Obama's Speech or Supreme Court on Gun Rights...which is more important?

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Rath said:

HappySqurriel said:

Personally, I see very little reason to own a gun and thus would probably never own a gun, but I think the reasoning behind gun control laws as being flawed; which explains why they tend not to work, and why gun violence tends to go up after a law is created.

Basically …

A criminal buys a gun because they intend to (or see the possibility to need to) commit the most violent crimes which carry the harshest punishments. Gun control laws add a marginal increase in the punishment over what they will already face and therefore don’t act as a deterrent to committing gun related crimes.

The irresponsible gun owner has far less concern for the consequences of their actions and therefore will (probably) not respect or follow the law anyways; they may also do remarkably stupid things to prevent the “Guvment” from finding their guns, like hiding them in their baby’s crib, which can increase gun accidents.

The responsible gun owner is the person who is the least likely to use a gun in a murder, most likely to prevent a violent crime with minimal force, and least likely to be involved in a gun accident is the only person who will actually obey the law.

Essentially, you’ve disarmed the people you would want to own guns while those you don’t want to have guns continue to have guns …

The problem is, having a gun for self protection actually increases your chance of being shot. Lets say you get mugged at gun point, you pull out your gun in self protection - what does the mugger do now?

You're mugged at gun point, you don't have a gun - you just get mugged.

Gun laws are at least part of the reason why America has ridiculous amounts of gun related deaths, part of the problem is also cultural but gun laws are an issue.

 

@Chris. You're an idiot.

 

Edit: @Guy saying that this is an attack on your freedoms.

Most western countries with freedoms more pronounced than America have far more relaxed gun laws. Banning guns isn't going to kill America, it'd probably save Americans though. 

You had a midly reasonable argument until, "it'd probably save Americans though."

Also there is a reason people in a lot of southern states can leave there houses unlocked, because everyone knows there is a guy with a shotgun inside.