Explain to me, why isn't there a reasonable gun control law in the US? I am 12 years old.

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I can't believe anyone with the brains to log on to the Internet actually thinks gun control is a bad idea.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't believe anyone with the brains to log on to the Internet actually thinks gun control is a bad idea.

Exactly. So coming to my original question, why there isn't a good law for gun control?? why??? aren't we a 1st world country? or in that matter we are still like in the Far West times...gun rules?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe anyone with the brains to log on to the Internet actually thinks gun control is a bad idea.

Basically the idea is why should innocent people who haven't ever done anything wrong be banned from having a gun for whatever purpose (shooting range, self protection, hunting, etc) because other people use them for evil.

Some will respond, well what about automatic weapons. But isn't that a slippery slope where each successive type of weapon is unavailable? People don't agree on the line of what should be allowed.

Also, there is an assumption that gun control will make it safer because criminals won't be able to get guns. But that doesn't work for drugs, didn't work for alcohol during prohibition, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:You are assuming that all criminals would follow the law. You are also assuming that everyone is using guns to protect themselves against criminals.

My uncle lives in the middle of nowhere Alaska. He carries a gun everywhere he goes to protect himself against bears or wolves.

Does he carry an AK-47?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe anyone with the brains to log on to the Internet actually thinks gun control is a bad idea.

Basically the idea is why should innocent people who haven't ever done anything wrong be banned from having a gun for whatever purpose (shooting range, self protection, hunting, etc) because other people use them for evil.

Some will respond, well what about automatic weapons. But isn't that a slippery slope where each successive type of weapon is unavailable? People don't agree on the line of what should be allowed.

Also, there is an assumption that gun control will make it safer because criminals won't be able to get guns. But that doesn't work for drugs, didn't work for alcohol during prohibition, etc.

No, it's not a slippery slope. We already had an assault weapons ban, and the slope did not slip.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe anyone with the brains to log on to the Internet actually thinks gun control is a bad idea.

Basically the idea is why should innocent people who haven't ever done anything wrong be banned from having a gun for whatever purpose (shooting range, self protection, hunting, etc) because other people use them for evil.

Some will respond, well what about automatic weapons. But isn't that a slippery slope where each successive type of weapon is unavailable? People don't agree on the line of what should be allowed.

Also, there is an assumption that gun control will make it safer because criminals won't be able to get guns. But that doesn't work for drugs, didn't work for alcohol during prohibition, etc.

People shouldn't feel the need to protect themselves with guns! Like someone said before, gun contro or ban would probably not prevent a black market but it would certainly reduced guns landing on evil hands!. You do not need automatic weapons to hunt, you do not need an arsenal to protect yourself if that is what people think then this country is doomed.

[Anonymous]

15:21

I agree.

In another thread a poster wrote that 'regular guns' would not be good enough against -our own US- Navy Seals, if it ever came to the point that the US became a tyranny.

WTH???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, Virginia. There is a gun lobby. And it collects and spends millions of dollars arguing that our founding fathers wanted us to have the freedom to shoot 100 bullets in less than a minute. Back when it took about 10 minutes to load a single musket shot.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe anyone with the brains to log on to the Internet actually thinks gun control is a bad idea.

I can't believe that anyone that would make a statement such as this could actually be a productive member of society.

[Anonymous]

OP subscribe to theTea Party Tribune for you answer. Common sense isan outmoded concept

http://www.teapartytribune.com/2012/07/26/has-anyone-ever-heard-of-a-massacre-at-a-gun-club/

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe anyone with the brains to log on to the Internet actually thinks gun control is a bad idea.

I can't believe that anyone that would make a statement such as this could actually be a productive member of society.

You would be surprised to find that most jobs do not involve shooting things.

[Anonymous]

Gun Conrol talk is cheap. a health care system capable of dealing with the mentally ill is expensive

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Anonymous wrote:Gun Conrol talk is cheap. a health care system capable of dealing with the mentally ill is expensive

Agree completely. And I'll add that the "system" needs to be able to connect the dots and get names on lists so that names pop up on the background checks. As a society, we are too afraid to hurt feelings. Should have happened with Cho at Va Tech and should had have happened in Colorado.

[Anonymous]

1540 the ACLU would be all over any attempt to "connect the dots" on the mentally ill .

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Anonymous wrote:1540 the ACLU would be all over any attempt to "connect the dots" on the mentally ill .

Gun nuts would be all over any attempt to connect the dots on gun ownership. Under the Firearm Owners Protection Act, it is illegal for the government to build one. The government knows where I buy gas and what restaurants I frequent, but they cannot know whether I own a gun. For each gun-related crime, they have to do an investigation to see if they can trace it from the manufacturer all the way through to the last owner.