Anyone who isn't a Conservative Republican is a Liberal, Red. The sooner you accept that, the easier it will be to engage in dialogue here.
remember Columbine? Va Tech? both places are heavily restricted gun areas. as in you can't have a gun there. yet some kooks managed to get in and mow down quite a few people. now can someone tell me the last time a kook attempted some sh!t like that at an NRA convention? what about at a military training complex? a gun show and knife show? no? why not? could it be because the simple thought that the guy you're about to phuck with is just as well armed as you is at least a little bit of a deterrent? as oppossed to a school full of unarmed people. Why do you think them ragheads went the plane hijacking route? prolly because not a swingin' dick on that plane had any weapon to slow them down. They dam sure wasn't interested in the NYC subway. Most of the people down there were probably packin' and would have sawed them phuckers in half if they tried any crazy stuff.
What we need to do is enforce the laws currently on the books. Put the criminals in jail, there is no need to restrict the rights of law abiding citizens.
The right to do what? Registration and licensing restricts no legitimate use of firearms by a citizen. Every criminal was a law-abiding citizen right up until he committed that first crime. Nowadays even petty thefts are armed robberies, it is so easy for a felon or a lunatic or a kid to get a pistol.
I am not a gun owner, probably never will be. (Salty and other Team KATTers' first hand knowledge of my...notable hand-eye coordination means that this is probably for the best). I am with Mastermind in supporting the idea of an assault weapons ban, but that it will likely be ineffective against criminal gangs ability to acquire these weapons. I do not agree with most gun control laws that have been proposed because I believe it is a fundamental right of this countries citizens to own and use weapons for sport hunting, shooting, and personal defense, even if it is a right i choose not to exercise.
