12-23-2014, 07:59 PM
(12-23-2014, 04:38 PM)Midwest Spy Wrote: BBH touched on the crux of this issue, at least for me.
The idea that this "right to bear arms" is some sort of God-given right, and how dare anybody say or do anything to contradict it.
Yes, the majority of gun-owners are law-abiding, tax-paying citizens, and they should have the right to demonstrate that they can be trusted with a gun. This should be something that's earned, IMO.
You see, it's more important that they have this "right" to have guns, than the lives of them or their loved ones (or anyone else's lives for that matter).
Don't worry though, gun folk, things will never change.
When you tell a gun-lover "geez, I hope you or your loved one is never senselessly gunned down by a legally obtained gun", they really don't know what to say.
Your "right" is safe.
M.S. I lost a little brother to a legally owned firearm before he was 21 years old. Do I blame the firearm? Hell no ! It wasn't the guns fault he is dead ! So not all of us "gun lovers" are speechless.
Edited to add . . . somehow I fucked that quote up, but I was talking about MS's comment about asking a firearm lover about one of his loved ones dieing at the end of a firearm.