Right to bear arms?

[BPHERP]

97% is great, of course.

The thing that I worry about is that most politicians can care less about what the general public wants and will do what best serves their self interest.

It's sorta like that nut in Florida that want's to ban large snakes country-wide based on a localized snake problem in what is otherwise a small portion of the United States.

BrandonsBalls

[MarkS]

I wear short sleeves year round. I like the feeling of bare arms.

[HypoPita]

I wear short sleeves year round. I like the feeling of bare arms.

in the past, Gun Control is followed by the subjugation of the populace.

Completely true. I'm glad to hear that some other people who agree with me on the subject! I just started going to school in Chicago...and quickly found out I was one of the very few that seem to acknowledge that the "if you take away the guns then people cant hurt eachother anymore" mentality is a crock. ...the people are so sheltered here, it is ridiculous.

[Bleepr]

Obviously what our forefathers meant

[Christina]

I don't own any guns, but if you want to and you went through all the proper channels in order to purchase it, be my guest. You are more than welcome to own your weapons as long as you are safe with them, and from what I've seen on here, everyone is. But I would like raise this question for a (hopefully) peaceful debate:

The Bill of Rights was written in the 1700's. There were no town police forces, and they were fighting the British, who would often take over houses demanding food and shelter. How relevant is that amendment today?

I would like to point out again that I'm not against gun ownership, just playing devil's advocate!

[BPHERP]

I don't own any guns, but if you want to and you went through all the proper channels in order to purchase it, be my guest. You are more than welcome to own your weapons as long as you are safe with them, and from what I've seen on here, everyone is. But I would like raise this question for a (hopefully) peaceful debate:

The Bill of Rights was written in the 1700's. There were no town police forces, and they were fighting the British, who would often take over houses demanding food and shelter. How relevant is that amendment today?

I would like to point out again that I'm not against gun ownership, just playing devil's advocate!

The right to protect oneself and family is a timeless concept. If the crap hits the fan, or when it does, the police will not have your self interest in mind.

[DM1975]

The Bill of Rights were not written until 1789 (that is 14 years after the British lost the war). No British were taking over houses and being fought on American soil at that time however, if you believe the same could not happen to us today you are very wrong. That right was added in their because of what Americans had suffered under British rule and they knew it could happen again unless they armed the public.

I have made a life out of going to these little unstable countries that once were very nice and friendly places to live and helped to shut down these little wars. To me it seems that people in America live under this impression that the rest of the world is this peace loving, flower growing, charity giving place where everyone is happy (except in Arab and African countries of course) because that is what the news conditions us to. Evil America is war mongering and violent to a lot of people, but they have never had to live under a dictator, or see another country swoop in and murder your family and friends, all in nice little country homes and cities where white, law abiding citizens happily went about a very peaceful life the day before. And no I am not talking about Iraq and Afghanistan. Been over in that part of the world too, and all I have to say is do not believe the media about how bad people over there have it. Someone will always have it bad and be disappointed. Oh well.

Remember, even your snakes (and dogs and cats and... well you get the picture) have teeth for a reason other than just catching food. It is never any fun to find yourself on the unarmed side of a two way shooting range.

[OFRD_GRL]

In between when the cops show up and some gentleman is holding ME at gunpoint.... I'd rather just shoot the miscreant and be done with it.

Thank goodness for Colorado''s Make My Day Law.

[joshn6805]

Outlawed or not, im not gonna give up my right to bear arms. Outlawing guns will not solve anything, there will still be shootings and guns everywhere. Its kinda like the war on drugs, yea there illegal and everything but there are still drugs everywhere and making them illegal has done nothing but make more crime and put more people in jail. Dont get me wrong here im DEFIENATELY not saying that drugs should be legal but merely using them as an example.

[BPHERP]

Question - How can you tell ahead of time a cause will fail?

Answer - when government declares a war on it.

Enough said?

BrandonsBalls