Should guns be illegal?

Dewhitewolf

NO. Banning guns will only prevent them from getting into the hands of private citizens. Criminals and terrorists will still get a hold of them.

The ability to defend oneself against criminal attack is a God given right.

"No free man shall be denied the use of arms in his own land."--Thomas Jefferson

"Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for lunch; liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting that vote." --Benjamin Franklin

Bill

It's a constitution right like free speech

kojava

Black Sabbath

Stalin and Hitler thought so, and look where the people who disagreed with them ended up.

BeautifulDevil

No. It is not the guns that are dangerous, but the people weilding them. Even a wrench can be dangerous in the wrong hands, but that does not mean that wrench's should be illegal.

riderbluegreen

NO!

Erica L

No. Even if guns were illegal the criminals would still have them. It would be like taking candy from a baby for them.

Dino4747

The first problem you have is enforcement. Will criminals be first in line to give up their firearms? I seriously doubt it. Our problem is not the guns, it is the violent people who get (usually illegally) them. Legal firearms in the hands of law abiding citizens allow us to defend ourselves from violent people, who often run in gangs and are able to do whatever they please except the fact that we do have our firearms. I have a concealed weapon permit and own 40 handguns ---I have never used them in any illegal activity. Guns are NOT the issue --violent people are.

yankee_blondie

No. Guns don't kill people, people kill people. They are needed for self defense and militant purposes. Even if they were declared illegal, it could never be enforced. Note when alcohol was briefly illegal in the USA some years ago, people just made speakeasy's and kept drinking.

kevin T

no, it is every person right to own arms as each desires. It is a way that some individuals survive in procuring food for their families and is a sporting event. Not only can they be used for protection, since society/judges is becoming soo complacent in protecting violent offenders, it only makes since that citizens protect themselves.

fr_chuck

In the US, they can't be since it is a constitutional right to own them

Oobily Ghepp

The government does not want the people to have weapons. If we are unarmed, we are conquerable. Can you imagine that, if the government goes too far and the people would revolt. We, the People would have to resort to terrorism a second time (the American Revolution was the first)

Super Shiraz

yeah. lets take them out of the hands of law abiding citizens so liberla crimnals can rob them with out fear of retaliation or of self defense

USMCstingray

if you make guns illegal...Only criminals will have guns.
But our beloved government is slowly trying to do exactly that. They have been on a campaign to take away our guns for decades now. The constitution guaranteed us the right to keep and bare arms, but they have changed that to mean exactly the opposite of what our founding fathers had intended. They added the 2nd amendment to assure us that we would be as well armed as our government. for the purpose that if our government didn't' do what we wanted then we could take over AGAIN and force them to. Well we can't do that if the government is better armed than we are...or we are not armed at all. And that is exactly what the government is doing. They have taught us that guns are bad. And somehow evil. That guns kill people. Well.... Guns don't do anything that they are not told to do. They are simply a tool... Like a knife, a bat, an ax, a hammer, or a car. More people are killed by cars every year than have been killed by guns all together. Yet we are taught guns are bad. In fact more people are killed each year by DOCTORS than by guns. And I'm not talking just a couple more. I'm talking thousands more.
Guns are our only hope in staying a free country. If you don't believe that then just ask anyone that was in Poland, or Europe in the early 30s. In 1935 Hitler made it illegal to possess a gun. He disarmed the Europe in a campaign to take over. Once he knew his populace was unarmed then he knew he could take over. Which is exactly what he did. Ever wonder why he never attacked Switzerland? Switzerland was laden with riches, but he left them alone. Why....Cause by law ever Swiss citizen is required to maintain a fully automatic weapon and know how to use it. Hitler would have lost that campaign hands down. He knew that. That is why he was not able to take over Switzerland. He did have a successful campaign to disarm the rest of Europe though. He convinced them that guns were bad, and told them that they would be safer if no guns were allowed. He was successful in fooling them that only criminals had guns. Too bad we did not learn from our past.
Here is my final question for you. Why is it that the states with the most gun laws are the states with the most crime?... The states with the fewest gun laws are the states with the lowest crime. That is a fact. CA has the most gun laws and the highest crime.... VT has the fewest laws and the lowest crime.... Doesn't anyone see the correlation?
But our government is successfully disarming it's populace slowly but surely. Soon it will be illeagle to own any guns, and soon after that we will all be overrun. They have already started. They have made it illeagle for certain people to possess guns, and certain guns are illeagle. And they will continue to add to that list. until none of us has any.
When a government fears it's people you have freedom....
When the people fear the government you have tyranny (slavery).

Albannach

....and you want the government to be the only ones with guns?

bondsman022

No!!!.. I live in Jersey and we have very strict gun laws here. Now if you go to P.A that's next to Jersey, it's very easy to get a permit there. There crime rate is a tenth of Jersey. I hope this helps you figure it out.

sikn_shadow_420

i don't care if my gun is legal or illegal cause i'm packin' it anyways.......

i'm not gonna use it to harm innocent people, but i will shoot if i think the situation requires such actions.

Your Best Fiend

Were it possible, then yes they should be illegal. But, it is not possible for a variety of reasons. The best defense is education about the uses and effects of their usage.

carpediem

No, I think a person should be able to own guns for hunting and self protection at home. What I'm against are assault weapons and putting weapons back in the hands of convicted felons. Most people are responsible gun owners. And not all LIBERALS are against guns contrary to other statements made here.

lt_trucking

You want my Opinion!!
I want to be able to exercise my right given to me in the second admendment of the constution. THE RIGHT TO BARE ARMS
I have been around guns all my life and Yes when used improperly they are very dangerous. But it is the Bullet and the person behind the gun that is dangerous not the gun its self..
And for any of you that think Guns should be illegal, I despise you! and you can go F**K yourself and stay out of my buisness. If you dont like guns dont own one. But dont take away my rights, I am not a crimnal, I dont go killing people. I am a hard working american who defends my rights and believes that people need to mind their own affairs and not worry about if I have a gun or not. And Yes I do own multipul fire arms and I know how to use them. Maybe if you all would get educated and educate your children about guns then maybe there would be less accidents.

Monty Burns

YES, YES, YES.
I don't want to be religious, but Violence begets Violence.
Putting a gun in the hands of just anyone means that they can use it too easily. There is a waiting time to get a gun - for very good reasons. One of these is so you cannot buy in anger. In the same way, you can just shoot in anger and regret the decision for the rest of your life (not to mention family of the person you shoot!)

Doc

Guns should be legal, bullets should not be.

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