Think about this realistically for a minute, all guns are banned. One night you are in your living room watching television. You hear some noises in a back room to your home. You go to investigate and two individuals are climbing in through a window. For the sake of arguement lets just say they aren't armed with a firearm but rather a knife. How do you think you would fair in this particular situation? Lets also assume that the right of a homeowner to use deadly force on an intruder into his home still exists, and you have two.
Originally Posted by acp5762
Presuming I don't myself have a knife or bat? I could much more easily just leave the premises or in the worst case scenario, physically defend myself from a knife much more easily than I could against a firearm.
There are many countries in the world that have total gun bans and of all the first world countries, we have by far the most gun deaths per capita. Clearly we are doing something wrong as a society to be in the lead (yes, I know he US loves to be #1) of such a terrible statistic.
That's true, Zed, but she has obviously nurtured her talent into opportunities at those schools she mentions who have shooting teams and have scholarships available for those participants. Why should she be denied that chance?? Maybe she is hoping to parlay that into a berth on the U.S. Olympic team?? Are we going to take that away from her, and others like her, because of a few mutts who make the gun issue a political football??
Originally Posted by EXTXOILMAN
To steal the title of Kayla's other thread, why does she think she has a right to that particular scholarship?
And yes, I'll still say that ideally, I would like to see all guns banned. Unlike other countries that allow firearms of some form, we have a much higher death by guns per capita than most other countries. Simply put,
less guns means less gun violence.
As I also stated in my previous post, I also realize this will never come to pass in the US because the Constitution does grant us that right and the number of guns that are out there to effectively implement a total gun ban. I believe the original reason for the 2nd Amendment (to form a militia) is no longer necessary in the modern United States.