first off, i genuinely understand the fierce defense of your right to bare arms, as it been part of your countries way of life and psyche for over 200 years.
Actually, I wouldn't really call my defense fierce. Indeed, I believe that we must enact sensible regulations and believe that certain weapons should not qualify as "arms" under the 2nd Amendment (for example, I would be OK with preventing a civilian owning an M134). This puts me at odds with some who don't believe any restrictions are constitutional.
but wasnt that kid who killed all those children a law abiding citizen up until that point?, as well as all the other instances that have occurred where ordinary law abiding people have gone to work or school and killed a load of there work colleagues or other school children?
He may have been. But then again, every criminal is a law-abiding citizen until they commit a crime. Do we go around banning cocks because some use them for rape?
Also, let's not forget that mental illness might very well be involved here; we can't structure out society around the mentally ill.
so how do you genuinely judge who is able to own a firearm and who is not.
The answer is simple: I don't. I assume that everyone is able, barring evidence to the contrary. Most the time my assumption holds.
these sort of events will always happen if someone is determined but if you remove guns from your society except for police and military then they will become less frequent, so isnt it worth it?
They are already quite infrequent; so infrequent, in fact, statistically speaking it makes sense to tackle other problems, which affect more people. Like car accidents, various types of cancer, etc.
I am not opposed to some additional regulation if a rational argument in support for that regulation can be made. But I've yet to see such an argument .
have any of the parents of those poor children been asked what they feel about the gun laws since this tragedy, im pretty sure i know what they would say.
And what would it matter? Do we to asking families of victims of airplane crashes or car crashes how they feel about current plane or car design? We don't. What would such a thing achieve anyways?
The opinion of those who suffered a loss at Newtown is no more important or valid than the opinion of someone who hasn't.
so surely there comes a point when you have to say that the right of all those adults and young children who have lost their lives in these oh so common tragic events are far greater than your right to own a firearm.
Perhaps such a time will come, but it's not now. These aren't "oh so common" incidents. But don't take my word for it: look at the numbers yourself.
But if some Americans, at some point, decide that they want to scrap the 2nd Amendment they can do that through the appropriate process. They just have to convince a few others, is all.
