TexasRifleman
Moderator Emeritus
If we as a gun rights group advocate ownership of guns by certified mentally deficient individuals, small children and violent felons then we stand to lose all. some restrictions are necessary, society as a whole demands it. Anyone who thinks otherwise is living in a fantasy world.
You mean like all of us here in the US did before 1968?
Like that you mean? When the gun crime rate was lower?
Yeah, that's fantasy land.....
You do know that before 1968 all of the things you say are necessary did not exist right?
There were no Federal Firearms dealers, there was no background check, you could mail order long guns and handguns to your home.
History and facts are not on your side. Care to address the facts at all or are you going to continue going on "feelings"?
The "feelings" thing is a big problem. You are making the same argument the anti's make, wanting to pass gun laws and believing restrictions are needed because of some gut feeling you have.
For your historical reference you have cited one small town in one particular year, which is what people do when the general statistics don't back up their beliefs.
As a whole, the gun crime rate in the US was lower when anyone who wanted one could buy a gun, that's a fact.
Now, what you can argue is the REASON that might be true. It might be any number of things including a general difference in societal beliefs, but it doesn't change the fact that back when you could order a pistol through the mail from Sears to your house there was a lower gun crime rate in this country.
So if that's the case then you can't make the argument that all these gun laws are needed. Something else has changed, and it's NOT the issue of guns.
This is not now and has NEVER been about guns. It's about control, it's about societies problems, and it's about how we deal with those problems.
Blaming guns, drugs, aliens, or bad television are just cop outs and scapegoats.
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