Yup, anyone should be able to LEGALLY. Proper background checks, etc. I also believe they should be left at home. If we have an issue on the streets, let's solve it; talking, fighting, whatever. Walk away but once you enter my home, my PERSONAL space, and threaten the safety of my family then all bets are off.

I work with alot of police officers and realisticly even if they ban guns criminals and crazy people can get their hands on them. In the united states there are enough guns total for every citizen. Those who want a gun to go kill people will always get their hands on one. If they ban guns it just reduces the average joes ability to defend ones self. The problem isnt how these shooters killed people it is why they killed them. We live in a society where we like to shift the blame to make up for our own mistakes. We blame videogames guns and music. In Psycology they talk about nature vs. nurture. nature is the predispositions we are born with through genetics, Nurture is how we are raised and the sum of all our experiences. If it was these shooters nature then there would have be signs that can easily be seen. Whith nurture the fault lies with a traumatic experience most of these people had bad family lives or were bullied heavily in anycase their circomstances were extreme and from history we know that extreme circomstances breeds extreem resolts. What we should be doing is supporting each other, trying to help those in need and not yell at the cashier or mechanic no matter what they do to deserve it. I own a gun and I have had to use it for self defence once most who own guns will never have to use it. those who do, the second your assailent descovers you also have the capacity do defend yourself they will often back down.

People should be allowed to own smaller guns for protection/hunting/etc.
But people should not be allowed to own assault rifles. Those things are harmful. There's a reason why they're used for war, you know.

actually this is really a mute point until you can deal with the main problem:

Most people think it is guns: nope, sure can not get a gun it hard to kill? Maybe

most people think it is video games: nope, again how many people play games, that go nuts and kills people? 1%?

Most people think it is mental health: nope, sure crazy people are well crazy

So what is it?

Simple it a combine series of events

I will use myself and the three things above:

I have guns in the house, yet i dont use them

I played a lot of games, yet i have never killed anyone in real life

As far as i know im not crazy so i dont kill people yet i have two out of the three things what does that mean?

Yes pretty much for self defense but still...

Well In the UK your not really allowed a gun. I think it's good as gun crime is very low. It makes me feel safer knowing that if some crazy guy was out trying to kill people, he would probably only have a knife and would have to get in range before he could do any damage.

Protection from tyranny is the reason for 'assault rifles' Just ask 6 million Jews during WWII…

"Protection", you all realize that there's alot of sick (fucked in the head) people right?
No, no one should be allowed to own a gun.

Only issue is when someone barges into your house with an illegal assault rifle that "smaller gun" isn't going to do a lot of good.



Militia:
b : a body of citizens organized for military service

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/militia

guns dont hurt people its the people using them. guns are inanimate objects meaning they can't do a thing on their own. but if you add a dumb ass nut job into the equation then they can do a lot of damage.

but unfortunately even if they banned guns the only one affected would be the law abiding citizens. you think a criminal will care if they banned the guns?????? they would just get them on the black market and keep doing their crimes. if you can find a way to totally and completely get rid of the black market then the society would evolve into something close to a utopia. though i hardly doubt it. its not part of human nature to be so docile


if all guns no exception had a say a lock that only unlocks with DNA,retina, voice and other things to avoid tampering with it. then the ban might work. but thats not the case. so....

Yes to both questions as long as you obtain them legally. Guns are not the problem with violence, especially if you look at violent crime statistics from countries with very strict laws on weapons. It's an issue with specific people and not the weapons they use that lead them to do terrible things with them. Asking law abiding citizens to give up weapons will not lead to a safer world and only gives a false sense of security.

If someone has determined they want to go and massacre others, then they will do so regardless of the laws and if its not guns they are using, then they could choose any other weapon that could be use to harm others. The deadliest attack at a school was by the use of dynamite at a school in the 1920s and did not even involve firearms.

The issues we see brought up in the news are just isolated incidents blown out of proportion to sway public opinion towards specific directions. Yes, the events can be tragic, but allowing fear to determine your opinion is never a good route to take.

the crooks aren't going to fallow the law if we somehow end up banning them so i would want to be in a equal fight with the hood rat that has tried to break into my house. ( it has actually helped in the past i squeezed a few rounds into my ceiling and they went running)

People should definitely own guns. Its for their protection, since if a person really wants a gun, they will find a way to get a gun. If we are not allowed to own guns then we are left defenseless in the case of a shooting. Of course they won't protect us fully, but anythings better than getting mowed down by some psycho and having no way to really stop him. I personally think that they should relax on the gun laws since its restricting those who have done nothing wrong.

Yes cause some of us live in a world where the difference between your life and a home invasion are intermixed like peanut butter and jelly, but only if you own said guns legally.

YES, I think they should ban everything that was ever used as a weapon in an assault. That includes hands, feet, buckets, shopping carts, pipes, pencils, cars, car keys, rope...