Right to Bear Arms (Split from Firearm Thread)

[G.Irish]

CaptainHenreh: A very good analogy with cars, especially considering obviously everyone here is interested in them. However my car has a viable use (depending on who you ask about SRT4's, nyuk nyuk) which is to get to and from work/school/LIVING LIFE ONE 1/4 MILE AT A TIME. A gun has one viable use in current times, hunting. You do not need a handgun or an automatic weapon to hunt. My grandfather in rural Pennsylvania owns literally hundreds of guns, and not one of them is a handgun or assault weapon which would be affected by this ban. Because he hunts and practices target shooting with them.

You're missing the point. Technically you do not need a vehicle that can exceed the speed limit. Would you be happy with a law that bans any vehicle that can do more than 65 mph?

As for the gun's usage, the 2nd amendment has ZERO to do with hunting.

G.Irish: I agree, firing a gun is very fun. Again the only times I have done so were with an antique 6-shooter and with hunting rifiles meant for target practice and hunting in Pennsylvania. However you are afraid of the government collapsing and you needing a gun to defend yourself against the oncoming apocalypse?

Perhaps you think the founding fathers were idiots but the reason they put the 2nd amendment in there was specifically for that purpose. Even then, the problem with firearms is the people who use them.

Law-abiding citizens who properly register their guns are not the ones you need to be worrying about because 999 times out of 1000 they are not the ones committing crimes. Look at the DC gun ban. Guns were banned in the city for decades and it continued to have one of the highest murder rates in the country. When guns are banned all you're doing is preventing law-abiding citizens from having an avenue to defend themselves.

If you don't like guns, don't buy one. The chances of you getting shot by someone who lawfully purchases an AR-15 are ridiculously low. You're much more likely to get killed by someone who was exceeding the speed limit in their car...