what do you think about gun control?
359233
gun control is using both hands!\n\nseriously though, I see no problem with a waiting period. I think guns should be registered, and I think parents should be held accountable if their gun ends up in their child's hands. The laws we have are good laws, they are just not enforced enough. New laws won't help if we can't enforce the old ones.
22621
Well this is a very debatable question. But I would argue that allowing humans to own handguns, even in order to protect themselves will lead to far more shooting and killing than without. The US are a good example of this. I quite believe Canada to be a country where it is pleasant to live, but to my mind such a ban would drastically increase the "level of civilization" there. Just my opinion though :)
329216
What good is that going to do.  The criminals will just steal them.  \n\nIt's like gun regulation.  It makes it harder for law abiding citizens to get guns, but the criminals have no problem at all.  They just acquire the guns illegally.\n\nThis is the problem with the entire anti-gun lobby.  I person who is willing to use a gun in a crime is more then willing to acquire a gun in some illicit manner.  Meanwhile, i law abiding citizen who might need a gun for defense has to jump through hoops.\n\nAnd no I am not an NRA member and I don't own a gun.\n\n"Guns don't kill people, criminals with guns kill people."
113483
Gun control is the ability to shoot a fly off a cows backside from 100 yards with out hurting the cow!
1121328
It depends:(I did)\n\nDo you understand gun safety?\nDo you understand the seriousness of owning a gun?\nAre you a responsible individual and understand that firearms are not toys?\nIf you understand that firearms are not toys, can you stick to that?\nFor what reason do you want one?
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.
736449
I'M  WITH YOU.\n\nAll these security measures that have been implemented to give us  "security" will one day be used to regulate and control us.\n\nDear old Benjamin Franklin once said, "Those who would surrender freedom for security deserve neither."\n\nThink about it. If a government or people in the background that influence a government was/were afraid the people may one day get fed up with them and stage a revolt what measures would they put into effect to prevent that?\n\n1) control their ability to move around quickly.  \nAirport security, travel records of buses and trains.   ID's.   There was even talk of a (GASP) NATIONAL ID!\n\n2) track all large money deposits.\nRequire banks to report anything larger than $5,000.  It would take money to stage a rebellion so tracking it would warn the government who is moving money where. They just get a warrant to search your property and find the tools of a revolt and lock you  up before you can do anything to get rid of the abusive bastards.\n\n3) Squash them like a bug. \nUse the military act to lock up suspected terrorists with NO trial and they NEVER see a lawyer.\n\nDo you realize that with the passage of the most recent law, the government can designate anyone (you) as a terrorist and lock them up forever?\n\n4) Use issues that will divide the people.\nThat will prevent them from working too closely together.  Abortion, gay rights, health care, and now the Iraq mess. That should hit about 95% of the population shouldn't it? Get them fighting, arguing amongst themselves so they don't concentrate on what is really happening in the background....\n\n5) Use cameras.\nSo we can watch who goes where and catch anyone talking against the beloved people in power.\n\n6) Pretend we don't mind if they have guns to defend themselves, but slowly learn who has them so they can be collected one day.\n\nGee does any of that sound familiar?\nIn the last five years all of that has been put into place. More regulation than in the whole 200+ years since this country declared independence.\n\nAmericans are about to be subjugated and they are too complacent to know it.
761860
Agree.  Criminials like for their victims to be unarmed.  The only thing a gun law ever did was cause crime rates to go up, because criminals are no longer afraid they might get shot.
1130269
We should be able to keep our guns. we need them to protect ourselves from crimanals and the government
810049
My definition of gun control is to stop Hillary and the other liberals from altering the Second Amendment.\n\nIn our research we should both find that it's from the left that the most stringent (infringement) controls arise.
333379
That's why if I go to the doctor I have my sidearm.  Nah who am I kidding I don't go to the doctor.\n\nI think we should call for doctor control.Doctors:(A) The number of doctors in the U.S. is 700,000(B) Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year are 120,000(C) Accidental deaths per physician is 17.14%(Statistics courtesy of the U.S.Dept of Health & Human Services)\n\nGuns:\n\n(A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000 (yes that's80 million)(B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is1,500(C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is 0.001875%(Statistics courtesy of the FBI) Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous thangun owners. Guns don't kill people, doctors do. Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must ban doctors before this gets completelyout of hand!!!\n\nFACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR.\n\nOut of concern for the public at large, I have withheld statistics onlawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical attention.
213496
Of course I support our second ammendment right.  For those who think it's not needed anymore maybe they should ask the thousands of civilians who's lives are saved simply because they own a weapon.  I have a right to protect me and my family and will do so at all costs.  If we take guns out of those who abide by the law and purchase them legally we are only leaving them in the hands of the criminals. Because I guarantee that crack dealer down the street didn't fill out the paperwork for that 9mm he has in his belt.
968556
The pro is that it gives us the right to own firearms. I don't know any cons.
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.
57371
Gun control is very strict.  I lived there for 17 years and never saw a gun for sale except in the hunting section of sporting goods stores.  Drive-by and random shootings are virtually unknown there.
522875
God, Guns, and Guts made this Country great. Remember the West wasn't won with a registered gun. Also it is better to be tried by twelve than carried by six. Gun control is being able to hit your target. Peace thru superior firepower.
151393
I also support mandatory gun ownership.  Everyone in the U.S. should be encouraged to own, master and care for their privately owned firearms.  Bad guys would think twice about victimizing law abiding folks.  People would learn to accept some responsibility for their own safety, and feel a sense of liberty from knowing that they are truly free.\n\nBenjamin Franklin said that any person who is willing to sacrifice liberty for security is entitled to neither.  Let's remember the lessons of our Founding Fathers.