Why can’t we have it both ways?  I believe in the right to bare arms however, what it the purpose of making automatic and semi-automatice guns?  Isn’t a regular gun enough for protection?  I have been waiting a long time for an answer to this question that would make sense to me.

With out guns there never would of been an America, this website wouldnt be here and neither of any of you who enjoy the right to gun bash because someone who came before you faught for your freedom with a gun to do so.

I count myself as fairly liberal, and I have to say that this is our version of “The Gays are going to Destroy America!” issue. Just like the previous statement, there is no real logic involved, and the anti-gun statements always come down to outraged hyperbole, because there is nothing logical to uphold the argument. A gun is a cold, dead piece of metal, until it is held in a human hand. Take away guns, and people will use knives. The problem isn’t with guns, it’s with a violent culture that says, “Go mess somebody up! It’s fun!” Until you change that, people will always find a tool to hurt each other with. People are REMARKABLY creative with hurting each other. Read a history of weapons, and you’ll see this.

There are 50,000 highway deaths per year, so let’s ban cars and trucks!

First off… not every trip in a car or truck ends in death.  Can you say the same about what happens after the trigger is pulled?

There are 500,000+ deaths per year due to cancer, so let’s 1)beef up health care and 2)ban ALL substances that cause cancer.

Cancer isn’t necessarily caused by things or substances…. sometimes they just happen

There are 85,000 deaths per year due to alcohol, so lets ban alcohol.

Again, not every drink ends in a death.  As a matter of fact, I’d say MOST drinks don’t result in death.  But I also say that most times the trigger is pulled, something dies.

etc.  We are very narrow about what we get outraged over.

I’m outraged that you gun totin’ nut jobs just don’t get it.

More guns will NEVER make us safer. Period.

Who do you blame for rapes, appendages?

Excellent art (and it makes me Godawful sad!)

Guns are as much to blame for shootings
as penises are for rapes.

We could just as easily create a flag
with semen splatterings and penises
for stars and call it Rape 2009.

Pathetic.

There are 50,000 highway deaths per year, so let’s ban cars and trucks!

There are 500,000+ deaths per year due to cancer, so let’s 1)beef up health care and 2)ban ALL substances that cause cancer.

There are 85,000 deaths per year due to alcohol, so lets ban alcohol. 

etc.  We are very narrow about what we get outraged over.

I pledge alegiance to the gun
and it’s mighty killing power.
And to the NRA which stands for it
through donations and political smear.
One nation under percussion,
with deadly opportunity for all.