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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 662801" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>The Constitution does give the right to bear arms, but actually, the amendment reads, "A <em>well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state</em>, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." I don't think the founding father's expected every nutcase to be able to buy an Uzi. The intent was that the States could maintain their independence from tyranny by calling on the people for defense. Unfortunately, it's been stretched beyond its intent.</p><p> </p><p>That being said, I'm not against responsible gun ownership. I grew up in the country and my family hunted. I've fired a gun (target) and am actually pretty good at it. Jabber (former Marine) hunts and owns guns and he's always kept a loaded handgun in the home. I was fortunate in that our son never showed any interest in guns to speak of. I doubt he knew where it was kept or cared. If he had, there would have been issues with keeping it loaded.</p><p> </p><p>But I do believe in regulation. I don't think there's anything wrong with having to register weapons and I think the criminal law should be very strict - Use a gun during a crime and you go to jail for double the original sentence, no probation, no parole, period. I think our gun laws regarding their USE as opposed to their ownership are too weak.</p><p> </p><p>Do I think it would be better if every handgun suddenly disappeared? Yes. But it is not going to happen. Making them illegal would never work. As they say, criminals aren't going to obey gun laws. And the fact is the USA is a HUGE country (England is about the size of Texas and New Mexico put together - two of our 50) and we've always had guns. They'll never effectively be able to ban guns in this country for that reason.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 662801, member: 17309"] The Constitution does give the right to bear arms, but actually, the amendment reads, "A [I]well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state[/I], the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." I don't think the founding father's expected every nutcase to be able to buy an Uzi. The intent was that the States could maintain their independence from tyranny by calling on the people for defense. Unfortunately, it's been stretched beyond its intent. That being said, I'm not against responsible gun ownership. I grew up in the country and my family hunted. I've fired a gun (target) and am actually pretty good at it. Jabber (former Marine) hunts and owns guns and he's always kept a loaded handgun in the home. I was fortunate in that our son never showed any interest in guns to speak of. I doubt he knew where it was kept or cared. If he had, there would have been issues with keeping it loaded. But I do believe in regulation. I don't think there's anything wrong with having to register weapons and I think the criminal law should be very strict - Use a gun during a crime and you go to jail for double the original sentence, no probation, no parole, period. I think our gun laws regarding their USE as opposed to their ownership are too weak. Do I think it would be better if every handgun suddenly disappeared? Yes. But it is not going to happen. Making them illegal would never work. As they say, criminals aren't going to obey gun laws. And the fact is the USA is a HUGE country (England is about the size of Texas and New Mexico put together - two of our 50) and we've always had guns. They'll never effectively be able to ban guns in this country for that reason. [/QUOTE]
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