FBI: More killed w hammers and clubs yearly than rifles.

[tonymctones]

well i need the numbers to make any decent decision, either way though I dont see its right to punish innocent ppl for the mistakes of others.

[tu_holmes]

Very misleading......didn't say handguns...said rifles and hardly anyone goes on a shooting spree with one.

So why is everyone trying to ban them?

Apparently they are the big evil... That's what the media is telling us now.

Are you saying that it's simply a way to start taking all of the guns? Systematically start with what people perceive to be the most dangerous and work down from there?

Really?!?!

Sounds nefarious doesn't it?

[garebear]

Yep, all valid points on this thread.

A hammer would not have mattered in these cases at all because accidental hammer deaths are just a part of life.

Two year-old Sincere Tymere Smith in Conway, South Carolina:

    Sincere Tymere Smith grabbed a gun that was on a table and shot himself in the chest at a home on Daisy Lane near Conway, said Horry County police Sgt. Robert Kegler.

    He was taken to Conway Medical Center, transferred to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center and then sent to a Charleston hospital.

Ten year-old Alfreddie Gipson in Memphis, Tennessee:

    Around 200 candles were lit for Alfreddie Gipson on Friday after the 10-year-old was accidentally shot by his brother on Christmas Day…The community helped organize (a) vigil at Brinkley Heights Baptist Church, where Alfreddie was not only a student, but a teacher. His church family told tales of Alfreddie’s love for God that he shared with everyone.

Good points, NRA members.

[tonymctones]

so you want to take away my right to own a gun b/c others are irresponsible?

when are you going to ban alcohol, cars, motorcycles, anything that if not used properly can kill a person?

way to let your emotions take control...

[333386]

so you want to take away my right to own a gun b/c others are irresponsible?

when are you going to ban alcohol, cars, motorcycles, anything that if not used properly can kill a person?

way to let your emotions take control...

These leftists are governed by emotion - facts dont matter one bit. 

As far as i am concerned, my rights should not be subject to the actions of a deranged mass murderer

[333386]