Maybe I'll get a gun so I can help guard clients of clinics that provide birth control and abortion services and help guard my community's synagogues and mosques.
I live in a multi-ethnic community in northern Virginia that has a low crime rate. It does, however, have plenty of good and tasty food.
These people who claim that they must have guns because criminals abound never say where they live and what is going on in their neighborhoods. It must be horrible for them. They live in constant fear. But of what?
Ask Dr. Petit if he thought his family lived in a crime plagued area....because he didn't, and he didn't have a gun in his home when the 2 criminals raped and murdered his wife and two daughters......
We had guns in the house when I was growing up. No biggy. Shot at paper targets. My father had something known as a "bullet trap" in the basement.
What I don't understand is the atmosphere of hysteria that you punks are trying to produce, as if a wave of criminals is climbing over the transom and each American household is potentially under attack. This is bullshit. Why are you doing this? Is it because you want to keep weapons of war that are capable of spreading bullets all over the place? For what reason?
No wave of hysteria...just the fact that anti gunners such as yourself, are trying to take guns away from law abiding gun owners...that is a fact, and you can't lie about it anymore, your buddies at the CNN Town Hall screamed that they want to ban all semi automatic weapons ,including rifles, pistols and shotguns....also revolvers......
Can you tell us who will be a victim of a violent criminal each day? Please, if you can, those victims of rape, robbery and murder would love to know so they can avoid the situation....but if you can't, then you are telling the actual victims of rape, robbery and murder that you would rather they endure the attack, then they have a gun to stop it...
At least admit to that......
And then explain the following....if more Americans now own and carry guns, how is it that despite what you claim, the gun crime rates have gone down, not up...showing that your entire belief system around guns is wrong...
We went from 200 million guns in private hands in the 1990s and 4.7 million people carrying guns for self defense in 1997...to close to 400-600 million guns in private hands and over 17.25 million people carrying guns for self defense in 2018...guess what happened...
-- gun murder down 49%
--gun crime down 75%
--violent crime down 72%
Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak; Public Unaware
Compared with 1993, the peak of U.S. gun homicides, the firearm homicide rate was 49% lower in 2010, and there were fewer deaths, even though the nation’s population grew. The victimization rate for other violent crimes with a firearm—assaults, robberies and sex crimes—was 75% lower in 2011 than in 1993. Violent non-fatal crime victimization overall (with or without a firearm) also is down markedly (72%) over two decades.
You hysterical types will never explain your hysteria. A pistol does nicely if, in the limited chance, there is a break-in at your house. Nobody needs an automatic, rapid-fire weapon.
Who are you so afraid of?
There is nothing worse than not having a gun when you really need one. I don't fear being in an automobile accident, but I carry car insurance. I don't fear my house burning down, but I have smoke alarms, fire extinguishers, and homeowners insurance. I have a responsibility to protect those who live under my roof, and I will use the best weapon available to help me carry out that responsibility.