Is President Obama Still a Threat to Gun Rights?
Submitted by terri_stocke on Sun, 03/07/2010 - 22:23
Gun Rights Roundup
by Buckeye Firearms Association
(printed here with permission)
Some mainstream media pundits claim that Obama is not a threat to gun rights. Their reasoning? After a year in office, he has not done or said anything significant about guns. But is that reason to believe that he has turned pro-gun or that he has adopted an agnostic position on the Second Amendment?
Let's take a look at the record. As a senator and presidential candidate, Obama ...
1. Endorsed a complete ban on handgun ownership in Illinois.
2. Supported gun bans in Chicago and Washington, D.C.
3. Supported the elimination of concealed carry nationwide.
4. Voted for the prosecution of citizens who use firearms in self-defense.
5. Voted to allow lawsuits intended to bankrupt the firearms industry.
6. Supported reinstating the Clinton assault weapons ban.
7. Voted to ban rifle ammunition used for hunting and sport.
8. Supported gun registration for law-abiding gun owners.
9. Refused to sign a court brief affirming the individual right to bear arms.
10. Served on the Board of the Joyce Foundation, the #1 source of funds for anti-gun groups.
11. Supported a ban on gun stores within five miles of any school or park.
12. Voted to prevent gun owners from knowing when Illinois ran record searches.
13. Supported mandatory micro-stamping for gun manufacturers.
14. Supported the creation and enforcement of mandatory waiting periods.
15. Supported the one-gun-a-month rule on gun sales.
16. Supported banning cheap handguns.
17. Supported banning police departments from reselling firearms.
18. Supported mandatory training for all gun owners regardless of cost.
19. Supported a ban on gun ownership for anyone under 21.
Are we to believe that a liberal politician with an anti-gun record like this has so quickly changed his views? What will Obama's agenda look like if he's able to push through his health care bill and move on to other issues?
It is naïve, bordering on foolish, to assume that Obama is no longer a threat to gun rights. He was, is, and will remain a threat until he is ex-President Obama.
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So what's the point of this?
So what's the point of this? Explain to me why 90% of you wackos have a least a thought of using your guns on a US black president!
This has nothing to do with feared legislation - or loss of rights. You guys need to understand, when it's easier for you to get guns, it's also easier for gang-bangers in the inner city to get them too.
A pimp or a drug-dealer should NOT have any god-given right to a gun, ever.
If you don't accomodate some measures of accountability and responsibility, those who want to destroy America (i'm talking terrorists and gangsters - not democrats or the president)will have the red carpet rolled out for them to do so because of your fear-driven, paranoid and factually inaccurate agenda.
People can buy guns at Wal-mart for God sakes.
You will not lose your right to have a gun as long as you obey the law - this weapon march is to benefit the very far-right wing of the Republican party and has nothing to do with protecting America. Go fight Al-Qaeda if you're serious about protection. Quit eating your own.
You're being played like sheep with this nonsensical, unnecessary measure. It's going to end up getting someone hurt and it will lead to the ruin of our country - and it will be all your fault.
Should that happen, LOTS of Americans will be after your group. Whatever noble causes you have fought for will be rendered meaningless.
You want to really support gun rights - help teach Americans how to own and use one responsibly and with real honor....not like a Branch Davidian or Timothy McVeigh sympathizer.
Do you guys think terrorism is OK when an American does it?
If you really love this nation - quit trying to destroy it. Support your fellow citizens. Preserve our rights with integrity, maturity and wisdom.
Divided we fall....that will include you.
For the record, I was robbed
For the record, I was robbed at work at gunpoint this year by a couple of teenagers who got guns too easily.
Sure, deregulate the gun laws some more. That's protect a lot of us when Homey G and TyShawn get theirs easier and decide under influence of crack to use them on me and my family.
Thanks for nothing.
Not sure if serious...
Not sure if serious...
As long as we're going on
As long as we're going on record...
I'll tell you for a fact that it has never crossed my mind to use my firearm on anyone -- unless they have broken into my home or someone's life is in eminent danger. Your first assertion regarding your fictitious 90% figure is pure baloney and clearly meant to incite.
Please explain to us how any of the following would have helped to protect YOU, and keep guns out of TyShawn and Homey G's criminal hands:
Banning handgun ownership in Illinois (or any other state)
Banning handguns in certain cities/municipalities
Eliminate concealed carry nationwide
Prosecuting citizens who use firearms in self defense
Banning ammunition used for hunting and sports
Banning gun stores within five miles of a school or park
etc...
On the other hand, it's a shame that a law-abiding gun owner didn't happen to be there when TyShawn and Homey decided to break the law. I'm assuming the police were able to get there within seconds to stop the attack, though -- right? Well, thank God for that...oh...oh, they WEREN'T able to stop it? You don't say...
Second Amendment March has never advocated or encouraged any illegal carrying of firearms, any display of violence, or any civil disobedience. It is a celebration of our second amendment right and heritage, pure and simple. If you disagree, you have the choice to not attend. I for one will always cherish my freedom of speech and exercise it often. You are free to do the same. I'm sure the Brady bunch would welcome you.
Stop trying to project your fear, hatred and paranoia on a freedom-loving group that would go to the mat to protect you and yours if it came down to it. McVeigh? Please. There is no comparison between the nuts that use firearms illegally and those of us who choose to use them legally with the intent to protect and not harm.
Way to go Patriots!!!!!
Way to go Patriots!!!!!
Some people just don't get that we have a God given right to protect our lives, and the lives of those we love...and by removing that ability we may as well be sheep. We would be led to slaughter like so many others who did not fight for their right to own a firearm, or killed in the streets by a thug.
We know that once they make guns illegal, only illegals will own guns. We also know that we are doomed as a Free Nation if that happens. So we fight to keep our rights!
I commend every American Patriot/Guardian in this thread and everywhere, who has stood up to the real sheep...The misguided sheep like the racist sounding one at the start of this conversation. We will not be silenced by threats or name calling.
God Bless America!
Canto
"God-given right?" Are you
"God-given right?" Are you kidding? You're obviously not a believer in Jesus Christ. He advocated turning the other cheek and dying, rather than committing sin by killing someone-- even in self-defense.
Congratulations on sharing the same ideology as right-wing militia that bombed a DAYCARE and killed innocent children in the Alfred P Murrah Building (Oklahoma City), though.
You can celebrate all kinds of legal-gun-ownership violent crime, like Columbine, VMI, all sorts of domestic-violence murders (my small town had three last year), the accidental shootings, self-inflicted gunshot wounds, etc.
What a great reason to march! Making it possible for people to kill themselves and each other as efficiently, speedily and irrevocably as possible.
Sarah, you are taking the
Sarah, you are taking the Bible way out of context. It does not mean to allow some psycho to take my life depriving my son from having a father or my wife a husband. If some loon is going on a shooting spree and I have a gun, am I correct in my assumption that you would want me to just let the perp kill me too? I would take them out, potentially saving many more lives.
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Attn-God given right
Attn-God given right believer-How many wars have been fought over and by believers in Jesus Christ.Most of the wars through the centuries have been fought over debates in Religion.You self righteos believers do not seem to compare the numbers killed in war of religion against those of a few mental cases,Do the math-count the deaths-guns are not the issue-blinders on people like yourself looking to some higher power to rule your life are.
The unanimous Declaration of
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
This is what the march is all about:
becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands
THE TIME IS NOW-HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOU BEAR.
the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them,a decent respect to the opinions of mankind.
ARE YOU OF EQUAL STATION,HAVE YOU BEEN SHOWN A DECENT RESPECT?
mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
THE SECOND AMENDMENT PROVIDES WE THE PEOPLE The MEANS TO SEPERATE
DO YOU NOT GROW WEARY OF LOSING YOUR HOMES,YOUR JOBS,YOUR SELF RESPECT
DO YOU NOT GROW WEARY OF TAX DOLLARS BEING SPENT ON STRIPPERS
DO YOU NOT GROW WEARY OF WATCHING BANKERS PROFIT FROM OUR TAX FUNDED BAILOUTS
DO YOU NOT GROW WEARY OF WALL STREET PROFITING FROM THE OFFSHORING OF OUR JOBS
QUIT ARGUING ABOUT THEIR SPONSORED DIVERSIONS FROM THE REAL ISSUES
START UNITING AS ONE PEOPLE TO REGAIN OUR FREEDOMS AND TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY
THE TIME IS NOW-DO NOT LET THEM SEPERATE US INTO GROUPS-STRENGTH IN NUMBERS ONE PEOPLE-ONE FOCUS-ONE UNITED CAUSE-ITS UP TO US-THEY HAVE FAILED US.
Jesus also said in Luke
Jesus also said in Luke 22:36: "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one."
I get a little tired of you liberal/progressive types quoting Jesus when it fits your far left ideals, then say that a woman has the right to kill an unborn infant. Make up your mind!
God isn't real, just a
God isn't real, just a figment of your imagination.
So Sarah, When seconds count
So Sarah,
When seconds count and the police are minutes away, what will you do? Hide with a phone call to 911 and hope that you or others are not killed? As for me, I will defend my home and loved ones, I will defend my neighbors if need be. It is called being a responsible citizen. It is what GOD wants us to do.
Okay Sarah, you are right
Okay Sarah, you are right about the not killing, even in self-defence. But Jesus knew we still needed protection from a dangerous world. But to have a weapon is really there as a deterant against the "bad guys".
Luke 28: 35-38 ...And He said to them, "When I sent you out with no purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything"? They said, "nothig" He said to them, "But now, let him who has a purse take it, and likewise a bag. And let him who has no sword sell his mantle and buy one. For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me, And he was reckoned with transgressors; for what is written about me has its fulfilment" And they said, "Look, Lord here are two swords" And he said to them, "It is enough".
OH< BY THE WAY. If the
OH< BY THE WAY. If the government takes the citizens guns away, then how are we to protect ourselves from the perpatrators that get them on the streets from black market buying? In several countries they have banned guns and their crime rates went sky high. They put the gun rights back to the citizens and crime rates went back down. Let me ask you a real question. Would you rob a house or car jack someone who you know might have a gun of their own? This has stopped many-a crime, especially in this day and age. When the government makes us give up our weapons, why are they doing it? The overwhelming answer is, the government usually wants to come down on the people as a type of "massive power". It is well known, that when the government wants to rule with an "iron fist" they make everyone register their weapons and then the government goes house to house confiscating the guns, so the general population will not have anyway to keep their freedom from the government; which by the way, is going on right now. This is why obama want a military inside the U.S.,. He has already stated that people who don't agree with him and his administration can be charged as terrorist. I don't want to ever kill anyone, but I'll tell you this. If the government is going to take away my rights, that our forefathers gave us, then we will protect ourselves so that we don't end up with a dictatorship. If you really love the freedoms you have left over right now, then you had better stand up and let your voice be heard before you don't have the right to have a voice!!
God gives no rights, only
God gives no rights, only commands and punishments.
Well said my friend.....Well
Well said my friend.....Well said!!!!!!!
gun control has directly led
gun control has directly led to the "homies" you speak of being able to rob you at gun point if it did happen... i suspect you are lying. We have had major gun control legislation since the 1930's and crime has gotten WORSE!!! Oh yeah, do not forget, the left WING of this country has had a strangle hold on politics of the U.S. since f.d.r. and all the money given away to "poor" people has not helped in the least... people who own cars , televisions and cell phones are not "poor" !!! i see alot of people who use "food stamp cards" who do not NEED to use them... they do it for an agenda, not out of necessity... i work in a very HIGH END grocery store and watch people use these cards... HIGH END GROCERY, EXPENSIVE... NOT SAVING MONEY... It is very interesting that not much more than 30 years ago when almost anyone could buy a gun for pennies on the current dollar that there were NOT more shootings back then!!! DO not forgetm to ask the jews who are still alive, you know, the ones with the numbers tatooed on their arms... ask them about gun control... hitler started with nationalizing everything from health to industry... even environmental issues... he took guns from all people to give to his cronies... between stalin, mao, hitler and hirohito... all the way to pol pot and current chinese government, hundreds of millions of people have been MURDERED BY THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT!!! MOSTLY MIDDLE CLASSES BECAUSE THEY ARE FAIRLY WELL EDUCATED AND UNDERSTAND HISTORY AND WILL NOT PUT UP WITH THE LIES...
wow...your a moron.
wow...your a moron.
Well said alan niederlitz!!
Well said alan niederlitz!! I have been trying to explain this to people. The government controlled school system and government controlled media has demonized gun owners for decades to give people a fear of guns. I believe that gun control should be taught in school....meaning how to properly handle a gun, so that if they should aquire a gun, they don't shoot themself in the foot. Because so few people have guns these days, criminals are emboldened to rob people. If everyone carried a gun, that would be quite a deterrent! Check out what happened in Kennesaw, GA after they passed a gun law making ownership manditory!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1818862/posts
If the troops were allowed to carry at Fort Hood, the number of casualties would have been much lower. Instead, they had to wait for the police to arrive before this nut was taken out. The same applies to the Virginia Tech massacre. If everyone carried, the nut population would plummet. I have a customer who was shot by an intruder, but because he carried, he was able to shoot back and go to the emergency room instead of the morgue. My brothers house was broken into, but as soon as the intruder heard the distinctive sound of a round being chambered into his shotgun, they turned tail and ran out. If a bank had a policy that every employee had to be trained in the use of a handgun, had to practice at a range monthly and had to open-carry one at work, would that increase or decrease the likelyhood of a robbery? When a crook handed them a note saying that they had a gun, they could write one back saying "so do we". When seconds count, the police will be there in a few minutes.
Wow, you're one hell of a
Wow, you're one hell of a racist! "Homey G" and "TyShawn", eh? Apparently to you, "gang-banger" = "black guy".
Go back and crawl under your Confederate flag, you wacko. And keep your nutcase pinko-Commie agenda away from my Constitutional rights!
If a legal gun owner saw you
If a legal gun owner saw you and your family getting robbed by an illegal gun owner and helped you and saved you and your family's life, what would they think then.
Most of us follow the letter of the law - if you ban guns, that legal gun owner would no longer have a gun so that would have put them and their family at risk.
Yes guns can be bought at wal-marts along with hammer's, baseball bats, kitchen knives, various chemicals that are poison and many other things that can harm you.
So what would they like to do about that? Close Wal-marts nation wide
I support the march
Look dummy, if a legal gun
Look dummy, if a legal gun owner saw me and my family getting robbed by someone weilding a gun, you wouldn't know whether they were legally packing or not.
That's why responsible law enforcement officers decry the concealed weapons bill. It's better to get a clearer picture of who THEY need to draw their weapons on, than if they see two loonies in a Mexican standoff.
Incidentally, dummy, there's a big difference between the chief purpose of a gun (killing people and/or threatening to kill people) and a hammer, baseball bat, kitchen knife, chemicals, etc. The fact you can't TELL a difference means you probably lack the discernment and maturity to own a gun in the first place.
Sarah, are you kidding? When
Sarah, are you kidding? When someone is being robbed, it is obvious who the perp is. As a law-abiding gun owner, I would most certainly intervene. I would not shoot the perp unless they turned their gun on me or started to open fire on innocents. You, my friend are the unfortunate victim of the public school system. Guns are like nukes. They are a deterrent, the nuclear option is to use them.
"Guns are like nukes. They
"Guns are like nukes. They are a deterrent, the nuclear option is to use them."?
you really need to grow up! a gun is not power! it is not a deterrent or a nuclear option it is a tool!!!!! if you do not know how to use it in a proper manor then you should not own one! if you are mentaly ill you should not own one.
most important if you think a gun will give you safy or power you should also not own one!
Hmmm. Another idiot. Where
Hmmm. Another idiot. Where do these kids come from? Go tell your mommy to help you with your grammar homework...spelling too. Did I not spell it out simply enough for you to understand? If a perp knows that you have a gun, they are less likely to attempt to rob/assault you. That is how it is a deterrent. If they try anyway, you have the right to defend yourself. Nobody in their right mind wants to shoot another person. It is a difficult decision that may need to be made in a matter of seconds. Will it be your life or theirs? You decide.
Sarah: You shared with us how
Sarah:
You shared with us how Jesus would feel about certain things. In all of the situations I saw Him in during His time among us, no matter how frustrated He might have been that those around him wouldn't accept the gift that He came to so freely give, HE never called them stupid or dummy or anythings like that.
If we cannot treat one another with Love and Respect then we have failed with the first commandment of our Lord. Love the Lord Your God with all your heart and Love your neighbor as yourself. Everyone on this board, everyone you encounter no matter where; Biblically speaking is your neighbor.
Happy Resurrection Day
And not to mention, you don't
And not to mention, you don't seem to understand the original intent of the second amendment. It was not written with hunting or even home protection in mind. It was meant as a defense against a tyrannical government. Don't delude yourself into believing that it could never happen here. Despots like Hugo Chavez exist all over the world. Even the founding fathers acknowledged that the price of our freedom will be eternal vigilance. No, it doesn't mean we are paranoid or that we advocate any sort of overthrow of the government. It simply means that we stand guard, ready to defend you and every other American who enjoys going where they want to, saying what they want to, and living how they want to.
It is not we who are the sheep here.
The problem is, I don't trust
The problem is, I don't trust despot gun-owners like yourselves defending me or "my rights." You feel entitled to "defend" my rights, and you dang sure will feel entitled to take them away from me.
And you trust the government
And you trust the government to defend your rights?
I have no intention of using
I have no intention of using my gun against any presedent black or white. Your raving about "pimps" and "Drug Dealers" (most pimps operate on the internet and drug dealers work for Big Pharma or the CIA) is confusing the issue. The problem is when any goverment infringes on the rights of it's citezens to own/carry/use firearms bad things happen. This is a fact. Learn to use a firearm properly, learn when to shoot or (more importantly) when not to shoot. Stop these broad sweeping statments about "wackos" and such. Gang members can get guns much more easily then the law abiding in the cities where they live (Chicago and LA).
LJB
Lost Johnny said << (most
Lost Johnny said << (most pimps operate on the internet and drug dealers work for Big Pharma or the CIA)>>
and followed with "Stop those broad sweeping statements..." (typo corrected for you)
It seems that Lost Johnny has either a fine sense of irony, or no understanding of it at all. His statements about firearms are correct, but ad hominem arguments, and pejorative remarks persuade no one. Facts and logic are on the side of supporters of the 2nd Amendment. Use logic and evidence in making cogent arguments in favor of lifting restrictions on gun owners, and to support gun-owners' rights.
Some opponents cannot be persuaded, but many people simply have no experience with firearms and have heard nothing but anti-gun propaganda. Don't offend or antagonize those persons who can be converted to our cause.
"Some opponents cannot be
"Some opponents cannot be persuaded" because they have grown up around guns, shot guns, and have watched as guns (all legally purchased) were used to kill 7 people she knew (and she is an upper-middle class, moderate voter) over 35 years of her existence.
Mental stipulations need to be put on gun ownership. It's wildly irresponsible and tantamount to being anti-life to quibble with such a logical idea.
Is this another fictitious
Is this another fictitious person? Please put a name to it. Had those victims had guns, she would be the one in a body bag, not them.
you are the one dividing us.
you are the one dividing us. obviously you and your tired and ignorant and baiting statements are NOT FACT!!! you do not care about facts, you only care about dividing people and fomenting hatred and racism... you are the RACIST and you as a human are irrelevent, period...
i am responding to my own
i am responding to my own statement, the post i just put up is directed to p.l. who says pimps and drug dealers don't have a right to a gun, DUH! P.L. IS A RACIST AND IRRELEVANT...
Alan, my friend, don't let
Alan, my friend, don't let them get to you. They are just trying to make us look bad. They are not worth the energy or time. They obviously have issues.
First of all you haven't a
First of all you haven't a clue as to what the 2nd Amendment is about.
The 1st Amendment FORBIDS Congress from tampering with our God given right to speak out against our government, and from tampering with our inalienable right to worship as we please.
The 2nd Amendment comes right after the 1st Amendment very purposefully...it FORBIDS Congress from tampering with our God-given right to enforce the 1st Amendment AGAINST Congress.
The 2nd Amendment has nothing to do with hunting, drug dealing, or target shooting. It is designed to keep government from over-reaching its limits, by force, if necessary.
Get a clue, moron.
A S S H O L E ~!
A S S H O L E ~!
WOW, concise, prescient and
WOW, concise, prescient and WOW just plain smart...
Criminals well always get
Criminals well always get guns... weather gun bans are set implace or not they will always find a way to get them. Look at the drug trade, that is illegal and yet it still finds its way through the hands of criminals into the country. Besides that, most drug dealers wouldn't be able to purchase a gun legallly anyways since most of them have criminal records. i am sorry you got mugged at gunpoint but I can tell you that Some punks pulled a gun on me, then hell ya i will pull out mine and I would not even hesitate to shoot. I can also say that if you think that anybody could take away guns, including the government trying t, they will NEVER get them. They can take my guns out of my cold dead fingers before I give it up. Unless you want another revolution, don't try to take away guns.
"Unless you want another
"Unless you want another revolution, don't try to take away guns."
Sounding more and more like an abusive spouse. It also sounds very much like treason.
Sarah, they can take my guns
Sarah, they can take my guns away...bullet first. It is just like you libs to use name calling to try to defeat us. "abusive spouse"? What are you going to use next? Homophobe, racist, sexist, morons? These tactics are so juvenile and old. When you grow up and get a spine, feel free to post again, but in the mean time, shut your face.
You will fall my friend, I
You will fall my friend, I have a gun and can protect myself.
It is sad that so many get it
It is sad that so many get it wrong when it comes to the 2nd Amendment. I own firearms as the founding fathers of this country want me to own them. Not for hunting, sport, or target shooting only. But instead to protect the Liberty that they had created here. To protect each other. It is my responsibility to stand up for myself and others around me. Armed people will not become slaves under tyrants.
To ensure peace, security, and happinness, the rifle and the pistol are equally indispensable.
The very atmoshere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference.
They deserve a place of honor with all that is good.
George Washington
"Armed people will not become
"Armed people will not become slaves under tyrants."
But it's amazing how they portray themselves as victims under a President whose vision was elected by a majority of their fellow Americans.
get bent!
get bent!
Many who were fooled by this
Many who were fooled by this president now have buyers remorse. He lied on the campaign trail in order to get votes. I did not vote for this fool. He is systematically destroying this great nation, yet you still worship him. Pull your head out of the sand.
You cant say that 90 percent
You cant say that 90 percent of the people who are pro gun rights are wacko's. Its a small minority in any group that are the lunatic fringe. Surely, Obama is not one who supports gun rights. And I understand he doesn't have the power to take those rights away; however, there are things they could put in place to make it more difficult to buy, sell or get a concealed weapons permit. Trust me even the police for the most part are anti-guns. Look at Florida's drastic drop in violent crime in the last 15 years! Its very easy for someone to get a concealed weapons permit there, it makes the police more hostile and aggressive, but nevertheless they still had a big drop in armed crimes like robbery. People are going to get guns illegally no matter what. Gang bangers are no exception, the point is to be better armed then they are. And as far as an American committing an act of terrorism. Think about this, in all these violent shooting rampages like Virginia Tech and Fort Hood, what if there were people who had a concealed weapons permit? Who were trained and proficient with guns? How many lives could have been saved? Instead society relies on a police force that cant be everywhere at the times.
If it took more than a
If it took more than a drivers license, a little cash and not having a felony on your record to buy a handgun, a Louisville Slugger would be all the protection anyone would need. Roughly 99% of the people you pass on the street are legally allowed to go out and buy a handgun. If that doesn't bother you you're either brain-dead or you spend your time in much nicer neighborhoods than I do.
I don't care where you live or who you think is out to get you, no normal person needs a f***ing handgun. I can understand if you're into hunting, (and you eat what you kill), not my cup of tea, but I can understand it. So if hunting is the only legitimate reason to own a gun, (the self-defense thing is a load of bs by the way), why do we sell (easily concealed) handguns to the general public? How many people do you know that go deer hunting with a 9mm?
Say what you want, but anybody that gets a thrill out of needlessly killing any living, breathing thing has got some serious mental problems.
Somebody with some power, (Obama, Biden, Hillary Clinton, Snoop Dogg, Doogie Howser, Simon Powell, f***ing Carrottop, I mean any logical person that the general public might listen to,) needs to sack up and just come out with it;
GUNS ARE FOR PUSSIES WHO ARE TOO AFRAID TO GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO THEIR TARGET THAT THEY MIGHT GET HURT...
If owning a toy that isn't good for anything but injuring, (or killing) an animal or another person is the only way you can keep your peace of mind then you've got one sad, weak-ass excuse for a life.