jzeidler
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Am I for gun control? Well... Yes and no. Let me explain.
I have talked this through pretty heavily with my wife and have come to the conclusion that yes I am for gun control. But only in a way where there are stipulations on buying a gun instead of making laws on people who have guns, the guns themselves, or where you can take a gun.
What I mean is that the gun isn't the problem and laws will never fix the problem of gun violence. So, what I advocate is that those who want to buy a gun should take a psych evaluation and go through an in depth background check (obviously political and religious views would not be involved.) If they do not pass either of these they should be rejected. But those who can pass these should be able to buy any kind of gun and as many as they want.
Gun control should be something that makes sure guns never get into the hands of psychos while at the same time letting law abiding citizens get as many guns as they desire. Furthermore, guns should not have a restriction on where they can be. There should be no gun free zones because it is in those places that people are killed with no way of defending themselves. And if these are implemented gun owners who prove that they are stable and good law abiding citizens should be allowed to buy any kind of gun they want. Assault rifles should be allowed to people who don't pose threats to individual people. We should be free to own weapons, I would be okay with allowing artillery as the founding fathers originally intended, there just needs to be stipulations, evaluations of the people, and the ability to safely keep them. We should be free to have the right to own weapons.
Also, those who end up committing a violent gun crime should automatically receive 25 years in prison and have all their guns taken away with no ability to buy guns again.
Now, I am strongly against gun control by laws which is what Obama wants. First and foremost, laws will never stop criminals from gaining guns illegally. That's why they are called criminals, they break the law. Gun laws would only take guns away from law abiding citizens, the very people we ant to have guns. So just on that making gun laws is pointless. But there is another side to the coin. Not only is making gun laws pointless, they are dangerous. They are dangerous because what is being proposed is against our rights, the gun itself, the gun owner, and where guns can be.
Obama is proposing laws similar to the UK and Australia which implemented confiscation among other things. This is done out of a flawed reasoning that says that the gun, not the person is the problem. This, if tried here would go against our second amendment and would start a second civil war. It would start a war not because Americans love their guns, it's because Americans love their rights and the ability to defend themselves both from home intruders and from tyranny.
This whole talk about gun control is deeper than Americans wanting their guns. It is about Americans not wanting their rights infringed upon by an overreaching government. They don't want to give up the right to defend themselves against intruders and tyrants alike. This is why it is such a big deal.
But, there needs to be two simple things put in place in order to keep guns out of psychos hands and those need to be headed up by the individual states and local governments instead of the federal government.
Gun control should be something that makes sure guns never get into the hands of psychos while at the same time letting law abiding citizens get as many guns and any kind of gun as they desire. This is done by stipulations on buying a gun, not laws on guns or gun owners.
I have talked this through pretty heavily with my wife and have come to the conclusion that yes I am for gun control. But only in a way where there are stipulations on buying a gun instead of making laws on people who have guns, the guns themselves, or where you can take a gun.
What I mean is that the gun isn't the problem and laws will never fix the problem of gun violence. So, what I advocate is that those who want to buy a gun should take a psych evaluation and go through an in depth background check (obviously political and religious views would not be involved.) If they do not pass either of these they should be rejected. But those who can pass these should be able to buy any kind of gun and as many as they want.
Gun control should be something that makes sure guns never get into the hands of psychos while at the same time letting law abiding citizens get as many guns as they desire. Furthermore, guns should not have a restriction on where they can be. There should be no gun free zones because it is in those places that people are killed with no way of defending themselves. And if these are implemented gun owners who prove that they are stable and good law abiding citizens should be allowed to buy any kind of gun they want. Assault rifles should be allowed to people who don't pose threats to individual people. We should be free to own weapons, I would be okay with allowing artillery as the founding fathers originally intended, there just needs to be stipulations, evaluations of the people, and the ability to safely keep them. We should be free to have the right to own weapons.
Also, those who end up committing a violent gun crime should automatically receive 25 years in prison and have all their guns taken away with no ability to buy guns again.
Now, I am strongly against gun control by laws which is what Obama wants. First and foremost, laws will never stop criminals from gaining guns illegally. That's why they are called criminals, they break the law. Gun laws would only take guns away from law abiding citizens, the very people we ant to have guns. So just on that making gun laws is pointless. But there is another side to the coin. Not only is making gun laws pointless, they are dangerous. They are dangerous because what is being proposed is against our rights, the gun itself, the gun owner, and where guns can be.
Obama is proposing laws similar to the UK and Australia which implemented confiscation among other things. This is done out of a flawed reasoning that says that the gun, not the person is the problem. This, if tried here would go against our second amendment and would start a second civil war. It would start a war not because Americans love their guns, it's because Americans love their rights and the ability to defend themselves both from home intruders and from tyranny.
This whole talk about gun control is deeper than Americans wanting their guns. It is about Americans not wanting their rights infringed upon by an overreaching government. They don't want to give up the right to defend themselves against intruders and tyrants alike. This is why it is such a big deal.
But, there needs to be two simple things put in place in order to keep guns out of psychos hands and those need to be headed up by the individual states and local governments instead of the federal government.
Gun control should be something that makes sure guns never get into the hands of psychos while at the same time letting law abiding citizens get as many guns and any kind of gun as they desire. This is done by stipulations on buying a gun, not laws on guns or gun owners.
