Gun Control

1. I never said that gun control was unconstitutional. I only simply stated that it was one of the greatest rights we had. Sorry if my statement confused you. And, yes I do think we should have some degree of Gun Control (i.e. you can't own a rocket launcher -_- xd) But it should be extremely limited. When I refer to Gun Control, Im not talking about it in regards to RPG'S or Tanks or any other ridicoulsly heavy weaponry of that sort. What Im talking about, is handguns, shotguns, "Assault Weapons" etc... 2. I do believe the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun, fighting experience, or a weapon and the knowledge to use it. I believe that this does indeed work. You mentioned the OK Corral. I think that incidents like that are somewhat isolated, but I do believe it can happen. And, even though there might be two people armed and another person with bad intentions also armed, the one with bad intentions could seize the opportunity to kill or injure more people. In fact, there have been cases where two people being armed have been successful in preventing murders. " On January 16th 2002, Peter Odighizuwa, placed on suspension and failing out of school, sought to take revenge. He entered the campus and waved a gun, yelling "Come and get me!". In a matter of seconds, he killed the schools dean, a professor, and a classmate. As panic ensued and the gun shots were heard around campus, students Mikael Gross and Tracy Bridges ran to their cars in order to retrieve their guns. Both Gross and Bridges, unaware of the other, approached the shooter from different directions. Ultimately, they cornered him and he dropped his weapon" excerpt from It is Dangerous to be Right when the Government is Wrong. Theres also a case where an Oklahoma man, Michael Lish, who carried, noticed his back window open. He went into his house and carefully searched it. The intruder, Billy Jean Tiffey III, jumped out brandishing a sword. Lish pulled out his gun and shot Tiffey. While on the ground, Tiffey attempted to pull out how gun, but Lish fired a second and third shot, killing him. If this man hadn't had his gun with him, he would have likely been dead. As for Chicago, my point is that criminals will always be able to get guns from somewhere else. And you said it would be good to enforce restrictions on a federal level. Drugs are banned in the United States (well, except Colorado and Washington), but people are still getting them from other places, mostly from the dealers/sellers that smuggle them. Why does this not and why would it not happen for guns? As for background checks, on the surface, they seem like a good idea, however, doing this would mean having to create lists of individuals, of which I am strongly opposed, as they are, in my opinion, extremely dangerous and authoritarian considering all the government is doing to expand the surveillance state, and the various incursions on freedom they're pushing. They also expand on this by in some areas creating databases of gun owners. As for England take a look at this http://surrenderyourknife.co.uk... apparently enforcing strict gun control laws was not enough. Now they are asking for you to turn in your knives. Im not sure if knife crimes have skyrocketed (Ill get back to you on that, however I do believe there is a large amount of knife crimes in England, and if I remembered the correctly, that shows criminals will always look for other ways to murder innocent people) or what, but this is really absurd. anyway, over and out.