And who could blame them? We’re the only civilized country in the world with the scope of this problem, because we value the right to guns under ANY AND ALL circumstances (including in the hands of criminals, the insane, and terrorists) above American lives.
Bottom line: I’d appreciate it if some of the gun fanatics here just admitted that point. Because that is, at the end of the day, what you have committed yourself to. Thanks to the NRA and its subservient Congressional minions, perfectly sensible laws have been struck down against the will of the majority, including background checks, closing “gun show” loopholes that permit terrorists to get weapons, forbidding those with proven mental issues from getting a license, etc., etc., etc. The majority of NRA MEMBERS (not the leadership, which is totally in the pocket of the gun manufacturers) support these laws.
And let’s not forget that the pro-states-rights people are all for the feds when it comes to letting THEIR lax gun laws driving gun deaths in other states. Someone on the right will undoubtedly bring up Chicago. But most gun deaths in Chicago are because of guns brought in from Indiana. Chicago’s and Illinois’ gun laws are not at fault here.
And who could blame them? We’re the only civilized country in the world with the scope of this problem, because we value the right to guns under ANY AND ALL circumstances (including in the hands of criminals, the insane, and terrorists) above American lives.
Bottom line: I’d appreciate it if some of the gun fanatics here just admitted that point. Because that is, at the end of the day, what you have committed yourself to. Thanks to the NRA and its subservient Congressional minions, perfectly sensible laws have been struck down against the will of the majority, including background checks, closing “gun show” loopholes that permit terrorists to get weapons, forbidding those with proven mental issues from getting a license, etc., etc., etc. The majority of NRA MEMBERS (not the leadership, which is totally in the pocket of the gun manufacturers) support these laws.
And let’s not forget that the pro-states-rights people are all for the feds when it comes to letting THEIR lax gun laws driving gun deaths in other states. Someone on the right will undoubtedly bring up Chicago. But most gun deaths in Chicago are because of guns brought in from Indiana. Chicago’s and Illinois’ gun laws are not at fault here.