doesn't matter in your question, it is a Constitutional Right to Bear Firearms ! I love to collect and use my firearms, for work and recreation, and no-one is going to tell me otherwise. That is why they created (gun manufacturers) gun safety books, guidelines, and videos, when you purchase any firearm, including what they call "a cooling period", used in requesting your firearm(s) permit, by law.

You also, mention that it is dangerous, yes it is, it is not a toy, but try being straight up with your words. Are you talking about, rare and unfortunate incidences, where the adults whom owned guns, were gun and safety incompetent. So, don't try to penalize all gun owners, by your question and empathy towards those who fail to know how to use and store a gun !

Answer 10

Yes we all should have a gun, guns do not kill, people kill, guns are not dangerous, people are dangerous, criminals get guns illegally, how will everyone else defend theirselves if they don't have a gun? How will we defend ourselfs against terrorists? It is our Constitutional Right to keep and bear arms. It is why so many other people in other country's live with tyranny, they can't defend themselves, they don't have guns but those who are in control over them do.

Answer 11

Guns are clearly protected by the second amendment.

We can have the debate about the value of the second amendment another day, but several of the founding fathers believed that the entire purpose of protecting the right to bear arms, was protection from a despotic government. The recent behavior of the US government has not led me to think we should abandon that thought just yet.