So... gun control.
A Smith & Wesson M&P 15 is perfectly legal to use. You can go
and pick one up, go through the necessary steps and boom you have an
assault rifle. Is this necessary? For protection, you don't need anything more than a handgun. For hunting, nothing more then a generic rifle.
I couldn't give less of a shit towards either side, really, but the arguments for weapons always tend to be half assed.
"We lose our rights as citizens," bullshit, you keep those rights only with enhanced security
so you can keep those rights instead of lose them completely. It's
like bitching because you have to go to bed 1 hour earlier.
"Knives, cars, etc. do the same thing, they should be banned too."
Everything potentially fatal, sans guns, have alternative uses.
Without vehicles, today wouldn't exist as it is. In fact, you'd be
blaming oxen, or whatever. Most vehicular homicides are caused by
accidents, someone hitting a patch of black ice, their brakes giving
out, use your imagination. Shit happens.
Knives, you got me there. Aside from the fact that you can't exactly slaughter a crowd in under 10 seconds with a knife.
"Not all people are crazy, some people use them responsibly."
Love to see you singing that tune when your family gets killed by
someone who can't handle the gun properly. However, if guns are so
accessible, you don't need me to finish that sentence.
Assume
everyone with the ability to operate both their hands and feet had the
permission to drive freely. That's right, without a license. See all
the shit heads that can't drive worth a damn already? Imagine that
amount if anyone could drive.
Don't assume I'm wrong because
I'm not on your side. Think about it. Your cousin, who you grew up
with, got gunned down by some asshole who had a bad day. Turns out, he
has anger issues. Severe. One time he beat some guy into a nice thin
paste because he got "insulted" by a gentle ribbing.
Your
fiance? Man, you lucked out. Without exaggerating, she's easily a 10.
She's also a doctor, a genius even. 2 weeks till the big day. However,
one night some guy kills her because he has issues with paranoia.
Turns out, he has schizophrenia. But she didn't know that, and he didn't
know that she was harmless. Oh well, gotta protect your rights!
Isolated cases aside, jesus fucking christ smarten up. Your guns aren't
going anywhere, your man-in-a-cannons will just require you to be a
certain degree of sane.
...that is if you guys didn't bitch and moan to your representatives.
