| </span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (thrillofitall,)
are you in favor of harder gun laws? so that it is harder for the "evil people" to get guns?<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
NO, "evil people" typically ARE NOT getting their guns through legal methods anyway.
The only people that harder gun laws restrict are those that choose to abide by the law to begin with.
There are so many guns in circulation right now that it would be literally impossible to get them all. There are guns that are squirrelled away in places that people forget they are even there. Some folks have so many they can't remember them all off the top of their head.
The point is not about HAVING the guns, it's about EXPECTING EACH OTHER TO ACT RESPONSIBLY.
The only laws that should be harder, should be the PUNISHMENTS for acting irresponsibly or out of malice. If someone commits a crime of any sorts, using a weapon of any sort it should automatically be a more severe sentence. I mean MUCH MORE severe.
The judicial system is trying to deal with issues like this, but it is overwhelmed in my opinion. There are instances in some states where a guy can rape your daughter, and get off easier than if he sold her some grass. Where is the logic in THAT?
I don't want to take the law into my own hands, but the law does not have provisions for protecting my family from assault or harm. Only if a law enforcement officer witnesses the event, or if he has "empirical knowledge" that it WILL occur is he required to take action, IF and only IF it is reasonable for him to assume that he will be able to stop the action.
I simply want an insurance policy that I have control of. It is my right as an American, and if America ever falls, I'll be glad I did, even more so, because who knows what unreasonable heirarchy, or dictatorship might come along and think they can use us all as slaves? If we all are unarmed, the journey from citizen to slave is a slippery slope and a short trip.
Odie |