Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Dear Gun Carriers [View all]Dog Gone at Penigma
(433 posts)The 2nd Amendment is NOT about carrying.
If you read the appropriate SCOTUS decisions, it stipulates that it applies ONLY to home, not carry, and it stipulates that each state has a great deal of latitude in restricting firearms, so long as they don't ban them entirely in the home.
I usually defer the specific citations to one of my co-bloggers who is a D.C. licensed attorney (among other jurisdictions), formerly with the DOJ working gun cases in DC.
The problem with your approach is that it involves taking law into your own hands, instead of opting for a civilized society where law enforcement provides the protection. Instead, we see conservatives promoting more private guns, but cutting the funding for law enforcement and for our courts. Bad choice for allocating resources.
And the pro-gunners oppose measures intended to keep firearms out of the hands of criminals in the first place.
The reality is that if someone is set on robbing you, they will, even if you're armed. It isn't terribly difficult to get the drop on someone by having their gun pointed at you ready to shoot before you can get to yours. Or having a second person behind you who plugs you before you can shoot the guy in front.
The reality is that our gun culture escalates violence, where countries with fewer firearms don't have similar problems. You can try to win a private arms race, but it is a losing proposition. And frankly most of the pro-gunners have unrealistic expectations anyway about how much good their firearm will provide them.
Catch and release is NOT a legitimate reason, but it does underline the concept of what is wrong with your approach. If you rely too much on your firearm, you don't rely enough on alternative solutions to stay safe.
I don't want to see anyone be unsafe; however the end result with our proliferation of firearms has NOT been to make us safer.