Gun Control thread (merged many)

[Bubblehead1980]

Originally Posted by Kptlt. Hellmut Neuerburg

Huzza for quoting ones self!
On a side note as to the third question yeah I know it was Senator Feinstein who said it. But the probability of taking away the gun of the entire population of the United States is impossible, impractical, and highly improbable.

The second amendment clearly states the right to bear arms shall not be infringed upon.The government doing anything to prevent a citizen(except say a convicted felon) or someone who is actually mentally ill from obtaining a gun is unconstitutional. There are background checks now for gun stores, private sellers should have their own discretion but can't knowingly sell to a felon or wackjob.This weekends tragedy in Boston shows no matter how many rights we give up(Patriot Act) bad things can and will happen, it is called life and the price of living in a FREE Republic, not a nanny police state, even though we are much closer because of our emotional reaction to 9/11 The Feds simply want a way to track who has what and they have no right to do so.

While it would be pretty much impossible to confiscate guns en masse, they could pass a law saying everyone must turn firearms in and after time period if caught with one, harsh penalities, many would regrettably turn them in, others would retain in, some would find themselves in horrible legal situations, some would go waco and ruby ridge and we would have government abusing it's power yet again.Why you people do not understand that the one thing that keeps the government in line, especially when we have more maniacal leaders like NHO in office is the fact there so much of the population is heavily armed, they know they could never achieve what they want via force.They have tried for many years the slow but sure approach and it is why they use propaganda and emotion to try get people to give up their rights.

Aside from the clear violation of the second amendment, the spirit of the second is also violated by checks, etc as the founders intended for the citizens to always have a manner to defend themselves against tyranny.They lived under it and knew the nature of man, and the men who make up governments as history had shown and has since.This is one reason they did not say muskets etc, they knew firearms would advance, as technology does, they knew though that opponents of liberty seeking power do not, they have always been there, and always will.