Americans - and Americans ONLY - why do you own a gun. ?

[Anonymous]

I want more than "it's my right". If we wanted to simply do things based on a "right"

Then it's my "right" to run over your dog, your cat, your child, your spouse, your parents, your siblings, your friends or you in the middle of the road. Vehicles have the "right of way" on the roads so why is it not my "right" to run you down if you're not using a crosswalk?

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2nd - I made the comparison to point out how STUPID people are saying it is "my right" to own a gun. Saying things are "my right" is like a child saying it is their right to eat cookies but never brush their teeth. Limited to no comprehension of potential harm. Many people who own guns actually hurt themselves or others by accident...

In the United States, it is "my right" to RUN YOU DOWN if you are jaywalking. There is NO LAW that says I have to stop. That was the point.

[TheorionMage]

Cars have the right of way, due to the physical right of their WEIGHT. And the physical limits of how far it takes them to stop. Even MORE SO of trains at road grade crossings. There's a REASON there are crossing gates, flashing lights and blaring locomotive horns! They ALL say: 'Can't stop abruptly!!!' SO... use common sense! Greater degree of care! I myself AM a former Veteran, former peace officer AND a CLASS III NFA Federal Firearms dealer and I own and collect a baker's dozen firearms for BOTH target shooting and defensive purposes BECAUSE society has not YET devised the means to test for BOTH sanity and maturity.

EVERY citizen has 'the right' to walk about un-assaulted. Yet bullies STILL exist!
No one WANTS to live in a police state and yet EVERYONE wants an amorphous 'society' to make their fellow citizens 'play nice'. Pointedly, "HOW?"...

Antisocial predators will FOREVER remain a problem. Countries with draconian firearms laws STILL have mass casualties with edged weapons, ... in prisons with IMPROVISED weapons and under many instances employing motor vehicles and re-purposed agricultural chemicals for 'ampho' and Serin gas.

It has been written, "God made all humankind, but Col. Colt made them potentially EQUAL".
REAL WORLD incidents have shown, current 'shooters' are no longer concerned with themselves SURVIVING their carnage. THEY EXPECT 'DEATH BY COP'. Therefore, the MOST that can be accomplished is to LIMIT their harm as expediently as circumstances permit.

NONE of this "he am a poo boy who lubs his mamma and singing in the choir on Sundays"

Most often, he's an angry little shit, who KNOWS his own shot at fame to be remembered is through INFAMY.
The MORE heineous, the bigger the societal 'spash'. He abuses his right and your's.

FOUR times in my line of duty, I've NEVER fired the FIRST shot, but HAVE fired the LAST one! (Yes, I got wounded) Male / Female (rarely), young or old, white, black, native American, Latino, Southeast Asian is immaterial. Their gun does ONLY what it was TOLD to do... JUST AS MINE DID. It is JUST a force-multiplying 'tool'. A lead projector.~ I sleep well at night BECAUSE in the time my Assailant allowed ME, I allowed them to make a DIFFERENT choice! They chose NOT to... so I DID as needs must. Lives were saved~

[Lliam]

You're assuming that owning a gun gives one the right to shoot innocent people and that owning a car gives you the right to run over people and animals for the fuck of it. But that's not the case.
Go ahead. Run over a pedestrian and see what happens.

My dad gave me my first gun for my 16th birthday. It was a Ruger 10/22, semiautomatic rifle.
Guns teach caution, discipline, responsibility, respect, technical skill and knowledge, and hand eye coordination. It's the same as owning and operating potentially dangerous machines like power saws.

I became really good at trap shooting, as well as target shooting with both rifles and handguns. It's fun. I even reloaded my own 12 gauge shotgun and.44 mag ammo.

And just like having a fire extinguisher in case of fire even though you hope to never need it, I also have a gun just in case. Guns are useful tools, just like cars.

In the end, I have guns because I want to. I don't have to justify that.

Since the founding of this country, self defense has been considered a natural, self evident, unalienable right. Every creature has that right. The second amendment in our Bill of Rights does not grant the right to bear arms, it is a prohibition against the government infringing on that right. Also, Americans are sovereign citizens, not loyal subjects.

[Asker]

ROFL. No law that pedestrians right of way on the road except a crosswalk. If you are jaywalking & get run over, you're at fault for being an idiot. Many areas have tickets & more for jaywalking morons.

So then it's my "right" to run over your dog, your cat, your child, your spouse, your parents, your siblings, your friends or you in the middle of the road. Vehicles have the "right of way" on the roads so why is it not my "right" to run you down if you're not using a crosswalk?

[Subarugirl]

@BlackBeauty90 that’s not how it works, don’t delude yourself by trying to imply that it does. As Lliam stated You're assuming that owning a gun gives one the right to shoot innocent people and that owning a car gives you the right to run over people and animals for the fuck of it. But that's not the the case. Unless it’s in sec defense it’s illegal to intentionally hit someone with your car just as it is to shoot someone with a gun…..

[Snsl153]

A question for "Americans" only? Go create your own version of GAG for that! This here is for EVERYONE!
Anyway, I'll answer your question, even though I'm not a Yank. Those who feel the need to own a firearm or two (or have an entire arsenal of them) are deficient, impotent and inadequate. They're trying - desperately trying - to compensate for a certain part of their anatomy, an appendage they believe is too small. They're like little boys who have been humiliated by a big, butch girl in the school playground, and now feel the need to convince everyone around them that they're no longer the cry-baby they were back then.

[Asker]

I asked for Americans to prove what you are saying. If you scan the responses here or elsewhere about guns it is very obvious that the more unreasonable the pro-gun totter the lower their intelligence. Having a gun for protection in a bad neighborhood where you may get broken into is one thing. Having a gun because you can is both stupid and childish.

Scientists should really do a study to see if there is a correlation between low intelligence/comprehension and gun ownership.

[Snsl153]

Okay. My mistake. I've seen some of the responses here, and you're right, the people who wrote them obviously have low IQ's.

[Asker]

Seriously.

I posted the comparison between the "right" to own a gun and the "right" to run someone over - which is in ways legal if a jaywalker; that's why no law says jaywalkers have the right of way - to indicate how stupid and childish people saying it is their "right" to own a gun is. Unfortunately the vast majority of people who responded don't have any great levels of intelligence or comprehension.

There was one fool who said I wasn't clear in what I was asking when I'd been asking the same question for three or four responses. It was only when I called them stupid & wrote in capitals they seemed to understand part of what I was saying.

[vald9inches]

@Snsl153 What country are you from beautiful?

[Asker]

@vald9inches None of your business what country's she's from. Most countries look at you Americans in the same sense. Dumbasses with low IQ.

[vald9inches]

@Asker trust me I completely agree with you on this lol I hate how most Americans are so dumb and completely brainwashed and enslaved! Especially Republicans!!! America the way it is now is so fucking uncivilized it's disgusting! It's impossible to live in America without being in debt. everyone is too damn greedy and only thinks about themselves and because of that we don't have universal healthcare or education or housing!! Also there is pretty much zero or laughable public transportation and nothing is convenient! But it one of the rare few things I do agree with them about is gun ownership in America. Until we destroy these corrupt politicians and corporations that have taken over our country we will need guns. If America was more Socialist and civilized like other countries then we wouldn't need guns and I would gladly give up my gun rights

[Asker]

@vald9inches Says the guy who just last week was calling police pigs, etc. for not allowing parents to go into the Texas high school. Take your medication.

[vald9inches]

I am confused so are you defending the American police that let 20 children died on their watch for an entire hour while the killer was free to kill those children without a single cops stopping him?

[vald9inches]

I dont understand the American police have more guns than anyone in the country so are you for guns or against?

[Asker]

@vald9inches No. Your claims that you are for gun control, etc. is a bunch of nonsense is what I am saying. What when in that police video you had you were going on parents with guns should've dealt with it.

[Asker]

@vald9inches And unlike the average idiot the police are trained on how & when to use their guns properly. There have been so many people in this post saying they have guns because they can or for protection when they can not validate any legitimate need it's pathetic.

[FunkyMonkee]

You're BOTH stupid and childish!! Stay where you are!! We DON''T want you, here! Besides, we just might be so gun happy that we'll shoot you!

[Aerissa_Jade]

What amendment says you have the right to even drive a car on public property. Sure you have the right to own property but not on use it on public property, thus there is no right to run over jay walkers, even though it would be nice to allow that.

[Aerissa_Jade]

I'll add to it that police are an hour away from me, every time I've ever called. It dates a deputy that long to get out, rural America and all. I don't feel like asking a criminal to wait an hour until police get here.

Oh and the SCOTUS has ruled in several cases that police have no legal obligation to protect anyone, thus it is our own job to protect ourselves.

Since the US government can't secure the southern border, outlawing guns would only make people get them illegally. Guns are already the #2 trafficked item across the border after drugs, outlawing them might make it #1.

In a perfect world they'd be able to seal the border 100% and no illegal guns would come across and then we can talk about not needing them anymore.

[hahahmm]

Think you're confused about the law. If you intentionally run some random person over with your car you're breaking multiple laws. It's a form of assault. The people who handle enforcement of that law aren't the same people who check cars for parking violations.

Anyhow, the reason why people say, "It's my right to own a gun" is because they're tired of trying to have conversations with unreasonable people who don't see the hypocrisy of not banning cars (more people are killed by cars each year than by guns) and the fact that there's a constitutional right to have a gun but not to having a car.

The main reasons why I own guns is for self-defense. I don't trust the cops to 1.) Show up in time to prevent bad things from happening, 2.) To care about whether they shoot the wrong/right person as much as I care, 3.) to not hassle me to a ridiculous degree at random times. I also remember what happened in the Hurricane Katrina disaster when the cops holed up in a police station and refused to help anybody. Even shooting long distance at random people they didn't even warn.. out of fear. Lot of people died from that. So my advice is, if the government tells you to go left, you go right if you want to live.

[Asker]

ROFL. No idiot you aren't familiar. There is no law that says jay walkers have the right of way. Most states will say you getting run over is 50% at fault, as a minimum

[hahahmm]

The legal system looks at intent. If you intentionally run over someone with your car it's assault and/or attempted murder, idiot. If you accidentally run someone over with your car in many states it's no fault. Even in states that decided to pass laws to make it easier to run over protestors standing in the street made sure the law says it has to be unintentional. Next.

[Phoenix98]

1# Because it is my right to own one if I want. It’s an unalienable right at that. And if you wanna go in depth as to why and the reasons we can.

2# Personal protection because cops always show up after the crime has happened. Never while it’s happening and packs of coyotes and other potentially dangerous wild animals are a things around here. So are meth and crack heads and drug dealers. And I’d rather have a weapon and never need to use it then not have one and need it.

3# because they are fun to shoot at a range it’s enjoyable. And I just like firearms how they work, different calibers, their history, etc.

4# Hunting

5# Because I want to and I can and I don’t require your or really anyone’s permission to do so.

also your little vehicle example is a straw man argument.

Also driving and owning a vehicle or any form of transportation is a luxury and a privilege not a right let’s get that straight.

[Asker]

And there's no law that gives pedestrians right of way on the road except a crosswalk.

So then it's my "right" to run over your dog, your cat, your child, your spouse, your parents, your siblings, your friends or you in the middle of the road. Vehicles have the "right of way" on the roads so why is it not my "right" to run you down if you're not using a crosswalk?

[Phoenix98]

Like I said straw man argument.

If your gonna just repeat yourself like a parrot instead of defending your position with valid points then don’t reply.

And no it’s not your right to run innocent people over. Here’s why.

1# you’d be committing murder and man slaughter.

2# having a license, owning a vehicle and driving are not rights they are privileges and luxuries.

Driving is not a right and has no rights associated with it it’s a privilege. And by extension your “right” to run people doesn’t exist.

But you would be breaking the laws you agreed to uphold and follow to obtain your privilege of driving.

So if you wanna run someone over go for it but have fun either living in a cell or being banned from owning and operating a vehicle for the rest of your life.

I would seriously hope that your not so stupid as to believe that the right of way is an actual constitutional right. Because it isn’t.

Either way this debate is over you’ve lost. Go parrot somewhere else.

[MysticDevice]

*mic drop*

Round over. Phoenix - 1 Anon -0

[exitseven]

The police have been defunded in my area and when I was home recovering from surgery my next door neighbor's house was broken into. It could have just as easily been my house. With all the junkies and BLM types running around loose and we have a US Attorney that is against prosecuting real criminals and is spending her time trying to prosecute a small city because she feels the government in not diverse enough. Plus I do not know how much longer firearms will be able to be purchased. A couple of months ago I bought a 6 shot hand gun and a pump shotgun. I have a friend who runs a training facility for law enforcement and I went there for training for a couple of weeks. I do not plan on carrying them around and keep them in a safe. I just want to be able to protect myself in case of trouble.

[lightbulb27]

I grew up with guns.. bb, pelet, 22. It's not a big deal, we had them for fun, and defense. What I have was my brothers who is no longer alive, a momento. It might scare someone off... if I could get to it in time.

I would buy a more serious arm for home defense but not accepted in the family. I don't feel I need a concealed carry or one in the car, I think guns generally create escallation and risk most of the time. Rare occasions, you need one (like this texas situation).

My relative owns guns for hunting.
Another relative bought AR-15 because home was invaded and wanted to be prepared if happens again.

In general, they are not needed but rare occasions. I've never actually needed to defend myself... yet.

[FunkyMonkee]

No, darlin', PEDESTRIANS have the right of way!! That's probably the FIRST thing they teach you when you learn to drive!! I don't even HAVE a license and I know that!! Where did you get your license (or DO YOU have one?), the Genghis Khan school of driving? Remind me never to come to YOUR country!!
We have the right to own guns mostly to protect ourselves from any tyrannical governmental regime we might have in charge, like the one we have right now!! The 2nd Amendment wasn't created so we could go out hunting, it's there to give US the power to have people like Joey, nutty Nancy, Hitlary and the rest, removed from office by force, if need be!! And WHY no one's bothered to do that, yet, is beyond me unless it's just that they just don't know that THAT'S why we HAVE the 2nd!
Take a look at all the dictatorships! One of the FIRST things they do is have all the guns taken away from their people so they have no power to fight back!! Just like what they're trying to do here, now!!

[Asker]

ROFL. No idiot you aren't familiar. There is no law that says jay walkers have the right of way. Most states will say you getting run over is 50% at fault, as a minimum

[FunkyMonkee]

Okay, dipshit!! You go right ahead and run someone over intentionally and see how fast you end up in jail for man-slaughter!!

[MTC29]

Self defense. The police are public servants who are under no legal obligation to protect, much less defend, anyone. Now I admit to living in an extremely safe community, but trouble makers and agitators have no respect for boundaries: they get into cars and take there protests on the road, including into areas (like my own) where no one gives a shit about what they are crying over.

Self defense aside, the shooting range is great place to spend a few hours in the mornings with friends, and gun collecting (M1 Garands in my own case) is a great hobby.

[Anonymous]

Because I spent 10 years in the military. I love shooting them. It brings back memories of just being on the range w friends in the corps shooting. I have some for protection because response time of the police even though we live less than a mile from the precinct is atrocious. It’s a hobby, I love the feel of it. The kickback of it, the sound of it, the smell of the gun powder early in the morning on a cold day. I like it for competition as far as between my friends and I. Seeing if you’ve still got that touch, to be able to hit a target at a far distance w iron sights. Also for hunting. My father-in-law loves to hunt so does his wife so it’s a bonding thing.

[Zbrody1997]

I don’t own a gun however as I’m soon to be ex military I would for many reasons, hunting being one, sure I’ve never been but I want to now I could go with a bow but a gun is just so much easier and convenient, the second reason is protection, now don’t get me wrong a baseball bat is effective but if you intend to do me or my family harm you have no value for your own life I don’t want to take a life but my life and the lives of those I love are the most valuable things to me and if it came down to you or me I’m gonna pick me every time you are the aggressor you had the dishonor and disrespect to intrude on me you deserve what ever happens to you.

[NamerOfStars]

Please tell me what law states you're allowed to recklessly operate moter vehicles. I'll wait. Do you think it's cute to misuse stupid examples because they both use the word "right"? Even though the law unambiguously says that it's PEDESTRIANS who have the right of way?

Troll competently, please.

[Goforit1010]

I was thinking the exact same thing! I'd upvote you 100X if this thing would allow it!

[BlackBeauty90]

@NamerOfStars - are you a complete idiot? In NO state does ANY law say that PEDESTRIANS have the right of way except on a crosswalk. That is WHY tickets for jaywalking exist.

When you are JAYWALKING - which is what the asker is describing - YOU are RESPONSIBLE for OBEYING the LAWS of the road and the LAWS of the road MEAN VEHICLES HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY.

[BlackBeauty90]

@Goforit1010 @NamerOfStars - are you a complete idiot? In NO state does ANY law say that PEDESTRIANS have the right of way except on a crosswalk. That is WHY tickets for jaywalking exist.

When you are JAYWALKING - which is what the asker is describing - YOU are RESPONSIBLE for OBEYING the LAWS of the road and the LAWS of the road MEAN VEHICLES HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY.

[BlackBeauty90]

@NamerOfStars & @Goforit1010 - you must have been BORN STUPID.

Pedestrians may cross, but they must yield the right of way to vehicles and cyclists.
Relating to jaywalking - Several municipalities have enacted regulations and/or by-laws that restrict when a pedestrian may cross a roadway.

Does that, in your pea sized brains, sound like pedestrians have the right of way? How STUPID are you?

[Juxtapose]

https://www.snopes.com/tachyon/2016/06/thomas-jefferson-quote.jpg

[Asker]

So I CAN run over your dog, your cat, your child, your spouse, your parents, your siblings, your friends and yourself with my car. I mean BY LAW except certain situations VEHICLES have the RIGHT OF WAY and people in the middle of the road better learn how to dodge.

[Juxtapose]

No, pedestrians have the right away. Get your facts straight.

[Asker]

@juxtapose - quite the law mongrel. Only on crosswalks does that exist. jaywalking, you're fucking fair game.

[KrakenAttackin]

Asker... "Right of way" does allow you to run over cats, dogs, and even people if they weren't crossing In a crosswalk or were crossing in an unreasonable fashion.

[Juxtapose]

Blind pedestrians with a cane or guide dog are ALWAYS given the right-of-way.

[Asker]

@juxtapose - ROFL. Under what law? NO law. So by rights if someone was to hit them with their car and they're jaywalking... pedestrians are 100% at fault.

[KrakenAttackin]

Asker, what is your larger point?

[Juxtapose]

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[Fuentes]

I think we should this theory on Anon and see what comes of it, she just needs to sign on the dotted line that if we run her over she can't sue

[Asker]

@Fuentes Then it's my "right" to run over your dog, your cat, your child, your spouse, your parents, your siblings, your friends or you in the middle of the road. Vehicles have the "right of way" on the roads so why is it not my "right" to run you down if you're not using a crosswalk?

[Lliam]

@asker. Go ahead and exercise your "right" and see what happens. LOL

[Asker]

@Lliam ROFL. No law that pedestrians right of way on the road except a crosswalk. If you are jaywalking & get run over, you're at fault for being an idiot. Many areas have tickets & more for jaywalking morons.

[Juxtapose]

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[Asker]

Yes it is your right to be seriously stupid and of low intelligence.

I posted the comparison between the "right" to own a gun and the "right" to run someone over - which is in ways legal if a jaywalker; that's why no law says jaywalkers have the right of way - to indicate how stupid and childish people saying it is their "right" to own a gun is.

Unfortunately, the vast majority of people who responded don't have any great levels of intelligence or comprehension.

There was one imbecile here, as a good example, who said I wasn't clear in what I was asking when I'd been asking the same question for three or four responses.

It was only when I called them stupid & wrote in capitals they seemed to understand part of what I was saying.

That's how low intelligence the responders have been to this post. And kindly proved that most pro gun totters are not intelligent.

[Juxtapose]

You don't even understand how traffic laws work. I'm done wasting my time with you.

[Pudsmucker]

I have been brought up with guns in the house. Guns are used for providing meat for your family. I spent 31 years in the military and I was taught more about weapons for protection. I love the smell of gunpowder. I was arranged safety for 15 years out of the 31 years this military service. The second amendment gives me the right to bear arms for the protection of my homeland. It allows me to protect my home and family against the nut that decides to go berserk on society. Because he got his feelings hurt it does not give him the right to punish people or kill people. He's abused that right.. I have a high school Chum more than 50 years past that abused that right, he abused a person he loved. And he was sent to prison because of abuse. He no longer have weapons for hunting in his home. There are laws that protect people and their family members. Some people take the law into their own hands. Because they got their freaking feelings hurt. Weapons are fun to use if used properly.

[HighValue]

Self defense (there may be too many people to fight off on my own physically, or if I am sick one day and not as capable to defend myself that day).
Also to defend myself against the government if they ever come to my door to force a vaccine on me.

[HighValue]

And having a CCW is for if there are violent criminals in public trying to attack me, or rioters, or when I go riding my bike if there is an aggressive wild animal.

[Asker]

And what sort of gun do you have. How many guns.

[HighValue]

Different types for different purposes. Multiple handguns, multiple rifles and shotguns.
I like to keep one loaded handgun in each room of my house all the time so no matter where I am, if someone breaks in I will be armed.

[HighValue]

The crime waves and riots in 2020 and 2021 got me to purchase more firearms and ammunition than I had before. I spent an extra $5,000 to $6,000 on weapons during that time.

[Asker]

And when was a house in your neighborhood last broken into requiring potential gun intervention by the houseowner? I ask as I have met Americans who quote crimes five states over for their guns.

[HighValue]

I live in California. I won't tell the city where I live, but there are multiple home invasions and murders here every year. Last month there were 3 home invasions in my city that I know of.

[HighValue]

This site will give you a better idea of how common different crimes are here if you take the time to search through it.
https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/ucr

[HighValue]

The statistics tend to be posted a couple years behind so much of the violent crime waves across the USA from 2020 and 2021 won't show up in statistics yet.

[altdbob]

First off, pedestrians ALWAYS have the right of way EVEN when they are breaking the law. Just try running one over and see if you don't get a ticket (or worse).

Now to the question about guns. I enjoy target shooting. I enjoy hunting. I like the fact that if you try to run me over while I am in my yard or on a sidewalk, I can shoot you dead for trying to kill me. I will defend myself and others with the gun I legally possess and have a license to carry.

Sorry if you take my statement personally but you are the one who said you wanted to run things down with your car.

[Asker]

ROFL. No law that pedestrians right of way on the road except a crosswalk. If you are jaywalking & get run over, you're at fault for being an idiot. Many areas have tickets & more for jaywalking morons.

So then it's my "right" to run over your dog, your cat, your child, your spouse, your parents, your siblings, your friends or you in the middle of the road. Vehicles have the "right of way" on the roads so why is it not my "right" to run you down if you're not using a crosswalk?

[altdbob]

Tell you what, Come try and run me down and see which one of us is worse off in the end.

[Asker]

@altdbob - you. You're dead. Against a 2 ton truck, you're a pancake.

[Shamalien]

You don’t understand rights at all, no wonder this is confusing for you. A right is an action which does not cause harm to others. Owning a gun for self defence is a right. Shooting innocent people or running them over in your car is not. If someone is pointing a gun at you and saying “get out of the car” then you can run them over, or shoot them, whatever puts down the threat of violence. Hope this clears things up

[Asker]

Owning a gun can and does cause, idiot. Or are you so stupid you sort of miss the news on shootings?

Then it's my "right" to run over your dog, your cat, your child, your spouse, your parents, your siblings, your friends or you in the middle of the road. Vehicles have the "right of way" on the roads so why is it not my "right" to run you down if you're not using a crosswalk?

[Blackcosmo]

Some people abuse the use of guns but others use it for self defence because they aren't evil.

[Lliam]

@asker. You're actually retarded; incapable of rational thought.

[Asker]

@Lliam ROFL. No law that pedestrians right of way on the road except a crosswalk. If you are jaywalking & get run over, you're at fault for being an idiot. Many areas have tickets & more for jaywalking morons.

[Asker]

@Lliam Actually I am very intelligent. Unfortunately, most of the responders are simply too stupid to make the connection in what I am saying.

[Blackcosmo]

What your saying actually sounds like your insane. Someone who has a gun but doesn't use it to harm others for no reason doesn't give you the right to kill them. Only those who use it to hurt people for no reason need to be in jail for life or something.

[JamesDiaz11]

The same reason I own a Tesla, instead of a Chevy, because I think it's cool. I don't feel especially in danger, and I don't carry it with me in public, but I like sports shooting- it's fun. This is all the reason I need, since the right has already been established.

[dynamicyandere]

I don’t own a gun, yet. But, I plan to purchase one eventually. Why? Self defense. If I have an armed killer or rapist in my home, I need something to defend my loved ones. Even if I called the police, they may take half an hour to arrive at the scene. I don’t want the police to find me dead and my wife raped.


Who’s going to need to protect my family before the policy arrive? Me. And, I’d rather have my own gun if the home invader has a gun already.

[dynamicyandere]

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[humanearth]

To keep government from over reaching its authority.

I believe if we didn't have guns, we would be a communist or dictatorship

See every gun control law is a volition of our second amendment

So they are about to take guns away from us. And there is going to be civil war and genocide

Its going to be the worst war of all wars

[MysticDevice]

I've had too many close calls with unsavory characters ans I legit don't feel safe in public at times.

And to make our leaders think twice before trying to deny us our basic rights because yes, they do try and do this way more than you'd realize.

And finally, the wildlife in North America is actually dangerous. Bears, cougars, wolves, cyotes, gators and such can EASILY kill you.

[Anonymous]

Statistics say AR15 owners have small penisis. Agree?

[Massageman]

I'm sorry that you missed that day in 5th grade when they explained the Constitution. And as far as I know, there is NOT an amendment giving you the (supposed) "right" to mow over those with whom you disagree.

[Asker]

You dumbass Americans think the Constitution is law. And there's no law that gives pedestrians right of way on the road except a crosswalk.

So then it's my "right" to run over your dog, your cat, your child, your spouse, your parents, your siblings, your friends or you in the middle of the road. Vehicles have the "right of way" on the roads so why is it not my "right" to run you down if you're not using a crosswalk?

[Avicenna]

Uh, the Constitution is the highest law. And that seems to be difficult for anonymous foreigners to get.

[Massageman]

Last bandwidth I'm wasting on you - the Constitution is the immutable framework basis from which our "law system" is based. In most places, yes, there is not a law that gives pedestrians the right-of-way unless in a "protected zone" (crosswalk, etc) of some sort. Likewise, there is no law that give others the right to drive over people at their whim. Of course, if a pedestrian slips up and crosses a street in the middle of the block, common sense on the part of the driver would indicate that they should not make matters worse and add MORE violations on top of the original. But, you obviously won't have to worry about that since you don't have any.