[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I prefer the right to not NEED a gun, over the right to have one. Adding more guns to the world doesn't reduce the number of shootings. If it did, we'd have no shootings. The more guns out there, the more guns are used.

Should we get rid of guns? Nah - the ship sailed on that over a hundred years ago.

Should we require more accountability AND consequences for people who choose to disobey the law? Absolutely. Should we have more enforceable controls over who gets to have a gun legally, and who doesn't? Yup.

Why, when criminals will just get guns anyway?

Here's why. If a criminal shoots someone with a gun they were authorized to have, then the criminal is subject to X, Y, and Z penalties.

If he shot someone with a gun he was NOT authorized to have, then the criminal is subject to X, Y, and Z penalties AND subject to A, B, and C penalties for having a gun they were not authorized to have.

The rest of everything SaraW posts can be summed up in this latest line in her post:



In other words - she profits off of people who are afraid, and off people who prey on people who are afraid.

Or people who just want to protect their family. Why is that a bad thing if they are responsible people?