Every Man should have the right to have a Gun?

Question

My girlfriends got hers in bed at night

She is scary. Proper scary.

Answer 1

Whats your question?

Answer 2

Well, all the statistics given by other answerers are blatantly false. All gun-deaths are tragic, but not all are undeserved.

So my answer is, No. There are some for whom the law prohibits gun ownership, and I think that is sufficient. Anyone else within their rights should be permitted to acquire weapons for self and national defense.

The "from memory" paraphrase of the second amendment above by our friend from across the pond is completely wrong. The amendment says "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." This is as individual a right as the rest of the Bill of Rights. Nothing in today's America disposes of the need for militia (armed citizens apart from a standing army). If anything, the conduct of today's government indicates that a militia might well be needed quite soon to restore our security and freedom (whether they simply incite foreign aggression or actually behave to violate our rights). No government armed force can be considered militia, by definition. Armed resistance is the final check and balance on our government specifically guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. When all else fails and government tramples the rights of the people, force will be required to restore them. That's what the founders had in mind. Let alone that there's a side benefit of being impenetrable to a foreign invasion. Do some historical research on why Hitler never invaded Switzerland when the rest of Europe was already in his grasp.

All nations, laws, and even civilization itself is made and kept by force of arms. The right of the law-abiding to defend themselves from the law-breaking (aka scumbags) is the central tenet of society. It's the only reason we can all live together in some form of peace.

Answer 3

I think it's such a wrong and shameful thing in life to have the gun possession's right. In Europe you have to get a license first if u want to buy a gun, saying what is the main purpose for you to have a gun in your life. Why in American even teenager could possess a gun already? Does America really think that a gun is kinda like a toy for everyone? Too much hatred and wickedness inside the USA until everyone has to have a gun under their pillows and sadly the whole world know about it.

Answer 4

Mr Sceptic above is absolutely spot on with his comments... And in any case the American Constitution, if read correctly, does _not_ give the right for all citizens to bear arms, except (and here I am quoting from memory) ".. as members of a properly constituted militia.." (or something to that effect). In other words, when the new country was founded it had no regular standing army, hence it was thought sensible to allow people to bear arms as members of a disciplined, organised body of men (i.e., not as individuals), in order to protect the nation from external attack. Well, today the USA is an immense military power with permanent army, navy and air force... so why does an ordinary US citizen need to keep an assault rifle at home? And CJ is talking rot (or maybe tongue-in-cheek), when he suggests that a country whose citizens are not allowed to bear arms is one in which the people are living, in effect, under a government dictatorship. That's taking American arrogance a bit too far when the facts are examined! And you only have to look at the way in which US police react when they feel they might be dealing with an (often innocent) fellow citizen who (possibly) has a concealed weapon (but so often does not), or the number of school slayings in recent years, to realise the foolishness of the US gun culture. Give me me a 'dictatorship' any day!

Answer 5

The problem with everyone owning a firearm is that... well, everyone owns a firearm. This means that the psycho neighbour has the means to kill someone when he finally loses it. I've grown upon around firearms, and taught to respect them and their use; however, a system much like the UK has seems to me to be the best route.

In the UK, you're allowed to own long guns (rifles, shotguns, hunting firearms.) but can only own a handgun or carbine with a special permit. This allows many police officers to actually patrol armed with only melee equipment (bludgeon, chemical self defense weapons), and makes everyones lives that much safer.

I see no reason why Joe. Blow needs to have a semi-automatic m-14 for hunting deer, or an AK-74/47 for that matter. The minute you give people the liberty to do as they please with tools designed solely to kill people, not animals, trouble ensues.

Answer 6

We in the UK don't allow everyone to have guns and our police only carry them when absolutely necessary. In UK there are less than 100 gun murders per year.

In the USA you have the right to bear arms, and police are routinely armed. In the USA there are 15 000+ gun murders per year.

The population of the USA is only 6 times that of USA.

Do the sums, and decide if the right to bear arms is a right worth having.

Answer 7

Not really. Todays laws rightfully prohibit those who willfully chose to give up that right to posses a firearm by being found guilty of a felony.

Answer 8

I'm sorry, but I can never agree to every man having the right to have a gun. Only a small majority will be responsible gun owners. There are too many people who would abuse the use of their guns. Guns kill, and more to the point, people kill.

Answer 9

It's been proven over and over throughout history that when a country has a government who bans private ownership of weapons, that government has the people under their control. The people cannot, under such government, have a say in what that government does.

The founding fathers knew this. So they enabled ALL American citizens the right to keep and bear arms.

Liberals in Congress have been attempting to ban private ownership of firearms for years now. If they ever were to pass such amendments to the Constitution, there would be an uprising in the U.S. like they never imagined. When private citizens cannot defend themselves from criminals or even from their own governments oppression, then we will truly have given away our freedoms and will be under a dictatorship.

Answer 10

Extending you logic more further, then every nation has the right to have nuclear weapons.

Why, then, all the big fuss about Iran? Isn't it hypocritical?

Answer 11

i don't agree because people will shoot someone out of hate and no reason and say it was self defence or something. this would really get out of control not that they already are.