Marine goes in on CA senator over her proposed ban on assault weapons

[kingblaze84]

America has a culture of VIOLENCE that is the problem, guns are not the problem.....

 

[janklow]

America has a culture of VIOLENCE that is the problem, guns are not the problem.....

it's funny to me to recall that we've had semi-automatic firearms that could take "high-capacity magazines" for over 100 years, but suddenly NOW they're supposedly causing all these problems.

wait... that's not funny, thinking that is sad.

 

[irad4185]

I think the question to be asked when talking about gun control is- what kind of society do we want to live in?

The reality is national security comes at the cost of our freedoms. If we want to reduce gun violence the obvious thing to do is reduce access to guns. From my assessment of the AWB it simply an attempt to get the ball rolling on reducing the number of firearms in this country, and I support it. AWB is strictly cosmetic. It's probably not going to have any impact on gun violence but it could curb the proliferation of firearms/gun owners with tougher restrictions down the road.

 

[janklow]

The reality is national security comes at the cost of our freedoms.

so essentially, you're willing to give up all your freedoms if it means you'll get "national security?"

(rolls eyes severely)

 

[irad4185]

The reality is national security comes at the cost of our freedoms.

so essentially, you're willing to give up all your freedoms if it means you'll get "national security?"

(rolls eyes severely)

Freedom is subjective. Look at the regulations we have on cigarettes. When your freedom presents a high risk on the freedoms of others then changes have to be made. I mean, that's pretty much the reason we have the Bill of Rights.

 

[blakfyahking]

I fail to see how putting restrictions on what weapons can be owned and what can't violates the second amendment. The second amendment only states that we may own weapons. It doesn't say that every single weapon ever made should be available to the public. There is no good reason for civilians to own military grade weaponry. You don't need that kinda stuff for hunting, defending your home, sport shooting, or any other reasonable gun activity.

define "military grade" weaponry

 

[janklow]

Freedom is subjective. Look at the regulations we have on cigarettes. When your freedom presents a high risk on the freedoms of others then changes have to be made. I mean, that's pretty much the reason we have the Bill of Rights.

the Bill of Rights is meant to regulate our freedoms?

(rolls eyes severely yet again)