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Originally Posted by nickerjones
I am American, conservative, and from a household that had multiple firearms growing up. I've used firearms for hunting, sporting shooting, and fun. I think I have even tried arguing my pro firearm stance on CP multiple times. However..... ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! .
Seeing the complete empathy people have for other people's lives is sickening and disheartening. I would gladly trade in my every gun right I have ever had as an American to stop this senseless stuff. Get rid of all of them... every last one and I wouldn't care.
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I totally agree. I'm in the same boat, grew up with guns and used guns all my life. I own several guns, including a handgun which I don't need.
But this is getting ridiculous. I know the argument is always, "Well it doesn't matter if you make guns illegal, people will get them anyways". While that is true, A) It would prevent most non-premeditated shootings and B) Just because people can get them anyways, doesn't mean we might as well make it easy to get them. That makes absolutely no sense. If that's the case then why not allow fully automatic's and grenade launchers since people can get them if they really want to (Ok, maybe the grenade launcher is a bit extreme).
My brother and I are on opposite sides of the argument here. He believes we need to be able to carry concealed weapons. When was the last time we heard of a mass shooting, or any kind of shooting, be prevented because random joe had a gun and stopped it? I can' think of one.
Look at the recent terrorist takedown on the train in Europe. They took the guy down with no guns, granted they were trained military personnel but still.