GUNS KILL: LET THERE BE CONTROLS

How many Columbines will it take, before the USA bans hand guns

Published on March 24, 2005 By Bahu Virupaksha In Politics

The recent killing in the shools at Minnesota is only the latest in a long and dreary stream of killings. After each such massacre there is the ususal voive of reason and moderation asking for gun control. The sane voices are soon drowned by a cacophony of noises emanating fro the gun lobby. The time has come to move a constitutional ammendment to out law the sale of guna to any one under thwe age of 30. The guns sold must be registered at the AFT of the Federal Government. The sale of hand weapons that can be consealed on the body must be outlawed altogether. For game hunting guns of lesser calibre may be considered, but assault rifles must be strictly out of bounds to young people. Serious crmes with hand guns must carry a heavier punishment, including prison without parole.

The time has come to consider seriously gun control. The war in Iraq will actually increase the level of violence as young men trained to open fire without any provocastion try ti reenter civilliam life.

Comments (Page 2)

Rightwinger

on Mar 24, 2005

Geez, if I wanted to go out and buy a 50-caliber gun, I could

Yes, you could...but why would you want to? That's the thing. The only people who would buy a weapon of such destructive power would be:

1. A serious firearms collector (most of whom are well-known
to their gun dealers and have their permits in order)

OR

2. Someone who intended to use it.

Military weaponry is not exactly good for hunting, unless you like your deer burger ground up right there in the woods, or would want to lay down a layer of flak for the flock of ducks passing overhead.

drmiler

on Mar 24, 2005

" Amazing amount of rationalization to allow guns, of all calibers, to be bought and sold in the United States with no controls whatsoever. Sick crap. "

We have many controls, most of which you know absolutely nothing about. Why? Because you are a liar unconcerned with the truth, as you show time and time again in your responses. You lie when you say that "ANYONE" can buy a gun, probably because you are just as brainwashed by the Micheal Moore mock-umentary that he created using falsehoods and misleading statements.

Kind of like how you blog...

BINGO! Got her in one!

drmiler

on Mar 24, 2005

If there is one thing liberals love more than banning Christianity from public schools it is creating ineffective gun control laws. Despite centuries of evidence that gun control laws do not lower crime, stop violence, or make society safer in any way, liberals keep plugging away at our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

I am not going to weary you with a regurgitation of all the well known statistics showing how strict gun control laws are followed by sharp spikes in violent crime rates or with arguments asking the Left to explain its intellectual consistency behind their view that the only remedy to a failed gun control law is the creation of another gun control law just like it. The real question in the gun control debate is not the statistics or the nuances of the law but why in the first place liberals are so preoccupied with making it harder for law abiding citizens to carry a gun.

Gun control laws are as old as America, stretching far back into the early Colonial period. As far as the United States as a political entity is concerned, the first gun control law came less than one year after the ratification of the 2nd Amendment in the Bill of Rights, with the "Uniform Militia Act of 1792." In the Act, every "able bodied white male citizen" between the ages of 18 and 45 was to be enrolled in the state militia and was required to "provide himself with a musket or firelock, a bayonet, and ammunition." In early America, it was not a question of "if" you had the right to bear arms, but whether you would be "required" to own a gun. This Act is significant for two reasons. First it shows the intent of the Framers was that every citizen was considered part of the militia; therefore, no citizen could have their right to bear arms curtailed by the government. Second, with the Act designating "white males" as citizens and part of the militia, it effectively denied slaves and even free African-Americans their newly declared Constitutional rights.

It is quite obvious that there were many in early America who did not want slaves, or those sympathizing with their suffering, from having access to guns. Why? Well, it is pretty simple. If slaves had guns, then they would not have been slaves for much longer. Firearms would be used by slaves as a tool to overthrow their oppressors -- just as the American Colonists had done against the British -- and demand their full rights and dignity as citizens. The "Uniform Militia Act of 1792" opened a door that was used by many states to pass follow up legislation that made it illegal not just for African-Americans to carry or own a gun, but to even use one unless under orders from their "master." From its inception, gun control was a vehicle to deny basic rights, prevent self defense, and oppress citizens.

Gun control laws still disproportionately regulate the African-American community, but now our benign liberal leaders want to spread the oppression about a bit more fairly. But the goal remains the same. Gun control does nothing but oppress a population, deny them basic rights, make them subservient to the government, and prevent them from changing their collective conditions at the time of their choosing, rather than at the sanction of the State. Liberals do not want you making your own decisions anymore than they did the slaves. That is their job. How can they possibly restructure society so a Republican is never elected President again, if people are running around not doing what they are told? Liberals love gun control for the simple fact that it directly impacts the most independent, self reliant, and free thinking of us, as demonstrated by our refusal to proxy our personal protection out to an unaccountable government.

The goal of gun control is not to actually control guns and make the world a safer place, but to control people. It is not as important that you pass a criminal background check, so much as it is that you feel obligated to ask the state for permission to buy a gun. Liberals know gun control laws will not stop criminals, but they erode the sense of independence and self reliance of regular people until they feel that they can do nothing that does not meet government approval.

Gun owners choose to protect themselves, thank you very much. They do not need government protection anymore than any of the other ill conceived plans of the Left. And that is why the liberals want to control their guns. It is the only means they have to directly control the lives of those who would otherwise go on ignoring them.

Justin Darr is a freelance writer living in the Philadelphia area with his wife and twin children.

Daniel Ruoss

on Mar 24, 2005

To paraphrase a comedian I was listenening to..............

If guns kill people I can blame misspelled words on my keyboard.

The bottom line is that a gun isn't responsible for killing those people. A person who used a gun is responsible. Big difference. Thousands of people are killed every year in car crashes. Yet no one is running around demanding that we ban cars or even stop making fast ones. Gun control is just another liberal excuse for people who aren't responsible. Hold individuals accountable for their actions. Please, don't punish the rest of us who have done nothing wrong.

ParaTed2k

on Mar 24, 2005

PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE, CONTROL THEM ALL!!!

Does that make anymore sense?

bakerstreet

on Mar 24, 2005

I think the reason Lefties refuse to acknowledge the fact that we ALREADY HAVE GUN CONTROL, is that they don't want to admit that the controls that have been put in place haven't reduced gun crime a bit. If people knew that, they might be less apt to blame the gun, or the victim, instead of the criminals.

To me, this is a lost opportunity for a reasonable Liberal rant. Are they bitching about what needs to be done to care for kids like this? Are they complaining about the plight of education? Are they talking about Native American issues? School security?

Nope, they skip it all and address the hunk of metal the guy used.

dabe

on Mar 24, 2005

Gun control is more than just regulating guns and citizens. it's also about regulating the industry. Hold industry accountable for the amount of guns that flood the market. Regulate the amount of guns that any one person can buy, and that includes those who buy and sell at gun shows.

Stop flooding the cities with guns, and we just may go back to having less guns. All these lame excuses about "guns don't kill people, people kill people" is just foolish rationale. There was a time when a score was settled by bloodying your opponents nose. Now that guns are so prevalent, and yes, anyone can buy them, it's become the norm for a kid to just pull a gun and shoot the guy who may have insulted his manhood.

As for the MN shooting, I do believe that the grandfather may have shouldered some blame, in that his grandson obviously had access to his guns, but he shot his grandfather first with another gun.

People with guns kill people.

Politically Active

on Mar 24, 2005

The only reason people own guns is to kill. Even if you don't consider hunting as killing, is it really so important to you that you be able to hunt that you are willing to risk people's lives for it? Doesn't sound like compassionate conservativism to me. Owning a gun is not a right, just like owning cocaine is not a right--they're both dangerous and they both do nothing but hurt people.

ParaTed2k

on Mar 24, 2005

Ok, then lets do the same with everything else that kill, cars, food, cleaning supplies...

In other words, get your mind off the lie that guns are the problem and maybe you'll start seeing reality.

preacherman

on Mar 24, 2005

Greetings Bahu Virupaksha.... do you ever wish you had not hit the button?

preacherman

drmiler

on Mar 24, 2005

People with guns kill people.

People WITHOUT guns kill people too! Quit blaming the tool!

Someone hits you in the head with a steel pipe you'll be just as dead as if they would have shot you!

You can not hold the "industry" accountable for how many firearms are sold. That is just plain ignorant. And NO MATTER what *you* say not just anyone can go buy a gun. Do yourself a LARGE favor and educate yourself. Go to a gunstore, you don't have to buy anything just ask to be shown what steps you have to take to purchase a hand gun. As for flooding a city....BS!!! New York and DC have the toughest laws in the US for purchasing pistols. Yet they are also the ones with the most handguns on the street. Don't take my word for it, ask a NY city cop.

drmiler

on Mar 24, 2005

Owning a gun is not a right, just like owning cocaine is not a right--they're both dangerous and they both do nothing but hurt people.

You could not be more wrong if you tried! It most CERTAINLY is a right! Can you say 2nd amendment?

The only reason people own guns is to kill

More BS! Ever hear of competitive shooting?

couchman

on Mar 24, 2005

Stop flooding the cities with guns, and we just may go back to having less guns.

Wow talk about true ignorance.....

First off, in cities with the most extreme gun laws (D.C., NYC, etc) crime (including violent crime) is the highest..

In states that have CCP (concealed carry permits) crime has dropped consierbly.

Another myth, the Assaut Weapons Ban was a good law

Fact, it was a joke from the begining....it banned firearms based merely on it look...not it's caliber or ammo capacity or it mode of fire...or the fact that full-auto assault weapons were already covered under the 1933 machine gun ban....the AW ban was pure fear tactics...so glad it died a wimpering death.

If some prissy anti-gun nut did try to take away my right to own firearms..which I do...I may not shoot his ass but I'd certainly pistol whip him

One final line...in the statistics the anti-gun nuts tend to point to regarding the large number of deaths via gun violence...they tend to omit on purpose that a large majority are criminals who met the wrong end of a potential victim's gun. So I guess we should get rid of all private firearms...afterall even criminals have a right to go to 'work' without fear.

ParaTed2k

on Mar 24, 2005

Banning guns to reduce crime would be as mindless as banning cameras to reduce child porn.

preacherman

on Mar 25, 2005

Greetings Bahu Virupaksha.... do you ever wish you had not hit the button?

How 'bout it, Do you wish you had never hit that button????

preacherman

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