Shooting at Batman Premiere - 12 dead / Your opinions on gun laws

[Mr Khan]

Allfreedom99 said:

Chandler said:
Guns just don't belong in the hands of civilians. I mean, what's the point? Self defense? Yeah, right. All a gun does is make shit worse.

question for you. Hypothetical. Say someone breaks into your residence or attacks you on the street and comes at you with a knife. Would you rather have a gun or a knife to defend your life?

More Gun control is just what it is, more government control. It gives government more control over how you live your life and choose to protect yourself. If you like more government control in your life thats fine, but I like having the freedom to protect myself and my family with a gun.

Taser, Mace, or one of many other parts of the growing nonlethal arsenal. Guns kill, you use guns to kill, and you shouldn't have to kill to defend yourself. Not unless we're talking about war.

Our gun culture carries over from a time when government control was weak, when armed forces existed out in the fringes that could impose lethal harm. Are we a civilized country, or should we act like a failed state?