Connecticut 'gunman dead' after US school shooting

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Platapus

As soon as the police can guarantee that they can prevent a violent crime from affecting me, my family, my home, then I will gladly give up my guns.

However, in the US, the police are not there to prevent crimes but there to respond to crimes already committed. They are a post facto investigative and apprehension force, not a crime prevention force.

Personal/family protection is, and in my opinion, should always be a personal responsibility.

I have been a gun owner for over 20 years. Here is my record

People killed with my gun - 0
People injured with my gun - 0
My legal problems with my gun - 0
Times I have brandished my gun - 0
Times I have threatened people with my gun - 0
Accidents I have had with my gun - 1 (I did have an accidental discharge (Clearing a jam at the range), but my training of always keeping my gun in a safe direction prevented any damage)
Complaints from neighbours about my gun - 0

So explain to me how taking guns away from ME somehow makes the world safer?

As a responsible gun owner, all I ask is that my ability to responsibly own a gun not be infringed because of the actions, no matter how heinous they are, of a few individuals.

I don't think I am being unreasonable.

The woman who was murdered by her son could have said the same thing up until yesterday. Then he took her legally-purchased and registered weapons, killed her and proceeded to kill scores of others at an elementary school.