I'm against guns. They kill people. I'm against killing people. (I'm also against killing animals but I don't think that's what we're talking about here.)
Please enlighten me on how guns kill people? I really wanna know your reasoning. News flash, guns don't kill people, people kill people. If guns didn't exist there are ways to kill a man even with your bare hands so does that mean hands kill people as well? My point is, if a killer wants to kill they will kill simple as that. A killer don't need a gun to kill someone and leave them in the obituary, a gun may not even be necessary it's just a faster route to kill someone that's all.
If guns kill people then I can grab my Glock 19 that's in my glove box right now in my car, set it in my passenger seat and walk away and it will grow 2 little feet, open the door that's locked, walk outside and kill someone on the sidewalk? Keep dreaming, a gun is not capable of killing someone unless the use pulls the trigger. Guns even got safety locks to prevent accidental deaths from happening. If you have children then buy a safe to lock it up so they can't get to it. There is no reasoning to even saying a gun kills people because that makes you sound very ignorant.
Yes people kill animals with guns but some people kill animals to eat, let me guess your a vegetarian right? It's not like humans are running out and killing every animal they see. Camping, a bear comes and try's to attack you, you would wish you had a gun on you because it may be the only thing that saves your life. Gun's are in no way bad but they aren't necessarily good in the wrong hands. Some people especially criminals use them for all the wrong reasons, and in the hands of the wrong person the gun can become very dangerous. But it's not the gun, it's the person and his mentally ill and delusional mindset.
Guns for protection, I have no issue at all. As I said before, I have 3 guns a Glock 19, .22 pistol, and a .9mm pistol. Not once have I aimed it at a human, threatened or even thought of aiming it at a human. I'm completely mentally stable to have a gun, I wont go on a rampage with a gun, I have it solely for protection at all. But I guess I'm a bad person because I own guns correct and guns kill people correct?. Well, guess I'm a killer then.
Guns are much more likely to kill an innocent person than anyone else. It's very rare for a person to fight off a mugger or burglar or kidnapper or rapist or whatever with a gun. It's still fairly rare for people to accidentally shoot themselves or a family member or friend, but still much more likely than the other scenario.
Your point behind this? Guns have safety locks for a reason, they don't just unlock on they're own. When I show family and friends my pistols I LOCK IT and take the clip out. Making it IMPOSSIBLE to shoot. A gun can't shoot when it's locked and can't shoot without a clip in it, and damn sure don't shoot on it's own.
I'm sorry, but if I saw my mom or sister getting raped I'd kill the bastard simple as that. If someone broke into my house to rob me, I'd kill the bastard because chances are if they see me they're killin me because they too have guns, and if someone tried to kidnap me I'd kill them. All of those situations are valid reasons to kill someone, and it's protecting yourself and other around me. I'm not taking a knife to a gunfight.
Regarding Went's burger analogy, I still think it's useful to compare one state to another inasmuch as the "weakest link" idea goes. The weakest link being the state with the laxest laws since you can live in a place with strict laws, but you only have to go to the next state over to get a gun that you couldn't get where you live. (We really need uniform gun laws here.)
Yes Illinois's gun laws are very very strict, you can have one in your home but it has to be unloaded which I disagree with. If you bet caught with the gun outside your home it's a min of 10 years in prison which I disagree with. Politicians can have guns up here but we can't? Little hypocritical if you ask me. I grew up in Missouri and lived there most of my life and plan on moving back. When I moved to Illinois I already had all my guns in the first place, it wasn't my idea to move up here. So technically I didn't get them illegally because I already had them from the beginning. But yes, you can live in a state with strict gun laws and go to a state to get one that's lax but that doesn't make you a criminal. There's just some laws that I don't agree with, I carry a gun on me almost everywhere that I go because you never know when that time will come in Chicago, not saying it will but you never know. I'd rather be prepared than not be prepared.
There's shootings in gas stations, Walmart, pet stores, everywhere up here.
Here's to you guys that think guns kill people analogy.