I worked as a legal proofreader in NYC, and you could get blacklisted for misplacing a comma, as it changes the legal definition of a sentence at worst and makes it more ambiguous at best.
Many historic scholars agree that this is what happened with the Second Amendment.
I’ve owned and shot firearms since I was 6 or 7 years old. My dad was a crazy bastard, but he taught me how to be responsible with guns, and that rights come with responsibilties.
I’m considered a liberal now, but I would have been considered a right leaning conservative 25 years ago, before the Republican party went completely insane.
As a nation, we’ve shown that we are not responsible enough to own guns under the current laws in most states.
It’s a statistical reality that states with more restrictive gun laws have less gun violence.
And most saliently, the right to bear arms does not equal the right to virtually unlimited firepower.
For over two decades, federal legislation has argued for full background checks, licensing, and registration, and not much else.
Even where gun laws have become more restrictive, there are still a wide array of gun options.
If a person wants a gun, they’re going to get it, but that doesn’t mean we have to make it easy for anyone who wants an armory.
NYC has imposed indirect legislation that reduced gun violence drastically. Even now, when times are tough and there has been more gun violence, it’s nothing like it used to be.
These laws mainly apply to other crimes. You commit burglary, adding a gun into the equation adds 5 or more years to your sentence depending on whether you’re burglarizing a home or a business.
The same goes for most altercations. You get into a bar fight, you might spend a few nights in jail. If you have an unlicensed gun, even if you don’t use it, you’re looking at prison time.
If anyone is lacking a spine or a sense of responsibility it’s pro-gun advocates.
You talk, you de-escalate, and if worst comes to worst, you get into a fist fight, which is preferable to murdering someone.
I’ve heard every stupid argument that you could also kill someone with a knife or a chainsaw, but we don’t go to war with chainsaws or knives as a primary weapon for a reason.
It’s much easier to kill with a gun, both physically and psychologically. You don’t have to get close. You don’t have to acknowledge another person’s humanity.
I had a gun pulled on me, and it’s not like the movies. The person came up from behind and I heard the click of the cock. Best case scenario, the guy ends up with my gun, too. The worst case, I try pulling on him and get killed, or we both get killed.
I didn’t have a gun. I talked the guy down. This doesn’t always work, as mass shooters have proven, and I’m glad I didn’t have a gun, as the instigator might have seen this as a reason to shoot me.
What matters more, the safety and security of children and the public in general, or unlimited access to guns? Most mass shooters acquire their guns legally, which shows there is a problem with the system and the way we’re interpreting the Second Amendment.
I find it disgusting that those who are too paranoid or cowardly to accept background checks and licensing are calling people who want to fix the epidemic of gun violence in this country spineless, and not all of them are liberals.
It sounds like projection.
We have a problem, and if access to guns is more important to you than the lives of children and innocent people, you should reexamine your priorities.
I worked as a legal proofreader in NYC, and you could get blacklisted for misplacing a comma, as it changes the legal definition of a sentence at worst and makes it more ambiguous at best.
Many historic scholars agree that this is what happened with the Second Amendment.
I’ve owned and shot firearms since I was 6 or 7 years old. My dad was a crazy bastard, but he taught me how to be responsible with guns, and that rights come with responsibilties.
I’m considered a liberal now, but I would have been considered a right leaning conservative 25 years ago, before the Republican party went completely insane.
As a nation, we’ve shown that we are not responsible enough to own guns under the current laws in most states.
It’s a statistical reality that states with more restrictive gun laws have less gun violence.
And most saliently, the right to bear arms does not equal the right to virtually unlimited firepower.
For over two decades, federal legislation has argued for full background checks, licensing, and registration, and not much else.
Even where gun laws have become more restrictive, there are still a wide array of gun options.
If a person wants a gun, they’re going to get it, but that doesn’t mean we have to make it easy for anyone who wants an armory.
NYC has imposed indirect legislation that reduced gun violence drastically. Even now, when times are tough and there has been more gun violence, it’s nothing like it used to be.
These laws mainly apply to other crimes. You commit burglary, adding a gun into the equation adds 5 or more years to your sentence depending on whether you’re burglarizing a home or a business.
The same goes for most altercations. You get into a bar fight, you might spend a few nights in jail. If you have an unlicensed gun, even if you don’t use it, you’re looking at prison time.
If anyone is lacking a spine or a sense of responsibility it’s pro-gun advocates.
You talk, you de-escalate, and if worst comes to worst, you get into a fist fight, which is preferable to murdering someone.
I’ve heard every stupid argument that you could also kill someone with a knife or a chainsaw, but we don’t go to war with chainsaws or knives as a primary weapon for a reason.
It’s much easier to kill with a gun, both physically and psychologically. You don’t have to get close. You don’t have to acknowledge another person’s humanity.
I had a gun pulled on me, and it’s not like the movies. The person came up from behind and I heard the click of the cock. Best case scenario, the guy ends up with my gun, too. The worst case, I try pulling on him and get killed, or we both get killed.
I didn’t have a gun. I talked the guy down. This doesn’t always work, as mass shooters have proven, and I’m glad I didn’t have a gun, as the instigator might have seen this as a reason to shoot me.
What matters more, the safety and security of children and the public in general, or unlimited access to guns? Most mass shooters acquire their guns legally, which shows there is a problem with the system and the way we’re interpreting the Second Amendment.
I find it disgusting that those who are too paranoid or cowardly to accept background checks and licensing are calling people who want to fix the epidemic of gun violence in this country spineless, and not all of them are liberals who are supposedly too ignorant to have an opinion. Anyone who can be shot has a right to an opinion.
It sounds like a warped kind of projection. You say we deny science because we’re ignorant, so we say unless you can field strip an M-16, you’re ignorant, so shut up.
It’s amazing the human race has managed to survive this long.
We have a problem, and if access to guns is more important to you than the lives of children and innocent people, you should reexamine your priorities.
If you think more guns are the answers, that’s like arguing the fire department should fight fires with flamethrowers.
Or in other words, that you’re nuts.