A gun in every hand.

I need to email Santa my wish list, i'm behind that ownership curve and now I really want a new 12ga for January dove season.

And, no, I don't agree with the southern governor who just told his constituents to carry their guns around and be ready to shoot.

Holy crap. Add that to alcohol and sports losses and neighborly disputes, and general grumpiness, and the bullets will be flying all the time.

who are responsible with their firearms.

Despite all the hand wringing, the US is a very safe country to live in.

Circular "thinking" while innocents die each week. You.Don't. Care.

I need my firearms to protect our livestock from predators.
I need my firearms to enjoy target shooting at paper plates when I find the time to.

And quit with the "You.Don't. Care." shit, you know nothing about me or my cares.

I have no need to take away your duck/deer/bear rifle.

But there has to be a line drawn somewhere.

If you're not willing to do anything, then, no, you don't care about innocent people.

yet you immediately assumed that I didn't care, that leads to hostility.

There IS a line drawn somewhere, and there has been since 1934.

Pretending that there isn't, doesn't tend to help with the trust issue.

I own guns purely for recreation.

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/05/07/gun-homicide-rate-down-49-since-1993-peak-public-unaware/?utm_expid=53098246-2.Lly4CFSVQG2lphsg-KopIg.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com



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We added approximately 150 million guns to the US in that timeframe. Like you, I also don't think this is the reason for violent crime dropping so precipitously, but it also demonstrates there is no straight-line correlation between more guns = more crime either.

This article covers the top five reasons quite well, and increased gun ownership is not mentioned: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/12/03/weve-had-a-massive-decline-in-gun-violence-in-the-united-states-heres-why/

Besides which, I was merely responding to the previous poster's comment about living in fear by showing how such a fear is unwarranted, as we're a much safer society than 25 years ago.

and a more accurate picture of who we are as a people. We can not let the minority rule. About a third of American homes have a gun and a majority of these people support some form of control to weapons.
It is time for the majority of Americans to take back their country.

don't just have one gun rather they have several. If I was to venture a guess on the gunners I know I'd have to say at least a half dozen on average. That takes some of the scary out of that graphic.

That visualization pretty much gives the answer:

If you were going to rob a store, burglarize a house, or commit just about any crime using force, the bad people can expect the good people to have guns SO THE BAD GUYS FUCKING ARM THEMSELVES.

Hello.

If nobody had a gun, robbers would give theirs up too! Then we'd just have to ensure we can best people intent on harming us with good old fashioned knives and baseball bats! Hope Yall been practicing your swordplay.

Gun nuts cherry pick that Amendment. They ignore words like "well regulated". Or the reference to militias.

Not to mention context, a concept they obviously can't or won't grasp.

We require you to jump through some hoops to get a driver's license for safety reasons. Why should firearms be different other than it should be even tougher; people with mental issues and/or a criminal background should not have free reign to stock up on military grade weapons.

At this point I view the NRA as a terrorist organization.

Anti-gunners proceed on the false pretense that amendment 2 authorizes government exercise of power, or grants rights. Amendment 2 does no such thing on either count.

It restricts only government.



Heres your context. Be careful what you wish for:

THE Conventions of a number of the States having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best insure the beneficent ends of its institution

http://billofrights.org/



When a drivers license is required to simply own a car or to drive on private property, that particular point will have some meaning.