You okay with guns?

I'm OK with shotguns, hunting rifles, and handguns for home protection. I'm pretty much against everything else.

 

I have no issue with guns I just think guns should be treated like a drivers. You should have to have a license to have a gun and every gun needs to be registered to the person who holds the weapon. You should be able to be able to add and delete people from the list who are allowed to hold that weapon like insurance with you car.

My issues with gun owners are thier naiveness when it comes to owning a weapon. For example a person who has a childeren have all these saftey mechinismns to prevent children from getting to the guns never realize that you are never read for a home invasion. Someone break in your home they are not going to give you time to unlock your guns and ammo.

 

If it were to ever become a possibility where I live, I would hope that there would be stringent (borderline restrictive) requirements for owning one. Very tough limits on quantity and power, publicized ownership, annual psychological testing, standardized training, at least have a high school education, some form of insurance, consent from wife/husband if married, standardized and secure locking cabinets, unannounced visits from authorities, must have a steady source of income and increased scrutiny for gun-related incidents. Ofcourse, there would be costs related to this, and the people purchasing those arms should bear that cost.

If you're willing to go through all that, then I think it would be ok.

 

Yeah.

 

I am and I own several of them, but I support reform in wake of what's happened in Tucson, VT, and other places.

A gun saved my life, or great harm at the very least, in rural Pakistan, so I can't say they have no purpose in today's society.

 

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I like your opinion , there are some people that relate guns to crime & felons.
Most gun owners are law abiding citizens & quite sane.
The crimminals would get guns even if they are outlawed ,that is why they are called crimminals.
I have owned rifles & handguns since I been a teen with no problems.

 

That is not possilbe , there would still be crime.
No silly law will ever stop crime from happening.

 

Why would you assume that rtsy was educated to begin with?

 

DITTO. Assault rifles have no place in our society. They are military weapons. Recently I've been considering my first handgun. I've only owned hunting rifles and shotguns. I'd hate to be caught in a situation like a natural disaster, without power, and facing looters or worse without protection. I'll shoot someone in the toe if I have to!

 

I don't like guns. I don't want to own one. I don't want you to own one either. I think the second amendment was the stupidest thing our forefathers gave us in the Constitution. If it were up to me, you'd have no right to own a gun and it'd be nigh impossible to find one in this country. I don't care if the great majority of gun owners are responsible owners; the bad actors spoil it for everyone else.

 

I'm ok with guns, not ok with AK-47's on the street.

 

Show me where they are. i will go get them.

 

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You can thank the 2nd amendment for Japan deciding against a land invasion. They viewed the US people as 'cowboys' with a gun in every home.

Crime is crime. I won't go to the same old cliche but if somebody set out to kill someone, there's hundreds of ways to do it.

 

I've never heard this before. Can you provide some supporting evidence. It seems highly unlikely to me that Japan would have ever seriously considered invading the mainland US. I would think that individuals owning guns would have been the least of their worries.

 

It's something I've heard many times over. Heck I thought it was a well known thing. I'll do a bit of googlin' for you but it I'd heard it enough to believe obviously believe it. I think Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was quoted to say something to the effect that he didn't believe Japan could sustain a full land invasion for more than a year and was detered by the belief that there was a gun in almost every American household.

I'm going by folklore on this but it's always made sense to me. I doubt they did ever seriously consider a full on invasion but you'd have to admit that it would be deterence.

 

My understanding from a documentary I've watched a while ago, the Japanese up until Midway actually were carving parts of America up. Remember, they won nearly every battle before that and had a superiority complex against Americans. And from the experience they have over seizing Western colonies, up until midway, it's HIGHLY unlikely, they were worried about armed American civilians.

 

I'm pro-gun btw, but for any Red Dawn illusions.

If any modern army passed is able to pass the our military, there's no way an armed militia can do anything. Think .22LR vs. gunship mini-guns or 308 vs. main battle tanks and cruise missiles. It's more than likely China or Russia isn't as gracious towards occupied civilians as we are. There's just no way, not in with post 2000 military tech.

Why I think we should have guns is because I enjoy target shooting. It's fun and I can use it for home defense. Does legally purchased guns get into the wrong hands, yes. However, it's that bit of security I'm willing to give up for freedom. There's a balance.