for all you gun owners, why is the second amendment important?

[meghanashley]

I think he said the right to bear arms...

Nice my son has that shirt. I think I may also do it for my halloween costume this year.

I am for the second amendment all jokes aside though, but will refrain from saying anything else as I've been warned about having these discussions on the forum.

 

[JD7.62]

Standard pistol range is 25 ft or 50 ft? Also I mean the human silhouette target not the standard round competition target.

Im just kidding, but I am really bad at shooting handguns.

The general practice range for pistols is 7 yards. I practice anywhere from 1ft to 50ft usually. I can get a fist size group at 21ft with rapid firing out of my Sig Pro wich is mediocre at best.

 

[MadRussian79]

Im just kidding, but I am really bad at shooting handguns.

The general practice range for pistols is 7 yards. I practice anywhere from 1ft to 50ft usually. I can get a fist size group at 21ft with rapid firing out of my Sig Pro which is mediocre at best.

I figured you were kidding but I know more than 1 like that.

 

[iloveoscars702]

**UDPATE**... well i got an A on my essay lol. but you guys can continue the discussion haha

 

[JD7.62]

**UDPATE**... well i got an A on my essay lol. but you guys can continue the discussion haha

Can you post it here so we can read it?

 

[iloveoscars702]

Can you post it here so we can read it?

one of the pages i posted a partial part of the essay

 

[DavidW]

you missed the part where it said mexicans are enlisting US citizens to buy a few guns at a time for them, yes, US CITIZENS.

would those US citizens be anti or pro gun control I wonder?


I am not against guns, I am however against emotional and illogical arguments , either for or against them, and I am pro fact based arguments.

but anyway, this thread is about the importance of the second amendment. Surely such a discussion starts with what that actually is, its history and its possible future?

 

[xdragonxb0i]

i dont if it already has been stated. but the right to bear arms was put in the constitution, as a safeguard. allowing the us citizens to rebel against an autocratic president. (if we had one)

 

[RyanS]

http://depression.about.com/b/2008/07/01/half-of-gun-deaths-are-suicides.htm
>>>>Research shows that surprisingly often gun deaths are self-inflicted.

In 2005, the most recent year for which statistics are available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicides accounted for 55% of the nation's nearly 31,000 firearm deaths.

In the same year, 40% of deaths were homicides, 3% were accidents and the remaining 2% were "legal killings", such as when police officers do the shooting in the course of duty.

Nor was there anything unique about that particular year. Gun-related have suicides outnumbered firearm homicides and accidents for 20 of the last 25 years, according to CDC statistics.<<<<


If there were this many US military casualties in a war ( say Iraq or Afghanistan) all of the voting population would be screaming for the US to get out. The big problem is that too many gun owners don;t use their guns for home protection but as a way to resolve differences.

People will kill themselves with or without guns. Proof is in Japan.

http://www.davekopel.com/2a/lawrev/japanese_gun_control.htm

The Japanese experience does not seem to support the hypothesis than fewer guns means fewer suicides. While the Japanese gun suicide rate is one-fiftieth of America's, the overall suicide rate is nearly twice as high as America's. Teenage suicide is 30 per cent more frequent in Japan than America.

 

[DavidW]

People will kill themselves with or without guns. Proof is in Japan.

http://www.davekopel.com/2a/lawrev/japanese_gun_control.htm

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no doubt. but having a gun handy makes it a lot easier don;t you think?