I hope you don't own a swimming pool then Jack, or let your children play at a home which owns one. Many more children die in swimming pool accidents each year than in gun accidents. There are plenty of guns at my house, and to the best of my knowledge, I have never shot anyone or their child while they were here. You were here, and I didn't shoot you.Originally Posted by Jack Hogoboom
Guns are illegal in just about any way shape and form in places like Canada and England. So why is gun crime on the rise in these places? Why do they have any gun crime at all? DC is the perfect example. It has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the country, yet it has one of the highest rates of murder. In places where honest people are allowed to own and carry guns, the murder rate as well as the crime rate is significantly lower. If you really look at how many guns are out there and compare the number of people who own them legally to the number of crimes occurring with them, you will see that the use of a gun in a crime is statistically very small.Originally Posted by Jack Hogoboom
You ought to try buying a gun in your own state Jack. You would find our very quickly how restrictive NJ is. Want to carry one? As they like to say in Joisey, "fuggedaboutit!" It doesn't seem to stop the bad guys in Camden, Trenton, Jersey City, etc though.Originally Posted by Jack Hogoboom
Read some history books Jack. People have been murdering one another since day one. Cain did not use a gun on Abel. Check out the crime statistics for a gun free society like New Zealand, and you will find a lot more in the way of stabbing and bludgeoning deaths, since they can't get their hands on guns.Originally Posted by Jack Hogoboom
Do you really think that people are going to start shooting one another up more now that guns are legal to keep in DC? Criminals are just that, and have no regard for the law whatever that law might be. You are a lawyer Jack, you know that. It is already against the law to kill people, regardless of how one might do it, so I fail to see how you can possibly say that now that people can have a legal gun in their house for protection, more people are going to be killed in drive by shootings. If anything, a few more people might be killed breaking and entering, but now it will be more likely that the bad guy is going to get it rather than the innocent homeowner.Originally Posted by Jack Hogoboom
None of this even begins to address the real reasons for the 2nd Amendment, but I will not go into those to avoid having this thread shut down.
Bill
Edited for spelling error.