USA - The Right To Bear Arms?

Question

Here's a question for Americans...
How many of you believe you have the right to keep weapons in your homes and use them if there is a need? and how many of you believe that it is this exact right that makes weapons so easy to come across in America and the reason that you have more gun related crimes, deaths and murder sprees than any other country?
Australia had one massacre in Port Arthur - after this there was a massive gun amisty where everyone handed in their weapons to their local police station, gun laws were made extremely strict and there has not been another such incident since... how many school and work place massacres will there be before the citizens of USA demand a change?

I am not British and am not referring to other countries, I am talking about America in comparison to Australia, who did something about the problem and got a result.... Not one of you is commenting on the innocent people being killed in your schools, because guns are ridiculously easy to come by.... In this country... I wouldn't even know WHERE to get a gun.

Read FISand's comment... this is exactly what I am talking about - how can you WANT to live like this?

Answer 1

Welcome to the United States--Land of Overconsumption. We take too much of everything, including guns. We specialize in convincing ourselves that we always need more of something. We are consumers.

It is not the right to keep weapons at home that is the problem--it is the overabundance of and free access to weapons that makes things insane. If we only were worried about protecting our homes and property, we would allow each individual to own one rifle. Instead, we market the heck out of all the latest weapons and we'll sell anything to anyone.

For some time, national surveys have suggested that the majority of Americans would support more restrictions on guns. In opposition to this, we have a well-funded association of gun manufacturers and gun buyers (the NRA) who fight any attempt to restrict gun purchasing. Brilliantly, they make it an issue of individual rights and prevent any serious or rational discourse on gun control policy.

Every once in a while, events overwhelm them and they are forced to accept to some minor controls. The recent Virginia Tech shootings will probably result in some tame legislation that will add a day to a waiting period or restrict the amount of ammunition that can be purchased in 24 hours. People will feel like something useful has been done--until the next tragedy.

The U.S. is not Australia. We have a very gun-oriented culture and we will continue to have more firearm-related deaths than any other civilized nation.

Don't worry about us. It's another marketing opportunity for us. Soon, we will all be wearing designer Kevlar vests. It will be the next thing for us to consume.

Answer 2

1. I believe I have the right to keep weapons and use them if the need should arise.

2. I do believe this right, in part, makes firearms easy to obtain. I do NOT think it explains why we have more murder sprees.

3. I think it would take quite a few shootings before America ever enacted gun laws like the ones in Australia....much more than will probably occur in the next 50 years.

America is different from Australia, and other Western nations, in many ways. For one thing, we have about 15X the population of Australia...that means about 15 times as many lunatics (or more) who will go off and commit massacres.

We also have about as many guns as we do people, and a VERY strong gun culture. There is no way the American populace could ever be effectively disarmed. If guns were outlawed tommorow, I would know at least 4 places where I could obtain one within the hour.

Like it or not, gun control will just not work here.

Answer 3

It would take a constitutional amendment to remove the right to bear arms in the USA. Given the extremely well financed weapons industry, that may never happen. Those who own weapons and support the right believe that the problems that happen in placed like Virginia would have been prevented had there been more people who were armed on that campus.

We don't react well in this country to the abridgement of rights we have, even if having those rights might be considered in the public interest. .

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Well I do believe in the right to bear arms, and if good people give up there guns then only criminals will have them. Plus how many home invasion robberies do they have over in Britian? Lot I hear since there little fear for the criminal. Plus you guys have more stabbings then we have shotings over there in the civilized world. The problem is people not guns or knives or poisons. People do all the good, and we do all the bad.

Give a gun to a soldier and he'll keep your country safe.

Give a gun to Osama and you'll find the burqa a little warm in summer.

Answer 6

Banning guns in the US won't do a whole lot. It'll just increase black market sales of weapons seeing as how there is already 2 guns for every man, woman, and child in the country already. A weapon ban would just make it so the only people with guns are the wrong people.

Answer 7

Isn't it ironical that the ones that mock John Howard's strict gun laws are the ones that applaud his backing of Bush in Iraq and his tough stand on immigration.
Its not like we cant own guns in Australia we can we just are very strict on how easy it is to get a license and no way would a mentally disturbed man would be able to buy one and also why would you need an army assault rifle to defend yourself.

Answer 8

You think Americans right to bear arms is wrong and if it is abolished that will solve all our problems, wait marijauna is illegal and i can have a dime here in about 10 mins, yeah that will work if they outlaw guns only outlaws will have them and if you don't belive me break into my house i will show you what the second admendment is intended for. Be American buy American

Answer 9

Oh please you are asking Americans the wrong question here. They will die to defend the second amendment. It is holier than God to them. I've had this one out with them before but I got a lot nasty in the end and it got deleted. Lol see what I mean? I don't remember that asian guy at Virginia tech who murdered all those people being a criminal. He had a gun. Some Americans just don't know there asses from their elbows. Mandatory 10 year jail sentence for anyone caught with any live round firearm would do the trick. By the way extremely slack immigration laws are the reason for rising gun crime in England. London is a shi,t hole. I used to live there as a kid and loved it but I went back there about 7 years ago and even then I couldn't believe the state of the place. I can't imagine what it is like now. Britains politicians are criminals.

Answer 10

Since England and Australia enacted their gun ban, crime has increased there (London is now higher than NYC), and comparing Australia with the U.S., (pop, 20,450,000 to 300,000,000) you're statements are mute. Also, the states in the U.S. with the highest crime have the strictest gun laws. Which sign would you rather have posted on your house, "We have no guns for defense", or, "We are protected by the 2nd Amendment?"