09-10-2015, 12:24 AM
(09-10-2015, 12:12 AM)Nately120 Wrote: I guess I just don't understand where you are coming from. You present a viewpoint that seems to indicate guns are essential to protect yourself and your family but also worry about laws making attaining guns too much of a hassle. In my mind, if I value something to that extent or think it is that important I would jump through the hoops, but that's just me.
You also mention people selling assault rifles to anyone, possibly criminals or the mentally unstable, through a loophole. So why don't we see this loophole closed and the people who do the selling given lengthy prison sentences deserved by those who arm criminals? It's just odd that you specifically cite things that seem "wrong" but your final word is that there is no hope of actually changing anything so why bother.
It just seems the simplest reason people talk about gun control being pointless are the ones who want to sell guns to criminals (think of that untapped market) and then sell more guns to non-criminals to save them from the armed criminals they just created. Get people to believe that gun control is absolutely pointless and then just sell everyone as many guns as possible. Sounds like simple capitalism at work.
I'm all for shutting down those websites. That would be fine with me, as I don't consider them legitimate sellers and disagree with the loophole they are taking advantage of.
From my vantage point, many people on the gun control side of things want to assume that every person is a murderous scumbag and make them earn a right to purchase a gun.
I find that a rather strange premise.
