GOOD! Because that’s the only reason I own any firearms at all. In case I need to kill others.

Nations with strict gun controls (i.e., pretty much every industrialized nation in the west, Europe, Japan, etc.) have few gun-related deaths. Nations with no/lax gun controls (e.g., the USA and many third-world nations) have a high incidence of gun-related deaths. (Thanks, NRA and other gun-nuts for keeping America in such good company!)

The proof is in the pudding.

In other countries, mass shootings spurred rapid and tough gun controls (see http://world.time.com/2012/12/17/when-massacres-force-change-lessons-from-the-u-k-and-australia/) that have, thus far, helped prevent similar incidents.

The NRA is completely shameless, arguing that the solution to gun violence is more guns. Absolute lunacy!

Can you please tell me what was the main weapon of genocide in Rwanda when the Hutus went on their evil and mad genocidal rampage against the Tutsis? Was it guns or machetes that were mainly responsible for the Hutus slaughter of 800,000 innocent Tutsi men, women, children and babies in 100 days. That is roughly 20% of the Rwanda’s population exterminated by the Hutus in 100 days. Do you think that the RDF went tyrannical? Here are some of the RDF’s pro gun control laws as per the Decree-Law No. 12 in 1979: Must register guns, owners, ammunition, owners must justify need, concealable guns illegal, and the government has the power to confiscate. Guess who the Hutu’s did not allow the gun ownership to. But hey, governments don’t go tyrannical and use gun control to help slaughter innocent people right? Fear, Anger, Hatred coupled with a Government that supports that Evil Hatred and uses gun control to disarm the individuals that they hate has resulted in genocide. Gun control has resulted in genocide. People don’t kill people in the modern age. Machetes, guns, axes, shovels, gas, forced labor camps, etc…do. Right?

So let me get this straight. You are a litigator? Well I am a scientist. Statistics and logic are my best friends. I love them. Have you ever been peer reviewed? I have. Are you familiar with statistical validity of an argument? Ever heard of affirming the consequent? Here is where your logic falls apart. You stated, “Those who oppose gun controls are in favor of more Sandy Hooks, Virginia Techs, Columbines, etc., etc..” To put this in if/then terms of a logical argument you state: “If you oppose gun controls, then you are in favor of mass shootings/homicide.” The converse must be true, other wise you have committed the fallacy of the converse in your argument, and thus lose the debate because your argument is invalid and your logic is false. Adolf Hitler, Chairman Mao, Lenin, Stalin, Pol Pot, King George all supported gun control. Therefore Adolf Hitler, Chairman Mao, Lenin, Stalin, Pol Pot, King George where not in favor of mass shootings/homicides. Also your logic is false by this application. Ghandi opposed gun control. Therefore Ghandi was in favor of mass shootings/homicide. You have been found wanting. “Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.” – Mohandas Gandhi, an Autobiography, page 446. Class Dismissed.

Clearly you cannot rub 2 syllogisms together without experiencing vertigo, so allow me to explain why your argument is fallacious.

Sure, pretty much anything can be used to kill others. But, there’s a huge difference between, say, marshmallows (which could be used to asphyxiate someone, if enough were crammed down a victim’s throat and nose) and handguns. Marshmallows and most of the other things created by mankind satisfy some personal need/want THAT HAS NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO DO WITH KILLING OTHERS. The only purpose of handguns is to kill (mainly) others, and they do that exceedingly well. There’s your big difference, geniuses.

So, even if a killer thought of using marshmallows to kill others, he’d abandon the idea outright because he’d know that he would be “disarmed” long before he could actually asphyxiate even his first intended victim. Killers tend to use the most efficient means possible to kill others, and that’s handguns and automatic weapons. So, thanks to you and all the other gun-nuts who promote guns for all, a killer can simply saunter into any gun shop, LEGALLY buy all the handguns and automatic weapons that his cold-blooded heart desires, blithely walk into some movie theatre, school, post office, shopping mall, etc., blast away and kill dozens of innocent people.

Wow..!! Are you going to ban cars next..? How many DUI deaths are caused by cars..? What about spoons..? lots of people have gotten fat because of em.

Guns dont hurt people anymore than cars or spoons do. People hurt people period. To blame the cars,spoons, guns, etc.. is ignorant.

I say to him. You do not speak for law abiding Americans, crazy people kill people one way or the other. Been happening since the beginning of time. You actually blame an inanimate object for the results of the sins of crazy people. For being a lawyer your not that smart. Does a spoon make a person fat.

Maybe you should move to China if your down with Mao’s policies. Or the U.K and you get beaten with a crowbar or stabbed since their violent crime is so high and they do not have firearms.

Give up the 2nd amendment the 1st and 4th will follow.

More dis-information from pro-NRA gun-nuts.

No right is absolute, and the Supreme Court long-ago decided that gun controls are entirely legal (see, e.g., the mid-90s [temporary] ban on assault weapons).

I know, because I’m an attorney.

I am in complete favor of extensive background checks and banning all handguns, (semi-) automatic weapons and high-capacity bullet cartridges.

Those who oppose gun controls are in favor of more Sandy Hooks, Virginia Techs, Columbines, etc., etc..

With all the stabbings every year perhaps we should ban kitchen knives and only allow them in government approved restaurants.

Anyone that can do the math has seen the statistics of gun violence in Chicago and Washington D.C. because criminals know that law abiding citizens are unarmed (just like elementary school children). They can compare that to the low rates of violent crimes where gun ownership is high.

The hardcore gun confiscating anti-American totalitarian socialists never ever want to discuss the statistics. Their agenda is not Constitutional democracy but having power to control people.