Obama Gets Gun-Shy

There is no sane reason whatsoever that automatic and semi-automatic weapons should be made available to the general public. There are military weapons intended for military use. There is no practical civilan use for them. The only reason they are available for sale is fro certain greedy people to make more money. I do think the spirit of the second ammendment should be honored (even if this is debatable), but you have to apply it realistically, after all 200 years have past and some advancement in firearms have been made. Singe shot rifles are ok for personal use and posession as these are similar to the weapons available at the time of the revolution and bill of rights. The whole intention of the second ammendment was to preserve the ability of the citizens through militias to overthrow a corrupt government, as they believed correctly that any government in power with unchecked authority would eventually become hopelessly corrupt and ineffective. I personally don't believe that the second ammendment applies to concealed weapons such as peronal handguns, but that is another debate entirely. What should be addressed is whether or not heavier weapons should be made available to the general public in the same vein of thought, so they could overthrow a corrupt government. I believe the answer is to stop with rifles and disallow purchase or posession of assault rifles. If you extend the logic to assualt rifles then why not allow the public to own hand grenades, rpgs, howitzers, tanks and F-15s? If personal posession of these items was desired in order to maitain an effective militia then those same weapons should be limited to the base they belong to and not the individual's home. Milita members would be allowed ot take possession of these weapons only with the permission of their milita commanders and then only during times of crisis as determined by the milita commander. Since no such milita organizations exist any longer at the state level, the question is moot and these weapons should not be made avaialbe to the general public under any circumstances whatsover in the modern era. The incredible inepness of our modern day politicans in the face of the gun lobbyists results in needless deaths such as during the assault on Pittsburgh's finest by a psychopath. Since these guns are proliferating into the general public, we may come to a point where police are armed with such weapons on a regular basis and we get that martial law feeling walking down our city streets.

I am the 2006 Colorado St. Champion of Muzzleloader compitition and I have one comment to make on this article. I would never shoot anyone unless 1. They broke into my home with the intent on harming me or my family 2. They intended on causing me injury that could result in death. I am also an avid hunter here in The great State of Colorado. The issue on gun control is totally bogus and I really wish that people would wake up and realize that guns are what made this country free. If the white house were to take away all the guns in this country from law abiding citizens like myself and many other friends of mine, just what do you think is going to happen. I will tell you what will happen all of the Criminals would have a hay day because they would still have their firearms and we wouldnt because the Government took them away. Crime would increase like you have never seen it do in our history. The Criminals would have no fear of knocking over a liquor stor or local 711 or even breaking into homes. The day that we are no longer permitted to protect ourselves is going to be one of the darkest days in our history so please wake up people sometimes you have to take certain matters into your own hands because their are not enough law inforcement officers to help everyone.
All i ask is that you the American people talk to your elders and listen because alot of them have the same views as myself and I am only eighteen and have more common scense than alot of you older city folk.

Liberals are all for personal freedom - until it means accepting responsibility for your actions. Gun hysteria is just another symptom of Liberal hypocrisy.

The ban on semi automatic rifles expired because it did nothing to reduce crime. It's purpose was to CONFUSE and as a gimmick to wage a discrimination campaign against firearms owners with. It had no otrher point..
For all the details anti-gun idiots THOUGHT they saw on that broadcaste, the 10 year history of the ban speaks louder, particularly because it was a study commisioned by Bill clinton himself that came up EMPTY on evidence the ban did a bit of good.
It expired for a reason!
And --the NRA, the oldest civil rights organization in the USA. And to train marksmen.
More americans are killed each year by fist blows than by "assault weapons" which NEWS WEEK well knows. But won't share.

Why are Sara Brady, Diane Feinstein, Nancy Pelosi, Diane Sawyer, the entire staff of 60 minutes and 20/20, and every anti-gun lunatic such huge liars? Why are they so poorly informed? If this issue is so obvious, why do they need to pad their facts, invent statistics, lie about Mexico, to try and sway the public? The public has spoken, is still speaking, and here is the message: Every gun manufacturer in America and every importer is on back order because just the rumor of a new weapons ban caused a panic buying spree that is now almost a year old and growing. Every ammunition dealer and manufacturer is on back order because every type of ammo has been sold out for months, for the same reason. The People are speaking alright. Washington better listen. And no, you cannot buy an AK47 anywhere in the US without BATF approval and a Class 3 machine gun tax stamp. Anyone who says you can, is a liar.

It's not merely right-wingers who love guns. Many of my leftists homies love them too. I own several 'assault-style" weapons and read Noam Chomsky and watch Keith Olbermann.

Second, "izageek"-- do you know the difference between semi-automatic and automatic weapons? Seriously. An AK-47 can be and is most likely a semi-automatic when purchased in VA or TX or anywhere else in the US. YOU need to know the facts. That Bushmaster you're so worried about is a semi-auto too. Federal law prevents the purchase of fully automatic weapons without a hard-to-get class 3 license.

Something must be done about all the evil-doers. I see them everywhere.

Were it not for my "arm" I would live in constant fear of all the people who want to do me and my family harm. In fact, I am not so sure about some of the members of my family.

I will defend my right to kill, be killed, or to blow stuff up, to the death, if necessary.

I'm an American dammit. It is all about loving my Constitution.

Gun bans are nothing more than a panacea for the squeamish public. Criminals will get guns no matter what bans we have in place. Our constitution gives every single American CITIZEN the RIGHT to bear arms. If you are scared of guns then go exercise your RIGHT to use them and stop trying to infringe on MY RIGHT to own them.

Lets ban all knives...I knew the anti-gun nuts were going to come out of the woodwork sooner or later

And I qoute "if you make owning guns criminal, only criminals will have guns". I for one have zero interest in letting someone else try to "ensure" my freedom. Only when the government is afraid of what it's citizens CAN do, not WHAT they do can you be free. And for all the readers out there that see this as paranoia, those are the people who are truly kept safe by the people who choose to bear arms.

Criminals will always be able to get guns of all types don't kid yourself into believing different. Just look at drugs today and prohibition in the 1920's The United States has 16000 homicides a year. Less than 1% or under 160 are committed by assault weapons. Drunk drivers kill 25000 people a year should we take away the cars of those arrested for drunk driving? The media hypes murders with assault weapons because as a whole they oppose them. Hillary just said 90% of those weapons are of Mexican origin. The Mexican Mafia use Russian Weapons AK-47's not U.S. made weapons. Be realistic would you take away everyone???s driver???s license because of the drunk drivers? They certainly kill more people then assault weapons. The second amendment was meant to allow citizens to own guns to even overthrow the U.S. govt. if it became to controlling. You know like it is trying to do under these democrats now in control.