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06-27-2016 02:37 PM |
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Posted by Yog
(Post 718180)
I'm more concerned with innocent dying than I am with those butthurt about losing their guns that have no practical use.
I don't understand what you're trying to say here. A war against our own government? If that's the case I think there's a lot more to worry about than our laws... If you want protection then buy a pistol. Not a fully automatic rifle.
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The 2nd amendment was made to protect ourselves from an oppressive gov. so the laws don't matter in that case, but because of the laws, they don't have guns to protect themselves from a government's military that has much more powerful weapons. Banning automatics is to gun control as deporting is to illegal immigration. It doesn't solve any problem. Illegal immigrants will still come back in. People will still use guns or weapons of any kind to kill people. The mass murderers I guess may not be able to kill as many people, but that's implying they actually can't get a hold of an automatic rifle. I think the background checks and entire gun processing system needs to be drastically changed, but I'm not sure about banning guns, even if its only automatic rifles. It's obviously not like I want people to die, but I'm not sure it would solve any actual problem. I would like the gov. to actually do something about it and fix the restrictions and background check process, plus to create programs to actually help and monitor people with mental illnesses, and then see how much that affects gun crimes, and then go from there on whether or not to ban certain types of guns.
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Posted by Caferino
(Post 718186)
Gun collectors use the excuse of rebeling against an imaginary anarchy/apocalyptic scenario that seems apparently so close of happening, just to defend their hobby. I have never seen a news where someone defends himself or his store with an automatic rifle, only shotguns and pistols. Ban autos and semis, you don't need anything else.
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Considering America originally gained independence from an oppressive government... Who's to say it won't happen again? Just because it's not happening now. Other countries could invade ours too. I agree, no one needs an automatic rifle right now, but the gov. has been notorious for thinking about the present and never planning for the future, and that's how we get into problems.
Let's say automatic rifles are banned. Gun crimes will still happen, and people will still try to commit mass murders with what they have access too, even if it's just a handgun. No one will be thinking that lives were saved when an incident happens, they'll be thinking about the live(s) that were lost. One life lost is too much. That's why I think the people behind the guns need to be the prioroty, along with much better and stricter background checks to prevent them from legally purchasing a gun in the first place.
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