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Originally Posted by NonResident
Lol... by what logic do you assume this is true? The United States is one of the few countries that still allows guns. Do you remember in Australia when they banned guns and literally confiscated them? Millions and millions of guns... they went door to door taking guns from residents: Thousands of Australian Guns are Destroyed (1997) - YouTube
You have politicians LITERALLY SAYING they're going to take our guns.
The SOLE purpose for the 2nd Amendment isn't for hunting, or because people like to collect and buy guns, it's because the population needs to defend themselves AGAINST a tyrannical government, and against foreign invaders. Period. |
Sadly, those are the things that gun owners are NOT using them for. They're using them to kill other American citizens. They're using them to rob banks. They're using them to hijack peoples' cars. They're using them to kidnap children. They're using them to shoot into crowds. They're using them to express their hatred of [insert whatever they hate here].
They're not using them to defend against a tyrannical government, and they're not using them against foreign invaders.
So basically, you feel everyone should carry weapons for reasons that have nothing to do with why they were allowed to have them in the first place.
Personally - I have no problem with people owning firearms. I'd like universal background checks, I'd like mandatory federal licensing that requires that you take an actual test, I'd like mandatory classroom and target instruction. I'm absolutely pro-2A. But I'm also absolutely pro-personal responsibility, which unfortunately too many gun-owners refuse to accept. And because the few ruin it for everyone else, I feel we need more CONTROL over who gets to carry legally, and who will be criminals simply by virtue of the fact that they possess one.
This way the illegal gun-owners who commit crimes with those illegally-owned guns, will have more severe consequences than those who owned their firearms legally.