(02-22-2018, 06:45 PM)lastonealive Wrote:

(02-22-2018, 09:22 AM)TrivialPursuit Wrote: I don't think you understand how deeply ingrained gun ownership is in the United States.

Each one of us over here, as Americans, feel a deep connection to our founding fathers. Whether our family lines were even in this country in that time period is irrelevant.

They set the groundwork for what became the most powerful country of the modern era -  and they took their country away from the most powerful military force on the planet at the time. True, the British were involved in other wars and didn't have the resources to properly fight the revolution, but regardless, the Americans took it away.. because they were armed. If they didn't have guns and cannons they never would have accomplished a thing. They knew that it was important, as a nation of FREE men, to allow the common man access to guns, not just guns for hunting or self-defense, guns for making war upon the government if necessary.

Now we have laws to keep crazy people from getting them - and sometimes that system fails us. Instead of taking away the guns or the rights of LAW-ABIDING Americans, let's try much harder to enforce the laws we have. Because until that happens, new gun control measures won't do a thing anyway.

I do understand but it doesnt make it logical. Millions of people believe in ilogical stuff.

Lots of countries have become independent of Britain without guns. Scotland had the chance in the ballot box recently.

Not to mention owning a rifle is useless in modern warfare. So kind of irrelevant now.

Go on blindly trusting mama government to do what's right.

I'll hope for the best but plan for the worst, thank you very much. I guess that's the fundamental difference between me and you. I'll die for my principles without a second's hesitation. Because life isn't worth living if you don't have something you're willing to fight and die for - and the Bill of Rights is one of those things for Americans.

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