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| Rufus | Mar 15 2009, 01:32 PM |
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Wow. i feel out of place. one of the few that has the facts on this. well, but i generaly am the only pro-gunner in most places. Fullmetal makes some valid points, but, he forgets many others. also, the founding fathers supported the right to guns whole heartedly, they knew that disarming the populace is the first step to a dictatorship. nowhere else in the constitution is the right to a specific thing mentioned-the right to guns was that important to the men that made this great nation that they placed a very specific protection in the Constitution the police can't be everywhere. so people must be able to defend themselves from criminals. a gun acts to level the playing field between a thief and his intended victim. a criminal, in a world without guns, doesn't have to fear being shot by anyone but the police, and can rob and get away with it the majority of the time. they also don't have to worry about who has a gun, and who doesn't. when poeple can own or carry firearms, the thief cannot tell who is armed and who isn't, and that makes even the unarmed safer in the whole. for example, i read an interview with a Florida inmate on the topic of guns. when asked if the government should ban guns, he replied something along the lines of: "Ban guns, i'd love it, then i wouldn't have to worry about being shot at." another thing is that the criminal doesn't care if he breaks the law to rob a person, so why should they care if they are carrying an illegally purchased firearm. if you look at places such as england, australia, china, and many other countries where their gun rights are infringed upon, the crime rates are obnoxiously high. but look in comparison to states such as florida, texas, and many western states (not california) where gun laws are less restrictive, the crime rates are very low. take a look here for a while:http://www.nraila.org/ArmedCitizen/default.aspx (yes, it is from the nra, and is somewhat biased, but they are news stories) another reason i really support gun ownership is i do support hunting and target shooting. but don't get me wrong. i don't believe everyone should have a right to a gun, including a career criminal, felons, the mentally unstable, or others who pose a threat to society. i agree there should be background checks, they can protect us all from criminals to some degree. but i don't agree with anything else, not the wait periods (look at california, doesn't work), not bans, nothing that takes away a right can protect the citizen. |
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