Time to weigh in
In case you somehow didn’t know…. I am a gun owner. I have carried concealed for years and will for the rest of my life. I used a gun as a tool in my job for years. I really enjoy shooting and improving my skills and knowledge.
With that said, I support gun control. I think you have to be responding with your emotions, not your intellect, to say you are against gun control. How can you not support efforts to keep weapons out of the hands of people who should not be allowed access to them. Seriously, we need gun control!
The point is, what we need is reasonable gun laws that will impact crime. What we don’t need is knee jerk reactions creating laws that will have little or no impact on curbing crime and violence. What we don’t need is laws that only impact the rights of responsible, law-abiding citizens.
Where do we start? Honestly, we don’t add any laws or controls to start. First, we enforce the laws and regulations we have. It’s already illegal to use a gun in a crime. But all to often we do not hold the criminal responsible. All to often “It’s not his fault, it’s societies fault.” BS. It’s his fault, hold him responsible!
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He didn’t know better, he is mentally ill.” Of course he is mentally ill, DUH, he used a gun to commit a crime, you have to be off your nut to do that. Well balanced people certainly don’t go around killing. All too often we use mental illiness as an excuse or crutch for those who are not truly mentally ill. Don’t get me wrong, true mental illness needs to be addressed, these people need help, and should never ever have access to guns. This includes removing guns from the places where they live. Mom and Dad want to have guns but Jr is a nut job? Well, Mom and Dad have a decision to make. Keep guns in their house and Jr forever out of it, or, help their son and never have guns. Anything else, hold Mom and Dad responsible.
Holding people responsible, that is where gun control starts. And it is the gun control we need, and should all support.
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