Fear of Gun Control

[sick lids]

Zeus I fully respect all of your opinions and agree with many of them to a point but passing laws that punish or restrict law abiding people for crimes that others commit is nonsense. The idea that the government is going to have any control of guns in the very near future is laughable as technology will always out pace laws. For instance google "defence distributed" and tell me how they can stop that, it has gone world wide, and the tech for making these out of metal is already here just very expensive.

[zeus3925]

Zeus I fully respect all of your opinions and agree with many of them to a point but passing laws that punish or restrict law abiding people for crimes that others commit is nonsense. The idea that the government is going to have any control of guns in the very near future is laughable as technology will always out pace laws. For instance google "defence distributed" and tell me how they can stop that, it has gone world wide, and the tech for making these out of metal is already here just very expensive.

I don't see background checks or limited capacity magazines as punishing or a restriction on law abiders. However, I feel we should choke off the ability nuts and felons to obtain firearms without a background check.

If you have different ideas I'd like to hear them. If we don't get a handle on mass killings and gun violence, we will see the either the real or de facto repeal of the second amendment as the forces that want to abolish gun ownership will gain strength with every Columbine and Sandy Hook.

[HPL]

WOW, some of you people are insane!!! Really, the President? Would you say recent events of slaughter of innocent people might have anything to do with it. Good God man, if you honestly believe you will lose every gun you own before you are planted 6 feet in the ground I think I have a bridge for you to buy. Are you going to lose some of your guns? Yeah probably, as well you should. Are you going to lose them all? Not a chance.

There must be lots and lots of people on this forum who work in the media, because there is a whole lot of sensationalism going on. Don't be so afraid of the shadow you live in.

Tell me what purpose an assault rifle has in the hands of Joe American?

To begin with, let me say that I don't have any guns or ammo nor do I know anyone who does (shut up you idiots )

Now, why should law abiding gun owners lose possessions which they are legally entitled to own? Although I don't own one, I had the opportunity to fire an AR a few weeks ago and man that was FU-UH-UNNN!!! The part about Feinstein's bill that really scares me is that for the first time, they are enumerating what guns we CAN own. NOT the way I interpret "shall not be infringed". What manny people seem to believe is that the govt gives US citizens the right to own guns. That is not what the 2nd amendment says/. The second amendment says that owning guns is a right (like the other "rights enumerated in the "BILL OF RIGHTS") and that the government cannot legitimately deny us that right, Period.

As to the purpose of light, scary looking (to some folks) semi-auto long guns in the hands of hunters, well, they have become very popular in my area for shooting hogs from helicopters (we have a plague of feral hogs here and this is proving to be a viable management technique). Now, I can't say that there are a lot of folks doing that as it is not a poor-man's sport, but there are those who can afford it, and so that's one example. Considering the low recoil and small bullet, I suspect that they also have potential agains prairie dogs and other small game. Did I mention that they are really sweet to shoot?

[HPL]

If you have different ideas I'd like to hear them. If we don't get a handle on mass killings and gun violence, we will see the either the real or de facto repeal of the second amendment as the forces that want to abolish gun ownership will gain strength with every Columbine and Sandy Hook.

First, we don't need to get a handle on "mass shootings'. Statistically, they are almost non-existant and represent such a small hazard in the US as to make all the hoopla almost ludicrous. Gun violence is another matter, and unfortunately we can't really discuss that because it mostly occurs in poor (black) urban areas.

[Aaron Homburg]

Yes, our local gun shop which has insanely high prices cant keep rifles of any kind on the shelves.

Let's talk about the choice to go with a .22 pistol... I was about to pull the trigger on a GunX 209 primer gun. Why did you pick a 22 blank pistol?

Went with the .22 due to cost and I can use it for other things as well.
Well Meaning Thread Regards,

Aaron

[HPL]

Went with the .22 due to cost and I can use it for other things as well.
Well Meaning Thread Regards,

Aaron

Did kinda go rogue for a while there, didn't it?

[zeus3925]

First, we don't need to get a handle on "mass shootings'. Statistically, they are almost non-existant and represent such a small hazard in the US as to make all the hoopla almost ludicrous. Gun violence is another matter, and unfortunately we can't really discuss that because it mostly occurs in poor (black) urban areas.

I don't agree that gun violence is a black issue at all. I have seen gun violence in every type of cultural setting. Even so it is an issue of the destruction of human life. La Pierre is right about the cultural issues of gun violence. We are making the image as of the dude that carries heat as the mean Mother that rules the block. But, into this mix his answer is more guns. Don"t talk to you neighbor, fear him instead. Fear begets more fear and that translates into more sales for the manufacturers.

[HPL]

I don't agree that gun violence is a black issue at all. I have seen gun violence in every type of cultural setting. Even so it is an issue of the destruction of human life. La Pierre is right about the cultural issues of gun violence. We are making the image as of the dude that carries heat as the mean Mother that rules the block. But, into this mix his answer is more guns. Don"t talk to you neighbor, fear him instead. Fear begets more fear and that translates into more sales for the manufacturers.

I'm not saying that white folks don't use guns to commit violent acts, but everything I have read (no I don't have the references) seems to indicate that gun violence is a disproportionate problem in urban black settings. NO, it's NOT a genetic thing, it's not because their skin is black, but something about the culture of those populations appears to lead them to place a lower value on human life.

[huntinman]

I'm not saying that white folks don't use guns to commit violent acts, but everything I have read (no I don't have the references) seems to indicate that gun violence is a disproportionate problem in urban black settings. NO, it's NOT a genetic thing, it's not because their skin is black, but something about the culture of those populations appears to lead them to place a lower value on human life.

Drugs... And gangs. Chicago. Toughest gun control laws in the country... 500+ murders last year. More gun control laws there will not do squat.

[zeus3925]

If you excuse the metaphor here, there is no magic bullet. Total gun bans will not eliminate violence. On this most of us agree.

The culture has within it many streams that feed a river of violence. There are too many movies and video games feeding too many fatherless children false images of what manhood should look like. Add to that the desperation of urban poverty and flavor it with a mixture of drugs and you have a nasty soup. But, even kids growing up in suburbia are fed nonstop portrail of gun violence.