Reply #33: I'm not an anti but here's what we can do [View All]

1. Smash the thug creed. The thug creed comes from the children of anti-gun parents who fail to expose their children to guns in a positive way but rather tell their children how evil guns are. When the grown up child is exposed to a firearm, if the person who exposes that person to the firearm is a member of the gun culture, he/she will probably be fine; however, if he/she is introduced to guns by a thug or just goes out and gets one on his/her own it is more likely he/she will use the gun in a criminal manner simply because that's all he/she has been taught about guns. The solution is to expose people to the proper use of firearms and firearm safety in school at some point and if more law abiding gun owners exposed and introduced guns to people who have never shot a gun and taught them the code of conduct and the laws of gun safety, the thug creed would have one less potential member. Strangle the thug creed by removing potential members.

All gun owners should offer open arms to all non-gun owners and offer to take them to the range. Talk to them about the proper use of guns (hunting, target shooting, personal defense and to never use a gun to attack someone, etc) and gun safety.

2. Declare all firearms legal and eliminate all permit systems wherein a citizen of the US has to have a permit just to own/buy a gun. In Vermont there are no illegal guns, there are only banned people in possession of guns, which would be legal in the hands of a law abiding citizen. In NY or Il, because of gun ownership permits, guns are made artificially illegal by being in the hands of a criminal and therefore there is no pathway for that gun back into the gun safe of a law abiding person. Allow law abiding citizens to buy guns off the black market and encourage it. Artificially creating "illegal" guns forces them to remain stuck in the black market permanently. This will put pressure on criminals to steal guns from gun owners, so gun owners can be the front lines of fighting crime by securing their guns and shooting anyone trying to steal them.

3. Combat the underlying cause of crime. Improve mental health services.

4. Eliminate all barriers around, oppression and suppression of the second amendment. Remove all taxes from firearms and ammo, remove registration systems and gun ownership permit systems and any fees associated with the purchase of a gun. Remove all bans of firearm types and models. The government has nothing to fear from the people as long as the government is respectful of freedom, they should not feel the need to ban high power weapons.


Face it antis, you lost. There are probably already more guns than people in the USA. Restricting law abiding gun owners has only caused a backlash and rebellion and the largest proliferation of firearms the world has ever seen within a civilian population. If you keep on fighting your war against legal gun ownership, you will only succeed in continuing this massive proliferation of firearms amongst law abiding citizens.