I Can't Understand Why People Like Guns

Personally I detest them. However I understand and support hunters as long as it's about the desire to supply their own food. And to some extent I can understand the right to own a hand gun if you feel you need the protection. But one thing I will never understand is why anyone outside of the military should be allowed to own an assault rifle, a weapon made for the battlefield and designed to kill the maximum amount of people in a minimum amount of time. An assault rifle is not about personal protection, it's about an unhealthy attraction. It's not so much about the second amendment as an abuse of the second amendment and has no place in civilized society. And our Republican congress' refusal to ban them sends a loud clear message to me, the families of victims and the entire world that the rights of an individual to own a killing machine are more important than our lives are.

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sereneblessings · 31-35, F

ArnoldjRimmer, here's the difference between me and you: I dare to dream that man can be better, that man can spiritually evolve to a level where we get past the violence and killing. That we don't have to be the barbarians that we have been since we first appeared on this planet. That the love we show for our families and friends can be extended to everyone. You believe we should just stay in the muck and never better ourselves. Now I'll be the first to admit that my ideal is a dream. But we have never ever gotten anywhere without dreaming. And man is capable of bettering himself. There are more examples than I can count. But as long as the majority thinks in your way we will never better ourselves as a species, we will continue to create violence wherever we go and call it the normal state of things.