What's wrong with gun control?

Question

What's wrong with gun control?

Answer 1

because the only people that will have guns is the criminals take a look at Chicago it is illegal to own a gun in the city limits yet is has over 3000 killing every year

Answer 2

It won't work as intended ever. Criminals don't respect laws. Honest people do and they are not the problem. Proper use, responsibility and care should be taught to everyone. Maybe even a license like a drivers license with a test should be needed to purchase and possess a gun. But that is as far as I would go.

Answer 3

lots of people die America ban guns save lives

Answer 4

We do not need to control guns but monitor who owns a gun! Do you not think that some people should own guns for self defense?

Answer 5

The people who shouldn't have guns will still find a way to get them and all the responsible people wont be able to defend themselves. That's what's wrong with gun control. Maybe a firearm tax though (maybe).

Answer 6

It hurts the nra and ofends insecure individuals that put their precieve right over public safety

Answer 7

Guns are phallus substitutes. Highly evolved, spiritually aware, pickup truck-driving MAGA cap wearers don’t want to be castrated, so don’t go for their guns . They like leaving them lying around the house, safety off, and loaded. Because they have that second amendment right. If a kid accidentally picks up that gun and shoots himself, I guess that’s acceptable collateral damage for the freedom to have unrestricted second amendment gun ownership rights. The gun is the important thing. Don’t mess with the gun

Answer 8

Because when they say "gun control" what they really mean is banning guns. They seldom say it but that is what it means.

Answer 9

That depends on what you mean by "gun control". If you mean "sight alignment and trigger squeeze", "keeping the muzzle pointed in a safe direction" and "only aim at what you intend to shoot at", there is nothing wrong with it. If you mean restricting who can own what type of firearm based on some politician's definition or putting hurdles and roadblocks in the path of legally acquiring a firearm, there are huge Constitutional and criminal problems with your idea of "gun control".. First you need to tell everyone how you will get criminals to go along with it. Failing that, as you will, you need to quit,

Answer 10

It deprives citizens of defense.

Answer 11

Nothing..

Answer 12

the bad guys won't give their guns up leaving you with nothing to protect yourself.. don't be stupid..

Answer 13

It is held together by too many nuts.

Answer 14

Fools say that: guns do not kill, people kill.

UK and Australia and Canada, ban guns.

Those nations are far safer than the USA.

Answer 15

Nothing. Unfortunately bad people use guns for the wrong purposes. Actually gun ownership lowers crime because it evens the playing field. Criminals are more afraid of a home owner with a gun then the polices response time.

Answer 16

What is wrong with gun control, is too many people want to look cool. Gun control is using 2 hands, not like the movies, one handed cowboy shootem up, bangers holin' dey glocks sidewaysnshit... Two hands, proper stance = good gun control.

Answer 17

It only makes the criminals more dangerous

Answer 18

In the US, it's as unworkable as banning drugs.

Answer 19

Absolutely nothing. We need it more than ever.

Answer 20

Only the use of it.!!

Answer 21

There is nothing wrong with Gun Control

It is the Idiots who use them

Answer 22

It would be against constitutional law.

Answer 23

The guns should not be controlled unless its a crazy rocket launcher or something. its the person not the gun you are accountable for YOUR actions the gun is not responsible for you. so more background checks and if someone has a mental illness make it illegal for them to have a gun. (NOTE) BANNING GUNS WOULD BE GOING AGAINST THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

Answer 24

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Answer 25

we need more people trained how to use a fire arm Not less. If we had more people with a firearm we would see less shootings.

Answer 26

What's wrong with gun control is not so much the "gun" but the "control".

Answer 27

People take it too far. Sure, it's probably bad that private citizens can collect machine guns and heavy weaponry, and that should stop. To the contrary, taking away guns entirely will leave citizens defenseless, and increase the rate of fatalities in weapon related crimes and felonies, leaving more innocents in hospitals and allowing criminals to be more successful and hurt more people.

Answer 28

Ask Chicago-the strongest gun laws in the country.

Answer 29

it would stop right wing nuts from shooting up places of worship, yoga classes, and clubs, and that's their right! Oh, sorry, I think I was possessed by a republican for a second

Answer 30

It hurts the wallets of gun manufacturers.



That is all.

Answer 31

There is not enough of it

Answer 32

people are bad at aiming and the recoil causes pro lems.

Answer 33

I DIDNT USE IT.

Answer 34

They need more regulations an tests for people who plan/try to buy again. It’s not the gun that kills it’s the person pulling the trigger.

Answer 35

They will never keep guns away from the bad guys!

Answer 36

Gun control.

Answer 37

Nothing

Answer 38

Criminals will still find a way to obtain guns. Wasn't there supposed to be strict gun laws in California? Right.

Answer 39

For "gun control" to really work, gunpowder would need to be disinvented. Since it can be made so easily. with natural substances, that's extremely unlikely. It's the same with firearms as with nuclear weapons. They exist, so they can't be banned, except for those who obey the law.

Answer 40

Nothing

Answer 41

Whats wrong is it infringes on the 2nd amendment, aka our constitutional rights. Our founding fathers created the 2nd amendment (the right to bear arms) STRICTLY to prevent our government becoming too powerful. So yeah, of course our government wants to un-arm us. Then they can take away all of our rights, which is exactly what they would like to do.

Answer 42

Nothing

Answer 43

Simply that there is none!



There are more guns in USA than there are people.



What is wrong with gun control is simply that there is none.



Why would anyone have a gun unless they were prepared to use it?



In murder cases premediated murder carries a life sentence or in some states of America execution.



What can be more premeditated than the ownership of a gun?

Answer 44

If you are for gun control, then you should have no problem placing a sign in your front yard notifying everyone that there are no guns in your home.

Answer 45

Nothing Providing it is Intelligent Gun Control

Answer 46

Nothing

Answer 47

Nothing! The more stringent the better! Ideally we would ban them altogether and take all the guns away

Answer 48

If the entire right to bear arms only existed in one town, on one small island, it would be easier, but you anti-gun Americans are talking about taking billions of guns away from law abiding citizens, who need protection.



Not to mention, just like prohibition and the drug trade, alcohol and drugs created an illegal underground organisation which led to more and more crime. The only way you can avoid more danger and death is to keep guns legal.

Answer 49

It is an emotional issue. Not factual. Like North and South arguing over the territories, when it was slavery in the South that was the true concern.

Answer 50

It deprives people of their right to bear arms and never prevented any shooting as we see in any democrat city. Gun control only deprives law abiding citizens of arms

Answer 51

taking firearms away from legal citizens can only end in disaster. How do honest Americans protect themselves? Gun control will NOT keep firearms out of the hands of ANYONE who wants to use one.

Answer 52

Every one need to Gun control

Answer 53

Nothing. The word itself is misleading. The right claims they are going to take their guns and the left just lets them.

Answer 54

People want to have guns without license

Answer 55

It deprives people of the best means of self-defense. It also aids aspiring tyrants to take over.

Answer 56

Yes we need

Answer 57

Nobody knows

Answer 58

everything

Answer 59

Nothing.

Answer 60

They take my arms I wont be able to fire my guns

Answer 61

There is nothing wrong with a little, but too much and you start "infringing" on the rights of citizens. We already have a little. If "crazy" could be legislated, I might agree that more could be useful. Unfortunately, that is not possible, so let law-abiding citizens have theirs. The crazy ones will do what crazy people have always done--regardless of laws.

Answer 62

It leaves the people powerless against the government.

Answer 63

Nothing. Guns can be controlled without having them confiscated. Registration, smaller mags, controls on ammunition, mental health checks, violent behaviour checks...all that stuff can help greatly to reduce gun violence.

Answer 64

Easy. All gun laws should be in strict compliance with the 2nd Amendment.



Those who don't want a gun do not have to own one.



Those people seeking to use a firearm to commit a crime should be jailed and they should lose their right to own a firearm for life.



Drunk drivers killing other motorists has nothing to do with those people driving legally - criminals using illegal firearms have nothing to do with legal, law abiding gun owners.



Would you want your family's vehicles declared illegal and confiscated because a criminal used a stolen car in a crime and killed someone with it? That has noting to do with YOUR vehicle, does it?



Sixty percent of all gun deaths in the US are suicides.



Of the remaining 40%, 37.9% are committed by criminals using illegal weapons.



Less than 1.25% of deaths committed by people using firearms in the USA are done by people using a legal firearm. And most of those happened by accidental discharge.



Those numbers were published in May of 2016 by the FBI.



And President Obama's Justice Department released stats in 2016 showing that 52% of all murders committed in the USA using a firearm are committed by black males between the ages of 15-31. That is true even though black males of that age constitute only 3.4% of the US population. That is a fact and not a slogan.



Do you want to "ban" black guys? I doubt it, since to do so would be highly illegal because most black men kill no one at all.



"A well regulated Militia, being NECESSARY to the security of a FREE State, the RIGHT of the PEOPLE to KEEP and BEAR Arms, shall NOT be infringed."



Law abiding citizens ARE the militia.

Answer 65

Since our U.S. Constitution 'guarantees' us the Right to Bear Arms - gun control is B.S.

The largest problem is Mental Health. Recent history has PROVED - ever person who has

killed others and themselves.......had MENTAL issues. Families MUST step up and get

help, for those in their family, who has issues - NOT ignore them!

Answer 66

Besides the fact that it is anti-constitutional and against everything our country was founded on?



Don't forget that the Revolutionary war was started because the British regulars tried to seize the colonists guns.

Answer 67

Is that like birth control?

Answer 68

Read the United States Constitution. The 2nd Amendment says NOTHING about 'gun control'. In fact, limitations on the 'right to bear arms' are glaringly absent. I mean, the Founding Fathers had no expectation that the people could defend themselves against tyranny with nothing more than pitch forks and sticks?

Answer 69

It's a code word. Liberals don't want tougher gun laws, they want no guns at all.

Answer 70

Nothing at all.

The U.S. has plenty of gun laws.

What it doesn't have is enough mental health professionals to diagnose those with problems.

Glad I could help you!

Answer 71

Everything. My left nutsuck owns an AR-15 and he is having a blast. Besides, my testicles deserve the right to defend themselves against groin assaulters!

Answer 72

In America it is a right protected by the second amendment. Allowing the citizens of the United States to protect themselves actually keeps it safer. You have to think the vast majority of people who are using guns for crime are not obtaining them legally which means that guy that mugs you in a dark ally most likely didn't purchase his gun one leisurely afternoon at Cabellas. The only people that gun control is hurting are the people who are already following the law. I'm not sure if they are teaching this anymore but if you look back in history to the governments that have taken guns away from the people many of them ended in mass genocide of what the government considered undesirable people, Germany's Nazi party being a great example of this. The main goal of the average person that enjoys their second amendment rights is to NEVER have to use it against another peorson, they are just using their freedoms to choose not to be a victim in a life or death situation.

Answer 73

There is no gun control.

Answer 74

THE ELITES DO NOT WANT PEOPLE TO ABLE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES

Answer 75

I thing

Answer 76

Le problème c'est qu'ils ne savent pas contrôler leurs armes.

Answer 77

Under what rock in what cave on what other world in the solar system while high on what drugs have you been,,, not to know that TERRORISTS, CRIMINALS, MASS SHOOTERS ALREADY HAVE GUNS AND/OR OTHER DEADLY WEAPONS REGARDLESS OF THE LAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY ALWAYS HAVE SUCH THINGS, SINCE BY DEFINITION, THEY ARE BREAKERS AND DISREGARDERS OF THE LAW!!!!!!! And on those RARE occasions when they don't out and out break the law, they go around it and/or, still commit terrible acts while STILL TECHNICALLY FOLLOWING whatever laws are already on the books!!!! Remember the truck massacre in France?!!?!? Or the fact that Mass Shootings typically happen in particular places in the US,,,, WHERE POSSESSION OF A GUN IS ALREADY ILLEGAL!?!?! Such as public schools?!?!? Just like banning alcohol will stop alcohol-abuse-related-ills? For the same reason we had so much alcohol related crime during Prohibition ?!?!?! Mass shootings happen most often,,, in places where guns are already banned, ie public schools, and, for that matter, mass shootings themselves are already banned. Well, for what it's worth, to prevent mass shootings in THEIR immediate vicinity, Celebrities & Democrat politicians hire armed, firearmed, guards. More armed, licensed, security? Will opinions change about an unarmed populace being the first requirement for mass shootings change, when the Vegas security guard was unable to stop the shooter, due to being unarmed himself???????? In the Constitution, or in practical reality?? Indeed, indeed there will be,,, just as there are less mass shootings in Nice, France!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe THEY should have fewer semis?!?!?!?! Maybe we should consider how BOTH kinds HAPPEN, namely, LARGE NUMBERS OF THE GENERAL POPULACE WERE UNARMED!!!!!!!!!! Well, that is due to Cities such as Washington DC, Chicago,,, which have very strict gun control laws,,,, and the most gun crimes. Remove THEM, and we are fourth from the bottom!!!!!!!! Oh, you think that's bad? Sharon Stone is pro-gun control, but had a standoff with a home invader, that she successfully resolved, by cocking a shotgun. SHE don't live in a shantytown, and she had to resort to a gun for personal defense,,, how do they expect us to defend ourselves? Liberals, why do you A.) Always & automatically think the police & military are guilty of barbaric extremes & B) Think THEY are the only people who should have guns? We believe in everyone's right to keep their own money, and we believe in every free citizen's right to bear arms, which MAKES ALL OTHER RIGHTS POSSIBLE!!! Liberals, why do you A.) Always & automatically think the police & military are guilty of barbaric extremes & B) Think THEY are the only people who should have guns? If gun ownership itself was the problem, wouldn't Switzerland, world leader in per-person legal gun ownership, have the most. Are forgetting that many of these take place in/on/around public schools,,,,,, where possessing/carrying firearms,, ,,, ,,, IS ALREADY ILLEGAL?!

Answer 78

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Answer 79

Gun control only leads to a black market for guns, so that only criminals and police have guns.

Answer 80

Nothing. I think it is more safety if the guns are controlled.

Answer 81

Funny isn't it that Trumpettes seem to think that everyone is out to get them when actually it is their lord and master who is using them to fund his wealth portfolio by funneling funds through his various golf clubs, hotels, and other investments back into his own bank account. So that is why there is "something wrong with gun control", they cannot comprehend the idea of responsibility and common sense when it comes to owning a gun. All that has ever been proposed is a standardized requirement for owning guns, there has never been any talk among those with serious proposals relating to gun control about banning guns, the talk comes from the NRA and it's Conservative members.

Answer 82

nothing. guns aren’t the problem the people behind them are.

Answer 83

Idk

Answer 84

Nothing really. So we don't need any more of it here in the U.S.

Answer 85

Spread peace every where.

Answer 86

We, the People, have every right to eliminate Politics that are unAmerican. In this time of history, and the Politics of the Progressive Left, we shall have our weaponry necessary to overthrow Leftist tyranny..comprende?



The American revolution began with the King sending his troops to America to lay to rest the thought of Independence by the Colonies, and his troops began their effort by confiscating all firearms, though they were powder charged single shot simple arms, they could kill, and defend. Historically, the Second Amendment is a back bone of our Freedoms, at least to our Founders. So, suck that up, and stfu about gun control, it will not happen in the United States of America.

Answer 87

It completely ignores the fact that there are people want to kill other people. Gun control activists lie to the people by pushing the false narrative that all one needs to do is ban all guns and there would be no more murders. Obviously this is false, so false in fact that in London, England where guns are banned, the homicide rate is higher than in New York City where there are 4,500,000 gun owners.



The only thing gun control does is takes guns out of the hands of legal citizens. It does absolutely zero to quell the murder rate. People who want to kill someone will do so whether or not guns are available. If there are no guns, then they'll turn to bats, clubs, knives, poison, ice picks, pencils (applies to U.S. Marines only), arson, running people over with cars, bombs, or whatever they can come up with.

Answer 88

Nothing if it involves hitting your target.

Answer 89

Nothing, if you use both hands.

Answer 90

Your hatred of constitutional rights is noted.

Answer 91

I love controlling guns

Answer 92

notjing

Answer 93

Who is controlled

Answer 94

If you are forcing anyone unnecessary ..it wrong..

Answer 95

A lot

Answer 96

A rather open-ended question, where we each get to argue our own favorite meaning of the words "gun control" don't you think? Makes it kind of meaningless when we are all answering different questions.



I am one who does not own any guns and I don't particularly like guns, though target shooting can be fun.



Unfortunately, the gun activists have an important point in this debate and it is that if you take the guns away from the people who are willing to surrender them then, aside from the military, the largest number of guns remaining will be among the batch of people that you didn't want to have them in the first place and the guns that you have taken will result in only a minor decrease in gun deaths (mostly accidents and crimes of passion). The horse is out of the barn.



So then, just what do you propose when you say "gun control"?

Answer 97

What would be the point in forcing only law abiding people to give up their guns, while allowing only criminals to keep theirs?

Answer 98

nothing

Answer 99

People can’t defend themselves against criminals

Answer 100

We need not only gun control but the means to confiscate illegal guns.

Answer 101

thugs don't obey gun control, and they will take advantage of those who actually do.

Answer 102

If democraps would surrender their guns there would be no crime in places like Chicago.

Answer 103

Nothing, but let's add car control, knife control, hammer control, ladder control because we all know it's the implements that hurt people.

Answer 104

We don't need gun control, we need liberal slime control.

Answer 105

Every American needs to have the right to own semiautomatic weapons so that he or she can kill scary and annoying neighbors. We all need to have enough firepower on hand to shoot at the police, too. It says this somewhere in the Constitution, I'm told. Besides, some smart historians have pointed out that America is a "gunfighter nation." The early Puritan settlers of New England used their guns to slaughter local Indian tribes , who wouldn't hand over enough land. Northerners and Southerners in the Civil War needed guns to kill each other, for what descendants of both groups agree was a Good Cause, even if we can't agree on what that cause was. In the old Wild West, cattle ranchers & sheep herders shot and killed each other, and famous outlaws like Billy the Kid became legends through their skill with guns. During Prohibition, Mafia bosses like Al Capone and federal agents like Eliot Ness became famous for the gun battles and killings they ordered and/or took part in.



Doggone it, having easy access to guns and using them to kill each other is an IMPORTANT AMERICAN TRADITION. Don't we need to keep that tradition going for the next generation?

Answer 106

Whats wrong with it? It doesn't appear to work.

California has some of the most stringent gun control laws in the USA...



Kelly Elementary School - Carlsbad, CA (Oct 8, 2010)

2011 Seal Beach shooting (October 12, 2011)

Southern California Edison shooting (16 December 2011)

Oikos University shooting (April 2, 2012)

2012 Anaheim, California police shooting and protests (July 2, 2012)

USC (Oct 31, 2012)

Taft Union High School - Taft, CA (January 7, 2013)

Christopher Dorner shootings and manhunt (February 3, 2013)

2013 Santa Monica shooting (June 7, 2013)

Edison High School - Fresno (Dec 19. 2013)

Los Angeles Valley College (January 25, 2014)

USC (February 12, 2014)

Kennedy High School - Richmond, CA (May 14, 2014)

2014 Isla Vista killings (May 23, 2014)

Sacramento City College (Sept 3, 2015)

2015 San Bernardino attack (Dec 2 2015)

UCLA Shooting (June 1, 2016)

June Jordan High School - San Francisco (October 18, 2016)

King City High School - King City, CA (March 21, 2017)

North Park Elementary School shooting - San Bernardino (April 10, 2017)

Rancho Tehama Reserve shootings (November 13-14, 2017)

Sal Castro Middle School - Los Angeles (Feb 1, 2018)

Seaside High School - Seaside, CA (March 13, 2018)

Highland High School - Palmdale, CA (May 11, 2018)

Balboa High School - San Francisco, California (August 30, 2018)

Thousand Oaks Borderline Bar and Grill shooting (November 8, 2018)



Then you have the Google shooting, Walmart Shooting and how many other shootings in businesses?

Answer 107

absolutely nothing. While they want make stricter laws and tougher background checks so felons and people with mental health issue won't get the gun and kill people or themselves (as they should), other people make up lies about gun control wanting to take away your guns. Own a gun, fine, not a big deal, but assault weapons? No reason to have those, none at all. People make any excuse they want, but there is no reason to have them. The NRA, they twist the version of 2nd amendment to suite their needs. Last year or so, they yelled for 2nd amendment when they wanted to ban accessories to fire the gun like machine gun. Not a weapon, but an accessories, but NRA wouldn't hear of it and yells out 2nd amendment. They only care about guns, nothing else.

Answer 108

Nothing.

Answer 109

Nothing. Every time Democrats speak out for gun control, public support for it goes down.



I hope that the DNC speaks of nothing but gun control and open immigration for the next two years.

Answer 110

There needs to be gun control. But, it will not prevent mass shootings. It's impossible to guarantee the prevention of mass shootings. The hope with tighter gun laws is fewer gun related crimes.

Answer 111

No one understands in Europe. Guns aren’t for citizens at all.

Answer 112

Conservatives don’t like it and love trump and guns than they do citizens

Answer 113

I KILL WITH MY BARE HANDS

Answer 114

In my opinion, the only issue I have with gun control is the inability to come to a decision between both parties. Banning guns is incredibly unlikely to occur, even if we did illegal gun trade would probably occur anyways. Just raising the bar on who can have guns and tightening background checks would help tremendously. Also tightening the guns that are being smuggled in from Mexico.

Answer 115

Nothing, but for best results, Americans would first need to amend the Constitution.



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Answer 116

It's authoritarian and leaves citizens defenseless.

Answer 117

Criminals don't follow the laws

Answer 118

Depends on what you mean by gun control.



Banning all guns is bad, because it hurts law-abiding citizens who are at the mercy of bigger, stronger criminals.



Americans, don't give up your right to self-defence the way we Australians did.

Answer 119

I support gun control. I believe that 2nd hand, holding it steadiy should be mandatory.

Answer 120

Nothing.

Answer 121

It causes Smith & Wesson to lose money.

Answer 122

Any society that feels the need to defend itself against its own citizens is an uncivilised one, Go back to the drawing board. USA. Restricting guns to the military and the police would be an 'obvious' step in the right direction.

Answer 123

Nothing, gun control should be common sense given the high number of mass shootings in the U.S.

Answer 124

There is already enough laws on gun control. They just need to be enforced.

Answer 125

HISTORY shows us that We need guns because if liberals take them away they will then be able to take every other right,which is EXACTLY what they want.

Answer 126

It is something all need. With out gun control you miss a lot & waste ammo. So all in favor of good gun control when shooting.

Answer 127

2nd amendment rights.

Answer 128

Other that it being ineffective and misguided?

Answer 129

most people who want guns know they would be excluded

Answer 130

It's against the law

Answer 131

Nothing it's to keep the Chinese out of america

Answer 132

Because criminals will still get guns through the black market/deep web.

Answer 133

not sure.

Answer 134

The people who use them

Answer 135

Nothing is wrong with it, I want no ine to have access to guns, ONLY ME, I want to be the only one having access to guns. I feel safer this way.

Answer 136

Too strict gun control penalizes law-abiding gunowners and doesn't stop crime. Without guns, people are at the none too tender mercies of criminals and tyrants.

Answer 137

There isn't any, in America.

Answer 138

It's never going to work is what's up, just like Prohibition, shits gonna go down.

Answer 139

Because Democrats never enforce gun laws against actual criminals. Under the Obama Administration, Eric Holder ordered prosecutors never to emphasize gun violations, if they were committed by illegal aliens. "Gun Control" is only meant to steal guns from INNOCENT people. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

Answer 140

we're not living in the wild wild west. do americans really need so many guns.

Answer 141

Ok, so here's the real problem with it. We all know what the Second Amendment says, but we really have to do is take a look at the Declaration of Independence actually. It turns out, the real meaning of the Second Amendment (in my opinion) is there. "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." This speaks about abolishing government. I know it sounds ridiculous, but the problem with removing the second amendment and removing firearms is that it allows WAAAAY more government control. And given America's unstable political climate? I think it's safe to say having guns is pretty safe. The only problem is dealing with background checks, blame on dealers, and in some cases mental health. Real gun control is literally controlling guns. Background checks though are a mid ground, a compromise. Simply put, irresponsible people should not be able to own firearms, and yes I know people are going to say "but you can only have a musket because that's what the founding fathers had!". No, that's actually not true. Remember, Washington was a general, so he knew very well that warfare was going to progress, and with that, individual firearms, he might not have conceived of an AR-15, but that doesn't change that he knew firearms would change, and that in turn the people would also have to be armed should the day come that they have to reenact Jefferson's words once again. That's just my opinion though.

Answer 142

My state had 2 gun control initiatives this 2018.

One for civilians. One for law Enforcement

(this state is ranked #5 in Shot Dead by Cop).

I voted for both. What just made being stupid

with regard to safeguarding your firearms a

legal penalty passed ; YES at 61.09 %.

State law enforcement are obliged to accept

more over-sight when they shoot somebody

dead ; YES by 59.76%. Thank you for

asking this questions after state voters

legally fixed what was wrong about guns.

Answer 143

Well its okay in Fortnite. If someone spraying you with a gold compact SMG you can just spam build come on guys don't be a noob

Answer 144

The problem is with people control.

Answer 145

What's wrong? It's not working, that's what's wrong. Criminals are illegally armed, while law abiding citizens are deprived of a weapon.

Answer 146

Nothing. By the way, I love old westerns - when people ride into town, the Sheriff has them turn in their guns. The good guys always obey, the bad guys refuse (but still die in the end.)

Answer 147

Only an Accident.

Answer 148

It doesn't exist.

Answer 149

It has never actually lowered crime rates.

Answer 150

There's nothing wrong with limiting access to people who can't be trusted to make safe decisions with the weapon. But the definition of "gun" and "control" are so broad that the legislation that results inevitably strikes people as being too limiting, and not limiting enough.



The broader context is also important. One fundamental divide is whether the state has the right or indeed obligation to reduce the inherent dangerousness of a person, or if the responsibility is personal. To some degree, we all expect that society is going to provide for some if not all of our needs, including protection. But it would be undesirable for the state to guarantee safety by creating a panopticon totalitarianism, which is one of the possible outcomes of a wholly disarmed (but safer) society.



In my view, the debate that exists is largely dishonest. What is fundamentally at question is whether the individual has the right to be dangerous. Guns make us more dangerous people, no question. But do we want to be made harmless or not? That is the real debate. Do we want people to have the ability to kill? Should we outlaw karate lessons? Or is it better to focus on ways for people to have the maximum freedom, subject only to minimal restraint, so that we get to have our guns - at the cost of a mass shooting every week.



It is a tough debate.

Answer 151

Nothing, it’s what’s needed to keep the gun freaks from killing us sll

Answer 152

Nothing's wrong with gun control



Every nation that actually has it has less gun crime than the USA does.

Year after year, the safest nations in the world are ranked. And the US never makes the cut.

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And no amount of retard Yankees whining can magically change a damn thing about it.



Instead of whining, you Americans ought to get off your lazy @sses and study your own history.

Because your founders granted your right to bear arms in their Second Amendment.

You all know that.



What Americans have universally proved too irresponsible & unpatriotic to learn for their lazy selves is that your Founders defined exactly what they meant by 'arms' in their Militia Acts.

And it's not what America's gun nuts think. In fact, they won't like it at all. Unpatriotic traitors never do.

But that's their own damn fault for being plain damn stupid about their own damn history.



Plus there's no forgiving the NRA for letting itself become an un-American arm of Russian intelligence.

Letting Russian spies infiltrate, undermine and subvert US gun owners would be the funniest joke on Earth if it weren't so goddamn pathetic.

Answer 153

nothing

Answer 154

occasionally, i am scared to be attacked by evil villains? rapists, murderers, robbers, killers; these are the criminal stereotypes.

i keep my pistol locked-&-loaded underneath my bed pillow. i put hollow-point bullets in it, so that when it hits someone, the round will split and move around inside the body, creating a bigger more dangerous wound.

this is entirely for self-defense.

quite often in our community, there are groups of black men driving around and killing and beating people, and robbing or raping. they beat one mexican man who owned a food-truck close-to-death, and took his money, too, almost like an after thought. they are like a wild savaging attack on other people by a pack of wild-dogs.

i do have a gun, i will defend myself.

plus, there are a lot of black young men going around and robbing homes in broad daylight. they do this everyday in our community. i have my gun, and if they come, they will be looking down its barrel.

i need my gun for self-defense in my own home. if you notice, the police are never here when you do need them. two vans have been robbed in the past month, just within a few houses away.

how else can we protect ourselves from evil-criminal people?

i need a gun to protect myself from the evil black men in our community.

Answer 155

Guns should be illegal; still can’t believe they aren’t.

Answer 156

nothing

Answer 157

White men! 🤬

Answer 158

Nothing

Answer 159

Other countries would invade us if we weren’t so heavily armed.

Answer 160

I don't know.

Answer 161

It prevents people from shooting kids at school. Americans love that

Answer 162

It deprives citizens of defense

Answer 163

we have gun control with over 20k laws pertaining to buoying and owning firearms

tell me what one more law will stop a bad guy

not like murder does not have a law against it

Answer 164

Under the US Constitution and Bill Of Rights, there is no authority for any government entity to regulate private firearms possession.

Answer 165

It is a slippery slope to disarming a population, which is a necessary component of dictatorial rule.

Answer 166

When gun control happens, rights get taken away.



Look at Nazi Germany. Hitler took the guns from the Jews before slaughtering 6 million of them. Stalin took the guns from Russians before slaughtering 20 million of them. Mao Zedong took the guns from the Chinese before slaughtering 75 million of them.



Even in nations like Canada and Britain, there are "hate speech" laws in place which neglect the right to freedom of speech. Government can infringe on people's rights and tell them what to do alot better if a population is defenseless.







That is why. I trust my guns more than I trust my government.

Answer 167

I wish we could live in a society where guns are never needed at all, for anything. But here on Earth that is not the case, because we see crime happen every day. If gun rights are taken away from people, then all the law-abiding citizens will have to be unarmed, leaving only criminals (who don't abide by the law, by definition) will be the only ones with guns. Scary! The right to bear arms is important because it allows goodhearted citizens to carry guns and protect themselves, their families, and those around them from the inevitable evil people who wish to bring harm to our world.

Answer 168

Something about gun control makes me buy more guns.

Answer 169

to vague of a statement. my idea of gun control i'm sure is different than others. there for we need to use better words to discribe the point we are trying to make.



I have no problem with guns, the control i have some issues with. what do you mean by control?

Answer 170

Nothing. The NRA and the Republican Party hate America.

Answer 171

Gun control is so bad In America and trumps idea is just to give out more guns how stupid do you have to be? America needs to ban guns not give out more

Answer 172

Everything, in Australia hand guns is illegal to use other than on the range, and under our laws you do not have the right to self defense, you are required to call the police.

Answer 173

Nothing. We should make all guns illegal because everyone knows that if guns are illegal criminals won't find any way to get ahold of them. They're considerate about following the law, like that

Answer 174

Can any one explain how gun control can stop criminals from killing, robbing and taking advantage of law bidding people. It hasn't worked in Chicago or any place I'm aware of. People don't want to under stand that people kill, rob and take advantage of other law bidding people using illegally acquired guns. I fully believe and support the NRA because they stand for honest law bidding people who own firearms.

Answer 175

According to our Constitution our forefathers new we needed to have the rite to bear arms.

If you don't like guns it's your rite not to own one. At the same time it's my rite to have one.

If you collect all the guns the crooks, murderers and rapist will still have theirs.

Answer 176

It doesn't work...ie Chicago, IL

Answer 177

Nothing

Answer 178

Nothing

Answer 179

If guns don’t kill people, then only criminals will have guns