Originally Posted by needsum
You know what phrase I hate the most? "guns don't kill people, people kill people."
Why do I hate it? because it is true, yet anti-gun people have made a mockery of that phrase for ages.
Simple fact is that it is true, no matter how you look at it.
A gun is an inanimate object. It can do nothing to anyone, anywhere, unless it has been manipulated by someone. Which means, someone has to pick it up, load it, cock it, and fire it in order for anything to happen.
People are the weapons, not guns. Go ahead an compare the numbers of legal gun owners in this country to the number of gun related crimes committed with LEGALLY owned firearms. After seeing the results, there is but only one conclusion: Criminals are a disease and will use anything they can to get what they want. Most people are honest and law abiding.
One more thing--I am not trying to give the impression that I'm some NRE flag waving Right wing conservative asshole who thinks it should be ok for people to just walk around waving guns and shooting them up in the air while kicking their heels.
I'm not a mamber of the NRA. I own guns, and maybe go shooting at a legal target facility once a year, if that.
I just don't want anyone, especially the government, to tell me I CAN"T continue to be the responsible firearm owner that I have been for most of my life, because some dipshit asshole mutherfucker decided to rob and kill someone and now I may be a threat.
To those people I politely say "Go fuck yourself."