2012-07-24, 02:20 PM
Worthyness Wrote:I think Cali is one of the only few states (there's something like 10?) that has a restriction on assault weapons and high capacity bullet cartridges. So in almost every other state, you can buy as many assault weapons and rifles and stuff like that with no issue (unless you're clearly mentally ill and are a criminal and other obvious reasons). I agree that people don't need to have 100 bullet cartridges on weapons that shoot hundreds of rounds per minute. I also acknowledge that many Americans believe it is in their rights to protect themselves from the government should it become corrupt and tyrannical. It's a hard balance, but everyone has got to give on both sides of the table. There have been many gun control laws in the past, but gun control only really works on people who follow the law. Which is why I think some of my friends are really not logical on this issue because they grew up in places where everyone followed the rules of society- I grew up in a place where there were rules, but people only chose to follow them. My friends want to ban every single gun in the United States because the Constitution language in the 2nd amendment is too "Archaic"; that guns kill people; that the criminals will be scared off from killing people because the police will get them; that all gun owners are stupid and put their guns in places where 3 year olds can get them and then the gun will kill their parents; and other illogical arguments that look good on paper, but won't happen in the real world. Their arguments against mine were always hypothetical and never concerned with both sides of the argument (for example: Do you know how someone responds in an adrenaline rich situation? Do you KNOW how you will react when YOU hold a gun and aim it at some one? You will probably miss your shot because it will be dark and you will be too affected by biochemistry to react properly. The gunman will probably kill you before you even have a chance to get the gun? What's the point of having a gun THEN? How many times will you even need to use your gun? What's the point of having it when you will only ever use it like once? etc.)
I dunno about all that, though I'll use myself as an example. I own a .45 pistol, I know how to use it, I go shooting with it. So if I hear someone break in, my initial reaction, gun, load, cover. Then again with how my family functions, specifically my sister coming in at 3 am at night, I have a better chance of shooting her than some criminal.