Political Views- Gun Control

Who supports it? Who's against it?
Why do people support it? Why are people against it?

Let's start with question #1: Who supports gun control?
1) People who believe that... the wrong people can't get a hold of guns if there is a law controlling guns. OR The laws make it harder for the wrong people to get a hold of guns.
2) People who believe that... Guns are the culprit when it comes to crimes and death involving guns.
3) People who believe that... Guns are scary.
4) People who believe that... Owning a gun puts your family in jeopardy.
5) People who believe that... Guns kill children both accidentally and suicide.
6) People who believe that... Gun control will reduce violent crimes.
7) People who believe that... even good people shouldn't own guns because they do more harm than good.
8) People who fear cults and militias. Think there are too many kooks out there with guns.

** Some things became very obvious to me as I was doing research on this topic. I visited websites and blogs that are Pro-Gun Control so that I could see where the other side was coming from. On these websites and blogs, I saw a lot of inflammatory propaganda against guns. A lot of guns kill, the bad NRA, the lying gun lobbyists, and assault weapons being sold to gangsters. The website (Brady Campaign: they passed the Brady law when Clinton was in office)even went as far as to quote the NRA as saying that "Law enforcement needs to crack down harder with the current laws that we have and not make new laws." To me this statement is a No Brainer! Crack down on the 1/10th of a percent of gun owning Americans who are giving the rest of us a bad name.

** They also pointed out about 3 maybe 5 gun dealers in the whole USA that were crooked and selling assault rifles illegally. (I believe we should take these gun dealers out and hang'em high.) The Anti-Gun Activists NEVER showed any statistics that showed how many legal gun owners did illegal acts with guns. They did have ONE stat that showed how many people died from guns in 2004 when a gun law expired. That really isn't a stat because you have to show a trend over time to be a stat. They did not show a trend!

Reason #1: the wrong people can't get a hold of guns if there is a law controlling guns. OR The laws make it harder for the wrong people to get a hold of guns.
Debunk #1- The wrong people can get guns easier than I can right now. The current laws don't stop the bad guys. Why do they think a stupid law is going to stop them in the future?
Debunk #2- Extreme Christians and Catholics tried to abolish alcohol (Prohibition). It didn't work because too many people disagreed with the law. Also, people that actually supported Prohibition were against it very quickly. Something that can be made at home was hard to control as well as generally useless. What about something that people use for safety, hunting food, and sport? The gun is something the 2nd Amendment protects and extremist need to get off it!

Reason #2: Guns are the culprit when it comes to crimes and death involving guns.
Debunk #1- Guns are not the culprit. These dangerous people that used guns would have used knives, rocks, axes, cars, etc if they didn't have guns. What are ya gonna do? Take away my cooking knives, the rocks on a gravel road, mt ax that I chop wood with, or how about my car?!
Debunk #2- If you want to ATTACK anything for violence it should be the FCC (Cable and Public air ways are VERY violent) and Computer/ Video game makers. Talk about realistic blood, killing, theft, and out right evil behavior is being condoned.

Reason #3: Guns are scary.
Debunk #1- Grow up and get educated. Guns are safe when you are educated. Just avoid owning a gun. Avoid being around gun shows. Avoid being in public because a lot of sane people have concealed weapons permits and you don't know they are carrying a gun. Avoid going to 24 hour convenience stores late at night. Avoid dark alleys at night. Blah, Blah, Blah...

Reason #4: Owning a gun puts your family in jeopardy.
Debunk #1- My family is safe because our guns are kept in a locked safe. The gun safe has a few shells in the bottom in case of emergency use. The majority of ammo is kept locked and separate. My son is also educated about guns and gun safety.
A family in JEOPARDY is a family who avoids the gun subject, kids get curious, kids play video games where nobody stays dead, and then they want to reenact their video game. That's an unsafe family!!!

Reason #5: Guns kill children both accidentally and suicide.
Debunk #1- A family in JEOPARDY is a family who avoids the gun subject, kids get curious, kids play video games where nobody stays dead, and then they want to reenact their video game. That's an unsafe family!!!
Debunk #2- If a child or adult wants to commit suicide then they will do it with or without a gun. The parents who own the gun(s) should have their guns locked up in a gun safe with trigger locks. Unsafe storage of guns can be a problem, but the gun itself is not the problem.
Debunk #3- The problem is the child is having thoughts of suicide and this can be detoured with communication from the parents and involvement from the parents in the child's life in the first place.

Reason #6: Gun control will reduce violent crimes.
Debunk #1- Again, this statement is similar to Reason #1. So, my answer is the same as #1. The wrong people can get guns easier than I can right now. The current laws don't stop the bad guys. Why do they think a stupid law is going to stop them in the future?
Debunk #2- Extreme Christians and Catholics tried to abolish alcohol (Prohibition). It didn't work because too many people disagreed with the law. Also, people that actually supported Prohibition were against it very quickly. Something that can be made at home was hard to control as well as generally useless. What about something that people use for safety, hunting food, and sport? The gun is something the 2nd Amendment protects and extremist need to get off it!

Reason #7: even good people shouldn't own guns because they do more harm than good.
Debunk #1- This person has no right to judge me or anyone else. This is a sweeping statement that is based on someones opinion without any basis.
For the person with Reason #7, I want proof and a background of your opinion. Maybe statistics of Good people harming someone. Let me define a statistic for you again; a stat shows a trend over time.

Who is against Gun Control?
Me, NRA, all local/ state Hunting Associations, most Police Officers, Sportsman, Gun collectors, many non-profit wildlife clubs (because hunting keeps populations in check)