Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: The 2A has been written by men and can just as easily be deleted by men. It's no biggie. [View all]Sophia4
(3,515 posts)that I am a musician who knows languages. I have expertise in some other areas too. I don't expect others to understand the jargon in the areas in which I have expertise. Gun owners are snobbish about those of us who don't understand gun jargon. A weapon that has been used to kill an innocent person is a weapon too dangerous to possess in a society in which so many are killed by guns.
People in other countries have guns, but don't use them so often to kill innocent people. I think that those who have or use guns need to understand that they will lose their right to own any gun if the killings continue. The anger about guns, the disgust with gun ownership, the fear of crazed killers who get guns, is becoming very great.
I don't play the piano after a certain time at night because I would wake up the neighbors. Gun owners and enthusiasts, in my opinion, have a very short time to take charge of the problem of guns killing innocent people.
It's sad that we have so many killers in our country. The type and technology of the gun that killed a person's son or daughter, sister or brother, wife or husband is of utterly no importance. It is the loss of a loved one that matters. And only that that matters.
The NRA and all who support the gun industry and gun ownership need to respond to the genuine grief and sorrow of people who lose loved ones due to guns and shooting and especially to people who are injured, maimed for life often by irresponsible gun owners and shooters.
I am shocked by the defensive posture of the NRA and gun owners on this topic. The right to live by far exceeds in importance any right to own or play with or brandish or hold or shoot or carry or possess a gun. And gun owners need to take responsibility for their part in each death that is caused by a gun. Because all share in that responsibility until something is done to stop the killing.