I believe in zero guns in society. I thought I was being honest by making my position clear and that I was not going to weigh into the "gun debate" within USA because from previous discussions with American's in other forums I know how the subject is very tricky. Thus my position. Your country. Your rules.
If you believe in a 'zero guns society', then by default your position is anti-gun. I have no problems with that. What I expect is that since the 2nd Amendment is a 'tricky' issue by your own experience, anyone, American or not, who wishes to inject his opinions into a discussion about US society and our gun laws, be open about his attitude about guns. You cannot be for zero guns and yet cannot take a side. That is an intellectual illogic.
Being 'for' guns does not mean you advocate that everyone must be armed. Being 'for' guns simply means you want guns to be available as a choice. So if you are a for a 'zero guns society', it is about having no guns at all and that the government is empowered to make that non-availability a reality.
http://www.norc.org/PDFs/GSS Reports/GSS_Trends in Gun Ownership_US_1972-2014.pdf
Table 1 shows that gun ownership in American have been steadily declining for the past 40 yrs. However, American attitudes about the 2nd Amendment, including non owners, have not decrease to match in terms of veneration, if you will, of that Constitutional right, which also means that Americans as a whole do not want anyone to alter the 2nd Amendment as is.
When it comes to self defense, there is no middle ground. Either you are for it or against it. With self defense inevitably involves weapons. Only in cheap Hong Kong kung-fu movies does the hero does not want guns. If you are anti-gun, that does not mean you are against the right to self defense, it means you have no problems with a person, including yourself, of being physically inferior to an assailant who want to do terrible things to you.
At one level everything, I mean everything is open to subjective interpretation. That I agree with you. However let's be realistic here. One amendment within the US legal architecture whose interpretation is solely limited to one arm of the US government - the judiciary in the shape of Supreme Court is going to have "tighter" definition than a religion which has been around for 1,400 years, is found across 40 countries, has no central authority to give legal binding definitions. Every mullah makes his own interpretation and by the time your done the only common denomintor is, well belief in Allah.
Yes, there are only nine US Supreme Court Justices and their jurisdiction is confined to the US and her citizens. Yes, there are over 1 bils Muslims in most countries in the world. But the issue is not about the scope of Islam or of the 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution. The issue is about the variations of interpretations that are produced by the people of whom a certain principle holds reign.
If idea A is entertained by only two individuals and each have a different interpretation of A, idea B is irrelevant to them even if B is entertained by one million individuals. Idea A does not hold jurisdiction over the believers of idea B, and vice versa. So if there are one million interpretations of idea B, the 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution is quite analogous to your Islam.
Care to elaborate on these laws?
Am not going to babysit you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_law_in_the_United_States
That is just federal laws. Not counting states.
Majority of all these incidents recently have been individuals whether they were at school or elsewhere. No where was any gang involved.
That is terribly poor critical thinking skill. Sorry to say it. Just because no gangs were reported in Sandy Hook school shooting, that mean on gangs and guns do not exists ?
http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/fullpage/chicago-gang-violence-numbers-17509042
And people on this forum says Americans are stupid.
Yes it is but you don't want to admit it because its easy to blame everything on religion specially when its Islam. The reason I pointed this out in my original post when I said that similar incidents were also done by non Muslims what's the excuse for them? I was right they were given all the medical terms that one could find out yet when the same incident happened by a so called Muslim there was only one name given terrorist and blame the whole religion and community for it. Yes People have died for religion but not just Muslims but Christian and Jews too. That does not mean behind a so called Muslim it's always Islam while for others religion No, they are just sick.
You are seriously confused between 'excuse' and 'cause'. They are not the same. Do some reading on their differences. From this gross error alone, I cannot adequately debate your post.
Here is the reality...
The old argument of 'guns do not kill people, people kill people' holds true. But when it comes to the US, logic and reasoning are flushed down the toilet.
Yeah, i keep saying the same thing, because it's not the equivalent of a hand gun.
The AR-15 and the handgun is identical in terms of operation -- semi-automatic. Why is that so difficult to understand ? That is why the man asked if you have ever shoot a semi-auto.
Also, this non-sense. I'm not saying ban AR-15 but permit handguns...arrange your laws.
Then what are you saying ? Arrange our laws ? That is the real nonsense. It is grossly vague. Arrange to do what and to what ? If you do not advocate banning the AR-15, then why do you focus on it, especially when its operation is the same as a semi-auto pistol ?
I know this is a very debatable subject....that's why discussions in the US going for years. There is simply no-easy solution and i don't care, they can mount miniguns in their homes if they want. I don't care.
I just wanted to give my opinion.
Too bad your opinions are not more coherent.
Ban knives now...!!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4581871.stm
A team from West Middlesex University Hospital said violent crime is on the increase - and kitchen knives are used in as many as half of all stabbings.
They argued many assaults are committed impulsively, prompted by alcohol and drugs, and a kitchen knife often makes an all too available weapon.
The research is published in the British Medical Journal.
The researchers said there was no reason for long pointed knives to be publicly available at all.
http://www.snopes.com/2015/06/22/save-a-life-surrender-your-knife/
TRUE
The new “Save a Life — Surrender Your Knife” program is in full swing and police are telling us that they have joined forces with an already growing trend in the United Kingdom to ban “pointy” knives.
Lancashire Police tell us that an “amnesty” program began at the end of August, and “more than 800 knives have been handed in across the county — including swords, machetes and commando knives.”
“The amnesty was extended for a further week owing to its success,” Lancashire Police representatives explained.
The Lancashire department explains that their “officers have now given their backing to a national initiative designed to raise awareness of knife crime and encourage the surrender of dangerous weapons.”
