Your thoughts about owning firearms as a Catholic in the USA?

[phil_at_dayboro]

Ok , 3-4 shots a minute,
Have 2 nut cases even , that’s 8 shots a minute,
We’re now talking about a whole lot more shots per minute, you have little chance of survival,
It’s all relevant , laws should keep up with modern day technology,
Apart from that my friend , let’s agree to disagree ,

 

[Duesenberg]

Ok , 3-4 shots a minute,

Have 2 nut cases even , that’s 8 shots a minute,

We’re now talking about a whole lot more shots per minute, you have little chance of survival,

It’s all relevant , laws should keep up with modern day technology,

Apart from that my friend , let’s agree to disagree ,

It’s not merely a “law”, it’s part of our constitution.

So just exactly what firing rate is acceptable to you? To current politicians? Should we be able to change that as political trends change?

I follow the view held by many – that the Framers wanted the average person to have access to the same small arms as the typical infantryman. We don’t even have that anymore as the typical infantryman’s arm is a select-fire machine gun. It also doesn’t include nukes, cannons and the rest that some people mention in an attempt to make their point.

 

[phil_at_dayboro]

Even constitutions need to be updated

 

[Duesenberg]

Even constitutions need to be updated

They can go ahead and try. It would be the honorable thing to do, instead of all the state-by-state, piecemeal gun control laws. But they won’t because they would fail.

 

[phil_at_dayboro]

I know , Constitutional referendums fail in Australia too ,
People in general don’t like change even when change is for the benefit of all ,
I have no answer to gun laws as everyone has a different view to the problem ,
This is why I said in my original message that the issue just goes around in circles with no end ,
It’s really sad when I check Gun Violence web sites and read about some of the victims,
Such as a young man being shot to death on his way to a store to buy something for his mother ,
He never did anything wrong in his short life ,
Just someone felt like shooting someone ,
Just such a waste ,

 

[christofirst]

Do you fully support the Second Amendment to the US Constitution – thus essentially no restriction on firearms ownership by US citizens not convicted of a felony?

I have never owned or fired any kind of gun (unless you count powder actuated tools. I fired those countless times during my 30 years working in construction). I have also known many gun enthusiasts, and consider quite a few of them as my good friends. I am personally in favor of some restrictions on possessing firearms, as are the U.S. Catholic Bishops.
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-act...tive-justice/backgrounder-on-gun-violence.cfm

Do you support the draconian and ineffective gun control laws of states like California?

If the voting public, through the officials we have elected, agree to limit access to firearms on a local or statewide level, I am okay with that. If we can never agree to enact such regulations, I can live with that too. The Principle of Subsidiarity, however, does encourage such decisions to be made on a local level, and, as I’ve said, our U.S. bishops are in favor of certain regulations. See clip below from our USCCB’s 2013 statement, “Proposals to Reduce Gun Violence: Protecting Our Communities While Respecting the Second Amendment.”

The right to keep and bear arms comes from God, not men. Men just gave this God-given right constitutional protection

Our bishops have clearly taught, however, that limiting and regulating firearms “would certainly not infringe on the rights of anyone.” See the clip below from our USCCB’s 2012 response to the Newtown shooting.
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