Saturday, February 9, 2013

In defense of the 2nd Amendment

To those people who want a ban on all guns, knock it off. Honestly, you annoy the fuck out of me almost as much as the crazy people who think that Obama and the woefully ineffective United Nations are going to send confiscation squads to take their guns. You're also just bolstering the argument of the wingnuts. If you don't want a gun, you don't have to have one.

There's plenty of us gunowners who aren't brainwashed by the NRA and Fox News. We keep our pistols and shotguns out of the reach of children. We don't allow mentally ill people to get access to our firearms and we don't mind undergoing a background check to purchase a weapon. We own them because we use them to shoot targets, hunt and defend our homes. I got a .22 at the age of 7 and I've shot thousands of rounds from nearly every pistol, rifle and shotgun made since then, and never at another human being.

There's a firearm for every man, woman and child in the United States, so stop trying to push an outright ban. It's just not going to happen, and every time you bring it up, you just hurt an adult conversation that the rest of us are trying to have.

We can have a honest discussion about what a private citizen should own but not everyone who has a gun wants to shoot an unarmed minority kid or take on an imagined tyrannical government. Gun shows may not be your thing but folks like me enjoy them and we aren't there to buy ammo for the next mass shooting.

If you want to actually make a difference, how about getting behind sensible regulations that will actually work? How about getting away from the ideology of a world without guns and easing towards something more realistic like universal background checks and licensing for high capacity weapons without stirring up the NRA idiots?

However, if you really want to freak out some gun nuts, I suggest showing up to gun shows wearing an Obama shirt and buy up what you can afford. Maybe then, if they think liberals are arming themselves, perhaps they'll finally scream for some regulations.

And finally, if a ban on all firearms is ever proposed, I will stand against it. Until that point, let's not let a bunch of wingnuts on either side hijack our freedoms or this discussion.

13 comments:

  1. Do you know a lot of people who want an outright ban on guns in the U.S.? I sure don't. I do know tons of folks who set up these straw gun-banning men and then spend great volumes of hot air battling them. So, I'd be interested to know who you're talking to in this post.

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  2. Excellent article. I'm so glad someone else, besides me, is saying it. Thank you.
    Nancy, there are enough people talking about an outright ban to derail a legitimate talk about gun control. Hell, even Bob Beckel, on Fox News, would like to see all guns banned.

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  3. I do know a lot of people who want an outright ban on guns in the U.S. However, I have no idea what "straw gun-banning men" are.

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  4. Look up Straw Man fallacy and it should all become clear.

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  5. I DO personally know people who want an outright ban on all guns. No hunting (it's inhumane), no self defense (call 911), and no target practice (it's just stupid). I work with one of those people daily, and she's most definitely NOT made of straw. For other examples, read the comments on anti-gun articles on Liberal web sites for enlightenment.

    Thankfully, they are in the minority. Deep down, I agree with the premise of the article that guns will never be fully banned, especially hunting guns. However, there is the possibility of having handguns so restricted that they are banned in everything but name. Or the possibility of all semi-auto weapons being banned. I believe the complete anti-gun types will never stop trying, and they HAVE succeeded in banning handguns and semi-auto weapons in many countries.

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  6. Feinstein and Cuomo want a 100% ban, and Holder is among their posse.

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    1. Feinstein wrote the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which was enacted as part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 and expired in 2004. The landmark ban applied to the manufacture and sale of 19 types of military-style assault weapons, including UZIs and AK-47s. It did not call for a ban on all guns.

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  8. Thank you! I have been trying to say the same thing ever since the hysteria over Sandy Hook started up, but you did so far more eloquently. Hats off sir!

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  9. What's up with this hysteria to get concealed carry permits? I had to get finger printed for an employment background check the other day and there was a line out the door of folks applying for these permits. The lady at the desk said their office went from maybe10 a week to closer to 30 a day.

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  10. "if you really want to freak out some gun nuts, I suggest showing up to gun shows wearing an Obama shirt and buy up what you can afford. Maybe then, if they think liberals are arming themselves, perhaps they'll finally scream for some regulations."

    Funniest thing I've read in ages

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