I used to be pretty anti Second Amendment... But, I thought about it for a long time. I thought of possible scenarios, and looked at history, and different news stories.


Student Group Wants Campus Gun Ban Lifted
By Christine Hall
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
September 17, 2002

(CNSNews.com) - After two armed southwest Virginia law students stopped a campus shooting rampage in January, a Second Amendment group at a northern Virginia law school decided it was time to change their own school's ban on guns.

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Student Group Wants Campus Gun Ban Lifted -- 09/17/2002

Here is Adolf Hitler's racist gun ban from 1938:
"Jews are prohibited from acquiring, possessing, and carrying firearms and ammunition, as well as truncheons or stabbing weapons. Those now possessing weapons and ammunition are at once to turn them over to the local police authority.
Firearms and ammunition found in a Jewâ??s possession will be forfeited to the government without compensation. Whoever willfully or negligently violates the provisions...will be punished with imprisonment and a fine."
-- NAZI WEAPONS LAW OF 1938 (Regulations Against Jewsâ?? Possession of Weapons, 11 November 1938, German Minister of the Interior
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Nazi Weapons Law of November 11, 1938

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This is a new story of an armed law-abiding woman shooting a rapist:

City Neighborhoods
Arrest in East End sex assaults

Man shot Thursday morning identified by 6 female victims
Arrest in East End sex assaults

I am pro Second Amendment, but I also believe we need gun control.

If the populace is not armed, how are we going to defend ourselves against tyranny? History shows that free nations eventually devolve into tyranny. It's happening in the US right now, slowly. We have cops in riot gear and masks marching in phalanxes. These black costumes are created intentionally to intimidate the masses. In Miami, cops shot a protester, a middle aged woman with a rubber bullet for no reason twice, then laughed about it. I mean, they all laughed about it, and congratulated each other.

YouTube - Miami Police Shot Protester, then laugh about it.

I am not saying that the woman should've been armed, or shot the cops. What I am saying is that if the government takes all our guns away, they have free reign to do whatever the hell they want to us. And what are we going to do? Say, "Hey, you'll be hearing from my lawyer! I'll sue!"

Also when you take all the guns away from the people, the only people left with guns are criminals, the police, the military, and a few good citizens that would rather break the law and carry a gun to protect themselves. If organized criminals, the police, and the military have guns, and we don't, they have power over us.

Personal protection is a good reason. There is a logical case for the cliche scene: the husband with his arms up in the air saying, "take whatever you want. Just don't hurt my family." I agree with people that you might get shot if you drew a gun on the invader, but what if he was going to tie you up, and then kill you and your wife, but rape her first?

For example:
East Area Rapist/Original Night Stalker

On TV the nice silly burglars just take the TV, jewelry, and some chocolate cookies.

But, do you really think someone that just broke into your home while you were asleep and is pointing a gun at you is someone you can trust?

I agree that certain people should not be allowed to own guns. People that were convicted of violent crimes, are one. I do believe in waiting periods, and criminal background checks before being allowed to purchase. I do believe in required classes on how to properly store firearms and ammunitions safely, and all laws pertaining to them.

There are stories every year of armed citizens subduing killers, and defending themselves and their families against rapists with guns.

I know there some stories of accidental shootings, but we need to look at the statistics.

This is from the 2000 census of the US.

In 1996:

Accidents caused by:
Firearms, unspecified and other- 947
handguns - 187

Accidental falls- 14,986

Inhalation and ingestion of objects- 3,206

You are more likely to die from accidentally falling or choking than dying in a handgun accident.

Deaths and Death Rates from Accidents, by Type statistics - USA Census numbers

I have thought about owning a gun for a long time, and I have finally decided to get one. I believe every non-violent law-abiding American of voting age has the right to bear arms.

There is so much information and statistics on both sides of the debate, but it was the what if scenario I thought of...

What if a man or a few men broke into my house and wanted to steal my stuff? Would I rather have a gun or not? Doesn't matter as long as they don't hurt me or my wife.

But, what if the men wanted to rape my wife, and kill us? Would I rather have a gun or not? And how do I know what they want?

EDIT: I edited the news headline for emphasis.