Blog: Enough! Still Think We Don't Need Gun Control?

JT Hampton December 14, 2012 at 07:46 pm

We do, and I'm for more rigid rules, but I just hesitate to pounce on this political issue in the wake of such horror. But, perhaps, repugnant though it may be, it is the best time.

Cruise K. December 14, 2012 at 10:13 pm

First, I mourn for the victims. But reaction to such tragic news just to promote gun control is politicizing the deaths. Americans have the right, as you and I know, to protect ourselves from assault and harm by arming ourselves with guns. We as citizens need to be more informed about using and having access to guns. What we don't need is knee-jerk reactions and galvanizing government control of our decision to arm and protect ourselves. Comparing American society to Japanese society and culture is totally misleading.
One big problem that might clue you in to the real struggle at hand is that liberals are increasingly embracing less freedom and more governmental control out of spite and disdain for the U.S. Constitution. Maybe focus your so-called critical thinking away from government internment camp leanings and more toward our actual freedoms -- keeping in mind that freedom, real American Freedom, means possessing and encouraging responsible character in our fellow citizens -- not taking away their freedoms, just because you feel Americans are incapable of practicing their freedoms. With all respect, I believe you mean well - but you're simply reacting to the issue of gun control while disregarding the fundamentals of American freedom that is dependent on responsibility and accurately informing ourselves. God bless!

Runner2you December 15, 2012 at 12:31 pm

People talk about American freedom as if it only applies to them. What about the freedom to go to school, or the mall, or a movie theatre and not get shot to death by - a gun? Having everyone in America carry a gun would not make Americans safe. Also, the 2nd Amendment was written in a time of bayonets. We did not have Uzis, AK-47s and other weapons that can spray and wipe out several people at once. We also did not have organized police departments the way we do today. It is not about more government(or any other popular Republican phrase going around), it is about less death. And so-called gun rights advocates don't seem to think there is any circumstance whatsoever that should allow more regulation on their precious death weapons. And to think, this is a developed nation using such short-sighted logic.

Big Mamma's Guns December 15, 2012 at 10:07 pm

As a mother, housewife and Christian, I take exception to your point. People do not talk about American freedom AS IF it only applies to them. People are not as dumb as you make them out to be. When talking about freedom people are not presupposing a dialogue on oppressing everyone else that does not fall in line with their beliefs. Of course, liberals tend to assume they have a monopoly on truth - and the discussion of freedom as it suits their own sensibilities. The rest of us American folk have evolved and CAN discuss civil issues intelligently - without reactionary phrases like 'precious death weapons' or 'short-sighted logic'.
This demonstrates the arrogance from a self-satisfying intellectual elitist. Americans have the right to arm and protect themselves. Sorry you don't agree, but don't attack us for exercising our Constitutional right.

Marvion December 16, 2012 at 08:05 am

Did Timothy McVeigh have a gun? Did 911 attackers have box cutters? Does Robert Defulgentiis need to be left behind? Are Robert’s blog’s the real cause of UFO sightings..? Hmm, you Robert Defulgentiis and alike gun control freaks = terrorist!

Marvion December 16, 2012 at 10:36 pm

Robert supplied the shooter again... Two strikes Robby, wanna go three?

Robert Defulgentiis December 17, 2012 at 03:03 pm

JT - "repugnant though it may be, it is the best time"
At a Christmas party yesterday somebody summed it concisely: in nature it's adapt or die. America is not adapting and we are certainly dying BY GUN in our gun -drenched society - "According to the FBI Uniform Crime Report, between 2006 and 2010 47,856 people were murdered in the U.S. with firearms." And that number, of course, is dwarfed by the overall number of deaths and injuries by gun (accidental, suicide, non-murder gun violence). Change or more of the same. Time to choose.

LJ Perrys December 21, 2012 at 04:15 am

Shame on so-called Christians who love their guns more than children. Have you ever considered that these horrific incidents are a test of your Compassion-- one that your heart is failing, miserably, to open to? Are you calling for a more severe example? Does your blood thirsty god require the sacrifice of innocents? Shame on you.

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DRJB January 5, 2013 at 08:38 pm

Robert, what is your specific proposal for the US adapting amid these times? In other words, what do you propose we do to curb gun violence?

Babaloo February 13, 2013 at 03:55 am

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