gun control

[Falconer02]

gun should not exist for the general  public period.  If the guns are controlled then and only use by the military/police thinks should be better.

Ah yes. Let's let the apple orchard close because we found a few rotten apples. Let's disarm the public and grow the potential of a police state!

Harsher gun laws + The fact that criminals don't obey laws = DOES NOT COMPUTE.

However I agree guns should be controlled, but you shouldn't ban them from the public. Don't punish responsible people because of the idiots. Just make it harder for the idiots to get guns.

[vickysue]

I don't know why they keep saying we need gun control, why aren't the laws that on the books being enforced. Just another way of the government wanting to control those that have a legal right to own them. I do agree that we don't need assult rifles, but to each his own. But i can guarntee if someone forces their way into our home he or they will be shot.
 I came across a quote from the solders sanctuary.com And it is ( Evil does not exist within a gun. It exists in the minds and hearts of those who pull the trigger or evil purposes.) 

[mardukblood2009]

Has anyone ever heard the song by the band DRI " Gun Control." Check it out now on You Tube.

[sherryfan]

I do agree. I don't know why people have right to own guns afterall  it happen in school shooting, mall, and movie theaters......will it prevent happen in the future if the still able to own gun??

[Warhol04]

Take away guns and people will find another weapon to use.  The same day as the Conn shootings, a man went on a rampage with a knife in China.  The man stabbed 22 children and one adult.  While there were no fatalities, since 2010 in China, there have been about 20 fatalities of children by knives. 

[lackeyk]

drugs have SERIOUS side effects alot of mental health medication. It dont have the side effects that are listed on the bottle, It seens like the govenment makes it that way.

[wildequusheart]

People don't need guns to do a lot of damage if they really want to. There have been rampages with knives, machetes, semi-trucks, and bombing attacks with homemade bombs made of things such as fertilizer. It's literally impossible to make every potential weapon inaccessible to anyone who would use it for harm and utterly irresponsible to deny the average person the tools of defense. I believe it was Thomas Jefferson who said, "Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither."

However, I was a little surprised to learn of a rather large loophole in current federal gun control laws. I don't personally own a gun, but it was my understanding that a person who wishes to own a gun must pass a background check. This, presumably, eliminates (or at least drastically reduces) the possibility that people who shouldn't own guns (such as convicted felons or people who may act out violently as a result of mental illness) won't own guns. Imagine my surprise when I learned this is only true of people who purchase guns through a licensed dealer, but roughly 40% of gun sales are through private sellers, and no background check is required. Learning information like this makes me believe it is very possible to restrict gun access for people who are not supposed to legally own guns anyway without compromising the rights of everyone else. But a poorly thought out knee jerk reaction won't make the situation better.

[king4cash]

Automatic weapons should be banned from regular Citizens of all age. The Right to Arms must remain, god forbid that the government becomes a tyranical one, and take away all your rights.