Do you think that the government has the right to ban firearms from law abiding citizens?

Question

I am concerned over the second ammendment right to bare arms. Please argue in a logical format the reasons for or against firearms. This website is a petition to prevent a further invasion of rights...the first assault weapon ban is nothing compared to this one...You won't be able to purchase any kind of guns except for bolt action rifles, six shooters, and severly restricted shotguns...some other weapons also like hand guns or rifles that don't have the ability to accept magazines over ten rounds and shotguns over five shells etc.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/409898348?ltl=1175728925

Answer 1

It is not just coincidence that the right to bear arms is the second amendment. The Founding Fathers believed that only the freedom of speech is more important than the right to bear arms. They gave us the right to bear arms, not to protect ourselves from each other, but to protect ourselves from our own government. See they understood that the biggest threat to the freedoms, of any people, is their own government.

Answer 2

I am an ordinary citizen and I have a concealed weapons permit. I m seldom without it either in my purse, fanny pack or the small of my back. I don't advertise I am carrying it and most people will never know I have it on me. I the only time someone will know is when they are looking down the barrel of my 9mm Glock or my 38 and if they are looking down the barrel, then I am in fear of my life and they are/will be dead.

In addition, I live in an area where at night, I do not go out to see to the animals without carrying a gun. We have big cats, bears, coyote and wolves. This is in addition to the two-legged meth heads that are running around like loony tunes. During the day, when around the wood piles, old hay, and other such thing, I carry a gun with snake shot. There are rattle snakes in the area and although I do my best to scare them off before I go about moving stuff, ya just never know. I keep a 12 gauge, pump action shot gun by my bed, that is one of the scariest sounds, the sound of a round being pumped into the breach of a shotgun.

The only thing that gun bans do is eliminate them from the hands of law abiding citizens. The criminals will still have them available and be able to get whatever they want. The ban on assualt weapons has made no difference on the ability of criminals to get them. (think back for those that are old enough to the bank assult in North Hollywood, CA).

It has been shown that law-abiding citizens who have guns, do deter criminal activity. Here is oregon, it is a shall issue state. Which means that unless you have a felony, are illegal, a non-resident, or have some other prohibitied thing on your record, they have to issue you a concealed weapons permit. In addition, you are allowed except in certain locations, to carry a gun on your side, in plain view all the time if you wish. Most people don't cuz the majority would freak out, but it would be legal to do so. That is closer to the way it should be.

Then during WWII, one reason Japan did not invade the West Coast was because they knew that most US citizens had guns and would use them. The second admendment states that we have the right to bear arms. a citizenery that is not armed will not be able to exercise their right to revolt when the government oversteps its bounds. That is also built into the constitution.

I personally don't need an AK-47, but if I wanted to buy one, I should have that right. The criminals don't seem to have any problems getting them, why should I?

Answer 3

First, the government doesn't have the right to do anything. Governments have delineated authority. People have rights, and the most fundamental one is to self-preservation.
I'm perfectly content with revolvers, double-barrel shotguns and bolt-action rifles, but you're right about the principle. Heck, there are already people trying to make bolt-actions non-PC by calling them "sniper rifles." You get the idea people think that if they want to fly, they can get Congress to repeal the law of gravity. There are areas where the government just has no business.

Answer 4

permit me start up through asserting that I easily have hand weapons, and a pistol enable to hold a hid weapon. I even have faith that a guy or woman has the terrific to very own firearms, yet I additionally agree that a guy or woman has truthfully no choose for an AK-40 seven, M-sixteen or the different weapon like that, that has the skill of being grew to become into an entire automatic weapon, with a minor substitute. the choose for the traditional hunter desiring armor piercing bullets additionally leaves me dumb based. A weapon of any sort that has the skill of preserving 50 rounds in a mag additionally leaves me scratching my head. I easily have heard the previous tale, that if "we" enable the government to restrict one sort of weapon, then it will be lots extra handy to restrict all varieties. which will never take place and maximum folk with any sort of uncomplicated experience could agree.

Answer 5

first of all article 2 states that we have the right to keep and bare arms against all enemies foreign and domestic! the govt. also knows that if they take away our guns then they can do whatever they want with us. our biggest enemy is our own govt. i think we should kick all their a@@es out of office,they are nothing but thieves and liars! i beleive no man that has ever made more than 50,000 dollars a year should be allowed into office.how do you think a rich man is going to balance our budget when he has never had to live on one? put poor people in office and soon you will get results.our government is basicall turned into big brother.they are taking away more freedoms every year.so in the end if they want my guns they can have them when they pry my cold dead fingers off them. look what they did at ruby ridge. and look what they did in waco texas. do you really want to give up any more of your rights??

Answer 6

Is cocaine and marijuana illegal??? That's funny becuase I can find at least 20 people a night who are in possession of these drugs. If you make certain firearms illegal, all the good citizens will give them up, but who won't? The people who are most likely to comit a crime with them. Then what will the good citizens have to defend themselves?
It would be a meaningless law, because the criminals won't follow it anyway and then you will have a black market. Didn't people learn from this when it was called prohibition?

Answer 7

The government does not have the right to take our personal protection away. Hello...hurricane Katrina...? Need I say more? In the United States homes with pools kill more children annually than those with firearms. If one feels uncomfortable around guns then maybe one could be more tolerant? We are told every day we must tolerate others even if they offend us...Interesting how this PC stuff works…Let me get this straight, we are under the constant threat of terrorist attacks and they are looking to take our guns away? Hmm, whose side are they on? We do not have to answer that one. Do we Ma'Damn speaker ( she is doing the HezBo two step in Syria)?

Answer 8

Well I often have bare arms especially in the summer. Why the fuss and what is the connection with rifles?

Answer 9

The first thing HItler did after taking power was take away firearms....that should tell you all you need to know about the issue
You without a weapon=a defenseless slave

Answer 10

As an Australian citizen living in Australia I fully support anti-gun laws. About 10 years ago a madman named Martin Bryant massacred roughly 30 people and the Australian citizens were so saddened and disgusted that we handed over our guns in pursuit of a peaceful lifestyle. Now this 30 people would be a tiny blip on the crime world in some other countries but for us it was HUGE!
I visited the USA in 2001 and sitting on my hotel balcony in Chicago and hearing gunshots in the city below absolutely terrified me.
You say that without a gun you are defenseless slaves? Arent more guns used in crime than in defense? If there werent so many dangerous people walking the streets with guns wouldnt you have less requirement to carry one yourself?
Australia's gun laws are one of the many important reasons why I am such a content Australian resident! I couldnt live in a country where the woman standing next to me in the supermarket could have a gun in her handbag!