What are your opinions about gun control?
Personally I probably lean more conservatively about this, gun bans will only keep them out of the hands of law abiding citizens, and criminals will be able to get them just as easy, if not easier. Though I do think, people with a violent criminal past shouldn't be allowed to purchase guns legally, and I think the sale of guns should be regulated, like alcohol, or tobacco.
In America, I believe it is unconstitutional to limit selling guns to law-abiding citizens, and pretty much agree with your thoughts on the matter. For my own country, my opinion differs though.
What's your opinion about Australian gun control?
Well, we have fairly strict gun laws here, due to a massacre that happened back in '96, the laws basically say that you can't own a gun unless you need it for either farming related activities(pest control, culling etc.), hunting, target shooting or collecting. These measures I pretty much agree with, and they have ensured we have one of the lowest rates of gun homicides in the first world, however, out laws get a bit draconian when they also apply to air rifles, so I would like to see those bans lifted. So basically my stance on Australian gun laws is to keep them in place, but relax or abloish restrictions on usually non-lethal guns.
AUSTRALIA GUN BAN RESULTS
A dramatic increase in criminal activity has been experienced. Gun control advocates respond "Just wait... we'll be safer... you'll see...".
OBSERVABLE FACT, AFTER 12 MONTHS OF DATA:
Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2%
Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6%
Australia-wide, armed-robberies are up 44% (yes, FORTY-FOUR PERCENT)
In the state of Victoria, homicides-with-firearms are up 300%
Figures over the previous 25 years show a steady decrease in homicides-with-firearms (changed dramatically in the past 12 months)
Figures over the previous 25 years show a steady decrease in armed-robbery-with-firearms (changed dramatically in the past 12 months)
There has been a dramatic increase in breakins-and-assaults-of- the-elderly
At the time of the ban, the Prime Minister said "self-defense is not a reason for owning a firearm"
From 1910 to present, homicides in Australia had averaged about 1.8-per-100,000 or lower, a safe society by any standard.
The ban has destroyed Australia's standings in some international sport shooting competitions
The membership of the Australian Sports Shooting Association has risen to 112,000, a 200% increase, in response to the ban and as an attempt to organize against further controls, which are expected.
Australian politicians are on the spot and at a loss to explain how no improvement in "safety" has been observed after such monumental effort and expense was successfully expended in "ridding society of guns". Their response has been to "wait longer".
I think right now we are at about the right mix of gun limits and freedom in the US. Most guns are ok to own, but not all. Some guns require minor inconveniences to buy, but nothing major.
What are your opinions about gun control?
Can you be more specific?
How so? Which current law are you asking about?
Actually, this, statement:
"Most guns are ok to own, but not all."
Oh, I see. I don't think people need to won fully automatic rifles and such. Basically, to reiterate, if it's legal now, I have no problem with it, if it is illegal now, I have no problem with it being illegal. To be clear, I do not study gun laws, and there may be exceptions(very very few if any) that I don't know about.
What about state AWB bans? I mean for example here in NJ we are far more restrictive, and I believe unconstitutionally than say PA or even NY (state)
AWB? I am not big on gun nomenclature, sorry.
Assault weapons ban....
What are your opinions about gun control?
Personally I probably lean more conservatively about this, gun bans will only keep them out of the hands of law abiding citizens, and criminals will be able to get them just as easy, if not easier. Though I do think, people with a violent criminal past shouldn't be allowed to purchase guns legally, and I think the sale of guns should be regulated, like alcohol, or tobacco.
What about state AWB bans? I mean for example here in NJ we are far more restrictive, and I believe unconstitutionally than say PA or even NY (state)
Do you mean they are restrictive with regards to all firearms or restrictive with regards to assault weapons? And what kind of restrictions does NJ have?
We have "castle law", strengthening the resident's ability to defend his home, outbuildings and curtilage. We also have no duty to retreat before using lethal force in self-defense, assuming it is otherwise justified. I think that's about right.
If I lived in Massachusetts, California or NYC I'd have HUGE problems with their laws, but there are specific reasons I do not and would not live in those places.
While I consider the gun laws in my home state, SC, to be less than ideal (and in some ways, arguably unConstitutional), I can live with them as they are.
I can buy pretty much anything from a .22 to a .50 Barrett, from a 9mm Glock to a M-4 military rifle (semi-auto version). If I wanted to go to the bother of getting a Class III license and putting up with the requirements of maintaining that license, I could own full-auto weapons. I think this is more restrictive than the 2A (and Founder statements about same) indicate, but I can live with it.
I can carry a gun, with an easy-to-get shall-issue concealed carry permit. I think this is more restrictive than the 2A (and Founder statements about same) indicate, but I can live with it. The only things I want to change are certain restrictions on where I can carry: I think if you have a permit, you should carry just about anywhere other than a courthouse, jail or chemical plant.
We have "castle law", strengthening the resident's ability to defend his home, outbuildings and curtilage. We also have no duty to retreat before using lethal force in self-defense, assuming it is otherwise justified. I think that's about right.
If I lived in Massachusetts, California or NYC I'd have HUGE problems with their laws, but there are specific reasons I do not and would not live in those places.
I totally support castle laws, in the following order: rural, village/town, suburban, urban.
I've only lived in pretty rural areas, so I can't really argue with the gun laws in major cities, such as NYC, Chicago, and LA. But when you have areas that are that dense with people, I can understand why they'd want to be more restrictive when it comes to gun control. If a guy shoots a gun for whatever reason in a rural area, the chances are he isn't going to hit somebody. If a guy shoots a gun in an urban area, there's very little chance it'll miss somebody. And then you've got the added problem of the plethora of apartment buildings and condos as opposed to individual homes.
However, when it comes to home defense, especially in areas with denser populations, I think people should purchase less-than-lethal weapons, and I think that companies should provide for them.
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