Quote Originally Posted by ATrain
I think that is downright insane. Think of the murder rates America has when maybe say 80 million people have guns. If everybody has a gun more and more people would turn to violence to solve their disputes. Virginia Tech and Columbine happened BECAUSE of easy access to guns, not because not enough people have them.
I think it is insane to try banning guns which only prevents access to the responsible ones, but does little to prevent guns from getting into the hands of criminals. Those that want it, will always get it if the desire is great enough. You shouldn't even be suggesting a ban on every gun because that is just impossible, criminals will always find away around the law, and in the end the only people you are really restricting access to are the law abiding citizens, the very people that are the most responsible to be owning guns.

I also never said people should resort to violence to solve their problems, murder would still be illegal, but if you are protecting yourself from a criminal you should be legally allowed to defend yourself and your family.

I live in California which has some of the toughest gun laws in the country. But despite the laws, a lot of people still have guns that aren't registered. It seems that most of the people that own guns here in California are the people that shouldn't be, and the responsible ones that should own them, don't because they believe all the anti-gun bullshit about how guns cause crime. The reality is that gun laws hurt citizens from being able to defend themselves. We need less gun control laws and put some god damn fear into these coward criminals that are so quick to pull a gun!