stop bringing up the founding fathers in gun arguments

[Resheph]

Originally Posted by Lexical [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There is a mental factor in less strict gun control as well that you are forgetting. People of criminal intent can be deterred by the very threat of an assault rifle being present and this is shown in the many pages of statistics posted.

Also, your argument was applied to the American police force a while back: 'There is no good reason for an officer to be armed with anything more than a hand gun. More advanced weaponry is for the SWAT team.' Then the 1997 LA bank heist happened and now almost all police cars have an assault rifle in the trunk.

Handguns are a problem, but I refuse to argue against them. It's a futile attempt to do so and I can see legitimate reasons to have them. Police having automatic weapons in the trunk is not much of an issue. Anyone, police or not, walking around with an automatic rifle slung over their shoulder IS (unless they are summoned to the scene for a specific purpose, like SWAT).

I'm not against owning an automatic rifle in the home. Well, I am, but won't argue against it. It's your house and what's in it is none of my business. The governments take on it, well... I don't blindly follow anyone in politics, ever. But regarding the 'mental factor' thing... if you having a handgun doesn't discourage an attacker chances are nothing will.