Debate about Gun Control

[Eric the Green]

(10-16-2017, 11:48 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(10-16-2017, 07:02 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(10-16-2017, 03:39 PM)noway2 Wrote: In this so called "unified" United States, the rights enumerated (not granted, simply expressed, as their already inherent) under the constitution are already under attack.  The founding fathers had enough wisdom to realize that an armed populace is going to be much harder to railroad by a tyrannical, out of control, government.  An armed populace actually has the option of force for when reason inevitably fails.

I have a sneaking suspicion that the by the end of this 4th turning the United States may very well be broken up into a form of confederacy of regions or states and will no longer be the federal republic.  As Eric points out, the "blue" regions would have no issues enacting gun restrictions and would undoubtedly do so.  Of course, the denizens will quickly realize what happens in a society when only the government has a monopoly on force and the quislings, such as the media pundits, will quickly learn how badly they've been played.

We are being "railroaded" by an armed populace of crazy nutcases who like to shoot people in theaters, concert venues, ballrooms, schools, shopping centers, army depots, office buildings, freeways, and countless other places in this violent society.

Actually, the actions of the crazy nutcases haven't been able to railroad us (the armed populace/red-purple America) at all. I don't live in a violent society. I live in a rather peaceful society which has some very violent/sick people that exist within it. America is largely peaceful.

You can thank the fact that you live in a blue state of long-standing, with more advanced social support than most other states. I am thankful too for where *I* live. Minnesota gets a C grade on gun control by the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence

California gets an A-

According to their latest map, Minnesota moved up to a C+ and is ranked #12 in the nation, and California moved up to an A and is ranked #1.


http://lawcenter.giffords.org/scorecard/
http://lawcenter.giffords.org/scorecard/...p-2016.png

Note that the states with the worst gun death rates are all deep red states (except New Mexico, now turning blue) with an F grade for gun control.