Amendment II-
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.
Or shall we continue to arm our pilots, teachers,jugdes,life gaurds,mall security,day care professionals,actors,work places,garbage personal, small school children and every other place where gunmen can get into in order to kill people?
CAN YOU SAY OLD WEST PEOPLE!!!!!
2007-04-17 06:05:14 · 10 answers · asked by Disco 2 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
It is not time to change the 2nd amendment EVER. except perhaps to reinforce it's importance in a free society.
IF we sacrifice freedom for security based on government security we have neither security or freedom
If guns are outlawed only the outlaws will have them.
Beslan Russia - 300 plus children died as the result of terrorists, and the list goes on.
we have strong gun laws, and people with intent will find a way to perpetrate. Guns are tools as are fire, knives, pitchforks, ammonium nitrate, jet fuel, gasoline, the problem is NOT the object. The problem is the perpetrator.
I believe many people have become willing to usurp their personal liberty for security they will clamor for a police state before long.
I believe that tragedies such as this ought to give us a reason to pause and look at the causes as to why angry people do atrocious and horrific acts.
I believe the media is culpable. I believe that parents are culpable, I believe liberals are culpable, I believe by removing any semblance of conflict from schools we not given kids healthy outlets for conflict and aggression.
When I was a kid, I carried my 22 rifle and 20 gauge shotgun in the truck of my car so I could go hunting after school, I never once thought when I was getting picked on by a bully to go get the gun and kill him.. I thought differently because I respected myself and those around me. If it came to blows with the bully it would be with fists in the parking lot. a bloody nose generally stopped it.
Guns are not the problem. Ignorance of anything is dangerous and society has become ignorant of firearms. Both of my children have certified in hunter safety and firearm training. They not only know HOW to use firearms but HOW NOT to use them. This is the problem with schools today, we no longer accept firearms as a norm so they've become abnormal AND people clamor for control. This is wrong.
The media is wrong in reporting facts. This not the worse, not even close.
http://www.columbine-angels.com/violence...
2007-04-17 06:26:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What is needed here is responsible ownership and sales of firearms not a ban on firearms.
You can make firearms illegal but that won’t stop a whako with a book of matches and a can of gasoline from massacring 20 people in the process of aggrandizing his public suicide nor will it give you the ability to defend your life and property from said same.
Freedom is both a desirable and dangerous state of being, It has been bought with armed citizens and is enforced by armed citizens.
We can do a better job of keeping firearms out of the hands of the criminally insane without turning ourselves into a bunch of helpless sheep.
2007-04-17 06:44:30 · answer #2 · answered by Daniel O 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Removing or abolishing the second amendment will not take guns away from criminals. Nor will it change the thought process of a criminal seeking a firearm. However, it will remove guns from law abiding citizens who may only use the gun for protection in case of emergency.
Perhaps we need to focus more attention on where the guns are coming from and regulating firearm imports.
2007-04-17 06:17:17 · answer #3 · answered by topherG 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check your facts: Between 1865 and 1900, there were more killings in New York State, than in all of the "Old West". Like today the ones in the West were glorified by the media of that time.
2007-04-17 06:12:04 · answer #4 · answered by Beau R 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We have a choice to protect ourselves or become victims. Note the plight of the unborn in this country, they can not fight back so to many will be killed for their stem cells. Remember the Holocaust, first they lost their guns then their lives . It seems that the Libs enjoy being victims, maybe it's a sexual thing
2007-04-17 06:22:59 · answer #5 · answered by Ibredd 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would take the exact opposite stand. If any law abiding person had been allowed to carry a weapon in that school it would not have been the carnage that it was. In Sweden you must have a weapon in your home, do you think there are a lot of home invasions there? If just 1 person had a weapon and shot that guy you wouldn't have 30 dead kids.
2007-04-17 06:11:17 · answer #6 · answered by landersonjr1958 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Destroying America's ONLY protection against tyranny is a foolish response to the problem. Read my 360 blog for a better solution.
2007-04-17 06:09:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
guns dont kill people people kill people plain and simple cause without insane folks to pull the trigger then the gun dont work plain and simple.so why try to take away all our rights havent enough freedoms and rights already been taken from us
2007-04-17 06:16:53 · answer #8 · answered by Jennifer M 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wish guns were banned, so no one could ever buy them again. It's so sad. My best friend goes to V-tech and i was so worried yesterday morning when I first learned of the shootings, but luckily she is fine. Keep them all in your thoughts and prayers
2007-04-17 06:08:10 · answer #9 · answered by ♥#1 Miley Cyrus Fan♥ 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
we need morals not gun control
2007-04-17 07:41:57 · answer #10 · answered by 51 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋