(September 6, 2015 at 9:35 pm)Jenny A Wrote:(September 6, 2015 at 9:28 pm)brian1570 Wrote: I think if we educated people properly on guns like we used to there would be less issues with gun violence. Could you imagine a high school pistol shooting team? Or skeet team? Or marksmanship team? I'd love for my future children to enjoy the shooting sports. But for some reason this scares people.
But as for why handguns are necessary? You mentioned dangerous wild life but how about the dangers of the inner city? Walking home alone after a long night at work and getting jumped by(insert demographic here). I would want a gun in that situation.
It's more that in the inner city, a hand gun might: allow you to hit innocent bystanders; put you on trial for murder; or make you think you're safe when any idiot you haven't seen yet can shoot you any time.
As to the high school shooting team, or skeet team, why couldn't the guns be stored on site rather than at home?
The real U.S. problem is that there are so many handguns, and other guns out there now that it's hard to imagine effective future gun control of any kind.
You are correct about the innocent by stander. However we all take that same risk everyday climbing into our cars. It's a calculated risk and gun owners need know they will be held responsible just like a driver would be. And yes you are correct about there being too many out there. If all gun sales were stopped tomorrow there would be no shortage of firearms for years to come. The bad guys would still be able to acquire them.
