Originally Posted by willravel

I'm moving to Ireland after I finish writing this. My family has owned guns and has been into firearms for several generations. Army familys can be like that. As for myself, I've used several different types in a safe environment (a gun range). To be honest, I think guns are cowardly. Justice at 50 paces just comes off as more of human natures need to perfect and purify violence. I know most people probably think I'm a coward and a fool for saying this, but let me address that. I'm not a coward because I have prevented several violent crimes, without the use of weapons. The fool part is a matter of opinnion, I suppose. No one I've ever met has been in a situation that only guns can solve, outside of the military. I know that there are extreme situations where a gun might be necessary, but usually they involve an aggressor with a gun. "Why do you own a gun?" "The Bill of Rights says I can!!!!" The Bill of Rights is not a reason. Anyone who just spews back crap like this should be forced to not imbreed. The Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights states "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Remember the Revolutionary War? The French and Indian War had just ended. The British rule was imposing unrepresented taxes on the 13 colonies. The Boston Massacre stirred the American people. This was when the Second Amendment was written. In those times, people needed to defend themselves from everything. Times have changed. The Second Amendment was made to protect Americans not from themselves, but from others. Americans killing each other is crap. This almost infant-like clutching of people to the Second Amendment makes me sick. What REAL right do you have to own guns? What LOGICAL reason is there? “To defend ourselves!!!!” I suppose you want people to build more nuclear weapons to deal with others nuclear weapons. Can’t people understand that is absurd?
So there you go. I don’t think guns are great. I don’t like them much at all.
Oh, Zefleebin, in response to what you said to G5 Todd, something to think about. Every nation in history that has allowed government recognized gay marriges has fallen in one generation. Do you think America will fall apart in one generation?