The right to bear arms
Danielle Thompson
Issue date: 4/29/09 Section: Opinions
When discussing politics, the topic of gun control is a hot debate. The liberal stance on guns is to restrict, restrict and restrict them. Their argument makes absolutely no sense.
Liberals desire more gun laws. They believe by creating stricter gun laws, it will be harder to obtain and use them. However, it is a constitutional right for Americans to bear arms.
You hear these liberals whining all the time about how it is their right to have abortions. In other words, they believe that you can murder an innocent baby, while thinking they can fight against an American's second amendment right to bear arms.
First of all, the "right" to have an abortion is not stated in the Constitution, but the right to bear arms is mentioned. Second, liberals are advocating the killing of babies, while they fight tooth and nail so people cannot own guns for protection and hunting. More babies are killed from abortions than there have ever been from murders in the United States. Doesn't that make liberals look rather insensitive toward human life?
Liberals obviously are not receiving the correct information on gun owners and gun policies. People own guns for protection, hunting and range shooting. I know people who have guns for every one of these motives. People should be allowed to own guns. As a woman, I feel the need to own a gun, especially when I will be living on my own. I need protection, and I would feel safer knowing I have a gun. In addition, I know how to use it if I am in harm's way. Wouldn't you feel safer knowing your mom or sister has a gun to protect herself too?
Illinois does not allow people to carry concealed weapons. Carrying a concealed weapon is the only policy that has been proven to deter mass murder. "In a comprehensive study of all public, multiple-shooting incidents in America between 1977 and 1999, the estimable economists John Lott Jr. and William Landes found that concealed-carry laws were the only laws that had any beneficial effect on saving lives. States that allowed citizens to carry concealed handguns reduced multiple-shooting attacks by 60 percent and reduced the death and injury from these attacks by nearly 80 percent," said Ann Coulter.
Liberals desire more gun laws. They believe by creating stricter gun laws, it will be harder to obtain and use them. However, it is a constitutional right for Americans to bear arms.
You hear these liberals whining all the time about how it is their right to have abortions. In other words, they believe that you can murder an innocent baby, while thinking they can fight against an American's second amendment right to bear arms.
First of all, the "right" to have an abortion is not stated in the Constitution, but the right to bear arms is mentioned. Second, liberals are advocating the killing of babies, while they fight tooth and nail so people cannot own guns for protection and hunting. More babies are killed from abortions than there have ever been from murders in the United States. Doesn't that make liberals look rather insensitive toward human life?
Liberals obviously are not receiving the correct information on gun owners and gun policies. People own guns for protection, hunting and range shooting. I know people who have guns for every one of these motives. People should be allowed to own guns. As a woman, I feel the need to own a gun, especially when I will be living on my own. I need protection, and I would feel safer knowing I have a gun. In addition, I know how to use it if I am in harm's way. Wouldn't you feel safer knowing your mom or sister has a gun to protect herself too?
Illinois does not allow people to carry concealed weapons. Carrying a concealed weapon is the only policy that has been proven to deter mass murder. "In a comprehensive study of all public, multiple-shooting incidents in America between 1977 and 1999, the estimable economists John Lott Jr. and William Landes found that concealed-carry laws were the only laws that had any beneficial effect on saving lives. States that allowed citizens to carry concealed handguns reduced multiple-shooting attacks by 60 percent and reduced the death and injury from these attacks by nearly 80 percent," said Ann Coulter.
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gator
posted 4/29/09 @ 1:22 PM CST
Great article and truer words were never spoken. We need to get back to the basics of the constitution and remeber that the people who wrote it were much smarter than the people in office right now. (Continued…)
Tim
posted 4/29/09 @ 5:08 PM CST
Okay after reading this article it seems to me as if you are a super-rightwing beleiver. I would first like to point out that nobody actually wants to get an abortion, those who get them are under great deals of pressure and are forced to in order to avoid society frowning upon them. (Continued…)
Bailey Martin
posted 4/29/09 @ 8:44 PM CST
Ms. Thompson,
You make some good points, but you seem to have missed the point about "liberals". Their position on "gun rights" is entirely consistent with their position on abortion, because liberals do not recognize "rights", only "permissions". (Continued…)
JD
posted 4/30/09 @ 11:53 AM CST
You are 100% correct Danielle. I have been saying the same thing for years.
GoneHuntin
posted 4/30/09 @ 6:28 PM CST
You're right about the liberal stance on gun control making no sense, but in the grand scheme of things, how many of their ideas actually do? They're worried about the environment and the endangered stink-weed, but human life is a "moral decision". (Continued…)
AKthunderin907
posted 4/30/09 @ 10:02 PM CST
your final paragraph is so true, i took my 24 year old Chinese girlfriend shooting for the first time, I don't think i have ever seen her so happy, honest to god proud, now this happens often. (Continued…)
Concerned Liberal
posted 5/01/09 @ 10:56 AM CST
You need to put down the Anne Coulter koolaid, sweetheart. For starters, it is incredibly ignorant to classify millions of people as "liberals". The American political landscape is far more diverse and you are doing a disservice to the Founding Fathers by trying to squeeze everyone into your petite world view of "Conservatives v. (Continued…)
Greg
Greg
posted 5/12/09 @ 8:29 AM CST
I would have to disagree with most of this article, as well, especially since Danielle seems to want to neatly place everyone in the conservative or liberal category. (Continued…)
DigitalButter
Lucas
posted 8/24/09 @ 3:11 PM CST
Well, to make it short I COMPLETELY DISAGREE.
I've seen a few kids get shot though, so that completely ruined guns for me. However I am not opposed to the second amendment, i just think of it differently: http://childinmind. (Continued…)
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