What does GUN CONTROL mean to you???
356617
Government trying to subjugate the populace
1054800
If the pro gun people think that the right to be armed shall not be infringed, why then do they think that criminals should be disarmed??? Seems like what they're really saying is that only THEIR rights should not be infringed!
299935
Your question is a little hard to read but I'll give it a try. \n\nI own several firearms and have a license to carry a concealed firearm on my person. I took the training and got the license because there are bad people in the world today. I know from experience that there are folks who would shoot me or my family, steal our money and possessions and not have a problem doing it.\n\nI won't sit by and allow myself or my family to be a victim for some low life who chooses to steal rather than work for a living like the rest of us. The Police are not able to protect us anymore. Criminals have more rights than the rest of us and they know how to play the system. Maybe if more criminals were shot before they were able to complete their crime, they would think twice before doing something.\n\nI also believe with terrorism on the rise, that Americans have an obligation to arm themselves and be prepared to defend  this country against foreign terrorists if need be. \n\nWho knows, Sept. 11th possibly could have been avoided if the people on-board the airplanes could have shot the hi-jackers before they crashed the planes.
177781
What do you mean?????
366765
Guns need to be sold to responsible people.  I know all about the 2nd Amendment, but there's nothing in it saying you don't have to have a background check.
11853
All of them.  Every state has some kind of law which regulates the possession or purchase of a weapon.  Some states are just more strict than others.
1112782
The UN ban gun ownership in America? You're kidding right? They can't make laws for America. Hell they can't do much of anything. Give me a break, UN banning gun ownership. LOL
221069
For what? On guns or something else? Have to be a bit more detailed next time.
1097324
Here are the 2 viewpoints as I see them...\n\nAdvantage - Fewer weapons will eventually lead to fewer deaths by the weapon.  Far too many people die every year due to accidental shootings.  The rules for who is able to get a firearm are far too easy in most states, but until there is a change in the 2nd Ammendment, citizens will have the right to own them.\n\nDisadvantage - Gun Control laws are often in direct violation of the 2nd Ammendment.  Secondly, stericter enforcement of Gun Control laws will only hurt the average citizen.  Criminals will be able to get guns because they are criminals and have no problem with breaking the law so it ould be the law-abbiding citizens that are left unable to protect themselves from those criminals that have t he firearms.
353711
Guns don't kill people. People kill people.\n\nOur Founding Fathers gave us the right to bear arms.\n\nWhile I myself do own a gun, it is still our right to own one.
943558
No, it would just be like prohibition. Everyone who wanted them would own guns, anyway. I work with a bunch of gun-lovers (cops) and they would never relinquish their guns, even if it meant breaking the law. Of course, this will never happen, anyway.
196765
A thesis paper on gun control is basically your opinion on guns and who should own them and under what circumstances.  but be ready to support your opinions VERY strongly.  good luck!
246643
Bottom line....an armed public are citizens,an unarmed public are subjects.If that's too deep for you,check out a little history.In everycase,gun control,or outright confiscation preceeded a totalitarian government.
396034
Just because I'm in high school people (especially on this site) think I don't know anything about these kind of issues. I known alot about guns(I'm on several youth marksmanship programs, along with the NRA) and am aware of the affects of guns yet I'm a huge gun enthusist because believe it or not, not all gun oweners are crazy assassins. I don't see why people especially congressmen have a hard time seeing why people might find an assault rifle or military rifle fun? Any way, most criminals and gangsters usually have records making their guns illegal as it is. So banning guns won't effect them at all, just hurt law abiding citizens. \n*** my point- do you want to live in a country/world where the only people with guns are criminals leaving you to defend yourself with sticks and stones.\n\np.s. gun lovers have a duty to stand up to the anti-gun lawmakers, because allowing them to chip away at the 2nd amendment little by little(i.e. assault rifles and .50cals) will eventually lead to the 2nd amendment saying I have the right to bear .22 rifles.
377207
It is a FEDERAL gun control law...applicable to all states and territories.
1030602
i don't own a gun.....  and don't want one...  but i respect the right for any citizen to own one if he or she wants to!!!!!
555001
SECTION 22. RIGHT TO ARMS Subject only to the police power, the right of the individual citizen to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. http://www.ilga.gov/commission/lrb/con1.htm\n\nSection 22 means that citizens have the right to own guns but that right is not absoulte (i.e., they can't own any type of gun or do anything they want with it) because the right is limited by the state's "police powers".  Police powers include licensing, inspection, zoning, safety regulations (which cover a lot of territory), quarantines, and working conditions as well as law enforcement. In short, police powers are the basis of a host of state regulatory statutes.