GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

[blueberryhill]

BBH, just judging from your comment about concealed weapons, I assume you don't agree with people having the right to carry a firearm. If so, why?

Oh gosh, I am running out of breath....I have been a little outspoken for tighter gun controls.......

America, America, home of the brave, land of the free, and home to the most mass murders in the World....I am sick of our violent, gun culture.....it is out of control. We go through far more red tape to get a driver's license, to obtain insurance, to get approval for loan and the list goes on.....want a gun....no problem.......

My family has always owned guns, they are hunters, my grandchildren were handling guns and hunting at a very young age......but they don't leave the house every day with a gun because they think they need to defend themselves on any given day.....I am more afraid of those who carry all the time....I think if you feel the need to protect yourself 24/7, you probably need to be in a padded cell and given meds twice a day.....

There are a lot of crazies out there who are just itching to fire their guns at someone....if you think you protect yourself with a mass murderer on a rampage, i think you are mistaken.....They use element of surprise and weapons designed to take out a lot of people. You and your gun would not have a chance and you would probably get shot with your gun still in the holster. If you want to keep a gun in your home for a possible intruder, I totally agree that you have that right.

To me, my rights for pursuit of happiness supersedes your individual right to carry a weapon, which is designed to kill, on the street. I shouldn't be afraid to shop for fear of a crazy gun toting fool walking down the aisles....and having to wonder, is he a good guy or is he a bad guy.

Fair enough, but why does it always end up with name calling? People that want to legally carry a firearm and jump through the hoops to do so are not crazy. Just as I don't feel that people that are anti guns are crazy.

You walk in fear of people that carry guns? Really. I can understand the worry when it comes to the crooks and thugs that do and will carry a gun anyways, but to fear the person that earns that right? I just don't understand that train of thought.

Also how does your right for pursuit of happiness supersede my right of pursuit of happiness? I enjoy all things firearm, they make me happy, shooting them, cleaning, them selling them, collecting them and yes being ably to carry one under my shirt for protection, it all makes me happy, but just because they don't make you happy I should lose that joy?

Not trying to be a ass here , I am really trying to understand the thought behind this.

My thoughts are very simplistic....our country has become too violent. I want it to stop. Pursuing our lives (happiness or not), we go to school, send our kids and grand kids to school, dine out, go to movies, go shopping in the mall, go to work, etc. That could be a death sentence today because just about anyone can purchase a gun.....
and we don't know just looking around who is crazy or not.....I wasn't name calling FU.....if the shoe fits........there are too many crazies buying firearms and I am not feeling safe about that...It is not about me, but about the environment I am leaving for my grandchildren. Will their kids be so desensitized to mass killings, that they will accept it as a way of life?

Anyone with common sense IMO, sees the logic of having tougher gun laws.... I won't repeat the lists of everything else we do in life to achieve something we want, e.g. just one example, would be a driver's license.....Most logical people agree with this.
Why would you or anyone else disagree. Why do you have this unreasonable fear that it will lead to the Gov't taking away all your guns? No one wants to take your stinking guns, but there needs to be a process which if followed, should reduce number of some would be killers. Don't use the old "oh, they will find a way to get a gun," more and more of the standard, negative rhetoric that "we just can't do anything about this out of control gun violence in our country. You then are part of the problem.......

I am pleased that these grass roots organizations are getting louder and standing up to the NRA.....and I think eventually, they will prevail....

BG mentioned in his post about the irrational fear that myself and others have toward people carrying in retail stores, etc......I think the irrational person here is the person that has to carry his "gun" in plain sight walking down the aisle of Target. Is it rational to think you might have to defend yourself on any given day in Target, Sears, JC Penney, etc......You and BG can't see or understand why that might make us feel somewhat irrational......Do you seriously think you have to carry your gun every day to protect yourself? If so, yes, I repeat, I think you are suffering from paranoia and need to be on medications......

I am tired of trying to explain what is to me, just common sense....and I know you aren't being a smart ass and I have, hopefully, answered your question. I just got back from doctor's office. I thought I was dying of toxic shock from my surgery, but doctor said it is normal to still have bleeding and discharge....well, he should have told me it would take 2 to 3 months to heal.....anyway, don't bug me again today, O.K.?