Ron Paul did something amazing last night

[Mr Khan]

mrstickball said:

Nik24 said:

 

To open the whole new disussion on the 2nd amendment: Yes, if I lived in the 17th, 18th century with wild animals, the possibility of Native American raids, no indpendent police force and under a corrupt regime, I would want to carry arms and defend my family. However, things have changed. People should be allowed to bear arms, I do not challenge this right. But how do background checks etc. infringe on this right? Why is it necessary to get machine guns? Do you really need your gun so bad, so that you couldn't wait until your demand has been approved? Again, I do not have a problem with people having guns for sport, hunting or in their homes but why carry it in malls, schools or on-campus? I am honestly scared by the idea that any person regardless of his or her state of mind or psychological problems, can just enter a store in Texas and by a semi-automatic weapon.

Spoken like a true person who has never been around gun culture.

Go look at our data on allowing more firearm freedoms in states vs. those which successively restrict firearm ownership. States that have very lax laws are generally safer than those with excessive laws. Even the anti-gun Brady campaign has shown it, as states with more restrictions have more murders with firearms. When states allow carrying concealed weapons (CCW), crime has consistently decreased, because criminals are afraid their lives would be taken if they attempted a robbery. Comparatively, when you have areas with heavy firearm restrictions, such as university campuses, you've had many school shootings in 'gun-free zones'.

Finally, we do have many kinds of checks that ensure that mentally unstable people cannot own firearms.

And countless loopholes around those checks, fought for by our good friends at the NRA