Why More Americans Want to Own Guns

[Sterben]

The views of the Anti-Gun people do hold a lot truth. The gun ownership issues have been a massive pain in the ass. I'm not comfortable being in a house or around person with a firearm. I ideally favor a complete blanket ban on gun ownership with exception of single shot hunting rifles and a massive tax-hike on bullets; I know it will never happen. I am willing to settle on a more toned down version of it though. Hand guns, shot guns, and hunting rifles should be the only type allowed by law to be owned by Americans. Also as well a 20% percent tax on bullets. I would want to see further and deeper background checks in place, as well a membership system (Which involves a background check) to buy bullets at a store. Is there is a rational need for semi-automatic firearms? Na, there is not need for anything more powerful then a shotgun for home defense.

I don't think personal discomfort should trump Constitutional guarantees.If you're not comfortable around guns or people who own them, then you should separate yourself from them, rather than endeavor to tell them what they can and cannot own.

A shotgun can be a great home-defense weapon. So too can be a large-caliber low-velocity pistol, which has the added benefit of not being as unwieldy, and being more precisely aimed. A semi-automatic rifle is useful for a rancher hunting predators at long-range, or small-game hunters (where working a bolt will destroy one's sight-picture).

~300,000,000 Americans. ~600,000,000 guns.

That second figure is roughly twice the largest number I've heard for number of guns in circulation. Do you have a source for 600 million guns in circulation?

          I'm doubting his number as well, I'm giving a fair comprise to my ideal's to the gun owners. The bullet tax I have already defended my position on, I was going to add mandatory insurance on guns as well. I decided not too since if there was a 20% Tax on them it be costly enough then to have to pay insurance as a gun owner.