Although I don't hunt, I live in hunting country. I got no problems with gun ownership, as long as they're licensed, thoroughly background checked, and trained in use & safety. I don't, however, like the idea of ppl owing semi-autos or anything similar to an machine gun. That's solely a killing machine, not for hunting.

I agree to a point, I for one have a mental health issue but since I grew up in a family of hunters I have learned to respect the weapon and treat it as such. The only problem I see with an evaluation is medical information is not handled by one source, you can have another doctor give a better referral than a previous one. Example, one doctor says you're borderline lunatic but another says you just have mild mood swings, which one are you gonna let the gun dealer talk to? There is no unified system for that kind of information. Criminal background checks are the only system that works cause it is one unified system, the medical world doesn't have that same type of system; hospitals, doctor's offices, they all have different systems. Don't believe me, go across the country and hurt yourself, it can take up to 24 hours sometimes just to get your medical records unless you're a government employeee.

No, guns are for war. If you want to defence yourself go learn self-defence

Hunting rifles and shotguns arent for war... Theyre for hunting...

When criminals will be the only people with guns where will the government's idea of "gun protection" actually provide protection? The criminals will sure feel protected.

No, guns can take lives.. it's not legal to have guns in the UK despite i've heard in the US it is =/

Yes, people should be allowed to own guns. However, not just anyone. Figuring out who shouldn't have them in advance of a tragedy is the problem. Nor do I think every kind of gun is appropriate.

We've owned guns in the past. We got them for recreation and we sold them due to the cost of the hobby. While I enjoyed shooting on ranges it was a relief to not have them anymore. It was a burden to worry about them being stolen while we were away from home, safe or no safe(vault).

We didn't buy them because we wanted to protect ourselves. Having weapons of any kind is no guarantee of protection. A person has to be able to get to the weapon and use it effectively.

Stats don't bear out the assertion that gun ownership promotes violence. Here's a USC article on the subject. (Mea Culpa if it's already been posted).
http://www.neontommy.com/news/2012/07/doing-math-guns

It will remain a contentious issue, but I still believe that there is value in citizens being able to own guns. It's just a huge responsibility.

no were i live guns are forbidden and only police and army have guns but they don't use pestles they carry AR and SMG and snipers not all the police have guns to . here they cant take them home




if you need hobbies use paint ball guns and go to paint ball range and shoot and play paintball games


no one needs a real gun


were i live there's no gun crime schools are not guards the high fences ant high u can just wall state in and not have to worry some nut case is going to cap you in the head for no reason



a good guy with gun is same thing as bad guy with gun 1 they both kill some one one for a bad reason one for a good reason but at end day how meany people Duse the bad guy have to kill before the good guy stops him


second the good guy with gun still killed some one makes him as bad as the bad guy

1st of all don't give bad guy a gun so there is no reason to give a good guy a gun if you both dont have guns well he cant do much


the only people who should have guns are police and army and they should be on show at all times and not a pistol should have high amounts weekly taring to just carry a gun should be in the police force for more than 2-4 years before using one

and should only be in a stune police task force like drugs or the meet police and gun crime force or city cops

There should be more government supervision for these things, and if it is going to happen it shouldnt be obtained easily by youths

Guns are boring, they take all the fun out of killing. Anybody can shoot a gun. They should ban them from the whole planet, and just make it legal to carry around knives, axes and swords around.

Yes think about who would have guns if a law passes saying you cant have guns only the bad guys would have them.

xD!

A spoon can take lives... Am I to believe that you think people shouldnt be allowed to own spoons either?

Also, you are incorrect about owning guns in the UK. Its legal to own a firearm in the UK, you just have to have proper licensing.


To obtain a firearm certificate, the police must be convinced that a person has "good reason" to own each firearm, and that they can be trusted with it "without danger to the public safety or to the peace". Under Home Office guidelines, firearms licences are only issued if a person has legitimate sporting, collecting, or work-related reasons for ownership.

Any person who has been sentenced to three years or more in prison is automatically banned for life from obtaining a firearms licence.[34] Similarly, persons applying for licences with recent, serious mental health issues will also be refused a certificate.

A visitors permit is available for possession of firearms without certificate by visitors to Britain.

It feels good to know that there are people in other countries that dont know the laws in their country. Glad its not just some Americans that dont know their rights.

Well guns and weapons are bad in hands of the uneducated people just misuse them, well unlike US where u can buy guns from anywhere in the UK you cannot, & can u explain the mass shooting at the primary school the gunman was heavily armed, you may get guns like that from anywhere in the US but you cannot in the UK & about not knowing much about my country look at our age gap too clearly you would know a lot more..

The gunman at the school had a single shot bushmaster AR and two pistols that his crappy mother owned and taught him how to use. Poor parenting helped that kid accomplish that atrocity. If guns were banned in the US and his mother had illegal guns and taught him how to use them the result would have still been the same. Shitty parents make shitty kids.

As far as our age gap being the excuse for not knowing about things of this nature.... Girl, stop! We're only 6 years apart and when I was 21 I was just as knowledgeable about firearms and the laws in my state and country as I am now. I just have a thirst for knowledge, I guess...