There are over 300M legally owned firearms in private hands in the US. Less than 1% have ever killed anybody. I’m not sure what money has to do with anything. I personally like shooting more than I like money, as my bank account can attest to.
Why? As mentioned above, they are used so rarely in crimes that the FBI doesn’t even bother to keep separate statistics.I am all for a TOTAL BAN on the AK-15. Nobody should be allowed to own one and I believe that the TOTAL BAN on AK-15 ownership would satisfy all sides of the debate.
I have no problem with AR-15s or AK-47s, for that matter. But the AK-15 is something I am willing to ban and I think the headline would make everyone happy for awhile.
Forum master?
Except, they’re not, and the more you speak, the more I’m convinced that you really have no idea what you’re talking about, but you want to give everyone else the benefit of your ignorance.
Well…Karen 107 has given me the benefit of her ignorance…and she’s correct…some people don’t care how many people are killed…even innocent little school children…as long as they can keep spouting NRA propaganda and quoting the 2nd amendment as if it’s written by the finger of God…that’s what happens when people make idols out of their guns…common sense is replaced with idolatry.
I wonder how often “mental health” has been mentioned in this thread, it seems this is as much a key as well but I guess, it is easier to demonize the NRA.
Kindly prove your flat assertion that “some” people don’t care how many people are killed. You may not agree with the various positions expressed here, but disagreement with your preference is not the same thing as wishing ill or death on another person,child or otherwise. Framing the argument as the “NRA” and the second amendment vs God is a non-starter also, unless you can prove that flat assertion as well.
What do they call it when people make an “idol” of the promise of safety? You’re willing to give up your God given right to defend yourself and your family (see CCC 2265) for the promise that the same police that protected Freddy Gray, Eric Garner, and Michael Brown are going to be there when you need them. Talk about giving up your birthright for a mess of pottage.
The people who are advocating for “common sense gun laws” like to use Australia and Great Britain as models for effective gun control. Both of those countries implemented bans and confiscation, of firearm, so you’ll forgive me if I’m skeptical of their good intentions. Especially given the rhetoric used against 2nd amendment supporters. Do you really think I’m inclined to give you more control over my life when you accuse law abiding citizens like me of having the “blood of innocent men, women, and children” on my hands? At that point my polite response becomes “Molon Labe”, and you really don’t want to see my impolite response, but I think there’s a “emoji” for it now.
It’s called uncritical thinking, and a strong desire that your environment will change to suit your expectations.