In light of the recent shootings in Virginia Tech, but not soley contained to that ONE incident, do you think tougher gun/anti-gun laws might bring down the number of shooting deaths in the USA?
2007-04-19 14:20:37 · 19 answers · asked by xxxmalifecentxxx 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No.
2007-04-19 14:24:01 · answer #1 · answered by Tucson Hooligan 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Criminals will break the law, regardless of the law standard.
I heard of a city (didn't hear what one) where every homeowners is asked to carry one, with exception of felons. Burglary is almost nil, due to the fact that they know they could get shot doing their dasterly duty.
The second amendment should be enforced and have principals/deans allowed guns availibility, as with certain professors/teachers. Where I live, in a 70 mile radius, countless bomb threats have been made in the last year since I moved here. I can't trust my children in ANY public school right now, they are safer being homeschooled.
We need to put the fear into criminals instead of handcuffing all so a few can do their will on others. It isn't guns that kill, it is the evil intent in the heart of those who do the destruction. I believe all involved did their part in selling the guns in proper content. But with no guns allowed on campus, this person came on to school grounds, I believe KNOWING, knowing there would be little opposition until he fulfilled his plan.
The only way to defend yourself against a suicide killer is to kill before he does. This is where the second amendment fits the bill.
2007-04-19 21:39:06 · answer #2 · answered by n9wff 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no. What we have to realize is that like most complicated issues, there are more than one valid sides to this argument. On the one hand, some say we should have everybody with guns so that people can defend themselves. On the other hand, people say that there would be no deaths by guns if guns are hard to get. Either side ignores the fact that reality is more complex than this.
What more people agree on is, we should get guns only into the hands of RESPONSIBLE people. The guy from the VA tech shootings was freakin certifiably troubled. If there is even a doubt of the insanity of stability of a person, his license and right to have guns should be instantly taken away. Guns should be allowed to be given to those who can demonstrate their responsibility.
2007-04-19 21:31:13 · answer #3 · answered by Respeck Knuckles 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
ENFORCE THE LAWS WE HAVE ..STOP PLEAS
If citizens started demanding that gun crimes not be plea bargained to light sentences or probation that would be much more effective .
Let's enforce the gun laws we already have instead of passing more laws to just make people " feel better" .
Gun crimes are to have a additional 5 year sentence just for the gun. It went the whole way to the Supreme Court and has found constitutional but how often is it enforced?
Look just recently in California, Snoop Dog plead no contest over an illegal gun and received probation .
Was it just because of who he is ?
Or is it the normal court sentence in California?
2007-04-19 21:34:25 · answer #4 · answered by Akkita 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is only one way to reduce the number of people killed by firearms and that is to reduce the number of weapons available. It's a fact; just look at the statistics from various countries with different laws.
Obviously if there were no guns, nobody would be killed by them but unfortunately that's not going to happen in a country like America where the gun lobby is so strong. Bad luck America but you are stuck with it and so your young people will go on dying in disproportionate numbers to the rest of the world.
It's a great pity your founding fathers didn't set out a bill of responsibilities rather than a bill of rights.
2007-04-19 21:38:35 · answer #5 · answered by Ted T 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No most of the people that commit crimes do not get the guns the same way that most people do. They steal them or buy them from people that do.
If you were a criminal and wnt into a store to rob the place and no one was supose to carry a weapon legally that gives you fair game. Not knowing if and who else shopping in the store totes a pistol sometimes make people think first.
2007-04-19 21:30:58 · answer #6 · answered by ronnny 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My person option NO. People who use guns to kill or for other forms of violence will get the gun no matter what law there is. Because most of them go around the law.
2007-04-19 21:25:57 · answer #7 · answered by Jan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure where I heard this I think it was in history class, that the US doesn't need tougher gun laws but to raise the cost of bullets. What good is a gun if you don't have bullets?
2007-04-19 21:34:26 · answer #8 · answered by scorpion43_db 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
NO. It is proven statistically that violence goes up with less guns. More guns in the hands of law abiding citizens has lowered crime rate time and time again. Every place, every time.
2007-04-19 21:49:17 · answer #9 · answered by Tropical Weasel 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
gun laws only affect ppl that follow the law...not the criminals...how hard is that to understand?
VA. has concealed carry permits...but VA. tech. is a "gun-free-zone)...i bet it wont be so gun-free in the future...if some of the students/faculty would have had their firearms that day...i bet the number of dead would have been considerably lower...instead of jumping out of windows....they could have shot their attacker
2007-04-19 21:29:24 · answer #10 · answered by bluesharpman_642000 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
England and Australia passed massive gun control legislation. Their violent crime rates both increased.
2007-04-19 21:27:33 · answer #11 · answered by desotobrave 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋