joora said:
So, no, guns aren't the greatest problem - IMHO the greatest problem of american culture is constant decline of the value of human life. The thing is that guns are amongst most efficient things for killing. Taking them away might limit the damage that individuals are able to make. |
That's just it, "might." Yet there has been no evidence that this would be true. I agree that crime is primarily a cultural phenomenon, but I don't think the solution is to take away liberties that respectable, honest, and law-abiding peoples of the country enjoy and even require. Especially when these liberties maintain the basis of our republic, and are not only part of our constitution, but the Bill of Rights - something which has enabled both negative and positive liberties for all. The ninth amendment addresses your concern, and as such, murdering anybody or harming anybody - unless it is in self-defense - is a crime of the highest magnitude and is solved through courts. I wasn't even implying that it is a matter of jealousy. In total, it's a matter of understanding. Those who don't have such rights accept it as the norm and hence try to impose this existence on others, whom enjoy different rights.
Ninth Amendemtn of the U.S Constitution
"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
