Question for those of you who are against owning guns?

Question

Wouldn't you want to be able to protect yourself if the need be? Even if all guns were banned,the criminals will still have them. I don't believe they will volunteer to surrender them. How will you protect yourself?

Answer 1

Right On!  The government will not be there to protect you in your own home.  They will not be able to kill the Black Market either.  Check out the crime rate in Great Britian since they took away their guns.  It is not pretty!

Answer 2

Obama supports the 2nd Amendment.

What are you packin'?

Answer 3

"Obama sought moderate gun control measures, such as a 2000 bill he cosponsored to limit handgun purchases to one per month (it did not pass). He voted against letting people violate local weapons bans in cases of self-defense, but also voted in2004 to let retired police officers carry concealed handguns."

Why am I doing your research for you?  

Answer 4

To the person above me:

Obama supports states being able to ban guns and supports a lot more gun controls. He also wants to make it illegal to carry concealed weapons.

Answer 5

I agree. But I think a lot of people are against owning guns because they can get into the wrong hands. (i. e. a teenager wanting to commit suicide, etc.) Sure, you can get anything if you really want it, but I agree with your point.

Answer 6

You are attempting to paint a great number of people with the same brush. I do support a degree of gun control, but gun control does not mean banning all guns. I see nothing wrong with hunting rifles, or even some semiautomatic weapons.

I don't want convicted criminals to have access to firearms, I do want gun registration and background checks before purchases.

That does not mean I am against owning guns. Very few people are.  

Answer 7

What's that got to do with elections.? Obama's all for owning guns, just not the wrong guns in the wrong hands. Get a newspaper!

Answer 8

I'm not against owning guns. I support gun control laws.

Answer 9

Point well made. Those who are against owning guns are uneducated in how to handle a weapon, the safety of it etc. We own guns for protection and hunting. Its our American right. And McCain will keep it that way.

Answer 10

I have never felt the need to own a gun.  Outside of the military I've never fired one.

Answer 11

I don't believe in banning all guns but it's inexcusable that we allow assault rifles like AK-47's and Saturday night specials in our streets. With the NRA there is no compromising with them. Four more years of them having a voice in the Oval Office is scary. You don't need AK-47's for protection but it is the weapon of choice for mass killings in schools, malls and churches.

Answer 12

Bottom line, more guns mean more people getting killed by guns. The only qualification to that is whether or not it's the "right" people getting killed by guns - ie the aggressors and criminals. But I believe there are no "right" people to be killed by guns. Works along that whole 'two wrongs don't make a right' principle, you know?  

Answer 13

If guns were banned no one would have them, so it would be equal. But having a gun incites violence, you have it - you use it to protect yourself, then someone else draws his gun to protect himself and then it's all out war. Secondly, if guns are a must in today's society, the ownership needs to be stricter, too many unstable people have guns.  

Answer 14

Most people who own guns don't know how to use them. Many get killed with their own guns.Lots of guns are in the Black market being used for crimes. Hunting is a different thing, i don't like it but people have a right to do that.

Answer 15

I'm a liberal and I dont want to ban all guns.

Actually, I've never heard anyone suggest that all guns be banned.

I have read things where people accuse others of wanting to ban guns.  But there will always be scare tactics

Answer 16

YES, BROOKE. HAVE A GOOD LAUGH ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE INNOCENT PEOPLE KILLED BY GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA. I WOULD EXPECT NOTHING LESS FROM AN IGNORANT PERSON LIKE YOU.

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TELL THAT TO MY UNCLE WHO WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD, YOU IGNORANT CHILD.

MOST GUNS ARE NOT USED FOR PROTECTION. MOST GUN DEATHS ARE ACCIDENTAL. IF WE CRACKED DOWN ON GUNS, THIS WOULD BE LESS AND LESS OF A PROBLEM.

HMM... CRIMINALS STILL HAVE THEM. ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS WAS WRONG GOT SO OUT OF CONTROL THAT WE NEED IT NOW? YOU ARE SO IGNORANT IT HURTS.

NO CRIMINALS WILL NOT VOLUNTEER. ITS CALLED STRATEGY, MY LOVE. AND IT TAKES TIME. YOU SUGGESTING THAT WE SHOULD NOT EVEN TRY IS APPALLING.

THERE ARE KIDS GOING OUT OF THEIR WAY TO HAVE GUNS BECAUSE OF THIS STUPID "PROTECTION' MANTRA. WE NEED TO TEACH THE NEXT GENERATION BETTER. IN TIME, IT WILL GET BETTER.

THERE WERE MORE GUN DEATHS IN AMERICAN THAN THE MIDDLE EAST. DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE TO YOU???

COUNTRIES LIKE NEW ZEALAND HAVE LESS THAN 10 GUN DEATHS A YEAR. AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO PROTECT YOURSELF WITH A GUN?????????????? IF YOU OWN A GUN, YOUR CHILD IS MORE LIKELY TO FIND IT AND HURT OR KILL SOMEONE OR THEMSELVES BEFORE YOU WILL NEED IT TO "PROTECT" YOURSELF.

IT IS IGNORANT TO THINK THAT WE SHOULD FIGHT GUNS WITH MORE GUNS. MORE THAN THAT, ITS LAZY AND IRRESPONSIBLE.