Gun Control Thread- Should we?

[RedskinRat]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

I've never understood the mindset that says if more people carried concealed weapons then this would have never happened.

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

Originally Posted by 12thMan

That's a huge hypothetical. Secondly, the average citizen has no desire to carry a gun on their person. In fact, most probably have a general discomfort of guns.

Yes, due to ignorance most people DO have a discomfort around guns. It wouldn't be mandatory to carry a gun, but it should be a choice.

Originally Posted by 12thMan

Yes, these things will happen. People will break the law and find a way to incite fear and violence no matter what laws are on the books. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't take a closer look at current laws and improve them.

We already have enough laws n the books, lets have them enforced.

Originally Posted by 12thMan

Why on earth would someone in suburbia need military grade assault weapons? At a minimum we should reinstate the AWB signed under Bill Clinton in the 90s.

Because that's their right. Why should people be allowed to own and operate a vehicle capable of exceeding the speed limit by 3X?

Originally Posted by 12thMan

I'm not some knee-jerk pro gun control liberal that wants to ban all guns. Statistics prove that most gun owners are responsible and law abiding. But the laws that govern, say, Montana or the Dakotas, for instance, should be different than those that govern our urban communities.

People should have the right to buy and use what they choose. Enforce the laws that we already have.