Are you considering backing gun control laws?
109123
We have the right to bear arms.Guns don't kill people.People kill people.What we need is psychopath control and "look at me I'm a bigshot cause I have a gun"control.
924998
I'd get a samurai sword.\n\nlol\n\nGun laws only affect law abiding citizens.\n\nCriminals aren't law abiding therefore, for the most part, gun laws don't affect them.\n\nGun laws only succeed in disarming the wrong people and giving the advantage to criminals.
270395
Isnt that frustrating?   Sometimes it feels like the laws are out to get the good honest citizens, instead of the criminals.  Unfortunately, the way things are going, what's going to happen first is the law abiding citizens giving up their guns.  There is little to be done, unless a very big change of attitude comes into play.  My personal theory is that we are way too many and something huge has to happen to the majority of us, so we can start with a cleaner slate.\nSorry, but know I feel your frustration.
705656
Joseph Stalin, Chairman Mao, Adolph Hitler, Pol Pot all loved gun control. It's easier to slaughter millions of your own people when they have no means to fight back.\n\nAnyone that supports gun control in the US is either a fool who has failed to learn from history or agrees with the tyrants listed above.
707773
Bound's hubby here:\n\nFirst, thank you for identifying upfront that this is a homework assignment!\n\nI believe that any person who is not a convicted felon has the right to possess guns (and ammunition) in their home. I was brought up around guns, and taught a healthy respect for them. I realize many people have not been brought up around guns, and may have a healthy fear of guns ...I respect this. \n\nThe decision to possess firearms in the home is a personal decision, plain and simple! A firearm in the home may serve one or many of multiple purposes: recreation (sport shooting), occupation (a tool of one's job), collection (a person's hobby), hunting (putting food on one's table), or defense (protecting one's loved ones and home). \n\nYes, I know in today's modern society most people do not "need" to hunt. For some, this is not a choice ... it supplements their income or its their choice to have leaner meats that are free of steriods which are not available at your local grocery store!\n\nI know it is an old cliche, but it is coming more to life every day ... when honest people no longer have guns, only criminals will have guns. With the increasing number of home invasions, often being perpetrated by members of the drug culture, a "911" call will not hold them at bay until the police arrive. In today's society, as much as in the past, the individual has a right and obligation to protect themselves and their loved ones!\n\nGood luck!
70906
It's not obsolete, but both major politcal parties would like to do away with certain freedoms.  \nRepublicans obviously are violating the 4th Amendment regarding illegal search & seizures.\nDemocrats would love to get rid of the 2nd Amendment, which guarantees a a citizen's right to bear arms ( firearms).
286182
Too many people today feel they have had to resort to either keeping a firearm in their home, on them personally or in their cars for fear they cannot protect themselves any other way.  It is sad because all too often innocent people are fatally wounded, children included.  And even sadder is that children are now the ones shooting up the schools.\n\nUnless you were to take away all the weapons and make man stand up for himself on his own merit without the use of weapons gun violence will always be a factor in our society.  Were adults not warned to keep their firearms in a safe, locked manner not accessible to children?  It didn't help because people think it won't happen to them...and it does.\n\nGuns are as common in Tx here as are cattle and oil and believe me, unless society itself makes the changes as a whole and communities band together once again as they once did...we are fighting a losing battle and that is such a shame!
902908
Why do you want a gun? Don't you think it's about time that guns shouldn't be allowed. NRA are serial killers and their place is in jail!!!!!!!!
280486
I firmly believe that common citizens should retain our right to firearms.  However, I also believe in waiting periods, background checks and law enforcement when it comes to weapons.  There is no need for civilians to have assault weapons, so I think limiting it to pistols, rifles, shotguns, etc. would be fine.  More gun safety education is needed.  I come from a hunting family and we had to have firearm safety before we could ever hold a gun.  There were always guns kept in our house, never locked and the ammo was nearby but my younger brother and I knew not to touch them and all of the safety precautions to use when we did touch them because that was what we were taught from a young age.  Education is the key to EVERYTHING.  \n\nFR
829815
I'm a police officer, and I am all for law-abiding citizens owning guns, on one condition: If you're gonna have a gun, learn how to use it. If you don't learn how to use your gun, don't practice with it regularly, don't keep it clean and operational, then it will be more of a danger than a protection.\n\nAny person who is considering gun ownership should take a firearms safety course, which are offered by many different organizations, including many police departments. It's also important to practice with a firearm regularly, because, as with any other skill, if you don't use it, you lose it. Having a gun does no good if you can't hit what you're aiming at. Equally important is proper care and maintenance of the gun, which really just comes down to periodic cleaning and oiling. And of course, if you're going to have a gun, just make sure you follow all the local guidelines to ensure that you have all the necessary permits.\n\nIf a law-abiding citizen learns gun safety, practices with their gun, and keeps it in good working order, than I have absolutely no problem at all with them having a gun. In fact, I've seen more than one life saved because the "victim" had a gun and knew how to use it.
221176
I somehow dont think this would be a very good idea, there is way too much hostility and road rage in the U.S that if one angers too much he will have his gun readily at hand.
109290
http://www.keepandbeararms.com/downloads/GunFacts_v3.2.pdf is Gun Facts 3.2.  It answers alot of questions about gun control  and why it does not work.
891071
I'm for background checks, waiting periods, and against certain types of guns (ie assault rifles), but as long as you're not a criminal or insane, I've got no problems with people owning guns.
766631
Hopefully they have learned:\n\n"The fights I fought... cost a lot - the fight for the assault-weapons ban cost 20 members their seats in Congress.  The NRA is the reason the Republicans control the House." - President Bill Clinton, Cleveland Plain-Dealer, January 14, 1995\n\nVery few of the newly elected Democrats support gun control.  The old guard does and control the committee assignments.  But the prospects for anything beyond studies is lower than you might think.\n\nNow, 2008 is a different game...
621264
No, I wouldnt.  Because criminals would still have guns, only the law abiding people would turn their guns in.  Then think about this ... if you were a criminal would you prefer your victims to be armed or unarmed?  Unarmed of course, but with the second amendment criminals know there's a good chance that their victims can shoot back at them.\n\nAustralia enacted strict gun control measures in the '90s and afterward they saw their crime soar.  A recent study by Hollands Leiden University on crime rates in industrialized nations found that Australia is now the most dangerous nation in the industrialized world.  The US didnt even make the "top 10" list, and I presume that's because of the second amendment.
71126
Your facts are true.  The criminals will get guns whether they are legal or not.  We have a right under the constitution to bear arms. Period.
565467
Short answer: NO!\n\nIn this country (America) we have a beautiful constitution. This constitution gives us immense inalienable rights. Rights no one can take away from us. One of those rights is the 2nd Ammendmant right, the Right to bear arms! We have the fundamental right in this country to own guns to protect our country, our family, our neighbors, and ourselves. Banning guns would violate the document that has ensured and protected our freedoms for centuries. \n\nMore importantly if you ban guns the only people left with guns would be criminals and the military. And criminals on a daily basis have more access to my house, my street, and banks than the military does. Banning guns would make criminals more deadly.\n\nIn the famous words of Charleton Heston speaking at an NRA meeting, "The only way you'll remove my gun is to pry it from my cold dead hands."\n\nhope this helps.