Should there be gun control in the United States
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no cause our constitution says we can bear arms so therefore nothing should be done to limit that right.
Gun crime can have many contributing factors. It's easy to
assume that gun control laws are the only thing that affect the rate of gun crime.
Japan, England have strict gun control and low rates of gun crime
Mexico, Brazil, South Africa have strict gun laws and high rates of gun crime.
These are the overlooked factors that I believe contribute to gun crime.
The war on drugs and size of the racial underclass. A larger underclass will have more
people who partake in criminal subcultures.
Also the US borders a third world country (Mexico)
Japan and England happen to have smaller racial underclasses than the US. This means a
smaller part of their population partakes in criminal subcultures, hence less gun crime.
In Mexico the criminal gangs are powerful enough to murder many policemen. I also read
a news story about a drive by shooting on a police station in Brazil, something unheard of
in America
http://www.thenews.com.pk/update_detail.asp?id=15287
assume that gun control laws are the only thing that affect the rate of gun crime.
Japan, England have strict gun control and low rates of gun crime
Mexico, Brazil, South Africa have strict gun laws and high rates of gun crime.
These are the overlooked factors that I believe contribute to gun crime.
The war on drugs and size of the racial underclass. A larger underclass will have more
people who partake in criminal subcultures.
Also the US borders a third world country (Mexico)
Japan and England happen to have smaller racial underclasses than the US. This means a
smaller part of their population partakes in criminal subcultures, hence less gun crime.
In Mexico the criminal gangs are powerful enough to murder many policemen. I also read
a news story about a drive by shooting on a police station in Brazil, something unheard of
in America
http://www.thenews.com.pk/update_detail.asp?id=15287
Guns don't kill people, communists do.
Seriously, Americans love our guns. And that's something you foreigners will never understand.
We need our guns because we value an offensive approach to defense. Whereas most foreigners will wait for an American to rescue them, an American needs the ability to rescue himself. It's part of our national character. It's just who we are. And that's a good thing.
Firearms are used in self defense, And so Americans will always feel strongly about their guns.
If a few dozen kids have to lose their lives every once in a while; so what. Better to die young than to live the type of imasculate, impotent, and subjugated life common to most people in this world. (including europe)
Seriously, Americans love our guns. And that's something you foreigners will never understand.
We need our guns because we value an offensive approach to defense. Whereas most foreigners will wait for an American to rescue them, an American needs the ability to rescue himself. It's part of our national character. It's just who we are. And that's a good thing.
Firearms are used in self defense, And so Americans will always feel strongly about their guns.
If a few dozen kids have to lose their lives every once in a while; so what. Better to die young than to live the type of imasculate, impotent, and subjugated life common to most people in this world. (including europe)
I think gun control should extend to anything that explodes, sniper rifles, anything that has more then a 20 round clip and anything that fires more than 20 rpm
I really wish people would a) not use the word 'cause' and b) stop misqouting our constitution. The constitution says that there can be an armed, regulated MILITIA. It does not say that crackheads and gangsters can buy automatic weapons and high-caliber rifles. I also find it amusing that you are named after an assassin who used a rifle he owned.LeeHarveyO said:
The government is already breaking rights like privacy. We can't have them breaking any more rights. Besides, the right to bear arms was for the purpose of stopping bad governments from taking wants ours. If the government wants total gun control, they might as well burn the Constitution and wipe their asses with the ashes if they can.
I think that it's alright to own guns so long as you don't have a criminal record involving gun-based violence. However, banning guns will only cause problems because what you'll be doing is taking the right to own guns out of law-abiding citizens and putting them in the hands of the criminal element. Also it give the criminal element a means to turn a profit. Just look at how badly the Prohibition failed.
I always think its just Americans trying to overcompensate for something. I mean guns are not going to do anything against a burglar or someone wanting to kill you, because they will also have a gun or will end up turning your gun on you as they have the element of surprise and planning and its just going to end up in a death as opposed to say England where a burglar or killer is going to have a hard time finding a gun.
I'm not a believer in gun control; it is one of the inalienable rights as an American. We have the right to defend ourselves, and guns are pretty efficient in taking down threats.
Um...What? If you have a gun, you can easily just fire at the burglar before he has a chance to fire back. ALso, gun control does nothing, cause someone can probably buy a gun from someone who sells them illegally. Or the black market. But I don't get what your trying to say. Your saying you shouldn't have a gun to defend yourself..even though teh burger themselves might have one? TO me..having a gun even the playing field. SO good luck when you don't have a gun ,and a burglar comes and does have one cause he got it from someone else.george144 said:
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But you see it also doesn't say anthing against us having weapons so I really don't see the problem. Not to mention gun control would just take guns out of normal peoples' hands while the crackheads and gangsters as you call them would still have them because I have reason to believe that they don't get thier guns leagaly.Panzer_God said:
