Guns....Yes or No?

greatceasarsghost

of course. the average response time for police is around 7 minutes. if your life is threatened, youll be dead in 7 minutes. but not if your carrying a gun. we cant depend on the police to protect us, because they simply cannot. we have to protect each other and ourselves. if crooks and killers are going to carry guns (and they will regardless of the legality) then we must also. if everyone in a particular city carryed a gun all the time, i bet crooks and killers would think twice, eh.

booman17

Yes, of course. It is protected in our constitution as well.

Yes, they should. Everyone should learn how to use a gun, so next time some ingenious burglar tries to break in, he has a 99% chance of finding someone that knows how to defend themselves with their own gun. That will stop a lot of crime right there.

Mindbender

Every law-abiding U.S. Citizen should be required to own a gun and should be part of the "well-regulated militia". Furthermore, every Citizen should be trained in self defense and should be trained to use the guns they own. I think that would be a better crime deterrent than crooked cops and lack of enforcement.

Philly Iggles

A definite yes. You just have to be careful who you give them to, no wackos like cho sung hui or whatever his name is. Its in the constitution so it shouldn't even be a debate.

clilcciara

yea it for protection

Veritas

Yes, it is a right guaranteed by the Constitution. How are citizens supposed to protect themselves? The police show up after the crime....not while you are being attacked. Ultimately, it's up to you to defend yourself, your home and your family.

What we need is strict enforcement of the law, not a ban on guns. Responsible citizens should not be punished and denied their rights because of the irresponsible actions of criminals.

WHY ME

just ask the families of the people who was murdered on the aircraft on 9-11..

Trevor S

I like guns and I think we should all have one or two. A small handgun and a good shotgun is a nice little combination.

jabberback51

YES!t is our ight to own and bear arms.

ames3pack

yes. i do ..its our right too bare arms

DennistheMenace

sure......

Vindicatedfather

I million % YEs.. I own a gun.. If this country is going to hell in a hand basket.. I want to be armed.

Do we need to be more careful with guns? Yes.. If someone uses a gun in a crime, they should be put away for life without the chance for parole.

Zero tolerance for guns being used to committ a crime.

jake d

yes

trigunmarksman

yea, dont know why the person needs to be licensed or the gun needs to be registered though.

mummy_of_an_angel

yes

GOD BLESS AMERICA/ANTI LIB

Did you know that there is something called the second admendment, guarantees the right to bear arms. Don't listen to liberal communist. Just take the guns away from the mental sickos!

m d

Yes, I am for the second amendment!

And yes I'm for gun control, use both hands!

Seriously though, licenses and a class on weapon safety and you can own any weapon you like, that's my opinion.

Let's face it, you can take guns outta the law biding citizens but you'll never take guns away from the criminals, so I would rather have my gun too stop them from using their gun!

infiniti77

Yes. The one deterrent against a totalitarian government is a population that is armed. Our founding fathers knew this and as such made certain it was addressed in our constitution.

dans94

Yes I do. I also think as many people as possible should carry guns every day. Of course they have to have a fully functioning brain and the courage and conviction to use it as needed. (the gun, that is)

rak6541

of course i own 76 of them and have a concealed carry permit. if you outlaw guns only the criminals will have them. look at England and Australia.....

Kris L

I agree with you ... but we are not 'most people' in the U.S., and there are 'laws' that prevent us from 'carrying a gun' on the street regularly, in most cases ... which is 'sad' because if MORE people carried guns regularly, there would be FEWER 'mass murders' like the one at Virginia Tech. Yes, the KILLER used guns ... but the people who got killed didn't have access to them, and if they had, the 'killer' would have been shot much earlier than when he was shot (because he shot himself).

christigmc

I think people should be allowed to own guns but I think there should also be tougher gun laws. We don't just need to keep guns out of the wrong hands, we also need to make sure there are enough guns in the right hands.

A Landers

It should be mandatory that everyone carry a fully visible gun.

That way if a wacco starts beating up a little old lady, someone will shoot the bum. This will put an end street crime.

Agree?

Stevie

Well, of course! If a person can legally fulfill state firearms licensing requirements and follow through with required registration requirements, there is no reason why they would be denied legal ownership. I find this to be a rather odd question. Perhaps the questioner thinks that some folks simply oppose the very idea of firearms ownership. I would suggest that such an assumptions are an egregious, but I suppose honest, mistake! Blessings...

Devil Doc

Besides it being our right. I think people should be able to thats why they are registered but i think people should have to take some kind of class on guns just like they do cars to drive.

QueenLori

Hmm, some states (like FL) don't like certain people to have guns - for example: we have a charge called "PFCF" which means 'possession of a firearm by a convicted felon'. FL does not want felons to have guns and if they commit a crime and use a gun or are found in actual or constructive possession of a firearm, they get in big trouble. And people with mental issue, don't think they should have guns either as they are unstable.

If a person has a license and the gun is registered, then obviously it's okay for the 'system' that this person has a gun and owns it.

Your question is better applicable if you want to consider who cannot currently have guns and why.

no longer a user

Me personally? I don't think a person should have a gun just to have it. When a person goes to get a gun and license, it's a matter of paperwork, no psychological testing so how in the world can the seller know if the person intends to use it to do harm to another? Noone can know that but the buyer, so saying to just not give it to crazies is like saying not to sell miniskirts to fat girls over the internet, there's just no way to know! The news is blazing with horror stories about what happens with guns in the home and it's too dangerous. Why take the risk? A risk like a child getting ahold of it and taking it to school, we all watch the news...we know it CAN happen. It's such a touchy subject that people can argue it forever, and they will. This subject will always start fights in bars, arguments at card games, and deaths at schools. It's just ridiculous. Leave the weapons to cops, military and those trained to use them properly. GIve it to some random Joe Schmo and he could drink too much one night and fulfill some lame personal vendetta. I just think people should leave this one alone.

48Special

No! I don't agree with guns at all, maybe except for hunting game!!!!

Wright F

Generally, I'd agree. Particularly when we're talking about hunting guns and such, and when you're on your own land.

There have got to be limits though--for example, I don't think a guy should be allowed to take his loaded semi-automatic assault rifle with him to a presidential debate. The line is tricky. Airplanes? No. Really crowded places? There's a big risk of accidents. Urban areas like the metro? Now we're just about at the fuzzy borderline with me.

Who knows? I'd lean towards allowing guns if the area passed laws allowing them and banning them if the area passed laws banning them. Unfortunately, our Constitution doesn't see it the same way...

I was Thinking

Of course freedom is American!
and kill anyone with it, of course, (isn't that the purpose of guns?)
but they should also be free to do drugs, shouldn't they.
Free to marry someone you love?
Free to take a trip to Cuba?

America, Almost free

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