I don't own a gun.I'm not opposed to guns,I just don't feel the need to own one.I've used guns in the past.I'm ok as far as accuracy(i.e. I can hit the broad side of the barn & possibly a large object standing close by).While in the military I had to go to M-16 training wherein,we learned about the weapon,got one,disassemble & reassemble it & then shoot it to see how good(or bad)we were with it.Pretty cool shooting it at a target.I tried to be Seargent York but ended up looking more like Gomer Pyle.Now my whole family are hunters & gun rights advocates & such.Nearly every conversation around the holidays deals with Gun laws & such.Every year they all go up to the mountains & shoot deer & such.I tried it once....all I did was freeze my arse off,catch a cold & generally have a miserable time.I failed to see the fun in hunting a deer that looks way better prancing through the forest than stuffed & mounted on a wall.So while I recognize that a lot of people enjoy it,I personally won't do it unless I'm starving & I need to feed my family or something to that effect.
Also,is it just guns that should have laws? I can do more damage with a machete or sword or whatever else I can get my hands on if the reason I have it is to go out & maim or kill someone and let's face it,you aren't gonna do that if you know that the other person has something similar & you have a good to better chance of getting killed yourself.This is by no means me saying..."Hey!! Give everyone a gun so they'll leave each other alone." But usually it boils down to someone using a weapon of a kind against either someone who's defenseless or not suspecting an attack.....which translates to pure cowardice on the attacker's part.
I dunno,gun control,as an issue,has so many vague elements to it.In a perfect world we wouldn't need 'em or at least only the responsible people would have them......unfortunately we live in a less than perfect world.
