19th April 2007, 2:25 PM
Sacred Jellybean Wrote:As already discussed, there are a few problems with gun laws. They take guns out of the hands of common citizens in an attempt to stem it from a source that does not obey the law to begin with. Given our culture and history, and the black market's ability resources, it would take a LOT to really stem gun possession, just from the years we'd have to spend confiscating and restricting all guns from common citizens. Gun control is necessary, but a completely illegal status just isn't practical.
Nor is it possible, as that would be a blatant disregard for the Second Amendment. "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." I'm a hunter, as was my grandfather and father before me. Not only that, but my father has been involved in the sport of practical shooting for longer than I've been around. I've been around guns all my life, and they are not simply the machines of death that they are made out to be. A person with a gun is as like to kill someone with it as if they had a knife, pipe bomb, or baseball bat.
Guns are just as bad (or good) as the people who pull their triggers.
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