Seriously, why will America not ban guns?

rugbycrazyplayer

Surely less guns means less availability of firearms to nutters. Ban Guns in the US, have an amnesty to hand them all in.

We are not living in the Wild West anymore.

Im English by the way.

Mr Sceptic

In the year 2004/05.

England & Wales (severe restrictions on owning guns) - 73 firearms homicides.

USA (right to bear arms) - about 15 000 firearms homicides

You can keep your constitutional rights.

mark_gg_daniels

I think that american culture is so very violent. They have 11000 gun deaths a year!! Britain has about 80. Even taking population into account, Americas gun deaths are about 40 times more!!!!

I also think the governments commitment to violence (death penalty, legal gun ownership, war in Iraq) means people feel that being violent is more 'normal'

I really think its time america changed the constitution to ban gun ownership, because they have an epidemic of gun deaths.

If that happened in Britain, theres no way we would tolerate it.

iain

It is the "American way of Life" it has already been voted and passed
in Congress, but you could send an e-mail to Charlton Heston who
is the President of the NRA (National Rifle Association) or, send
and e-mail to the webmaster of the NRA, it is easy to find either
in Yahoo or Google search.

Whoosh

I'm not so sure the so 2nd Amendment has anything to do with God given rights as previously stated, more a bunch of people trying to ensure the balance of power in a fledgling society. Not to sure that that is relevant today, if it was people of the USA should turn their guns on their Government to try and wrest some of the balance of power back from the shady business men funding and unduly influencing Government.

Also gun crime is probably higher in New York and LA due to the population density and the greater disparity of have and have nots that this creates.

Let just hope that when the floor creaks outside your bedroom and you whip out your gun, shoot first and ask questions later, it wasn't one of your kids going to the bathroom.

angelo26

No point it is not the legally held guns that is the problem.Its the guns in the wrong hands that you should be concerned about.

Kharm

Too many people who like guns. It makes them feel better, even if they can't use it. And there are some people that just feel better blowing stuff up and shooting things. My husband is like that. I personally wouldn't really mind guns being banned.

Cyber Spacer

I have a shotgun under my pillow.. So whoever wants to come rob my house, is welcome. I'll just blow thier brains out. I have nothing against you not having a gun. You don't live in America, so why are you so concerned about our gun laws? Get a life.

fat_american

Because it won't fix the problem, it will probably only make it worse.

Zoe

cause that will only make the wackos crazier and then they will stock up their guns and hide them from the government

Judge Dredd

Its our 2nd amendement right, thats why.

patti duke

Someone here is stealing quotes from Charlton Heston however he said cold dead hands, not fingers.

Crystal P

The second amendment.

Proud to be an AMERICAN

We have rights which we feel are important. That's one of them.

Most countries which banned arms went on to ban other civil liberties. Do you want those banned too?

coragryph

America cannot nationally ban guns (at the federal level) because of the protections of the 2nd Amendment.

But since the 2nd Amendment only limits federal regulations, each of the individual states can change its own laws, if it chooses.

The bottom line is that most people in the country don't think that making guns illegal will help, or they oppose the concept on principle. So, given what most people want, since the Constitution doesn't mandate gun regulation, people get to own guns.

If you want a different result, get the laws in your state changed.

Goose&Tonic

1) It is our Constitutional right to bear arms so that we may revolt against the government when it insists on taking away too many of our rights.

2) Whether or not you "ban" guns the criminals will ALWAYS have them... they are CRIMINALS for a reason.

3) Why should reasonable, law-abiding people have to give up their sense of safety and self-protection because of those who choose to break the laws?

Additional details:

Yes, I have a gun on my person AND in the nightstand at all times. This is my right. That way, when some idiot decides my home is the right one to invade, I'll shoot him on sight and ask questions later.

Yes, I feel that I am safer for having guns on my person and in my home.

I realize that not all crimes take place with illegal guns however, most of the serious gang-related crime (drugs, drive-bys, execution-style murders, random streete crime) IS done by illegal weapons. What is it about criminals that makes you think they're going to register their weapons? The entire point is that they operate BENEATH (or above, depending on your POV) the law.

Would you rather fly on a plane full of Muslims with the pilot being armed or unarmed? Would you rather have your child in a school where the teachers might have guns and be trained in using them? Would you rather KNOW that no one in your neighborhood could prevent an attack or invasion because they don't have guns?

Personally, I want MORE law-abiding citizens to carry concealed weapons. If criminals are never sure which granny has a Smith & Wesson on her, they are less likely to attack ANY granny.

sashtou

Seriously ~ they have the RIGHT to 'life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and the right to shoot anyone and everyone and thus stay happy' (and hang both the costs and who pays).

Sash.

researcher

Yeah!!! When will they learn? How many more innocent school children have to die before they realise that violence begets violence? It must be terrible to have to go to sleep with a gun under your pillow. If it"s not there it"s not worth owning one. I suppose that if everyone owns one you have to join the club. Then again there is the gun lobby and all their friends in the armament business, big, big money.

Cassafrass

Banning guns only stops responsible people from having them. If someone wants to do something illegal with a gun chances are the gun itself was obtained illegally.
Besides, I'm not giving up one single gun that I own. I need them all.

Sinner Man

Because its my right

goliathntime

It doesn't need to, so why should it?

rightwingers

Seriously it is a right protected by the Second Amendment, it is a god given right to own a firearm and it does make you safer but that is not the entire reason that you have the right to own a firearm. The primary reason it was put in place was to give a balance of power to the citizenry to the government. When governments are about to make a move towards tyranny, the first move is to conficate guns from citizens. The people of Zimbewe recently had their guns confiscated using the same terminolgy the left uses when trying to ban guns in the USA. After the confiscation thousands of homes were destroyed and thousands killed.

The violent crime rate in non gun owning countries is much higher than in the USA. The opposite has been reported for years and has been taken as fact but it is an absolute lie. The only country in Europe with a lower crime rate is Spain.

As far as using my gun to protect myself I hardly have to run home to get it, I have a Glock 17C strapped on right now. Most states have concealed carry laws which allow private citizens to carry their guns most places. Curiously enough the crime rate seems to go down when these laws are introduced and the blood running oin the streests never materializes.

If you do not like guns I suggest that you do not buy one but it is very dangerous to try to take ours. The only thing that good that ever came from gun control is the republican majority. Feel free to graze the grass with the rest of the sheep.

DiamondDave

you must always refer to this when someone brings up the gun banning argument.... they whine and complain when people are killed by guns.....

so I bring you an old quote by Archie bunker on 'All in the Family'

The classic line on this was Archie Bunker's response to his daughter when she lamented the number of people killed by handguns: "Would you feel better if they was pushed out of windows, little girl?"

If we rid the law abiding of the ability to protect themselves.... we will not get the weaponry out of the criminals hands.... this only puts the criminals at an advantage.....

Tallboy

Still a bunch of cowboys but subserviant to the mighty dollar. Too much money in guns to ban them.

kimberly0627

You can have my guns when you pry them from my cold dead fingers. I have the right to bear arms.

hichefheidi

Because we believe in the constitution, and in this day in age, we should ALL be afraid of our government...

kevin T

Primariliy its against our constitutional rights. Secondly, it would never be voted out of the constitution. Before that would happen, how can you ban every other countries from having guns and bringing them into the country That wold be an impossible task to gather all theguns from people int he US.

mr_zot

the answer you be looking is that guns arent banned because it has to do with your socail contract with the goverment. it is to protect you when the goverment goes against your human rights or constitution. if you think about it what stops a goverment from going against its people. therefore the law is placed there so that if a govermant oneday decided to harm your human rights one could defend themselves.

knmardix

Its called the constitution baby!!

Redeemer

Because I have the right to protect myself, Criminals love gun free zones because they know that nobody will stop them. If somebody walks into a classroom and starts shooting at anything that moves, who is the government to tell me that I do not have the right to defend myself. Reflect on this, why are there no massacres at shooting ranges or gun show? Because you cant even pull out a gun before you get shot down Switzerland is a heavily armed country with very little violent crime. It is the people that kill people. Not Guns. Ultimately it is my right as an American, all gun control is complete BS. Lastly our Founding Fathers wanted us to be armed, so we could overthrow our gov if it abused it power and us the People. It works best for everyone and the country when the Gov fears the people not the other way around.

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