Who thinks gun control is needed in America?

Marine till Death

I believe that we do NOT need new gun control laws. What we need is to enforce the laws we already have. They are designed to prevent people with mental problems, i.e. VT, from getting weapons. If you vote, pay taxes, and have no criminal or mental issues, why should you not be allowed to own a firearm. Did you know fully automatic weapons are NOT illegal to own. You can obtain a Class III federal permit to own one. You must show a need for it and it is expensive, but you can get one. I have no problem with waiting periods for guns. I have never needed to buy a gun RIGHT NOW. I can wait, check me out, call my kindergarden teacher, I don't care, I have nothing to hide. Assualt weapon, by definition, is pretty much any long gun with a pistol grip, be it shotgun, M4, AK47, whatever. People own these for many reasons. Collecting, sport, competion, whatever. Personally, I believe it is overkill to use one for home defense. I would grab my Glock before I reached for my M4. Education and enforcement of the laws we ALREADY have is the answer. My daughter will be 4yrs old this year and she will be at the range by the time shes 10. She is going to learn what they can do and how to handel and respect them.

Dr.Bucksnort

as a police officer , and a retired US army 1st Sgt , i will do my best to answer this

do i believe a assault style weapons ban will solve anything NO
do i think it would be a good idea to have one , NO , the reason being i have never seen a firearm of any sort load it's self , drive somewhere , get out and start shooting by it's self .

in a open and free society such as the US , incidents such as VA tech will happen , and they are sad as can be , but it's not the guns fault .

more Americans are killed each day on America's Highways then are ever killed by a gun , yet i hear no one saying we should ban cars .

if someone is hell bent on killing someone , I'm sure they will figure out a way to do it , gun or not

carolinatinpan

It is far safer to control nuts than to take guns from law abiding citizens. I have three such weapons. They have never harmed a soul. And most likely never will. But they are there if Liberals destroy America to the point that we have to protect ourselves.

mypublicident

This sounds cruel, but I like to know who my enemies are. Most of the Murders commited by guns are the dregs of our society. The VT tragedy is an anomoly an is horrendous. Any politician that uses that to campaign against guns should not be voted for. Owning a gun is a responsibility that many of our good citizens do well.

dammitdrag

How will you ban the sales of weapons from the trunk of a car ?
If guns are banned only criminals will have guns.

Make sense ?

*****

We nee CRIMINAL CONTROL, not gun control

lasereric41

Gun Control isn't the issue in America; it's gun education. People aren't learning that it's not the gun that does the killing, it's the person pointing it. A karate teacher I had when I was younger once told me that he could kill someone with any number of household items just as quickly and easily as with a gun, but we don't outlaw those items, because people understand them. Now of course guns don't have the same uses as say a pencil or even a knife, but you don't see us throwing knives at each other, because since we were young we've been taught to be careful.

As for assault weapons, I'm inclined to agree with you. Your standard firearm can do plenty of damage to whatever you are aiming at (hopefully not people). To go hunting or to protect your home with an automatic weapon is foolish and overkill.

Veritas et Aequitas (ï£¿)

I think assault weapons are necessary. The criminals have them and so should we. The government can't control the illegal gun trade and the bad guys get their hands on these weapons.

Jim Gordon said it best, "We get semi-automatics weapons, they get automatics. We get kevlar body armor, they get armor-piercing rounds!"

We have to stay on point with the bad guys.

TJ815

i don't have a problem with it because all they get used for around here is for fun or competition. Why should it be illegal for law bitting citizens?

Like 'pathfinder" said... we don't need more gun control, we need criminal control. That kid from virginia tech broke 3+ already in place gun laws before killing 30+ people. do you really think that he wouldn't mind breaking a couple more? Besides that was a case of a liberal school having failed to punish bad behavior.

EDIT: "Yes", to your 'additional details'.

TomT

I have a twelve gage shotgun. I removed the shoulder stock and replaced it with a pistol grip stock, added a front slide to replace the pump handle, then added a 6 round saddle for additional ammunition. I did nothing to the weapon to alter the way it fired or how many rounds it would hold but, presto, this gun is now an assault weapon by legal definition. Fact is, gun control regarding assault weapons is an ISSUE, not a problem. Machine guns and other assault weapons (automatic fire) were outlawed in the 1920's. Today, if you own an M-16, (semi-automatic) it is the cosmetics and not the function that makes it an assault weapon. Kind of stupid, huh?

To own such a weapon as was outlawed in the 1920's today, you'd have to have a very expensive federally issued permit. As I said, its an issue, not a real problem.

Zoe

depends where you live in america....

Tater1966

Automatic weapons (assault rifles) require a federal firearms license now. How much more control is possible? The "assault weapons ban" basically targeted things such as a bayonet lug on the barrel and the size of the magazine. How did that lessen the murder rate?The law abiding citizen is the only person who is affected by gun control not the criminals.
Banning firearms in high crime rate areas did nothing to lower the crime rate. Look at DC and New York. Thank God a judge finally come to his senses and ruled the DC gun ban unconstitutional.

It amazes me at the answers that people put up for questions like this. Throwing out statistics and not citing sources to give them validity. If you are going to use statistics, cite your sources..I learned that in grade school. Making the argument that criminal activity would come to a screeching halt if guns were banned. The only thing that would change is the type of weapon used in the crime. Then what are you going to do? Ban everything that can be used to kill or injure?

aldistrict7colorado

Switzerland almost every house has a Assault weapon. Everybody over 18 and under 50 (I think) are in like the national guard and they take their weapons home. I do not hear too much of a problem with guys in Switzerland, do you? So I think if you kill a person with a gun (murder/ drive byes) then you should be taken out and given your finial meal and then put to death.

snarkysmug

theres too much control of my right to bear arms. why cant i buy a bazooka and ammo for my militia of one? i can buy a humvee but not one with a 50 caliber machine gun on top. why not? where in the 2nd ammendment did they draw the line at rifles and handguns?

Heads up!

If you are ex military or police I don`t see a problem with owning an assault rifle provided you are not mentally ill.
I think a national gun licence should be made in the USA and thorough back ground checks and references being followed through.
. Also a proper lock up safe should be mandatory prior to any gun purchase to properly safeguard against theft and suicidal friends/family.
Guns in the US are way too accessible in general but if you do control who owns them this does reduce crime , also ammunition sale if it required a licence to buy it , it would be harder for a criminal to get access to it.

gunplumber_462

What do you think an "assault weapon" is? Hint: If you have the phrase fully-automatic in mind, you're wrong. "Assault weapon" is just a marketing term being used to try to sell gun bans to the ill-informed.

The misbegotten "assault weapons ban" that sunsetted a few years ago never did a thing to reduce crime. The weapons effected simply aren't attractive to criminals. we should all know better now and NOT go down that road again.

Bob W

The second amendment states that if you are in a MILITIA in defense of the state, you can own a gun. People don't understand that. I think we should keep weapons for one reason and one reason only: National Defense. If someone were to attack our country, hell, they would have to worry more about the civilians than they would the military. Sure many people die every year from household guns, but wait until a country attacks our mainland, it will all pay off.

Roadrunner58-79

N O!! Assault weapons are already banned in the USA.

queenofsiberia

Why does one need an assault weapon to protect his/her family? A dog is just as nice and/or an alarm system.

Too many guns on the street as it is..half of them in inexperience and/or psychopathic hands and ticking time bombs like the Virginia Tech shooting...are in waits...no one is ever 100% safe anywhere..anymore..society is built on Hollywood..action packed movies...like mob films and gangsta life styles.

Right to bear arms...is a right that should NOT be taken for granted of..but like freedom of speech and freedom of press...is generally stretched to the outer limits.of the law...so will this right also be stretched out..too..The Bill of Rights were given to every American...its up to you and your responsibility to commence in what that means and honor it.

brainstorm

No, let them all shoot each other. It will make the world safer for civilised countries.

Chablis F

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! having a gun in the states is just too easy, like shopping for clothes. and there is the debate on human rights as well....it's actually a double standard

VÃctor Z

depends i think they'll have to make a sicologist test first

SnickerSnack

Nobody but soldiers need an assault rifle. Period.
And yes, I was a soldier in Iraq, so shut the **** up.
And even then I was nervous about the other trigger happy rednecks who were allow to handle them too.

bruce b

The right to bear arms is a fine argument if we are talking about muskets that take forever to load, that misfire and cannot hit a barn door at 20 paces...that said I do not think that the American forefathers really envisioned the weapons that the loons from the NRA seem to think they have a right to own..The right to own a weapon for defense is fine but every gun should be registered and its owner should be held accountable for any damage any weapon registered by them causes...the highest gun ownership in the world is Switzerland and it is a defense because every male, maybe females, are expected to defend a country with very little military...they are often used as an example by the NRA...in Canada handguns have been illegal without a permit since I believe the 30s and every firearm is registered with the gun registry...73% of guns used in crimes in Canada are legally bought in the US and imported illegally to Canada...because of your extensive belief in gun ownership, some of your cities have more violent deaths that all the other western world countries combined including Australia...so I would say yes, your country is in bad need of some form of gun control.

U.S.Veteran

If America would have progressed out of the cowboy days, John Lennon would still be alive, as would J.F.K., Martin Luther King, Robert F. Kennedy, and of course that horrible massacre at Virginia Tech would never have taken place.

Columbine!

Brought to you by the N.R.A.

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a-mazed

Needed??? Absolutely . . .
Enforcement of control(s)??? Impossible . . .

Experience shows:

They who have most powerful weapons . . .
Wield greatest control

Terry O

Everybody in the world thinks that, except the republican party.

Who thinks politicians should not be allowed to buy shares in military weapons and army catering companies?

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