Reply #45: How many?

[Mr Kilroi]

One of the main reason the Japanese did not invade mainland America was the belief that there was a gun behind every blade of grass.

Actually no one has died from gun violence...in any country. Unless of course you are suggesting that inanimate objects have the ability to become animate?

Great Britain has outlawed pistols no one may own one, their Olympic shooting team has to travel to France to practise.

Great Britain has become the most violent country in the E.U. 2 034 violent crimes per 100 000 pop. Gun control freak Canada, ranks in at #6 with 935 violent crimes per 100 000

Gun toting America the so called example of "What not to do" ranked in at #11 466 violent crimes per 100 000.

Blaming guns makes about as much sense as blaming pencils for spelling mistakes..If you follow the reasoning of banning objects because they are dangerous to its logical conclusion you would have to ban water because people drown in it and fire because it burns...

But you need to remember what the first 3 words in the Preamble of the Declaration of Independence says, "We the People" if you would like to keep "We the People" in charge you need private ownership of arms.

The source of the 2nd is the English Bill of Rights 1689. (U.S v Heller citation ?) The English Parliament put "the right of the subjects to keep arms in their defence" because the Crown maintained a standing army..The same is true of the U.S. Constitution, therefore the reason for the 2nd amendment is not foreign hordes but your own government.