Gun Control?

Question

I am very much Conserative Republican and I oppose gun control for certain reasons. I was faced with a question today that I need help answering:

Who does gun control hurt?

Answer 1

hmmmmm:

That is one of those trick questions that there really isn't any answer to. You could point out the billions of dollars that the firearms industry pours into the economy, but, anyone asking this questions does not care if a few thousand manufacturing workers are out of work, or if the money they are no longer spending causes people to go out of work, or if the money generated and spent through the firearms distribution network is absent from the economy.

In fact, anyone asking this question probably can't understand the answer.

I would point them to Israeli history.

Back when the British occupied Israel, or if you prefer the Roman occupied territory name: Palestine, the Israelis built firearms factories underground and the primary weapon they built was a blow back operated, fixed firing pin, sub machine gun. They did this because the British outlawed possession of firearms.

In reality laws against Guns work as well as laws against recreational drugs or alcohol. Sure, uneducated morons look at a gun and they see a manufactured piece of metal that takes tools and skills to make. I see something that with as little as 30K investment I can start mass producing and sell.

Of course I am educated and an engineer.

The person you are discussing this with is neither so they won't understand that barrel rifling is the most difficult part of the process AND that a well built sub machine gun without rifling can probably sell on the street for more money than one with rifling.

In fact, it would be cheap enough to add a rudimentary silencer also which would push the price up without increasing manufacturing costs much.

FYI: This happened during the recent assault weapon ban and while it was not widely publicized since no one wants drug lords to branch out into new business ventures it is one of the big reasons Congress is not going to do anything about gun control.

The assault weapon ban was a test, and like all such tests the economic law of supply and demand won. Where there is a demand there will be a supply.

Answer 2

Gun control doesn't "hurt" anybody. But the fact is, the Constitution guarantees the right to keep and bear arms. According to the Federalist Papers, the second amendment was not only put in to allow for militias, it was put in to give the population a "means to overthrow a tyranical government". How would this be possible if the government knew the name of every person that owns a gun, and how many guns that person owns? You can look at the cities/states that have severely strict gun control laws and find that the amount of violent crimes are among the highest in the country.
Criminals, by definition, are those that willingly break the laws. What makes anyone think that stealing a gun or obtaining it illegally is something that criminals would have a problem with?
Murder has been happening for thousands of years, even before the invention of the firearm. Those bent on murder will find a way to do it.
Gun control laws only keep law abiding citizens from easily obtaining guns. Criminals won't bother with the background checks, or registering their guns.

Answer 3

Gun Control hurts the average American,who has a Right to defend themselves. It's not a privelage,it's not one of many possible options,it's a right. Anyone who says otherwise knows absolutely nothing about history,that much is clear. And "Gun Control" has little or no effect on crime,example S. Africa. Which had an extraordinary crime problem before they essentially outlawed guns,and has an even worse problem now,like the 19,000 murders they had last year. Which when compared with their population gives them the second highest violent crime rate on earth. Example two,Washington DC,which even with their draconian gun laws has a murder rate 5 times higher than the national average,good work libs!!

Fact is that violent crime is more a function of societal influences,than weapons availability,I for example have what some would deem an arsenal,I carry a firearm wherever I'm able to,I have yet to commit a violent crime,ever.

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Answer 4

This issue has been pretty well beat to death. At the retail level the controls on firearms are stronger now than ever, and possibly for good reason.....yet almost anyone of good reputation can purchase a firearm.....If you have a 'record' or fall into some other rejection bin it's probably justified on the grounds of your past actions. Where the 'problem' lies is private party transfer.....with a zillion firearms out there there's simply no way in the world to track them and maybe there shouldn't be. In any event, this particular genie is out of the bottle and no law is going to chage that.

Answer 5

Any law abiding citizen who turns in a gun, and is later attacked and hurt, robbed, kidnapped, abused or killed by someone who could have been conveniently shot with said gun.

More generally, a nation that disarms is a nation that can be more easily opressed by it's governement or conquered from without.


Criminals, who are by definition, willing to break the law, are, not harmed by gun control, since they will simply buy guns illegally, anyway. They are indirectly benefitted, though, in that they enjoy a lowered risk of encountering an armed victim.

Answer 6

Well, here's my opinion. When the constitution was written all we had were mussel loaders.You could load and get off a shot about every 45 seconds, tops. And they weren't that accurate on long distances. Today one can purchase an assault rifle that spews out about 300 or so rounds a minute and very accurately at single shots. Hand guns spew several shots a second and reload in seconds. Do you honestly think if the fore fathers were here today and saw what weapons have turned into, they would think gun control would still be a bad idea? Just me opinion.

Answer 7

People who try to obtain guns legally.

We've allowed waiting periods, we've allowed criminal background checks, and we've even allowed ourselves to be forced into 'gun usage classes' - even if we've been shooting since we were kids.

The problem with gun control is it represents the slippery slope. In Massachusetts there are police chiefs that you have to sue in order to own a gun. That's not right.

Answer 8

gun control will hurt all the people who have earned the right to carry a gun. I am no criminal so I deserve to have my guns.

Answer 9

The citizens who are guaranteed the right to bear arms by the Constitution.

Answer 10

Who does gun control hurt?

the person I'm aiming at!
I control mine just fine, thank you.