Ronnie DelBacco January 5, 2013 at 12:18 pm

Every law abiding citizen who wishes to own guns has a constitutional right to do so. The problem is not the guns. The problem is the criminals and the culture that produces them. TRUE gun control is hitting what you aimed at. Banning guns will only enable criminals to assault unarmed victims at a higher rate.

George S January 5, 2013 at 10:15 pm

Do we have the right to bear WMDs? How about nuclear weapons? Where do you draw the line, nowhere? It's time to stop letting the gun fetishists who treat these machines of death, whose sole purpose is to kill, like their own personal little play thing dictate policy while children are slaughtered. It's time for sane, rational gun control. No private citizen needs stockpiles of WMDs! It's time to mandate gun locks, thorough background checks, thorough training requirements, limits automatic weapons, clip sizes, etc. It should not be easier to get a driver's license than a machine of death license.

Ronnie DelBacco January 7, 2013 at 12:25 pm

George,
I appreciate your passion, but you need a little more information. 1. No legal gun owner carries around WMD. And certainly no private citizen has stock piles of WMD. What definition of WMD are you using? That's ridiculous. 2. FBI reports more, double and higher, murders using basic everyday carpenters tools available to everyone. So, should there be strict regulation on tools now too, and extensive background checks for carpenters, and mandatory training classed too?? Of course not. That's ridiculous. 3. "clips" is not gun terminology. They are called magazines. Regulating the capacity of magazines will do nothing to deter criminals from carrying out a shooting if they are hell bent on doing so. Criminals do not follow the laws, so what makes you think that stricter laws on magazine capacity will somehow deter a criminal? 4. "machine of death"...Really? More people die in car accidents than do by gun crime. By the way, it isn't really "gun crime", it's just plain crime. So should the driving requirements also be more strict with heavier regulations? NO, of course not. George, the problem is not the guns. The problem is the criminals. If you are face to face with a criminal who has a gun pointed at you, how the hell do you plan on defending yourself? The best way to stop "bad guys" with guns is for there to be more "good guys" with guns. Regulations will only keep innocent law abiding citizens from access to self defense tools...not machines of death.

Andy Novick January 12, 2013 at 08:37 pm

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Elyssia Mathias January 14, 2013 at 08:47 pm

Well said, Ronnie.

fred c March 28, 2013 at 04:27 pm

what in the 2nd amendment says the government or state or the local authorities have the right to ban any firearm? They don't because the amendment says this:"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed". The last four words is the most important part and if they try to take your guns they are violating the law protecting everyones rights...it can never hold up in court and they know it.