GUN CONTROL

[Sinfix_15]

What if the second amendment was repealed? Do you think your right to own a gun is a god given right or a constitutional right?

I dont believe in God, but i feel we all have the fundamental right to defend ourselves. i shouldnt have to rely on someone else to protect me. Nobody can give me my life back if someone takes it from me, therefor nobody should make a decision for me based on my safety.

I was watching Piers Morgan the other night and realized just how out of touch with society he and the rest of the media are. He said, in response to a question about gun ownership preventing home invasions " so we should just give everyone and gun and let them kill anyone who tries to burglarize their house ".....

and i thought........ yes... absolutely.................................

If someone breaks into my home while im here, they will be killed. They deserve to be killed. Every time some idiot does something stupid with a gun the media has a fire storm and starts up about gun control. Why dont they report about the 8,000 home invasions that happen a day in the united states or that 1 in 5 homes will experience a burglary based on statistics. The police presence is not enough and never will be enough to be at every place all the time. People have the fundamental right to defend themselves. 60% of all rapes happen during home invasion. In my own personal experience, me owning a gun prevented my fiance from being raped and/or murdered by an attempted home invasion. They should make every supporter of gun control move into a house in downtown atlanta and put a sign in their front yard that says "i do not own any guns".

[David88vert]

They should make every supporter of gun control move into a house in downtown atlanta and put a sign in their front yard that says "i do not own any guns".

Gun control yard sign - snopes.com

[Sinfix_15]

Gun control yard sign - snopes.com

that is epic. Made my day

[bu villain]

I dont believe in God, but i feel we all have the fundamental right to defend ourselves.

I think most people would agree with the right to defend yourself. However, most would not agree that society shouldn't be able to place any controls or safeguards on things which may be used in the name of self-defense. We all draw the line in different places.

[Sinfix_15]

I think most people would agree with the right to defend yourself. However, most would not agree that society shouldn't be able to place any controls or safeguards on things which may be used in the name of self-defense. We all draw the line in different places.

We live in a country controlled by a government that has enough bombs to destroy the planet we live on, that sells billions of dollars of guns to conflict nations a year, that spends more than 50% of our taxes on military and they want to tell me that my AR15 is not suitable for self defense.

[bu villain]

We live in a country controlled by a government that has enough bombs to destroy the planet we live on, that sells billions of dollars of guns to conflict nations a year, that spends more than 50% of our taxes on military and they want to tell me that my AR15 is not suitable for self defense.

I don't understand your argument. How does having a huge national military translate into private citizens needing AR-15s? If anything, our huge standing army is a reason you don't need an AR-15.

[Sinfix_15]

I don't understand your argument. How does having a huge national military translate into private citizens needing AR-15s? If anything, our huge standing army is a reason you don't need an AR-15.

if our huge standing army was standing on our own soil, i probably wouldnt. But having a massive army guarding the boarders of Pakistan doesnt make me feel any safer in Georgia.

[bu villain]

if our huge standing army was standing on our own soil, i probably wouldnt. But having a massive army guarding the boarders of Pakistan doesnt make me feel any safer in Georgia.

Feeling safer is not the same as being safer and unless you are worried about a foreign invasion, I still don't see what the military has to do with this. Do you have any evidence that shows gun owners are actually safer? How about data showing assault rifle owners are safer than handgun owners? While it wouldn't end the debate, those would be good reasons to allow assault rifles.

[Sinfix_15]

Feeling safer is not the same as being safer and unless you are worried about a foreign invasion, I still don't see what the military has to do with this. Do you have any evidence that shows gun owners are actually safer? How about data showing assault rifle owners are safer than handgun owners? While it wouldn't end the debate, those would be good reasons to allow assault rifles.

What makes one rifle any more dangerous than the next? should we ban AR15s because they simply look more dangerous? A rifle is a rifle. People use rifles in a variety of ways. In my own personal opinion, a shotgun is the single most effective home defense weapon.