re: Right to Bear Arms - Hypothetical Situation (Question for Gun Enthusiasts)

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I am pro sensible gun control, i.e. background checks and short waiting periods.

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that means you are pro-gun control dumbass

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Would you continue to say that if your wife or children were murdered?

Before you answer, take a moment to think about it.

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If the murderer was going to kill my kin regardless, then my opinion would not change.

You cant base policy of the emotional and often irrational beliefs people turn to in times of crisis.

How much someone hates guns after someone they love is shot is irrelevant

Hard to say. Until you've been in that position you never know. Different folks would react differently.

I'd probably hope the vigilante laws would be relaxed.

No, my opinion wouldn't change.

I have a spine.

Why don't you?

I would if only limited to the severely disturbed. But where is that line and who determines it. It would be easy to include anyone that has ever been on a psychiatric med or received care for any psychiatric complaint.

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Would you continue to say that if your wife or children were murdered?

Before you answer, take a moment to think about it.

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I have made it this far in this thread and I cannot imagine that I would blame the fact that guns are available for the fact that some cretin murdered my loved one.

I would be closer to blaming the system for allowing the cretin on the street - especially if he had priors. or if he were some mental garbage.

I would blame myself for not providing a safer situation.

Blaming an inanimate instrument would never enter my mind. Of course I grew up in the 40s where a loaded gun was always withing reach in the house.

Ok I'm assuming this thread is referring to the recent events in California & a victims father who went on a gun control rant. So this being said have you watched the kids YouTube posts? This kid gave many warning signs of instability, posted his rants for the world to view and I have also read that the police paid this kid a visit just a week or so before the tragedy due to his instability (don't believe all u read or hear though). So anyway this kid is basically frustrated because he can't get laid & wanted to take out all of his aggression on blondes & the bruts (his words) that they give themselves to. So one of the victims dad goes on a gun control rant with the media watching to spread the word. While I feel for the father & the victims family's shouldn't the real rant be about legal prostitution so this kid could have gotten laid once or twice considering he also killed 3 people via knife in hand?