In the wake of President Obama’s call for more gun control, more background checks, and threats that he is not done with trying to take guns away from law abiding citizens, it is clear that the public vociferously disagrees with him. That is easily seen by the large uptick in gun purchases, fueled by the fear of confiscation by the administration, and by the terrorist incidents that people have seen recently both in the U.S. and abroad.
In addition, there are numerous examples of ordinary citizens having guns in their homes for self protection that led to a more preferred outcome when the need arose. Home invasions have been thwarted by well-trained moms or even kids who were able to defend themselves when a call to the police would have been far to late to do anything but mark a crime scene. And that does not begin to count the thousands or tens of thousands of times that simply brandishing a weapon scared the perpetrator away.
It now seems that even police officers are beginning to get the idea that an armed citizenry can be very important in the battle against crime.
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2nd Amendment shall not be infringed
Charles J. Algeri The issue is with your opening statement – what we need. I have no intention of telling you what you need or don’t need and I’ll thank you to do the same.
Yes. Reagan was a great leader and did some great things but you don’t bring in tons of cocaine and create a war on drugs ar the same time David Tarantino
You see how rational humans think. But liberals will make excuses for their parties failures everytime.
Not only make excuses but blame Republicans. But you can’t blame Republicans this time for the reasons I gave you. It all on Obama’s this time. So I guess you can no longer say you havn’t heard one cogent response to why Obama should be impeached.
…than two in the Bush.
Impeach that Muslim bastard!!!!
I said I never felt the need. If you Need a gun to feel safe, I’d re-evaluate my lifestyle. What are you doing that makes you feel unsafe. Shitty neighborhood? Do you hang out in crack houses? Have you been robbed by the UPS man?
Hey Melvin…WHATS SO WRONG WITH TAKING GUNS FROM THOSE DESIGNATED AS UNFIT…I don’t want a bunch of crazies with GUNS…EXACTLY WHAT WOULD YOUR PLAN BE TO STOP THIS INDANITYT….you seem to be someone who at least investigates the situation… So Google GUN deaths in the US VERSUS OTHER COUNTRIES…. WE CAN DO BETTER
EB – statistics from the FBI, the CDC, and the Information Bureau of the DOJ, indicate that gun ownership in the United States since 1993 has nearly doubled, while over the same period, gun crimes have decreased every year, but one, such that gun crime over that period has decreased by about 50%. Compared to world populations, the United States death rate is not far off from other countries, but take cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, Cleveland, and Detroit from the data and the U.S. doesn’t even make the top 20. There are already in existence between 18000 and 20000 laws regulating every aspect of a firearm’s existence in this country, from its’ manufacture to end use. Please tell me , specifically, just what law you would pass to prevent CRIMINAL use if an inanimate object?