Should we Ban Guns?

[Michael-5]

Marks said:
How long will it take before anti-gun people realize banning guns doesn't stop crime?

Fact 1: Cities like Chicago and New York are among the highest in the country in both gun control and gun crime. Gun control has failed to stop crime in these cities.

Fact 2: Law abiding citizens with guns stop/prevent crime, all police can do is come clean up the crime-scene...unless they happen to be in the right place at the right time to stop a criminal.

Fact 3: Guns are an equalizer. It doesn't matter if you're a 90 pound female or a big bastard that can bench 225...you're equal if you both have a gun. This means that women can protect themselves from rape/sexual assault, and a weaker man has a chance against a bigger man, or group/gang.

Fact 4: Law abiding citizens aren't trigger happy. Usually just showing that you have a gun is more than enough to deter a criminal. RARELY do citizens actually have to fire the gun to scare off a criminal.

Fact 5: We have the right to bear arms...the forefathers put no limitations on this. It doesn't specify guns for hunting or for target shooting...it just says right to bear arms.


I do agree that more training and perhaps background checks are needed, but I think all sane/non-criminal citizens should have the right to own as many guns as they like. Switzerland is an example of how a country can be perfectly safe even with high gun ownership...since men all serve in the army at some point and are well familiarized with guns and know how to use/operate them safely.

1. Then that's poor gun control if people still have guns, LOL.

2. That's an incompetant Police department, another big issue in the USA.

3. Statistically, Mace and Taser's work just as effectively, and are non-lethal. I think that's a big fact most people skip over about guns.

P.S. I know USA's homicide rate is already pretty high, but what's the death rate caused by guns all together? Self Defence isn't homicide, but it does result in death if you protect yourself with a gun. I wonder, how much would this add the the fatality rate in the USA.

4. Rarely do you need a gun then

5. You have the right to bear arms to overthrough your government in the even of corruption. Your governement is already corrupt, and no one dares to take on tanks with pistols. Guns help individuals less then they did in the 18th Century, and that whole second amendment is useless. People also have a right to their own personal safety.


6. I agree with your last point, but USA is no Switzerland. Japan and Korea also require all men to serve military time, and they also have drastically low homicide rates. With education, stricter background checks, psych tests, and discipline, you probably can be safe owning a weapon.

I actually really like the Idea of having all men serve military time. Statistically men murder more then women, and I bet you a lot of gangstas from the hood would probably get some sense knocked into them. You already have the worlds largest military, this shouldn't be too hard to achieve.