Its is the person, not the gun. Any number of household chemicals can be used to maim or kill. There are gasses, poisons and explosives that can be manufactured from legal to purchase chemicals.
The gun gets singled out because it it easy to conceal and has that “scary” factor. Should we outlaw baseball bats? How about knives? Maybe only "assault knives”, you know, those scary looking Rambo ones. Cars are a highly lethal weapon. I could kill more people with a car that I ever could hope to with an assault weapon. Football game and an monster truck anyone? Any farmer has the capability to build a bomb like Timothy McVeigh, outlaw farmers? Any mentally ill person (and lets face it, anyone bent on murder is mentally ill), will find a way. This is why I have a problem with the insanity defense. You are not guilty by reason of insanity, you are guilty, but insane. Almost any object is a potential weapon. I live in an area where there is dangerous wildlife. Am I to be disarmed so I am unable to defend myself? There are grizzly bears, black bears, mountain lions, bob cats, wolves, & coyotes, all have been spotted fairly close to my house. So, because some people abuse a right, I am to give up mine? Should we abandon the 1st amendment also because someone might yell fire in a crowded theater? Lets control all speech because some people might misuse it. Hmm, lets see, religion is a major contributor to problems of all kinds, lets let the state decide what religion we can be a member of. Other people call for the whole sale slaughter of others, so lets let the government decide what speech is allowable. I get really offended by what is written in the press so lets control that also. Large groups of people assembled for a specific purpose frightens me so lets outlaw that too. How about the third amendment? Soldiers shouldn’t have to live in barracks, lets quarter them in your house. 4th? That pesky need for warrants, think of how many criminals could be put away if it wasn’t for the 4th amendment! I would go on but I think you get the point. Just because someone might get injured, or afraid, or offended, or even have good intentions, it doesn’t give them a right to take away my rights. The right to defend one’s self is the most basic right of all. On Oct 9, 2015, at 10:21 PM, Stefan Englhardt <[email protected]> wrote: > Looking at this with a foreign view I can't understand this "gun love" in US. > It is not all about the criminals or idiots. Just look at the statistics for > accidents with weapons. The only way to save lifes is to be very restrictive. > If someone wants to shoot he can go to a shooting club and leave the weapon > there. It is not freedom to have a gun at home. It is silly esp. with kids > around. > You can't avoid killing with banning weapons but you can reduce it. If I need > a weapon I call for police or security.
