2nd Amendment

[Faustie]

I'm sorry, but you don't need a f*cking automatic weapon to 'protect your home from the evil government'. In fact it would be useless, it wouldn't harm them at all, they could just bring out the missiles, high-flying planes, tanks, etcetera. Which means that if they're useless for 'protection from the evil government' what are they used for? Why the hell should any one individual need four assault rifles and a few thousand rounds of ammunition? Yes, guns are just tools and people are people, but said tools are specifically designed to injure or kill a person, and in the case of the assault rifles, many people. The problem with the USA is that they legalized them in the first place, so now the unarmed civilians felt insecure and threatened by all of the heavily armed civilians (I class even a pistol as heavily armed, you can kill a lot of people with one very easily), so they too purchased weapons and the viscious cycle continues. Now the civilians of the USA will refuse to disarm, but won't admit that it's because they're scared of other people with guns because that'd undermine their own argument, but instead spout out the second amendment and claim the government is too powerful. Maybe, but what will you do without them? Live in tribes with no centralized power, transport, economic, justice, building, maintenance, education, medical system? Sure, let me know how that goes. I'm not saying I specifically support the people in charge or their current ideals but every aspect of your life, including typing your awful arugments on your computer, are possible thanks to a centralized government system.

As for the argument about criminals having guns, true, they may do, but it's only because as of now it's easy to get them. Look at the UK - We have a lot of criminals floating about, but very very few have access to a firearm, let alone anything more than a handgun. Whereas in the USA it's incredibly easy to get a weapon, so of course they're all armed.

I just don't see the obsession with owning firearms. If you were all up for 'self defence of your property and family' you would go for a non-lethal weapon if there was such a thing available. Unfortunately, due to US gun culture, this is not the case and people feel they need automatic rifles that can hold a a huge amount of ammunition. I'm not sure why you need 30 rounds plus twentry extra magazines to fight off that one cat burglar. Does it feel empowering knowing you can so easily end so many lives? Ah, what a twisted culture you lot have over the pond, I'm glad I don't live there.