Is it time to talk about guns?

Over the past two years I've read dozens of accounts of children who have gained access to unsecured guns, and have either shot a parent, a friend, or a sibling.

Do you believe the parents should still be allowed to possess a firearm?

 

They got scared!!!

 

Nothing quite says 'failed state' as eloquently as awarding posthumous medals for heroism under fire to ten-year-olds while reveling in our thanatotic gun fetish.

 

Why? Because those are extreme and radical measures that will only cause responsible gun owners to become rebellious gun owners. Buy back programs won’t get them all off the street- the government won’t offer what you paid for the damn things, and not everyone will turn these weapons in. Drug traffickers aren’t going to turn their weapons in, extremist groups, “doomsday preppers”, etc., would rather illegally posses them over turning them in. You can make it illegal to own these assault weapons if you want, but just like anything else that’s “illegal” - people still have it, sell it, steal it, etc.

What does that leave the people who already have these assault weapons- that abide by the rules- why and how can you take from them? That will be their argument, and that continues to be a political argument.

 

In an attempt to show its okay to infringe on that which can't be infringed are you saying Eli Whitney is the reason slavery was ended and not that it was morally outrageous?

 

A firearm is a tool that extends a person's range. Like car can help you travel to a store farther away, a firearm can let you feed your family with the meat on the other side of the field. Both get used irresponsibly at times.

 

The 2nd ammendment only applies to law abiding, responsible adults.

 

I'm a responsible and law abiding adult.

 

OK, well that eliminates 40% of the US population.

 

I do not put much credit in surveys,

https://americangunfacts.com/gun-ownership-statistics/

32% of Americans say they personally own a firearm according to the 2021 National Firearms Survey. This means that more than 81.4 million Americans own guns. This number only includes adults over 18. When you include family members who live in their same household as a gun owner, that number jumps to 41% of all Americans. Gallup has this figure estimated at 44% of households.

 

This means 68% of Americans are at risk from being killed or injured by somebody else’s weapon. Living in a home when someone owns a weapon significantly raises the risk of gun inflicted injury or death.

 

Chris Rock said: Bullets should cost 5,000 dollars each--that way you know if someone buys a bullet--a motherfucker NEEDS killing.