Handguns in America whats your thought?

Question

They say is martial law happens the citizens need to arm themselves. Hummmm I wonder if that happened how long it would take for the army, the government to tasser and shoot each and everyone who believes arming themselves in the answer give me a break. The government brainwashes people do you not think for one minute you stand any kind of chance even with a gun? Shoot first..ask questions later would be the policy. I am not talking about America only that would also happen in Canada as well if that happened. But of course we dont have liberal gun laws.

I am only recounting someone who felt there should be rights to own guns in the case of martial law. It would not take one man to overthrow an army give me a break. Too many movies running in your head lol

KR exactly..so many kids have easy access to guns and look at all the useless killings. Road rage how many people have been shot and how many accidental shootings by children? Not even touching all the crime...

Answer 1

Well, at least you are giving the racists a break today Lady Blue! Proper gun control is hitting your target on the first shot. lol I don't mind waiting three days to buy a gun. I don't mind registering my firearms. What I do mind is the lack of control in certain sectors of our world. Guns are necessary for several reasons. For hunting and sport, self-defense, and national defense if needed (we never know when those wicked Canadians are going to invade us from the North). Now when the 2nd Amendment was written, the only guns available were flint lock muzzle loaders. Guns have evolved very much since then but the laws haven't. I don't mind laws being passed to help control some of these high powered automatic assault weapons to include handguns, but I be damned if I ever give my guns up and have to rely on the military and police solely for my protection. It's been proven in the states that passed the "right to carry and conceal" law, violent crime rates went down. Maybe Canada should be more liberal with the gun laws and just maybe your crime rates will go down too.

Answer 2

I am very anti-handgun. However I do understand the other side of the arguement. The Founding Fathers put the 2nd amendment into the US Constitution because they felt the government should be afraid of the people, not that other way around.

The problem with the 2nd Amendment, from my viewpoint, is that it can be read two ways. One is that Americans have a right to bear arms. The other is that you must read the ENTIRE amendment to get at what the Founding Fathers were saying, "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." This interpretation says that the Constitution wants us to form well-regulated militias with our arms...not just arm every civilian willy-nilly.

Now, in my viewpoint, the US has already made the decision that the safety of the citizens in the country is more important then the strict "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed" interpretation of the amendment. We have outlawed most explosives and all assualt and military weapons. Why couldn't we also get rid of the handguns that are easy to conceal?

Many people on the other side of us will argue that handguns are used for protection, however I would argue that you and your family (especially children) are far more likely to be killed by your handgun (through accidental shootings or crimes of passion) then by the actions of a criminal.

So there are legitimate reasons on both sides of the arguement and I truely do understand the pro-gun side of the arguement. But I agree with you, its time for handguns to go.

Answer 3

Well how to address this. In the Revolutionary War less than 5% of the American population took up arms against one of the most powerful armys in the world at that time and we won.
No one thought we stood much of a chance back then either. In Cuba less than 10% of the population took up arms and over thru the government. In Northern Ireland probably less than 5% are fighting the British Occuaption and they manage to be a major pain in the rear end.

Now to address your question about martial law here in the US. It's no secret that most police officers and military personnel would refuse any order to go door to door in this country to round up guns from the citizens. In fact if that kind of order came down I'd fully expect to see a Military Coup immediately after the order was issued.

Answer 4

Yeah lets just arm everyone...then we can sit back and watch all the people shot for cutting you off in traffic.. Think about it, what good does arming everyone do when the law forbids anyone from using that gun under any circumstances. The only thing arming everyone will do is to create alot of pointless killings and crowd the prisons even more then they already are. Are you gonna trust a gun in the hands of someone with road rage that we all see atleast one every day we drive on our roads? I guess thats ok cuz we will be armed ourselves and can shoot back.. GREAT CONCEPT!!!

While we are at it why not arm all the kids so they can be safe at school... Wouldn't that be great... Hormonal Killings.. Are you people NUTS? or are ya just inbred?

Answer 5

First let me say that it is not as easy to get guns off of people that don't want to give them up as you may think.....look at Iraq.

Secondly you may be right that the government could forcibly remove my guns, but they would think twice about it if it needed to be forcibly.

Lastly it doesn't matter if you agree or not with gun ownership. Ask a criminal if they would rather rob someone that was armed or unarmed.

Answer 6

I enjoy guns. I like shooting at cans with a 22. But I don't like how we are all so heavily armed. My cousin had a gun pointed at her on the freeway b/c she honked at a guy! Kids shooting kids, store clerks being shot over $100 in the register, cops firing at will... It gets to be ridiculous and sad. That said, I hope I have my gun the day the $#!+ hits the fan, b/c I will be horribly out numbered.

Answer 7

Everyone should have a gun !!
It would take a whole lot , In order for the US Army to attacks the public. Not only legally but just in reality.
Canada has lots of guns also , rifles mostly but still....

Answer 8

do you really think that is what would happen? and when is this so called martial law going to be declared?
there is a far better chance of martial law being declared in Canada than in the USA, but i wouldn't count on it happening in either country anytime soon.

Answer 9

I support the right of citizens to own weapons that allow them to engage in hunting or sport-shooting (trap, target, etc).

I also support the right of citizens to own weapons for self-defense, against personal attackers or invading armies.

However, I also strongly support the requirement that weapon owners be adequately trained to use their weapons. I know too many people who own weapons and have no idea how to load them (and unload them), how to shoot them, and how to handle them safely. I am gravely concerned that some of these people (many of whom are close friends) will kill themselves or others due to ignorance. But they believe they have the "right" to own a weapon without the responsibility to use it correctly.

Heaven help us if we are ever invaded by a foreign power. We'll probably kill more of our own soldiers than the enemy.

Answer 10

I'm not really sure what your question is; but in the middle of your paragraph you ask if we really stand a chance even with a gun? The answer is yes. The modern firearm has "completed" every single conflict since it was invented - think about that. The closest thing to a conflict not decided by the gun was Bosnia and that was completed by firearms on the ground.

Gun Ownership is a right in the American constitution and its a right that protects all other rights.