(December 21, 2012 at 6:42 am)5thHorseman Wrote: I think everyone should be allowed the option of gun ownership. But! I think there are limits. I think ex-cons shouldnt be allowed guns (certain crimes, not petty crimes), people with history of mental illnesses (only certain illnesses). I'd also ban auto's rifles and have a limit on how many guns. Also - all guns and bullets regisetered to the owner.
That is all.
We have worse than this. We have them sold like candy. We have too much easy access for thieves, and they get used even by the people who don't have criminal records who commit suicide, or accidentally shoot themselves, or someone they know. They get into the hands of people with no record, but have alcohol addiction, or have someone in the household who might have an addiction or mental illness.
Not to mention gang violence.
The tactic is to blame everyone but guns. Guns are a big business, gun manufacturers have no interest in reducing societal ills that cause everything form of gun death.
And this goes in hand with the right wing blame that any spending on investment on middle class and poor to reduce stress and depression in society, to reduce crime and increase financial stability, increase livable wages and investment back into this country.
Keep people desperate, keep them in fear, keep the crime rate up, sell more guns, keep people dependent on slave wages.