posted on Nov, 30 2007 @ 12:51 AM
We can probably all agree that totally crazy people don't need to have guns (yet we let them drive...). However the question is who draws the line
and where does that line get drawn. Another question would be, does this violate the constitution ?
With the good comes the bad. Surely back in the constitution days they knew people were mentally ill yet they didn't add anything like :
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed
unless a doctor sees fit
or
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed
except when congress says otherwise
I'm not a gun freak but even I can recognize that gun rights are slowly being taken away.
So.. stop crazy people from getting guns ? That'll work great if they have short term memory problems and FORGET they wanted a gun. However pretty
much any person who wants to can obtain a gun regardless of the gun laws in play.
Back to the car thing... so we take the guns away from crazies but we let them drive ? Cars can be just as dangerous (or more dangerous) then a
gun.
So on one side I can see the logic - on the other side not so much.
The VA killer and any other school shooter most likely would have found a way to get a gun even with stricter laws in place. HOWEVER if more regular
citizens were packing heat the death toll would have been A LOT lower.
Perhaps some of yall remember that dude who did some
shooting in Lubys. If a few of them
would have had guns that dude would have been dead early into the deal. The dramatic story out of that was a women watched her parents die while her
gun sat useless in her car (she was trying to be a good citizen and follow the law).
Texas now has concealed hand gun laws and you should bet your bottom dollar criminals think about that when planning their exploits. Sure you could
say 'oh well the bad guys will just get bigger guns' but I think criminals value their life just like everyone else and some of them are deterred by
the fact that in Texas you never know who is packing heat.
The bottom line is this :
people who want guns will get them regardless of what any law says
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