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[T]he right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. Amendment II [1791]
Not to get too preachy, but after yet another senseless school shooting I can hold my tongue no longer. The NRA is out-of-control. How many more people have to die from hand guns just so a bunch of rednecks, men compensating for short-comings, and back-woods hillbillies can target-shoot with pistols? I’m so tired of hearing the gun-lover’s mantra of “guns don’t kill people, people kill people.”
I have to admit that I, from time to time, do in fact hunt. But there just isn’t a need for hand guns. While I understand that out-lawing hand guns in this country will not completely prevent the kind of senseless violence the nation witnessed in Red Lake. The opposite is also true, out-lawing hand guns will not make it any easier for distirbed teens to shoot-up their schools, it will likely reduce both the frequency of occurences and the number of fatalities.
The 2nd Amendment was added to the Constitution in 1791. Can’t the NRA understand that times have changed and that they have perverted the intent of the founding fathers? I think Dennis Miller has it right. “You (NRA) say we can take your guns only when we pry them from your cold, dead, hands… Whatever.”
posted by Gopher-Goof @ 8:30 AM
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Sorry but I have to disagree on this one. I absolutely hate guns and would never own one, but making it illegal to own one isn't going to stop any of the problems. There are still plenty of crack addicts and marijuana users and that's illegal. Look what happened during prohibition! Truth is the problem lies much deeper than the weapon.... if there is that much hurt and sadness in a person that they could kill, they aren't going to need a gun to accomplish it. There is so much disconnection today with our youth that they don't know where to turn when they're upset... that's the issue we need to deal with first... we have to love on our kids! If we should abolish anything it should be Halo and psycho movies that put the ideas into their heads and numb them from the effects violence causes.
Great site Mark!
I would have to agree with Mark on this one and the other anonymous individual. I believe that its both. Not only is our society wrong for letting hand guns be so legal and the fact that our state can conceal and carry now, which is a scary in itself but we also have to look at all the reasons why we have these issues in America and why they are so prevelant. We are the only country with this much violence with our young. All of these killings are senseless and it starts with the reason of why we kill and ends with the means, which is the gun. Both need to be looked at and not just ignored by saying its just the way things are these days. I say bullshit to that. Great site Mark and thanks for getting me worked up!!
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