Gun Control thread (merged many)

[August]

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

I'm not sure that is worth it, especially when there are millions of AR-15 owners like me and August who have never and will never use their weapon in a crime. Probably 99% of all assault weapon owners fit in this category, so is it fair, does it make sense to pounish them, for the insane actions of a tiny few?

Where is Platapus with his Latin warning signature about how "Abuse does not take away from the use"?

The truth is that any right can and is abused. But if we are going to use that fact as an excuse to take away the rights of those who aren't abusing them then that same concept can also be applied to every other so called "right" as well.

For example some people use their right to privacy to hide criminal activity, therefore by this theory that right needs to be, if not outright repealed, then like they are trying to do with the 2A at least legislated into insignificance.

The same concept is already slowly being applied to the right of free speech, the right to assemble, the right to avoid self incrimination and the rest so when a politician says "Rights have Limits" what he really means is the government that was created to safeguard your rights sees itself as more powerful than those rights and therefore can ignore them as it sees fit.