2nd Ammendment Rights: Should Guns Be Banned?

[srawls]

Originally posted by JosephM

The idea was to throw something out there that provoked some thought rather than "I have a gun! I'm safe!" and "I don't and I'm safe!" debate now.

My complaint is that the flash intro (I don't have the means to watch the movie right now) was not inteded to provoke thought. It was made to scare poeple into believing what the creator of the intro wanted them to think. The intro gives statistics on gun homocides in various countries, but they are useless without knowing the population, percentage of population owning guns, and gun-laws in those countries. Call me skeptical, but I don't trust selectively presented, incomplete statistics. Also, I question the usefulness of the statistics, even if they were complete and trustworthy. I'd wager to bet that the detaining of all citizens into padded prison cells would drastically cut down on accidental deaths. Does that mean we should give up our liberties because statistically speaking we would be safer?

Call it liberal. But you have to question why the NRA had a rally near Colombine 10 days after.

I know nothing of this rally, but have you thought that maybe they NRA was bright enough to realize that there would be a call to ban guns, and they were holding a rally to sway public opinion because they value their rights?

Stephen

PS. I'm still waiting for someone to give me a reason to ban guns.