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In reply to the discussion: "We stop being something to be proud of when we love our guns more than we love our children" [View all]thefool_wa
(1,867 posts)I support background checks (that is in the spirit of well regulated militia), and I support an idea that will get the high powered guns out of the homes, but not out of the hands of the people who have a RIGHT to bear them.
My idea is in this thread, subject is "Here is what I support". I don't think just anyone who wants one should get a gun, but to me "militia" means military weaponry (though I will concede that should only involve firearms that can be carried by a single person). So to be clear, all I oppose is the assault weapon and clip bans, not doing something that will ACTUALLY curb the violence without impeding the purpose of the second amendment.
My high-minded opinion of gun owners is based on the gun owners I know, not the hyperbolic jackasses that the news puts on TV to sell their ideological stance or get people to watch. The idiots on TV do NOT represent the majority of gun owners, and in fact, the majority of the ones I know ARE VETERANS. It seems deplorable to think that we would tell someone who has defended our country, and that very right, that they don't get it anymore because there are bad people out there. There always has been and always will be bad people.
You can blow me off as paranoid, but I am basing my opinion on this on the past 20 years of watching the democracy in this country slowly dissolve. I hope I am wrong, I hope things change and get better politically and socially in this country, but understand that I grossly fear an America where we are only allowed to own bolt action rifles and pistols. It will take years, decades even, but eventually the gov't will stop caring what's best for the people because "what are they going to do about it?". Hell, we are headed that way there already even WITH the guns, so why should I think it won't get anything but worse.