The bottom line is, those who believe in the power of the government over their citizenry, believe guns should be seriously regulated or banned. Those who believe in individual rights do not. Our founders came here for many reasons. One was, to escape the tyranny of their governments, whether that be a state or a monarch.
Guns are dangerous. Just as many other things in everyday life are dangerous. Those who have &/or carry a gun, should seek training as a matter of personal obligation & common sense.
Just because people have guns, it does not mean there are more crimes or more violence. When Florida became a “shall issue” concealed carry state, over the next few years crimes dropped, & rather significantly. Gun control advocates claimed there would be blood on the streets & we would have a wild west type situation.
None of that came true. In fact, crime dropped. In the end an armed citizen, acting responsibly, is more of a deterrent to crime than the entire criminal code. And Florida proves that to be true. As other states followed Florida’s example, they too experienced a drop in their crime rates & especially home burglaries & assaults. I think there are now 14 more states that operate based on ‘shall issue’ a concealed carry permit, since Florida became a ‘shall issue state’.
Few criminals want to deal w/a potentially armed citizen. And those who suggest the police are there to protect you, have never waited for an available officer to get to them while a crime was being committed in their homes. Even cops will tell you, they cannot be everywhere & initially, each of us is responsible for our own self defense.
