Only police should have guns … to fight against the criminals who also have them. Normal people don’t really need to have them. I don’t feel we should do hunting as a hobby .. before we needed to hunt for food … that is a necessity. I don’t support collecting guns as a hobby.

You’re a complete dumbass. I’ve never read anything more ignorant. First of all, we need PROTECTION. What would you do if someone came into your house with a gun? What would you do if someone came into your place of work with a gun? How would you protect yourself? “Normal people” are what guns are for. If you outlaw guns, the ONLY people who will have them will be criminals. Outlawing guns will only take them away from honest law-abiding citizens, and will create a black market where guns are only made available for criminals. Second of all, you don’t get to decide what people do as a hobby. If they want to hunt as a hobby, good for them. That’s THEIR hobby, and you don’t get to outlaw that. Airhead. Go read some books.

you should really read more actually.. and im not talking about fantasy books but psychology books. If guns are available and kids grow up seeing them they dont think they are dangerous they think about them as toys and that is the problem in the USA. The USA has the highest rate of violent crimes in all developed countries. Its rate is also higher than most developing countries… Hmm why would that be? oh yeah you have zero gun control! its easier to get a gun than open a bank account (its an exaggeration but you get the point)
In any case gun control wont take away your guns, it is meant to control who can get them! a psychological test should be required and it should be harder to get guns in the usa. no one says take away all the guns and give them to the criminals its just about controlling who gets them and controlling how they store them

if a criminal breaks into my house and threatens me or my family, and I have a gun, I will do whatever is necessary to protect them. Hiding into a bathroom and calling 911 isn’t enough in most cases.

Oh really?! Cos the police will be there every time when criminals decided to attack or murder someone.
You would sing different if someone point a gun to your and your kids head.
You going to leave your and your kids life in the hands of police and criminals?!
Nice……

the US has the highest rate of violent crimes? No.. it doesnt. England does. Look up that fact first of all. Second of all, violent crimes happen in America because of mental illness. Depression, mental instability, stress, etc are rampant. I was a psychology major, don’t be telling me to read a psychology book. I’ve read dozens. Third of all, there are hundreds of laws already controlling gun control. It takes several months to a year to legally obtain a gun. And last, if you really knew the american government you’d know that when they say “gun control” they mean take away/infringe on the 2nd amendment. People in california and washington are HANDING IN their guns to gov officials in exchange for grocery coupons. Do you realize just how much is wrong with that scenario? Also, you don’t seem to be understanding the fact that gun control DOES NOT AFFECT CRIMINALS. Criminals LAUGH THAT OFF. They have an entire black market to get guns. Drug lords in Mexico are so happy that there is this whole gun control thing happening here. Do you understand why? Do you understand that gun control makes it EASIER for criminals to commit crime??? I’m so tired of the ignorance.

We have a very dysfunctional process in this country of dealing with people who are mentally ill. Case in point: the two incidents with people being shoved onto the subway tracks in NYC. This is just a small example of the issues with people being out and about when they have mental health issues like Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and honestly, as bad as it sounds, some of these people need to be institutionalized and with things the way they are now, that can’t happen. So they’re out on the streets being trusted to take their meds; or not. And they’re like walking, talking time bombs waiting to go off. But please, take all of our guns. That will fix the problem, won’t it????

He got it right.

Well, one thing we know from his comments is that Bruce is not a constitutional scholar. The bill of rights has a history of balancing the needs of society against individual rights. There are no constitutional amendments proposed to nullify the 2nd Amendment, nor is there any discussion of taking guns away from gun owners. The entire case law has always come down in favor of gun owners. This paranoia that people are out to take away people’s guns simply has no basis. What is being proposed are things like universal background checks to combat the ability of criminals and mentally unstable individuals to obtain guns in the secondary market and at gun shows. Also things like limitations on the number of ammunition in a clip limiting it to like 30. Unless you have an entire army invading your home, you will be able to purchase sufficient ammunition to defend your home against multiple home invaders. To ignore the problem of a proliferation of guns unhindered and unregulated and the alarming correlation to escalating gun violence in terms of mass murder is more than just a tragedy. It’s a preventable tragedy.

the problem with what he’s saying is that he’s calling it the right to own GUNS. The 2nd amendment talks about “arms.” Which should mean I can own anything that is an “arms”… like a shoulder mounted rocket launcher or anthrax. But the court has decided that there must be limits. Where you put those limits depends on what’s going on in your society right then and there.

Another reason to love Bruce Willis! Smart man!

Nice memorization of NRA talking points, pianogirl. Now go try and have an independent though–for a change, if you’re capable of it.

“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms. . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” — Jefferson’s “Commonplace Book,” 1774-1776, quoting from On Crimes and Punishment, by criminologist Cesare Beccaria, 1764

– Thomas Jefferson