Quoted from pinzrfun:Remember when you were kids acting up in the pool and finally some adult said, "Ok, that's it, everyone out of the pool"?
Well, that's how gun control WORKS.
Yes, you legally own your gun. Yes, you keep it safely stored and have taken classes to use it properly. But the rest of society has fucked it up and now everyone has to get out of the pool. Drive by shootings? Not when there are no guns. And I don't recall anyone stabbing 25 schoolchildren to death recently. Not many mass stabbings in the news. The only common denominator is the firearms.
The 2nd amendment was written 225 years ago, before we had a militia much less an army. That was the whole reason for it. Fucking bears and Indians were literal threats to your life, and most people actively hunted for food. That's not the case anymore. These weren't stone tablets brought down a mountain from God. It was an amendment to the Constitution. Do you honestly think the founding fathers didn't expect them to be amended? They would shit to see the violence happening here every day and the NRA screaming that's "Its your 2nd amendment right!" let's not even get into the money being showered on the spineless politicians.
Do I like shooting guns when I have the opportunity? Sure.
Do I like getting drunk on occasion? Hellz yeah.
But you want to stop gun violence? Remove the guns from the equation. We wouldn't be the first country to do it. "Sorry everyone, it's not working, the bad apples have spoiled it, so everyone turn in your guns." You want to target shoot, you sign out a gun right there and turn it back in at the range.
Wanna stop drunk driving? Stop public alcohol sales. Would it affect me? Hell yeah. I like drinking beer at concerts, baseball games, at the bar, whatever. Sure I could still buy alcohol, get hammered at home and then hop in my car and kill someone, but I suspect most alcohol related drunk driving is from people getting loaded someplace besides their homes. Not even gonna bother to Google that one.
Draconian solutions? Yes. But solutions.
Can't wait to see the replies next time I check THIS thread....lol.
Off to cut the grass!
Right, punish everyone because of some bad apples.
How about enforce the laws and punish criminals, don't let them out on bail like a revolving door. There is no deterrent!