Originally posted by leonheartmm
and you are retarted. target shooting and hunting are not large enough necessities to justify the right to bear arms when the negetive consequences{accidental or otherwise} far outweigh the RIGHT of people to shoot animals{even the idea sounds retarted}. whats next? letting people own plastic explosives and nukes, because they have a RIGHT to watch awesome explosions????????? you have to look at consequences first. i dont deny that in a perfect world, people shud have a right to target practice, but then again, in a perfect world, people shud also have the right to watch huge explosion. fact is, this isnt a perfect world and the consequences{to other free citizens} far outweigh the rights of the individual. do you have any idea the number of deaths in the last 50 years in america alone from gun related accidents/violence etc? what about the right of the people who got shot to their lives and the lives of their loved ones and the right for them to not live in fear of these things????????!!!!!!! obviously you dont care much about that.the defence argument is flawed. only rarely does having a gun in your house help you in practical situations against robbers etc. the probability that youll have it ready and usable, or that infact it will help you SAVE lives in random robberies etc is remote. and there is little evidence to back it up. furthermore, people for the second ammendment are quite often more interested in carrying high caliber/more destructive firearms {e.g. m-16 assault rifles, 50 cal magnums, snipers, shotguns, 45. etc etc} which are not at ALL needed for defence. a 9mm would work better actually. but lets be honest now, DEFENCE is just a ploy used by gun lovers, that isnt the real reason they want guns around, and its silly to fall for such an old trick.
but more important than that, putting in more guns in a community to PROTECT people is akin to putting out flames with gasoline. irrespective of the intentions of the buyer, the more guns the community posesses, the more gun crimes are commited annualy, as well as "accidents". at the end of the day, thats more dead bodies for you, so really which community is SAFER, the one with guns for "protection" or one without guns??? guns just encourage more violence. also, the laws which allow you to shoot at sum1 simply because they are in your PROPERTY{considering how big sum PROPERTIES in the state where guns are popular really are, not considering the house u live in} allow for unnecesary amount of force.
in the end, if SAFETY is an issue, than buy a taser. it is more effective than 9mm and people have no excuse to keep firearms. firearmsshud be confined to the premises of shooting ranges alone, and under strict control not to be taken out into people's hands.
the second ammendment was made a LONG time ago, when america was supposed to endorse the ideology of freedom of live in a wild land. no real police, robbers and rogues aplenty, and the fact of government/military, forcing people all over europe{and other places} to conform to idologies and unfair laws etc. the right to bear arms was the right to empower individuals to stand up for themselves against such forces and be free. that is what the right to bear arms signified. however, it is completely unnecessary and without justification in TODAY'S world.
First of all, if you're going to call me "retarded", please spell it right.
Secondly, your logic still (as always) fails. You're making wild and illogical leaps between owning a gun, which certainly has uses (as noted) and owning nuclear armaments. For the record, a 9mm is a better deterent and/or protection than a taser, as fact.
Thirdly, There are literally more guns than people in America, yet accidental deaths and unlawful shootings are not off the carts, as you make it seem that gun ownership equates to.
Fourthly, you're a complete idiot that has nothing except illogical rants.