Isn't gun control like integration of the South? People had hysterical arguments, same as gun owners, and only

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the government was able to integrate the buses and schools. Sadly, only the government can enforce gun control. Washington will never be safe till we have nation-wide gun control. It you want something else to read, click here -
http://neahin.org/programs/schoolsafety/gunsafety/statistics.htm

Answer 1

The maniacs who walk into a college, or university, or school and gun down kids, aren't criminals. They are people who legally own guns, are obsessed with them and know how to use them.
Criminals use guns (usually illegal) to commit a crime. Gun obsessed kids use guns to get revenge. Get rid of the guns and you get rid of the nutters who try to wipe out their friends and enemies.

Answer 2

I think if you were to spend some time actually looking at statistics and researching these things you'd see that poverty levels and the number of people per square mile tend to cause more crime than guns. I think the answer to America's problem of violence is education, not gun control. I'd rather not live in a totalitarian state. I think you and all your like minded friends ought to watch the movie "V for Vendetta". Its the perfect example of why you shouldn't trade your freedoms for safety in the face of danger.

Benjamin Franklin said: "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

I hope you take the time to read this quote and think about what all it might mean. The reason we have guns is to discourage and possibly fight if neccesary, a tyrannical government. If it ever comes to this then I think you will be found woefully underprepared if not willing to submit to whatever America's government could become. If it ever comes to that then I and your more responsible fellow citizens will be prepared to deal with it and perhaps you will see the error of your ways.

Answer 3

Comparing gun control to integration of the south and making it a racial issue, if that is what you are trying to do, is laughable. The last thing I would like see is the government get more control over the firearms of honest, law-abiding citizens. Washington has had very strict gun control laws and it is still a murder city. No, it runs much deepr than that and having strict gun control over the rest of the country is only going to penalize a lot of people who don't deserve it and change nothing in Washington. As long as people still hate each other, or want what other people have without the right to owning it, they are still going to hurt each other. Giving honest, law abiding people the right to own guns, by their very nature of being honest and law abiding, is not going to raise the crime figure. Try this:
http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol30_No2_KatesMauseronline.pdf

Answer 4

Not in the least.