BDM05 wrote:
I believe a person has the right to have the freedom of having a gun, a person can use that to defend themself in the home or late at night, AMMUNITION on the other hand should probably be a tad more regulated[MotO]...cuz that's the lethal part of a gun...[/MotO] I think that more powerful weapons though, like Ollie's RPG, are a tad excessive...
First off, gun control only works against law-abiding citizens, because they're the ones who say "Oh, guns are illegal, better not get one then." Criminals
will still have guns, regardless of the legislation. Look at England. Place a, for all intents and purposes, ban on guns, and what do you get? Rising crime rate coupled with a rising
gun crime rate. Surprise surprise, the criminals didn't pay attention to the "No Guns Allowed" law.
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and I have heard of a security mesure like a small, low power bracelet that tells the gun it can't shoot unless less than a foot away or something like that
Systems like this are worthless. Period. They are delicate, expensive, unreliable, and take up space. If you're worried about Junior getting your gun and killing his friend, put a good trigger-lock on it and carry the key with you. Better yet, educate Junior to the point where he knows what the gun is capable of and has a healthy respect for it, as I did in my childhood.
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so maybe a few more restrictions, not much ammo needed, allow only handguns, that's my stance
Shotguns are excellent home-defense weapons, although they're not so great for mobile self-defense. They're also useful for hunting, as are rifles. In case you didn't know, deer hunting is a
necessity in the U.S., because the natural predators of the deer populations have been wiped out or driven off, and unchecked deer population growth leads to habitat destruction, increase in deer-related car accidents, and other generalized unpleasantness.
I personally don't hunt, not because of any dislike of the idea of shooting something but because of the fact that it requires you to get up at ungodly hours and sit in a cramped, cold place for hours on end, waiting for a target to show up. I also don't own a gun, because my college campus does not allow them and it would be rather pointless to have one just to keep at family's home, since there are already several guns there. But, once I'm out of the dorm and into a permanent apartment or house, I do plan to own a gun (most likely a shotgun).