GUN CONTROL....is it a good thing ( Archived) (888)

Big_John: I have guns. I plan on keeping my guns. I used guns when I fought for this country. I will vote any person out of office who attempts to take my guns from me.

druidess6308: It was written for that purpose, and because our forefathers were wise men who studied history and knew about revolutions and monarchs/dictators. They wrote it for us to be able to protect ourselves in every way, and against our government if necessary. Do some research on the internet, and read the writings of the men who wrote our Constitution. Their debates are recorded and preserved.

You're writing about a subject you haven't studied. I have.

Snuggs09: The Constitution of the United States was adopted in 1787. Our forefathers wrote the Second Amendment to the Constitution to empower homesteaders the right to protect their family from anyone who would cause them harm. The western part of the United States was wild and still being developed. Indians or even other landowners would try to run you off your property. In 1787 there weren’t local police departments, the FBI or any type of law enforcement agency. A family had to have a gun to protect themselves.

It is now 2009 and the Second Amendment still gives citizens of the United States the right to bear arms “in case someone intends to commit robbery in their home or any other type of crime”. People who want a gun in their home, or on their person, use the Second Amendment as an excuse to own a weapon.

We don’t have to worry about the Indians attacking our land anymore. Hunters have guns for the sport of hunting and this is not in question. The National Rifle Association states if you want a gun, you should have it. They are very fond of the Second Amendment.

The Constitution has been amended 27 times. It is time to change it again? Should we amend the Second Amendment so that people do use it as an excuse to own a gun. Laws have been changed requiring people to fill out applications for permission to own a gun but it hasn’t deterred the amount of crime. It’s easy to own a gun these days. If the Second Amended was changed people who owned guns, just for the sake of having it, wouldn’t be protected by the Constitution.

Here’s a thought. If we can’t control who owns guns, maybe we can control the bullets….

The_Kansan: With all due respect, I submit that if there were no guns then the evening news would be full of reports of stabbings, clubbings, stranglings, etc... A can of soda or bar of soap in the toe of a sock can be a devastatingly effective weapon - Do we ban those next?

Simple fact is that guns are not the problem with today's society. People are the problem with today's society. Perhaps if more time had been spent teaching children right from wrong and how to co-exist peacefully with others and less time tilting at windmills such as gun-control, we'd have no need for this discussion...

CaptainCrunch: You should really grow up and join the real world and not the fantasy one you are wanting.

druidess6308: Awesome! And thank you!

I've studied with a trainer who taught me defense shooting, and how to combine my martial arts training with drawing my firearm to make sure it isn't taken from me if I need to use it, and improved my point and shoot with a 2" j-frame pistol to the point where I have a very quick, smooth draw and a heart/head double tap at 14 ft. (We didn't practice further away because that's the farthest distance normally for defense shooting.)

CaptainCrunch: Are you for real lady? If you outlaw guns only the outlaws will have them. Just ask the people that have had their guns taken away and ask them how much their crime has increased. The Government will get my weapons when they pry them from my cold dead hands. You should really grow up and join the real world and not the fantasy one you are wanting.

gooddogman: Never point a gun at a person. Even kidding