06-03-2004, 06:56 PM
As Kaan said a while ago the 2nd amendment has nothing to do with hunting. Gun violence is a problem in the United States but rather than trying to legislate the instrument of crime we should be trying to attack the causes of crime. Abject poverty, poor education, understaffed/underbudgeted/undertrained police forces are some of the easier targets and I'm sure if a concerted effort were put together to study other causes of violent crime we could reduce it by a lot. Outlawing guns is not going to solve the problem. Because if we were to outlaw guns today do you think criminals would say, "Oh, I guess we can't shoot people anymore..." ?
The 2nd Amendment was put in place so that the people would always have the power to defend themselves against foreign aggressors, crime, and an overzealous government. You're welcome to think that you are smarter than the founding fathers on this issue but my money is on the guys who wrote the constitution.
Really, automobiles consistently kill more people per year than guns do. I don't hear anyone saying we should outlaw cars. And cars are not even a specifically enumerated right in the Constitution.
Don't get me wrong, obviously felons, nut jobs, and children shouldn't have access to firearms. Nor should you be able to purchase a rocket launcher. But the rest should be left as a freedom for the people. If someone abuses this freedom they lose it and go to jail. Doesn't necessarily mean the rest of us should be disarmed.
The 2nd Amendment was put in place so that the people would always have the power to defend themselves against foreign aggressors, crime, and an overzealous government. You're welcome to think that you are smarter than the founding fathers on this issue but my money is on the guys who wrote the constitution.
Really, automobiles consistently kill more people per year than guns do. I don't hear anyone saying we should outlaw cars. And cars are not even a specifically enumerated right in the Constitution.
Don't get me wrong, obviously felons, nut jobs, and children shouldn't have access to firearms. Nor should you be able to purchase a rocket launcher. But the rest should be left as a freedom for the people. If someone abuses this freedom they lose it and go to jail. Doesn't necessarily mean the rest of us should be disarmed.