If the daham gov'ment takes my guns away...(looking down, spitting on the ground)...Why hell, I...I...Shit...Why I ain't even gonna feel like a man no more. My pa an' me just kaint understand them, takin' all our rights away.
Actually reason #1, I want it, is backed up by reason #2, the 2nd Amedment. I happen to think the average Joe has no need for a AR-15, but the consitiution is the constitution, and changing it should be no walk in the park. The fact is there are things we can do which would be much more substancial for fighting violence than limiting assualt weapons. We have not even begun to approach those things, let alone exhaust them. Three of those things being, Mandatory 10 years for illegal possession of a gun, any gun. Mandatory 25-life for all crimes committed with a gun in possession. Mandatory death sentence for all gun crimes where the victim dies.
Absolutely and that is why I support 2nd amendment. Wars on drugs can not be won while drugs are illegal. I am in favor legalizing them. Our society made a move in that direction few months ago in Colorado and Washington. It is a very slow process.
Pffft...How 'bout a mandatory death sentence for such a crime? How about this: 1. Nutcase commits his crime on Monday. 2. Nutcase gets his trial on Tuesday. 3. Nutcase gets his head cut off on MTV on Wednesday during prime time. Shhh...I'm such a liberal.
I keep on arguing my point. Somehow it was thought that I advocate that my opinion is an absolute truth. Hopefully, this has been cleared now. I think the odds of more gun controls passing are quite high. It might just window dressing, but who knows. Many are just in denial.
Self defense home/castle defense defense against government tyranny foreign invasion? I have yet to see what I consider a valid argument why we should not have them.
We are not talking about changing constitution. Constitution allows me to own bazooka, yet the laws enacted by the government do not. Unfortunately, the measures you listed might work only on some criminals. Psychos who intend to take away their own life after their crime would not give a damn. We need to try to find ways to prevent or minimize these horrible acts of violence.