I have thought about making this thread for awhile and seeing what Carl posted on Facebook finally made me want to post about this.
So today there was a stabbing at a school in Pennsylvanian and if you want to know more about what happened
Click here. What a tragic thing to happen at a school. Those kids that were involved are never going to be the same after what they went though but lets be glad that it was just a stabbing and not a shooting. If this was a shooting the people that were injured might be dead. Sure, the teen that went on a stabbing spree could have killed those people with his knives but it seems he was trying to create more harm than actually kill anybody but that isn't the point of this thread at all. The point in this thread is to have a serious gun debate. I'll start this thread off with my opinion on guns and then we can go from there.
First off I am pro gun. I know, I pro gun republican what a shocker. Now, I don't own a firearm but I tend to own an array of riffles and handguns in the future. I have always been interesting in weapons ever since I was a little kid and knowing more about them, the history behind them, and how to safely use them interests me. As an American I am blessed with the ability to be able to be able to purchase a firearm and if I don't like the way a state has its gun laws I can move to a different state such as the
glorious state of Vermont. Now some of you at this point are probably thinking Joey, why do you want/ need a firearm? Good question person who asked that! I want a firearm because it is my 2nd amendment right here in the United States of America. My 2nd amendment right to protect myself from a tyrannical government. I want a firearm so that I can protect myself and the people around me that I care about. I also want a firearm so that people around me that do not like weapons can familiarize themselves with a firearm and learn how to use them safely.
Now Joey, the government is going to come after you and be all tyrannical you are just talking crazy! I bet if the founding father of the United States thought that we would still be apart of England and who knows how the world would be today. With the way the world is today shit can hit the fan at any moment and knowing how to use a firearm properly and being a owner of a firearm you can protect yourself and others around you. Speaking of protecting myself and the people around me, with owning a firearm I can protect myself and the people around me that I care about. It is the middle of the night and you are fast asleep. Suddenly you are woken up by the sound of glass breaking and you hear footsteps and doors being opened. Someone who you don't know is in your house. An intruder has entered your house. Having a firearm you can protect yourself and the people around you from this intruder. Every second counts when someone you don't know is in your house. You don't know if they are armed or what there objective is. They can just be trying to rob you or they can be out to kill. Having a firearm I can shoot to kill the intruder if necessary. You maybe thinking well just call the cops in a scenario like that and yes that is the first thing you do but depending on how close the police department is to your house it is going to take between 20-30min for them to get to your house and like I said every second counts. In that time you can be killed by an intruder and now the police have to deal with bodies but if you had a firearm they would only have to deal with the body of the intruder.
Now with that out of the way lets talk about different type of firearms. People always bring up in gun debates is why do people need "Assault Riffles" and I am going to say this. First off there is no such thing as an assault riffle. They are called
modern sporting riffles. Having modern weapons are desired to have for home protection because they are going to be the best for defending yourself. Sure, handguns can get the job done but if you need more power you go for a modern sporting riffle. These modern riffles are used for hunting as we all know and like I said are great for personal home defense. Another reason for civilians to own modern firearms is if a government becomes tyrannical. To be able to fight against the government you will need riffles just like what they are going to be coming at you with because handguns alone will not do much in fighting back. Now lets get into the types of weapons you can buy. You can get full automatic weapons in the US but they are highly and I mean HIGHLY regulated by the government. If you want to get such a gun you need to have a class 3 firearm license and you need to be in a state that allows ownership of a class 3 weapon.
This yahoo answers explains it the best. When people think fully automatic weapons they think of the AR-15 riffle and they say IT IS AN AR-15 ASSAULT RIFFLE BECAUSE THE AR MEANS ASSAULT RIFFLE! The AR in the AR-15 name means Armalite. The AR-15 was modeled after the M16 and is the civilian version of the weapon. The riffle only comes in semi-automatic fire only and automatic versions of the guns were made for government but that was back in 59. There are some models that you can actually get but they are expensive as fuck and very rare. It really isn't worth it because when you are in a fire fight you aren't going to be using full auto since your shots are not going to be accurate. Soldiers on the front lines use 3 round burst or semi-automatic. The only reason for using full auto is for gunning down a crowd of people but in a full on fire fight it isn't needed.
Another yahoo answers that explains it the best.The last thing I want to talk about is the crime rate with firearms. Crime with firearms has been going down through out the years. People in politics make it seem that it is the end of the world and that firearms should be off the street because of all the killings but with less firearms more crime will be committed. Here are some sources on gun crime
Source 1 Full FBI crime report for 2012 The 2013 report will be out by the end of the year. Majority of murders committed in the US were used with handguns and shotgun and riffle. Now that is just a national average. Now what they don't tell you how the firearms were used and if they were justifiable muders. Gang violence is a major issues here in the US and especially in Chicago where a lot of gang violence occurs but you don't hear about that on national and international news. What you are hearing are shooting committed by mentally ill people that are easily targeting what I like to call "easy places" so that they can get there name in the lime light and the democratic media blows it up and says we have a gun control issues and says we need to get guns out of the hands of people! When they have no clue on what they are talking about. this "Gun Control" issue is a mental illness issue. The people that are going out committing these mass shootings are mentally unstable and it could have been prevented if that individual was treated but instead of dealing with a mental health issue they want to take firearms away and that isn't going to solve anything and I am looking at you UK.
Source Yeah the article is old but it just proves that just because you "banned" firearms doesn't mean it is going to make you safer. Plus you still have firearms still on the street and people are using them to murder people. If everything was so perfect your cops wouldn't need body armor.
To TL;DR this for people firearms will make the world safer not make it a murdering platform for people to go crazy shooting everyone in sight.