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Guns don't kill people, people kill people. Bullets should cost $5000 each.
I don't support gun control for the same reason I don't support drug laws for the same reason I don't support abortion regulations, etc.
But for anyone that makes this issue their primary or close to primary reason for voting: you've got to be kidding me.
This concept of being protected from the government by maintaining the ability to revolt is absurd. Let's fantasize about that for a moment. Let's assume that the entire country, all 150 million-odd adults decide that democracy has become totally ineffective and/or subverted completely. 60% of those people don't even vote right now. And 85-90% of those people vote for the lessor of two evils instead of their ideal candidate. That leaves about 7.5 million people. Let's assume that a generous 10% of those are willing to take up arms to fight the established government. 750 thousand people with shotguns, assault rifles and handguns is going to be completely destroyed by the U.S. Military. It's not even a contest. It's shooting ducks in a barrel.
Back in 1776, sure - a passionate underdog could fend off a comparably armed yet still outnumbering foe. Unless you start saving up for a few hundred tanks, fighter jets, cluster bombs, bunker bombs, etc (and lobby to create laws which allow you to own them) - an armed revolt against the U.S. government is completely futile.
And to top it off, there are very few people claiming all guns should be banned.
So tell me again how this could possibly be the most important or near most important political issue in this election?
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