why not ban all the guns?

Question

we would be so much safer!

In the year 2004/05:

*England & Wales (severe restrictions on owning guns) - 73 firearms homicides.

*USA (right to bear arms) - about 15 000 firearms homicides

I have found other stats (from a tutorial to med students at U. Utah) (http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/GUNS/GUNSTAT.html):

"In the U.S. for 2001, there were 29,573 deaths from firearms, distributed as follows by mode of death: Suicide 16,869; Homicide 11,348; Accident 802; Legal Intervention 323; Undetermined 231.(CDC, 2004) This makes firearms injuries one of the top ten causes of death in the U.S"

Answer 1

Absolutely Rebecca! I already asked this sort of question numerous times but there are gun lovers out there that just won't give up on that idea. I believe those people are selfish and insecure about their livelihood. We in essence are still living in a modern day Wild West Era. If we didnt have guns here so readily to purchase then there wouldn't have been Columbine and VT massacre. The gun lovers will tell you bunch of dumb excuses like gun is NOT the cause, criminals will have them, it's the constition and blah blah blah. All selfish and insecure excuses. Good question.

Answer 2

No, we wouldn't be safer. A person who wants to kill will use whatever weapon is available, whether that weapon is a gun, a knife, a car or the chemicals under the kitchen sink. The Constitution gives us the right to keep and bear arms as stated by several people above. The Constitution does not give us the right to be protected by the police as stated in several court cases specifically Warren v DC. If I have a weapon I can take care of myself and my family and I will if the need arises.
If you want to be safer, start teaching morals and values to kids again; start punishing children who misbehave rather than coddling them; make parents responsible for their children; lock up the criminals who keep committing the crimes.
It is a bunch of BS to believe that banning all guns would make it safer. Anyone who does is either naive at best or stupid at worst.

Answer 3

Hmm, then, who would have guns? Criminals, that's who. How would you get all these guns? Personally, I wouldn't just give mine up, and if the cops showed up, I would tell them that they got stolen (trust me, they wouldn't be in my house). I have never used any guns to hurt anyone, except for my government issued M16A2 in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Plus, there is the whole "Constitution" thing. The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. And, before you trot out the "militia" argument, here is what the United States Code calls the Militia:

United States Code: Title 10 – Armed Forces
Subtitle A – General Military Law
Chapter 13 – The Militia

Sec. 311. Militia: composition and classes

(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.

Congratulations, if you are a male under the age of 45, YOU are in the militia, so, I guess that means we can own all the guns we want anyway.

And remember, most military and police are pro-private gun ownership, and of course, the gun owners are. Who will enforce your stupid little "confiscation" law? You won't have the firepower to enforce it. Remember, YOU don't have any guns.

Answer 4

Ever since the assassination of President Kennedy, I have not trusted the US Government to keep me safe. In fact, incidents like those at Wounded Knee and Ruby Ridge and Ohio State and Waco, Texas, lead me to believe that, while I think that the NRA has a large percentage of "gun nuts" in its ranks, I would NOT advocate disarming the populace. It's not that I fear the criminals or the gun nuts, or even Al Qaeda -- I fear my own government.

Answer 5

ive NEVER owned a gun, even as a soldier in the vn war i did not have a gun in my possetion. and ive gotten along just fine w/o one. that said, as an american it is a constitutional right to own a gun I'm Sure You Knew That ! the only reason i mention it again is that if you understand THE REASON behind "the right" to own weapons it becomes AN OBLIGATION AS A GOOD CITIZEN to be armed. we the people must be able to protect not only ourselfs but be able to preserve our american way of life from a tyranical government... because over our history this has never been necessary the idea has faded from our thoughts.... maybe IT IS BECAUSE some of us are armed and prepaired that we hav'nt had to deal w/ a completely tyranical government.
understanding this , that we might someday , as idividuals defend our way of life in armed conflic makes you understand that we the people are entiteled to not only rifles and hand guns, but we are entitled to all & any weaponry necessary to deffend against our own standing army...[ imagine the implications of that !!] back in the 1800's a hunting rifle would have sufficed... today that would be useless... we as good citizens are not only entiteld but OBLIGED to be prepaired..... YES of course it would be SAFER w/o guns... but our CONSTIUTION does not guarentee our SAFTEE.. it GUARENTEES OUR FREEDOM.... another fact that has become lost over the years......unfortunatly a pice of paper CAN NOT guarentee our way of life .. but be armed can .. and maybe already has.
what happed to the american who was willing to sacrifice his blood to save the ideals of our fore fathers ........i certaily think the problem of violence between people especially with our youth and in domestic violence MUST BE ADDRESSED! but disarmming america can not be the solution.....

Answer 6

You have a bright future in the Democrat party. They need more people willing to act without thinking about the Constitution or the consequences.

I own a 22 rifle and 12-gauge shotgun, but have never felt the slightest inclination to shoot anyone.

Answer 7

If you would research baning all guns you will find that countries that have done this have higher crime rates including violent crimes . When you ban all guns the only people with guns are criminals. Does that sound safer to you.

Answer 8

Both of your numbers are LIES. Given the CORRECT numbers, you would find that the number of homicides PER GUN in the UK far exceeds the number in the US.

Answer 9

Why not ban Religion
Why not ban demonstrations
Why not ban free speech

Because the Constitution makes them inalienable rights

One more product of a broken educational system

Answer 10

Not really. People have the right to keep a weapon in their homes. We live in crazy times


Imagine your mom is home by herself and somebody breaks in. What is she gonna do? If she has that gun she has the option of protecting herself

Answer 11

No, we wouldn't. Besides, it's a 2nd amendment right for citizens to carry arms.

As a moderate democrat, I am for gun control and a waiting period to own a gun. But banning them would create a black market for them and crime would go rampant.