Brewha wrote:Ok DP, I’ll look at this from another angle;
I keep getting from your posts that we don’t need laws because they don’t always work – and you’re too smart for that, so I must be wrong in my interpretation. So let’s be clear –
You would be thinking:
a) We don’t need gun laws.
b) We need to relax gun laws some.
c) Our gun laws are just right.
d) We should tighten up the restrictions a bit.
e) We should ban fire arms.
My guess is “b”. I further assume that you feel additional and current restrictions cost too much in personal freedom for the alleged safety they provide.
Understand why I might be confused by your statements above; the posted speed limit on the highway does not stop people from speeding. Yet we agree on the need for speed limits to be posted (especially on route 46).
Perhaps I can shed some light on this. Doubtful, but I'll try.
The native Americans were hunter/gatherers who used among other things bows and arrows to kill prey for which they were able to sustain themselves, their families and their community.
Then among others, Europeans wishing to escape the British throne came to he new world with their muskets which they used to sustain themselves and those dependent upon them. In addition, they used surplus firearms to barter for items with the natives.
Eventually, the British throne saw the settlements of he new world as a source of revenue. Being the rebellious sort, remember why their ancestors had come before them, they grew tired of what they saw as British tyranny, they used their weapons, that at the time were in essence the same as the British military grade arms, to rise up and emancipate themselves from British colonial rule.
Though no one can be sure why the did it, they added the second amendment to the constitution. Perhaps the memory of an opposition to a tyrannical government had something to do with it.
So that brings us to where we are today. On one hand you have a group of people who for whatever reason desire to possess firearms. Some which to possess "military grade" firearms. Perhaps they feel as though they may one day need to take up arms to resist a tyrannical government. Or perhaps they are like people who I know who just like to go out into a pasture somewhere and blow the chit out of as many inanimate objects as possible with no sinister thought at all.
Regardless, firearms ownership is as much a way of life in America as is going to the grocery store. Good luck changing that.
