2nd Ammendment Rights: Should Guns Be Banned?

[Justin 188]

Originally posted by srawls
What is so morraly wrong with owning a gun, that it justifies criminal punishment? If I own a pistol, am I somehow a bad person, unfit to function in society?

Nothing morally wrong with it... I can't think of a reason why sportsmen should be denied their choice of recreation, if that's what you're talking about - but on the other hand, I'm not sure if that justifies the fact that guns are used to murder people all over the place.

Because guns are leathal, and they are commonly used to hurt others, they should be banned? (And who decides what is MOST leathal, and once guns are out of the scene, then something else becomes most leathal ... do we ban that too?). You see, just because guns CAN be leathal, and CAN be used to hurt others does not mean that is ALL they do.

Well... it's the same principle as trying to eliminate nuclear weapons. Unless you are saying every country should arm themselves with nuclear weapons.

And when they kill others with guns non-accidentally ... IT'S ALREADY A CRIME! Why then make owning a gun a crime?

To reduce the chance of criminals getting a hold of a gun and killing people with it, and as a result, the crime rate.

Oh, I see. So our government does not trust us with guns, but we trust our government with guns. Riiight.

If I'm wrong please correct me, but generally there hasn't been a huge history of law-enforcers going on a berserk shooting spree. I mean, they're supposed to enforce the law protect the people - and for all intensive purposes, that's what they do. I don't see any reason not to trust them.