Well put. It is true that a lot of gun owners, especially responsible ones, have a knee-jerk reaction to ANY talk of gun control, which is “You’re not taking my guns away.” I think it’s safe to say that many people, including yourself, are responsible users of guns, and I have no desire to remove them from your possession, and I think a lot of others feel the same way. On the other hand, can we agree that some people should not be allowed access to weapons? The problem, of course, is how to allow safe and sane gun ownership while protecting our constitutional right to “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”.
Again, the polarization of our society means that people are so busy shouting that no one hears.
I would hope that the NRA is willing to join the discussion, as their members’ input (and their willingness to be a partner in the final decisions) will have great value.
Maybe we can stop pointing fingers and calling names and act like adults.
Five rifles, three shotguns, and three hand guns, and not worried about losing them, and they would all still be legal if high capacity magazines, and “combat weapons” (not “assault weapons”) are banned. Hunting, sporting clays, and self defense does NOT require a 30 round magazine, or testosterone firing “design elements”.
As ex-military, perhaps you would like to justify those NRA members who ‘Need’ such items as 30 round clips, kelvar and armor piercing rounds, incendiary rounds, and all the other paraphernalia which enables such atrocities as that at Newtown. They certainly are not useful for hunting, and seem to be overkill for a gun range.
And finally doesn’t it bother you that one of the justifications offered for private ownership of AK-47s is “The US Army has M16’s, I have to be able to defend myself.”
DGH10 over 11 years ago
The day is not over………..
Motivemagus over 11 years ago
Har!!
ScullyUFO over 11 years ago
Well, we should definitely ban all trucks that contain explosives. And other things that contain explosives. Oh, wait a sec.
Peabody-Martini over 11 years ago
In any organization the moderates need to rein in the radicals, the NRA is no different.
I Play One On TV over 11 years ago
Well put. It is true that a lot of gun owners, especially responsible ones, have a knee-jerk reaction to ANY talk of gun control, which is “You’re not taking my guns away.” I think it’s safe to say that many people, including yourself, are responsible users of guns, and I have no desire to remove them from your possession, and I think a lot of others feel the same way. On the other hand, can we agree that some people should not be allowed access to weapons? The problem, of course, is how to allow safe and sane gun ownership while protecting our constitutional right to “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”.
Again, the polarization of our society means that people are so busy shouting that no one hears.
I would hope that the NRA is willing to join the discussion, as their members’ input (and their willingness to be a partner in the final decisions) will have great value.
Maybe we can stop pointing fingers and calling names and act like adults.
Maybe.
Dtroutma over 11 years ago
Five rifles, three shotguns, and three hand guns, and not worried about losing them, and they would all still be legal if high capacity magazines, and “combat weapons” (not “assault weapons”) are banned. Hunting, sporting clays, and self defense does NOT require a 30 round magazine, or testosterone firing “design elements”.
rowena28 Premium Member over 11 years ago
Wrong. I am a rational person & I do want to ban ALL guns, no exceptions.
PlainBill over 11 years ago
As ex-military, perhaps you would like to justify those NRA members who ‘Need’ such items as 30 round clips, kelvar and armor piercing rounds, incendiary rounds, and all the other paraphernalia which enables such atrocities as that at Newtown. They certainly are not useful for hunting, and seem to be overkill for a gun range.
And finally doesn’t it bother you that one of the justifications offered for private ownership of AK-47s is “The US Army has M16’s, I have to be able to defend myself.”
SABRSteve over 11 years ago
There are about 20,000 gun-control laws; somehow the problem lies not with the NRA but elsewhere.