Gun rights

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by badgeguy

Yes, and we can see how well that is working in Syria......

Originally Posted by OSUPhantom

We certainly saw how well disarming citizens works in North Korea and Germany circa 1933...

No one has seriously suggested disarming all citizens here.

All Godwining aside, these comparisons aren't really helpful or instructive IMO. Whether one is talking about the government, the culture or the reasons for wanting to control access to guns, the US isn't Syria or North Korea or Nazi Germany. The "gun problem" (for want of a better term) here is a product of our history, our culture and our constitutional government.

[DGTess]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

They are heavily screened, heavily trained and heavily regulated. That makes them different then the average Joe on the street.

I call BS. I've spent over 30 years in and with the military; few are "heavily screened" or "heavily trained". I will grant "heavily regulated" - but that's the people, not the tools.

[DGTess]

A significant part of the issue here in the US is semantics.

For many years, some people have wanted to have the "gun control" debate and others have been willing to have a "gun violence" conversation.

What started within the first days after Newtown was "gun violence" - but few want to deal with the underlying issues of the "violence" part of it. So when Gabby Giffords urges people to "do something" they will -- even if it's wrong. Especially if it's wrong.

If this nation truly wanted a gun violence debate we wouldn't be talking about the children of Newtown; we'd be talking about the children of Chicago -- far more of whom were killed by guns in 2012 than in Newtown. We'd be talking about all gun violence, not the unpreventable mass murders.

[badgeguy]

So, the latest news on this issue is now putting a liability tax for people who own guns...would that be the same as liability tax on our homes or cars?

Your thoughts......

BG

[adpimiz]

I've heard about some schools requiring parents to let the school know if they own a gun. That I find ridiculous.