I'm on your side urban yan. Coming from a liberal hipster who probably is going to be crucified for what I'm about to say, gun control makes complete sense. If anyone can come up with a LEGITIMATE argument for why they NEED an AR15 or AK47 that has the capability to fire an ungodly about of bullets in a short amount of time, please I'd love to hear it. Fact is there is no reason. Sure everyone bring up the argument of I just like to shoot guns because it's what I like to do for fun....well if you won't give up your weapons whose only purpose is war and killing to save the life of some child out there who will be murdered in a few days, weeks, or months from now by that kind of weapon, your part of the problem and share the blame. It will happen again and again and again. If we start giving up these weapons of war and high cap magazines, less people will die. Period.
You remember the Gabby Giffords shooting last year? That lunatic got off 30 shots on people. You know what happened after the 30th bullet?? He had to reload. And in that time he was tackled and the shooting was over. Done. What if he didn't have the easy ability to go down the gun shop and pick up a 30 round magazine? He might have only been able to get 10 shots off with a reasonable sized magazine. He would have got off 10 shots, tackled, and that's it. Sure people would have still been hit but its 10 vs 30. Which would you rather? It takes ONE bullet from a good guy, not assault weapons that should be in the hands of the army.
And don't get me wrong, I totally 100% support your "right to bear arms" for hunting and protection that every pro-gun person will preach like its the Bible. But ask the pro-gunners what the first four words of the second amendment are and they're like a deer in the headlights. A WELL REGULATED MILITIA. That means if we're killing each other and more harm is being done than good, we need more regulation. And when a good guy shoots a bad guy, that's not good. Your still murdering a human being, there is nothing good about that, even if they were a little messed up in the head. Somebody's life ended.
More guns = less crime? Your stupidity hurts. Yes, it is a WONDERFUL idea for every single person on this planet to carry a gun, then no one will ever die from a gun again. Yeah, um what planet are you on? What if guns didn't exist? Well, let's look at Japan. Every gun except air rifles and in very extreme cases shotguns are banished from civilians. Regulations there would blow a pro-gun advocates mind. Let's take a look at how fierce and blood thirsty their citizens are. Pro-gunners say crime and murder will go through the roof. Quite the opposite is actually the reality. 10 or less on average per year. The US has 10,000+ on average. Gun control works, criminals will not be able to get a gun easily at all if they are illegal.
Now is the point where many people will bring up the drug war and how making drugs illegal has miserably failed. This is 100% true. The war on drugs has failed and is slowly coming to an end. But WHY? Cannabis is the most widely used illict drug in this country by a huge margin. Now let's do a thought experiment. Say,hypothetically speaking, both cannabis and assault weapons are illegal for regular citizens. You decide your going to forego college and an education to become a professional criminal. Still hypothetically speaking, guns and cannabis brought roughly the same profit no matter which you choose. Obviously you choose cannabis. Why? It takes water and dirt, a mental patient could grow it. Criminals don't have a team of highly skilled engineers, an abundance of high strength steels and aluminums, blueprints, computers, CNC machines, waterjets, lathes, and other expensive, specialized tools that are used to make a gun. And they will find it's very hard to convince the average person with those skills or tools to make them a gun for the sole purpose of murdering people. The drug war comparison is complete lunacy and nonsenical.
So after that daily dose of reality, what do we ultimately do to help fix this? You can still hunt and own a weapon for protection, that's a founding principle of this country, no one can take that away from you. If it were up to me, you can own handguns and rifles, that's it. No huge mags, or war weapons. All the "macho men" who think they're going to be a hero someday need to stop hoarding guns because they're scared they might not be able to get them. These are the same people who say that they "ain't giving up there guns for nothing, and will shoot anyone who tries." Let me tell ya, what a wonderful human being you are. Why don't you just shoot everyone who disagrees with you, guns solve everything, right?
I could say and disprove many more pro-gun arguments with logic, reason, and thought experiment, but I've written enough. I follow politics heavy, and progressive/liberals make the most sense for a sustainable, healthy society. If you have to give up the ability to fire off 100 rounds in your AR15 on the weekend just for fun or let off stress to save the lives of some future children who will be murdered by that weapon, do it. And do it now. The government won't kill us all like many idiots proclaim they will like the Nazis did. Last I checked, 300+ million responsible people with a rifle vs a couple thousand federal "murderers" with assault weapons, the 300 million will win, obviously. There's way too many of us, they can't kill us all.
This ALL boils down to the idea of just being nice. Why are we not up in arms for peace, love, and happiness no matter what the cost? We are all humans, and should never kill anyone period. If a lunatic was about to kill me with a gun, no, I don't want a gun to defend myself. I'll take whatever my fate will be, I will never take the life of another human for any reason. And if more people had that attitude, the world would be a better happier place. I thank all of you who took the time out their day to read this. The reason I have the views I do is because of this kind of mentality:
-"Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another." - Carl Sagan
-”The old appeals to racial, sexual and religious chauvinism, to rabid nationalist fervor, are beginning not to work. A new consciousness is developing which sees the earth as a single organism, and recognizes that an organism at war with itself, is doomed. We are one planet.” - Carl Sagan
So live life to the fullest people, and enjoy everyday you have with the people you love. Guns are the answer to nothing. Peace is.
P.S. To the independents out there who don't really care about politics: notice how I am not mad about this issue like the other people on here are, mainly the pro-gun people. I don't get mad about obvious truths such as this, just sad that there are so many people out there who think guns solve everything and more weapons are the answer. We will destroy ourselves someday if we keep our current attitude. Mark my words.
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