Virendra
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So the point is that it is the availability that is the culprit here? If Guns are easily available, people would start shooting each other?Idiotic reasoning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Written by the NRA.
Just take the case of the latest US school shooting, do you think it would have happened had the mother of the assailant not have an AR15 semi-automatic rifle in her house (where the deranged son lives)? And if that semi-automatic rifle is banned do you think the deranged killer in this case would have easily laid his hands on that kind of weapon? Of course there will always be the black market but it would certainly be harder to acquire semi-automatic weapons than having it freely available in gun stores.
Had the killer of the children in this case only been armed with hand guns the death toll would have been smaller.
Obviously not. It is the man standing behind the Gun who makes the difference.
Guns are available in so many households in this planet. Kitchen knives etc have an even greater reach.
But then someone who is determined to mean harm, would lay his hands on a weapon any way. Be it legal or Black market.
Actually for a crime, criminal would try to avoid using the legally registered and traceable fire-arm, bullets for obvious reasons.
He'll prefer the hideous illegal ways. Who wants to expose himself to the System's eyes before committing a crime?
But I personally agree and have believed that for a civilian, semi-automatic handgun or a shotgun is enough for his/her defense.
By the way, this guy was not firing with an automatic rifle was he?
He had a .223 caliber rifle, two handguns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
All these firearms are semiautomatic.
What increased the death toll is:
a) The time he was allowed to continue shooting
b) The ammo he had to continue shooting
He deliberately chose a School where he knew no one would fire back at him.
Once he had started, as usual it took some time before the first potential challenge to him (LEOs) appeared on the scene.
Eventually he shot himself.
As far as the Lanzas were concerned, the family just went through a divorce and the socially awkward son (had Asperger's) was mentally disturbed.
It would've been smarter to keep firearms away from that environment.
No law enforcement agencies anywhere can cover all places all the time. No Constitution or court in the world expects them to do so either.American law enforcement agencies cannot cover all places all the time so people were allowed to carry muskets or swords. But weapons now are different, they're many times more powerful and deadly. So I think the interpretation should be updated to adopt to changed times and should mean to include only at most handguns for purely defensive purposes/capabilities.
One cannot sue the Govt. or Cops if they or their loved ones get robbed, raped or murdered. Why?
The State and its agencies are an organized mechanism to keep order against organized crime or external threats to the society as a whole.
They are a system and they have their limits. They will always have their limits, regardless of how good they become at their job.
What then about the random acts of violence that befall any individual without prior appointments any place any time?
Ultimately a man himself is responsible for his safety. No one else has the onus, no one else can do it for him.
Sir, Gun control is never proved to have brought down crime in society. Statistics and research have been to the contrary only.By having over the counter guns, has the rapes gone less in the US?
Or say, murders?
If so, a gun in every corner is justified.
For recent example may I suggest reading this post - http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/...authorized-defend-yourself-24.html#post633179
As said already in this thread and elsewhere, I do not support free flow of Guns.
I support background checks, licensing etc but they have to be completely fair, not the draconian implementations like we have here in India.
We cannot put the entire society on burner for one man's action. These deranged people have always existed among us and will continue to do so.
If we disarm ourselves, we only make their job easier.
Regards,
Virendra