The will of the " people" supports stronger gun control laws. And if we are going to govern based on public opinion the Trump tax giveaway to the rich will not happen.
Where is the evidence that those who legally own firearms are the ones responsible for the greatest loss of life, rather than those who cannot legally possess firearms under any circumstances? The FBI has reported that eighty percent of all firearm-related murders are committed by known criminal individuals.
Then why did "the people" who support such not actually speak up? Why did they make no effort to have their voices heard, and instead let the NRA speak for them? Why does the majority remain silent, rather than making any effort to be heard over the NRA? The NRA has approximately five million members, where are the other three hundred and fifteen million individuals in this equation, and why are they maintaining their silence?
Taxing the rich less and the upper middle class more is a really bad idea and that is what the current tax plan does. And yes taxing less and spending more and ballooning the deficit is a really bad idea which is what the current will Republican plan will do even with dynamic scoring.
No i didn't say a rifle, I said an assault style weapon. And it has no actual function as a tool. There is nothing a civilisn does that requires that level of firepower.
You must not have attended any 3 gun matches or gone varmint hunting. You really don't seem like a competent enough authority to determine what guns are required by civilians.
Since anyone who has their liberty in this country has pretty much unlimited access to guns, it was not lax gun laws that got them killed. It was the failure of our revolving-door criminal justice system to incarcerate the known-violent criminal perpetrator that got them killed. The only way to prevent anyone from gaining access to a firearm in this country is to incarcerate them before they do. I saw a police report this morning from one of his many prior violent run-ins with the law that said he was a danger to himself and others. Whoever looked at that report and told this guy "you're free to go" has those people's blood on their hands.
Just in case any Progs want to take a walk on the wild side or people needing a resource to get active in your community here is a list : Gun Rights Resources Open Carry.org Handgun Law.us USA Gun Owners of America (GOA) Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership National Association for Gun Rights Second Amendment Sisters National Rifle Association (NRA) (some disagreement within liberty movement - do your own research) Second Amendment Foundation The National Skeet Shooting Association and National Sporting Clays Association Amateur Trapshooting Association Pink Pistols Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Women Against Gun Control Pacific International Trapshooting Association Zone 7 Skeet Firearms Policy Coalition Fifty Caliber Shooters Association Alabama Alabama Gun Rights Alabama Open Carry Alaska Alaska Outdoor Council Alaska Machine Gun Association Alaska Gun Collectors Assocication Alaska Interior Marksmanship Committee Alaska Rifle Club Arizona Arizona Citizens Defense League Arkansas Arkansas Carry California Gun Owners of California Calguns Foundation Colorado Rocky Mountain Gun Owners Connecticut Connecticut Gun Rights Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen Connecticut State Rifle & Revolver Association, Inc. Connecticut Citizens Defense League Northeast Combat Pistol League Northwest Connecticut Sportsman's Council Ye Connecticut Gun Guild, Inc Delaware First State Firearms Freedom Association Delaware State Sportsmen's Association District of Columbia LOL! Florida Florida Carry, Inc. Second Amendment Coalition of Florida Georgia Georgia Carry Georgia Sport Shooting Association Hawaii Hawaii Rifle Association Idaho Lewis-Clark Wildlife Club Idaho State Rifle and Pistol Association Illinois IllinoisCarry Guns Save Life Illinois State Rifle Associations Indiana 2nd Amendment Patriots Guns Save Life Iowa Iowa Gun Owners Iowa Firearms Coalition Kansas Kentucky Kentucky Coalition to Carry Concealed Louisiana Second Amendment Sisters - Louisiana Louisiana Shooting Association Louisiana Sportsman USPSA Louisiana Section Bayou Shooter Maine Gun Owners of Maine Maine Gun Owners Association Maryland Maryland Shall Issue Maryland Citizens for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Maryland Shooters Massachusetts Gun Owners' Action League Lawful And Responsible Gun Owners Michigan Michigan Gun Owners Michigan Coalition of Responsible Gun Owners (MCRGO) Michigan Rifle & Pistol Association Michigan Open Carry Minnesota Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance Mississippi Missouri Western Missouri Shooters Alliance Gateway Civil Liberties Alliance Second Amendment Coalition of Missouri Montana Montana Shooting Sports Association Nebraska Nebraska Firearms Owners Association Nevada New Hampshire New Hampshire Firearms Coalition Gun Onwers of New Hmpshire Pro-Gun New Hampshire New Jersey New Jersey 2nd Amendment Society New Jersey Coalition for Self Defense New Mexico New Mexico Shooting Sports Association New York New York State Rifle and Pistol Association (NYSRPA) Shooters Committee on Political Education Sportsmen's Association for Firearms Education North Carolina Grass Roots North Carolina North Carolina Rifle and Pistol Association North Dakota Ohio Ohioans for Concealed Carry Buckeye Firearms Association Oklahoma Oklahoma Open Carry Association (OKOCA) Oregon Oregon Firearms Federation Oregon Gun Owners Oregon State Shooting Association Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association Rhode Island South Carolina GrassRoots South Carolina Gun Owners of South Carolina South Dakota South Dakota Gun Owners Tennessee Tennessee Firearms Association Texas Lone Star Citizens Defense League Peaceable Texans for Firearms Rights Texas State Rifle Association Utah Gun Owners of Utah Utah Shooting Sports Council Vermont Gun Owners of Vermont Virginia Virginia Citizens Defense League Virginia Gun Owners Coalition Washington Washington Arms Collectors West Virginia West Virginia Citizens Defense League Wisconsin Wisconsin Carry, Inc Wisconsin Firearm Owners, Ranges, Clubs & Educators Wyoming Wyoming Gun Owners
I don't believe anyone in the church was carrying; in a state where they have open carry you'd think that people inside the church were carrying. Guns may work, but if you don't carry them, what good are they? A table weight maybe?
That is a statement of someone who knows nothing about the subject upon which he expounds. Tactical carbines are tremendously efficient and effective defensive tools. It's why there is one in a position where my wife can access it in a crisis situation. It's smaller and lighter than a shotgun, has less felt recoil, has a stock that can be adjusted to fit her smaller stature, and is equipped with a coaxial light and an appropriate optic. Loaded with proper self-defense ammo, a 5.56 carbine is less likely to penetrate the exterior walls of a structure than even a handgun round. My wife is a skilled rifle operator at any conventional distance, and is far more confident in running a carbine under stress than a handgun or shotgun. We are seeing carbines being used more and more often by honest citizens for defensive purposes (most recently and obviously by Johnny Langendorff, whose intervention with his own carbine stopped the slaughter in Sutherland Springs), so to claim they have "no actual function as a tool" is a claim of sheer ignorance.
When about half of our citizens are carrying gun crime will no longer be a serious problem. We will get there soon if not soon enough.
Nothing in particular... other than he had attended that church and threatened his former mother in law who attended the church. By all accounts the shooter was a dangerous, violent man with severe mental health issues. I think we should get rid of bump stocks, semi automatic weapons, large magazines and tighten up the reporting for those with mental health and domestic abuse issues.
So, confiscate about 200 million firearms from law abiding citizens? What's the plan to confiscate them from the criminals who have them now? If there are no semi-automatic weapons, why would you care about magazines for bolt action rifles?
Exactly, and they were built that way to help soldiers kill people, and it's why they are so often chosen by nut jobs to kill lots of people, like in a Colorado movie theater, in Las Vegas, in Orlando, and just a few days ago in Texas. Enough is enough, they don't belong in our civilian armory. Of course in you like reading about children being killed in a church, keep pretending that we should still allow them to be sold.
There's no rational basis for this, much less a compelling, reasoned argument. There's plenty of fallacious appeals to emotion to this effect, but they do no qualify as above.
Your unsupportable opinion does not negate the fact these firearms are "bearable arms" and as such, are protected by the constitution.
