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

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naznatips said:

Words Of Wisdom said:

SeriousWB said:

luinil said:
I heard of this small town. The mayor ran on one thing: Guns. He promised to GIVE a gun and lessons to every resident of his town. WAIT! The funny part is coming still. After that happened crime essentially STOPPED! There were no criminals ballsy enough to take the off chance the person or home he was going to rob didn't have the gun with them.

Source?

Are you suggesting we give everyone a gun and lessons and all crime will stop?

What does a bank robber say when upon entering a bank with the intent to rob it when all 40 people in the bank pull out handguns in unison?

Statistically odds are that at least one of those people drawing that gun will either shoot himself or one of the other innocent bystanders, while the criminal would remain unharmed. Yay?

 I think the point of the scenario was that the 40 people were all trained in gun safety...but that scenario is just as unrealistic as removing all guns from public life. 

I'm not gonna argue with anyone on the topic.  I'm just going to state that the government will have to pry guns away from the cold dead hands of millions of americans who will refuse to give up that right, myself included. Sorry but I just don't trust my fellow man further than I can throw him and my government being made up of my fellow man I trust even less.

 Truthfully the whole thing is a bit of a catch 22.  Ultimately its not the gun laws that need to change, its the people who need to change, again myself included. Some will get my meaning and some won't.