Guns....Yes or No?

Question

Do you think that a person should be allowed to own a gun if the person is liscensed and the gun is registered ? I think they should.

Answer 1

of course. the average response time for police is around 7 minutes. if your life is threatened, youll be dead in 7 minutes. but not if your carrying a gun. we cant depend on the police to protect us, because they simply cannot. we have to protect each other and ourselves. if crooks and killers are going to carry guns (and they will regardless of the legality) then we must also. if everyone in a particular city carryed a gun all the time, i bet crooks and killers would think twice, eh.

Answer 2

Hmm, some states (like FL) don't like certain people to have guns - for example: we have a charge called "PFCF" which means 'possession of a firearm by a convicted felon'. FL does not want felons to have guns and if they commit a crime and use a gun or are found in actual or constructive possession of a firearm, they get in big trouble. And people with mental issue, don't think they should have guns either as they are unstable.

If a person has a license and the gun is registered, then obviously it's okay for the 'system' that this person has a gun and owns it.

Your question is better applicable if you want to consider who cannot currently have guns and why.

Answer 3

Me personally? I don't think a person should have a gun just to have it. When a person goes to get a gun and license, it's a matter of paperwork, no psychological testing so how in the world can the seller know if the person intends to use it to do harm to another? Noone can know that but the buyer, so saying to just not give it to crazies is like saying not to sell miniskirts to fat girls over the internet, there's just no way to know! The news is blazing with horror stories about what happens with guns in the home and it's too dangerous. Why take the risk? A risk like a child getting ahold of it and taking it to school, we all watch the news...we know it CAN happen. It's such a touchy subject that people can argue it forever, and they will. This subject will always start fights in bars, arguments at card games, and deaths at schools. It's just ridiculous. Leave the weapons to cops, military and those trained to use them properly. GIve it to some random Joe Schmo and he could drink too much one night and fulfill some lame personal vendetta. I just think people should leave this one alone.

Answer 4

Well, of course! If a person can legally fulfill state firearms licensing requirements and follow through with required registration requirements, there is no reason why they would be denied legal ownership. I find this to be a rather odd question. Perhaps the questioner thinks that some folks simply oppose the very idea of firearms ownership. I would suggest that such an assumptions are an egregious, but I suppose honest, mistake! Blessings...

Answer 5

Generally, I'd agree. Particularly when we're talking about hunting guns and such, and when you're on your own land.

There have got to be limits though--for example, I don't think a guy should be allowed to take his loaded semi-automatic assault rifle with him to a presidential debate. The line is tricky. Airplanes? No. Really crowded places? There's a big risk of accidents. Urban areas like the metro? Now we're just about at the fuzzy borderline with me.

Who knows? I'd lean towards allowing guns if the area passed laws allowing them and banning them if the area passed laws banning them. Unfortunately, our Constitution doesn't see it the same way...

Answer 6

I think people should be allowed to own guns but I think there should also be tougher gun laws. We don't just need to keep guns out of the wrong hands, we also need to make sure there are enough guns in the right hands.

Answer 7

I million % YEs.. I own a gun.. If this country is going to hell in a hand basket.. I want to be armed.

Do we need to be more careful with guns? Yes.. If someone uses a gun in a crime, they should be put away for life without the chance for parole.

Zero tolerance for guns being used to committ a crime.

Answer 8

It should be mandatory that everyone carry a fully visible gun.

That way if a wacco starts beating up a little old lady, someone will shoot the bum. This will put an end street crime.

Agree?

Answer 9

Yes, I am for the second amendment!

And yes I'm for gun control, use both hands!

Seriously though, licenses and a class on weapon safety and you can own any weapon you like, that's my opinion.

Let's face it, you can take guns outta the law biding citizens but you'll never take guns away from the criminals, so I would rather have my gun too stop them from using their gun!

Answer 10

Yes, they should. Everyone should learn how to use a gun, so next time some ingenious burglar tries to break in, he has a 99% chance of finding someone that knows how to defend themselves with their own gun. That will stop a lot of crime right there.