i went with the first the first one but i dont on a gun nor will i ever but i do think everyone has the right to own one..crack is illegal but its still everywhere so guess what u make guns ilegal n the ppl who follow the laws wont have them but felon still will so there for making them ilegal dont help anyone

couldnt agree more!

It would be easy to read too much into the poll answers--because the options are misleading and unclear. The only option for non-gun owners is "don't like guns, don't understand them". It's not even clear whether that means "I don't like guns AND I don't understand them" or "I don't like guns OR I don't understand them."

It's not much better than a poll asking "Have you stopped beating your wife?" and only offering "yes" or "no" as possible answers.

I do agree with you that more firearms safety training would be a good idea. In my opinion, safety training should be mandatory for gun owners.

Im pro 2nd amendment, really we need more monitoring of people's mental states and teaching not banning

Agreed.

Um....who owns machine guns?

I believe a great many Americans are not "afraid of them", nor into "filling their basements", but simply want, or need, to have one for self defense. We live in a very increasingly dangerous country and by the time a good, law abiding citizen can call the police and get a response....well, most crimes are long ago "over". A gun is a tool. Pure and simple. Can be used for good or bad. In an honest persons hands, it will never do a bad thing to anyone.

Actually, simply overlap a map of the highest and lowest crime rate areas in the USA, and the highest and lowest level of gun ownership. The worst cities for crime have the toughest gun laws. Amazing, all those criminals just don't follow the laws??? Meanwhile, the areas with very high gun ownership have very, very low crime rates. Wonder why that might be? Ever notice these horrific mass shootings happen in places like schools...with a bunch of defenseless, unarmed children? Ever notice how many mass shootings happen at gun shows or NRA conventions? Oh yah...that would be none ever, zero. Why might that be?

It would be so lovely if that really worked. Ever watch any real police videos where someone is tasered..over and over and over and is still fighting? How about the pepper spray that is like water to some people used to hot chili's, or hits the person using it when the wind shifts.

It would be great to have some viable, reliable non-lethal options to a firearm. When you find one that works, please let us all know. As of now, there "ain't much".

Thank you. The missing voice of logic. That is the whole problem...the criminals could care less what "laws" are in place.

Well said.

agree

I respectfully disagree with nearly all of your statements.

So called "logical restrictions" to some are incredibly draconian to others, myself included.

We already have background checks in place for more than fifteen years. Oh and btw for a convicted felon to attempt to purchase a firearm, even after serving his entire sentence, it is another felony. The attempt is a felony in and of itself. Last I was able to find out, none of them have been prosecuted for committing that crime of trying to obtain a firearm that they knew was prohibited to them.

The Department of Homeland Security specifically stated that the AR15 is appropriate for personal defense. I personally agree the AR15 is a very appropriate firearm for home defense. Given its configuration it can also be used as a less than lethal weapon without firing a shot. The Army trained me in that.

The cartridge it fires for home defense is relatively fragile and less likely to penetrate through a wall and injure an innocent. As opposed to what most of the misinformed gun control pundits have been saying the cartridge fired by the AR15 .223 Remington is not high powered. It is much less powerful than a 30-06 hunting round. BTW the AR15 looks like but functions far differently from the military M16, which I have fired extensively. Like I alluded earlier, I'm an Army veteran.
Additionally the military trained me and nearly all of us vets to be proficient and SAFE in the handling of the M16 which from that aspect IS the same as the AR15. So a firearm that I am intimately familiar with should be prohibited to me because it "Looks Scary" or someone "says" it was designed to do something that I would not do with it?
In the hands of every law abiding citizen the AR15 is NOT an assault weapon, it is a DEFENSE rifle.

I get at least one post a day about how someone used a gun to save their life or the life of someone else. Half the time without firing a shot. I do not know any one personally who has used their firearm to save a life, and I think that is a good thing. Using a firearm is something that most gun owners never want to do. I know I never want to be forced to use mine in self defense, but I will if I have to.

once again, we do not have assault weapons per the definition by the DOD. Extended magazines do not make a difference, it only takes a second to change out a magazine.