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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, really, why? I can see having a hunting rifle for sport, but anything else is a foreign concept to me. We are not about to have a shoot out at noon, people whose land was taken aren't coming for you. If you are in a bad neighborhood[b] if thieves and gangs had no guns, they could at best rob you, injure you maybe, but unlikely to kill you.[/b] If a young person was a thief and you had no gun, you couldn't kill that person and regret it for the rest of your life after you realize it was just a kid. What are your reasons for wanting to own or having the right to own(at 18 at that) a gun or similar weapon? I can't understand how anybody thinks owning guns and having such an easy access to guns is a good idea. Explain it to me. I see this part of the constitution easily fixed with strict rules for owning a gun and not at all an infringement. I see it as nothing but stubbornness by people who I can't understand.[/quote]

This is really illogical to me. Do you really think that if guns were outlawed thieves and gangs wouldn't still get them? Of course they would. Mexico would then not only be the main source of drug trafficking, but gun trafficking too. So in that case, if an armed robber breaks into your house, you will have a knife for the gun fight. Also if you're defending your life, regardless of who the perpetrator is, you are not going to feel guilty for taking a life. It's you or them.  I'm not a gun enthusiast by any means but don't think your argument holds much water.

Anecdotally I have a few female friends who own handguns cause they just really enjoy shooting. And they are liberal!

Bottom line, there are many reasons.[/quote]

Situations you speak of are rare and few. Yes, some guns would come, some are already here, other countries deal with the same issue. Most people would shoot themselves first. If guns were not easily accessible, shootings were decrease. Situations in which people need to defend themselves against crime with guns are rare even with so many guns around right now. You shouldn't be able to own a gun because you "enjoy" shooting. You can go to a gun range and shoot a gun they have there for this purpose right now. How many these could be avoided,
[i]Police say Darrell Jerrand Wilson told them he shot the other man in self-defense because he started walking toward him with a “mean look on his face.”[/i]
http://www.gainesville.com/news/20180228/gpd-man-26-shot-baby-in-face-man-in-stomach[url][/quote]

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