It’s all well and good allowing Americans to own guns, but like the anchor said: In what universe, in what scenario is it necessary for legal, law-abiding citizens to own a pistol capable of firing up to thirty rounds without reloading? Sure, it might be hyperbole on the anchor’s part to draw a reaction, but seriously, why would anyone with honorable, legal intentions need a 30-capacity weapon?
At most for personal defense you would need a 6-10 capacity weapon, which is fine… to a point. Shotguns and rifles for hunting, fine by me to as hunting – particularly in the south – is close to a national pastime and a stereotypical way for fathers and sons to bond.I don’t have a problem with that. But show me the necessity of owning a gun that has a quick rate of fire, an overly large magazine capacity, which is easy to access. I just don’t see it.
It seems to me that the reason many Americans want to hold on to their guns is an unbased fear of the unknown; of what may happen given a ridiculous set of circumstances. Seriously, just how likely is it that another “hot” revolution needed to overthrow tyranny is going to happen? Where is the pampered elite feeling left out and shut out of governmental processes to such a degree that they’d want to break free? It’s a romanticist notion that the Founding Fathers rebelled against Great Britain because of some deep desire to improve the lives and conditions of all people living in America. All the American Revolution achieved was to replace one set of elites with another, dressed up as a Victory for the Common Man. The ability to own a gun isn’t anything particularly American, nor is it anything heroic or something that would be able to achieve much of anything at all in the extremely unlikely event that an organized, military uprising is needed or provoked.
I’ve yet to see, hear or read anything to change my mind of this, especially as I’ve lived in both the UK and Australia, which have strict gun control laws and they get by just fine without the number of gun-related tragedies that occur annually in the US nor do they have issues with gun-related crime, either.
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It’s all well and good allowing Americans to own guns, but like the anchor said: In what universe, in what scenario is it necessary for legal, law-abiding citizens to own a pistol capable of firing up to thirty rounds without reloading? Sure, it might be hyperbole on the anchor’s part to draw a reaction, but seriously, why would anyone with honorable, legal intentions need a 30-capacity weapon?
At most for personal defense you would need a 6-10 capacity weapon, which is fine… to a point. Shotguns and rifles for hunting, fine by me to as hunting – particularly in the south – is close to a national pastime and a stereotypical way for fathers and sons to bond.I don’t have a problem with that. But show me the necessity of owning a gun that has a quick rate of fire, an overly large magazine capacity, which is easy to access. I just don’t see it.
It seems to me that the reason many Americans want to hold on to their guns is an unbased fear of the unknown; of what may happen given a ridiculous set of circumstances. Seriously, just how likely is it that another “hot” revolution needed to overthrow tyranny is going to happen? Where is the pampered elite feeling left out and shut out of governmental processes to such a degree that they’d want to break free? It’s a romanticist notion that the Founding Fathers rebelled against Great Britain because of some deep desire to improve the lives and conditions of all people living in America. All the American Revolution achieved was to replace one set of elites with another, dressed up as a Victory for the Common Man. The ability to own a gun isn’t anything particularly American, nor is it anything heroic or something that would be able to achieve much of anything at all in the extremely unlikely event that an organized, military uprising is needed or provoked.
I’ve yet to see, hear or read anything to change my mind of this, especially as I’ve lived in both the UK and Australia, which have strict gun control laws and they get by just fine without the number of gun-related tragedies that occur annually in the US nor do they have issues with gun-related crime, either.