@Arclyte...
Going back and reading through your posts proves to me that you're an intelligent person, so here's some clarification on my position:
I'm not anti-gun at all. It's a matter of
what guns are available to the general public. In the matter of mass-killings...they CAN be stopped. Australia has proven that. The problem with US gun control laws is that they've been enacted and not enforced. You can't half-ass proper legislation, or you wind up in the predicament we're in.
Will gun-control eliminate gun violence? No. Can it prevent the next mass murder of innocents in the country? Likely, yes. The problem here is that if we do nothing, we change nothing...and things have to change.
Assault rifles and semi-automatic handguns have no place in our current society. Single action handguns and rifles are fine. The Supreme Court upheld our individual right to bear arms, but like any other right it's not absolute. It must be balanced against the harm it can cause. The old argument about free speech and yelling "fire" in a crowded theater is a cliche, but it still serves as a good example in the case up balancing free speech against harmful action, and proves that the right of free speech is not absolute. The same
de facto rule applies to the second amendment.
Maybe someday you'll change your mind. Probably not...but maybe.
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