Guns should be banned - Yes or No?

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Lliam · Accepted Answer

Nope.
I'm all for instant background checks because certain people should not be allowed to purchase firearms.
I oppose banning the sale of any guns that are not fully automatic or larger than.50 cal.
And if 18 year olds can join the military, they old enough to buy guns.

Almost all the other restrictions are bullshit.

I do have some suggestions, though. How 'bout we ban murder and robbery. And maybe we can ask gangs not to use illegally obtained firearms.

There were a total of 18,000 firearm homicides in 2021. The FBI says that approx. 80% of all firearm homicides are gang related. So out of around 450,000,000 people in this country at any one time, there were 3,600 or so non-gang related firearm homicides.

All long guns (rifles and shotguns) combined account for around 4% of murders with firearms. So-called "assault rifles" (that's what they're calling semiautomatic rifles nowdays) are a small subset of that group and may have been used in 500 or so murders in 2021.
Yet, there are tens of millions of those "assault weapons" in the hands of honest citizens. They and the ATF call them "sporting rifles".

I keep specifying a year because the number of gun homicides has risen lately after hoovering around 11,000 for over 15 years.

To put the number of homicides in perspective, it helps to look at all causes of death. After all, 11,000 or 18,000 may seem like large numbers until you look at the total population of the country and realize that there were around 3.5 million total deaths in 2021. 40,000 died from accidental falls. About the same number died, and about 500 children a day are hospitalized, from accidental poisoning.

So, although every death is tragic, I'm not concerned about gun deaths in particular. It sure as FUCK ain't an emergency. I'm more afraid of falling down the stairs. LOL

I strongly oppose the Gun Control Lobby. It's all astroturf. I think the unending, hyperbolic echo chamber that emotionalizes gun deaths is a well orchestrated scam.
The global elites don't want the Great Reset/One World Government/New World Order threatened by armed Americans.

The right to use weapons for self defense, hunting, and even recreation is a "RIGHT". Which means that it isn't something "granted" by a government.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights."

Self evident - not needing to be demonstrated or explained; obvious.
Unalienable - unable to be taken away from or given away by the possessor.
Endowed by the Creator - by virtue of being alive.

I'll hang onto my rights, thank you very much. And I'll defend the rights of others.

ShadezMcgee · Accepted Answer

No, they should not be banned. Even if they are, people will find ways to acquire them, good or bad. It does not Elim the threat being people overall that have the intent to do harm.

Get rid of the gun, do we get rid of whatever people want to use as a weapon next? Vehicle attacks are becoming more mainstream now, we going to take away personal vehicles? What about knives? You wanna take my baseball bat while you're at it too because someone used it as a weapon?

All because one psycho decides to do something everyone gets punished for it? No. That is a horrible plan to follow.

Aerissa_Jade · Accepted Answer

Lets assume the 2nd amendment was revoked by the states.

Since there is no way to actually ban them in the US, it would seem stupid to even try. The US would need to secure its borders to even think about banning them, as there is massive gun trafficking on a daily basis.

Gun Trafficking Crisis

Outlawing guns would remove them from law abiding citizens to defend themselves but allow criminals to still use them in crimes.

Police have no legal obligation to protect anyone, several SCOTUS rulings over the last 30 years and even more recent ones have confirmed this.

Police-have-no-duty-protect-you-federal-court-affirms-yet-again

Not to mention where I live, police are up to 90 minutes away in rural America. What would I do if a armed person was trying to get me?

Simply be raped and be killed because it made some Democrats feel better?

This is one reason I absolutely HATE Democrats/Liberals and think they should all die, because they think it is okay for me to die. Why should I care about them when they do not care about me.

Add to the mix, that if the US even tried to outlaw them, it would result in either a civil war, or worse... endless domestic terrorism attacks, if those in power won the civil war.

Think the occasional random mass shooting is bad now, imagine it when people see themselves in a war.

Mass shooting are nothing special, other than main stream media and liberals making them out to be. Most big cities have more daily murders than most mass shootings and they don't give a shit about those.

CrazyGirl2 · Accepted Answer

Certainly not in the US where we have a constitutional right to keep and bear arms, that is no more or less important to the freedom of speech, freedom of / from religion, right to a speedy trial, or the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure! We do need more protections from “prohibited persons” owning firearms!

Tyrael · Answer

In an ideal world, yes they should be.

The UK and Australia both banned guns and haven't had a single mass shooting since they did. Coincidence? Maybe.

And we're not being murdered en masse by criminals with guns either.

Surely · Answer

The guns that go out to intentionally kill people need to be banned! Since they must be broken.
Since it is always the gun’s fault and not the person with a long arrest record or mental disorder that pulls the trigger.
Remember! When seconds count. The police are only minutes away!
And don’t forget Obama’s “Fast and Furious “. Drug cartel gun giveaway!

Anonymous · Answer

Americans are quite happy to continue to blow each other's brains out. Of course, they should be banned, but Americans are not big on common sense.

CateM · Answer

They shouldn't all be banned, stricter laws should be passed and the government should do a better job to enforce the ones that already exist. All automatic rifles should be banned for all civilians though

AviatorTom · Answer

No, but a reasonable level of regulation would be good.

Anonymous · Answer

No, and it's not going to do one bit of good if they do. There's already over 80,000 federal and state gun laws. It's a cultural issue, not a gun issue.

exitseven · Answer

I just bought them a few months ago and I feel safer in my home already.

CoolCatMar1 · Answer

Yes and no. Yes because any criminal can have it in his/her bag and it will be legal.  No because normal people won't have any tool to defend themselves.

Anonymous · Answer

Maybe just raise the buying age of assault rifles to 21 or better yet 25 and require strict background checks, banning never seems to be popular enough politically.

Alex8736 · Answer

absolutely not. which I am all for the stand your ground law

PainusNdeeAnus · Answer

I live by coyotes and mountain lions so hell no

Dargil · Answer

Social media should be silenced. Yes or no. Either takes away Constitutional rights.

Cubus · Answer

No. Just put restrictions on mentaly ill people.

SmokinAces2000 · Answer

If guns were ever to be banned it should have been at formation of the country. It’s too late to try to ban all guns out of the blue

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

No. But we most try very hard to keep then away from crazy people though.

SpringValley · Answer

No, but criminals should be banned.

purplepoppy · Answer

No but unnecessary ownership should be.

888theGreat · Answer

IRS agents? Yes

AngryCarl · Answer

Not banned but strictly controlled.

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

Of course not.

joeldalton · Answer

fuck no.

AngelLily · Answer

No..

Pterodon · Answer

Hell no

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