RE: What Should We Do About Guns?
The bottom line here is EVIL! There has never been a gun in the history of the world that was inherently evil on its own. In addition, you cannot legislate evil away. I hear people say, "how do we stop these senseless killings", my answer is, you don't. Evil has existed since the beginning of time, and it continue till the end of time. Trying to ban the instrument of violence is ridiculous, as you are not going to call for a ban on knives to prevent stabbing. But most importantly, guns are a part of our culture, and they will never be taken away without a nationwide bloodbath of resistance. But the original intent with the right to bear arms, was to keep the federal government in check, make them think twice before trying to pull off a massive power grab, via martial law, etc. In my opinion, it is the main reason why the republic has lasted as long as it has.
On one hand, I know what you say is true.
On the other, I also know when a nut case snaps, if they cannot lay their hands on guns so easily, then they could not commit such mass violence so easily. You cannot kill that many people that fast with a knife.
Of course, they could just turn to bombs or something similar - but they may blow themselves up making it.
On the third hand, I also know a good person with a gun might stop one of these evil nut cases before they do as much damage as they otherwise would.
And I also know good people obey laws - evil nut cases, not so much
How I wish there was a simple solution that would work.
I know it is extremely frustrating, but we can't solve all of the world's problems, or end the atrocities that are committed , with a piece of legislation. Our government exists only to protect our rights, not to take them away as part of a knee jerk reaction. We can't fix everything by waving a magic government wand.