Gun Violence and the outlawing of firearms in America

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Tchocky

Is it normal to have this kind of detailed discussion about civil warfare?

loose interpretations of the 2nd amendment to the US Constitution as it was originally framed by a society emerging from post-revolution kind of steered the conversation in that direction i think.

personally, i think the right to defend one's self with lethal force - when justified - is a right that cannot be infringed upon by the state, firearms just happen to be the tool for such defense... thats more or less the point of the topic.

that and the classic oldie "guns dont kill people... people kill people."

our society is facing a lot of more pressing issues i think than anything relating to guns. and those more pressing issues should be dealt with.

in the mean time there are those who would demonize or criminalize gun owners... lumping gun owners and Christians into a basket of "weirdos" nut jobs and criminals or domestic terrorists... which is pretty far from the case