Please explain that to all those who are dead and will die, because your right to a gun was more important then their right to live.
Guns don't kill people. Gun owners do.
Guns are the drug of choice for those who desire the thrill of power without earning it legitimately.
The founding fathers wrote the 2nd Amendment so that an armed militia could protect citizens. Today, the 2nd Amendment arms the criminals so they can kill the citizens
I don't know why I'm even going to try, but here goes...
Most guns, 99.9%+, are never used to hurt anyone so stop with this stupid characterization of gun owners as nutty, power hungry losers. Most of us just want to target shoot, hunt a bit and are very safe and responsible with our weapons. A very, very few have turned out to be nuts and used their guns to hurt others, but you can say that of any group. Should we judge Christians, Muslims, gays or any other group by the horrific actions of a tiny few?
Repealing the Second Amendment and banning private ownership of guns would in no way stop shootings like what happened to those poor folks in that Texas church because 1) law abiding citizens who would comply and turn in their guns are not the problem, 2) It would cause a civil war if you tried to forcibly disarm America, and 3) who would you get to try and take away all the guns to begin with?
It's emotionally soothing to call for gun bans and think that will make you safer, but it's just not realistic. America is too invested in the concept that this is the land of freedom and nobody can tell anyone else what to do. Culturally we have very little respect for our responsibilities to family, community and society. This is combined with our stupid war on drugs and the resulting violence associated with the illegal drug trade. Together it makes us some of the most dangerous folks in the developed world, but still, just a tiny fraction of us. Most Americans are damn fine folk who abhor violence.
If we every get our gun violence down in line with the rest of the developed world, it won't be because we sat around vainly trying to do the impossible and disarm everyone so they would play nice. Better health care, working harder to identify violent individuals so we can get them the help they need and remove their gun rights, along with teaching our children well would be a better use of our efforts.
Speaking specifically about the Texas Church Shooting, it would have been nice if the Air Force had reported the criminal conviction and bad conduct discharge of the shooter to the FBI database like they were legally required to do. Then this convicted wife and child beater wouldn't have passed the background check to buy is gun. It would also have been nice if the in-laws would have reported the threatening texts sent to them by the shooter. I'm not trying to make them out to be at fault in any way, but we do need to all be vigilant when it comes to spotting potentially violent individuals around us.
