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I'm not sure where you got that idea but it's absolutely false. Corporations are provided the same rights as humans and are not exempt from those rights either.
1) Its been a popular hobby of mine since I was 8 years old and got my first rifle going hunting with my dad
Well, many do (stats I find say 40%), but quite possibly some don't because they are being cheap and are only interested in stealing merchandise and not in the greater penalty of armed burglary or worse murder charges if that isn't their intent.
We have seen crime rates drop in every locality that has relaxed gun control laws, so there hasn't been a negative effect. You also don't require 100% of the population to be armed to achieve herd immunity. Criminals have very short careers if every 10th victim shoots them, and the risk reward ratio becomes hugely unfavorable. Accordingly, as I have shown we have seen a reduction in violent crime far below most of that of say the United Kingdom, as criminals end up shot or give up that option when friends are shot. Part of the reason that we see these flash mobs attacking people and looting is that they believe (rightfully so) that there are no repercussions for their actions at the moment. I bet if the first store owner jumped on his roof with an AK with the support of the community to defend his business, that crowd would have dispersed right away and given up that idea.
Well, that's a good point. Worst case scenario if the driver is forced to defend herself or himself, they lose their job, but a lot better than losing your life. But like you say, the overwhelming majority of such assaults are actually ended with mere brandishing the threat of deadly force, without a shot needing to be fired. For example, recently a passerby happened to notice four gang members attacking a victim, and merely pulling his gun was enough to stop the assault and prevent it from going any further without a shot fired.
That's terribly inaccurate. Self-defense is quite high in this country higher than the "murder" rate. There is an estimated 67,000 self-defense incident according to the anti-gun Violence Policy Center involving a firearm every year which is a 0.02% chance of being involved in one. I rather see the death of a criminal than the death of a victim.
Well, I didn't have time before, but now that Game of Thrones season finale aired, I may have more free time.
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The BLM didn't give a fuck what happened to the cattle which they killed over a third of them. The round up operation cost more than what Bundy "owed" the Fed but the point was to push people like Bundy around not to cross the Federal Government.
Bundy should have kept his fucking trap shut about black people/slavery. Nothing makes you irrelevant when you come across a bumbling fool on TV ranting that subject. Stick to the issue at hand, don't deviate, you attract a lot of people that way.
You're misunderstanding what the amendments do and do not do. Companies, individuals, and the government cannot legally infringe on your personal constitutional rights.
So you really think some high school drop out thug with a rap sheet a mile long and multiple prison sentences is thinking logically that "welp I should probably not carry a firearm today because the punishment if caught is not worth the crime"??? Cmon.... they dont have one because they couldnt get one, and I'm pretty sure it has more to do with difficulty in finding one than expense.
Well since we have already established punishments like the death penalty dont deter people from committing murder, why would a guy with an AK on his roof? In fact, if your goal is to produce mayhem and you see an armed individual, what would you might consider doing to him first to ensure your safety? Perhaps kill him preemptively? Advertising the fact that you are a threat to criminals doesnt seem like a good way to protect yourself. If criminals are such opportunists then their first line of action is going to be to just kill you before you even have a chance. The only reason CWP holders are able to scare away certain criminals is because the criminal was not expecting you to be armed.
Top secret statistics you can't share? Because the states I can show you demonstrate that CHL holders aren't an issue, that unlike Australia we have massive issues with border control as well as a large domestic manufacturing capability, a constitutional requirement as a checks&balance in government by design, and the statistics demonstrate that relaxed gun laws have led to reduced violent crime and visa versa. I've shown numbers, where are yours to support your argument?Zarathustra[H];1041683169 said:
Of course there are, from 3D printers to home made guns, with youtube channels to show you how to make them.Zarathustra[H];1041683169 said:
You cited Australia, but Australia never removed all of their firearms. They certainly have LESS guns per capita, but still tons of guns (15 guns per 100 citizens * 23 million citizens).Zarathustra[H];1041683169 said:
That's a lie, they never banned guns. They required gun registration, banned private gun sales, and required someone to demonstrate a need for a firearm when buying a new one, but there are millions upon millions of firearms in Australian homes.Zarathustra[H];1041683169 said:
We have guns because of a culture that believes in the right to self-defense as well as protection from tyranny, since the founding of this nation was only possible thanks to regular civilians using private arms to form a militia and win independence from an oppressive government. Its literally what this country is all about, a country that I should remind you is one of the most successful and powerful on the planet, so we're doing something right.Zarathustra[H];1041683169 said:
We've never banned cars because a small segment of the population would go 120mph with them, anymore than it makes sense to ban firearms because of extremely rare and limited (but newsworthy) events happen. Heck, compare how many people have died in mass shootings in the last ten years, and now compare that to your car death analogy. Pretty damn irrational to get worked up about, isn't it?Zarathustra[H];1041683169 said:
And control our borders, just like we don't have ANY illegal aliens and illegal drugs flooding from the South every day. You know we even have signs up where they cross roads so drivers don't accidentally hit them, and signs warning American citizens to stay out of certain areas because of all the coyotes and drug traffickers bringing in illegal goods. The market for illegal firearms would be very healthy with criminal elements.Zarathustra[H];1041683169 said:
And if you took away the guns from murderers, what, its now a utopia? Do you know how many people the Mexican cartels have beheaded and hacked into pieces with simple machetes? Murders are murders, and inanimate objects are just that. Focus on the problem, PEOPLE, not tools whose application is decided by the user.Zarathustra[H];1041683169 said:
it's a lot easier to run from a cartel member with a machete, than it is to run from a cartel member with an american made AR15 smuggled across the border.
Zarathustra[H];1041683296 said:You do realize that illegal guns flow FROM the U.S. to Mexico, because they are so much more readily available here than they are in Mexico, right?
In a way, a large portion of Mexico's problems stem from the fact that the cartels can so easily get their weapons across the border from the U.S.
Sure, yes, they can kill people by other means too, and there are examples of that, but then they have to catch them first
American lax gun laws aren't just hurting us, they are fueling international organized crime.