Quote Originally Posted by tmckay2 View Post
people always say look at this country and look at that country, they have no legal guns and its so great. and it probably is safer, i mean if we had zero freedoms at all we would be safer. at some point you have to put your foot down and believe that all people should be free, even at the risk of doing harm to themselves. look at what we eat, drink and smoke. we hurt ourselves all the time, but individuals should have the right to choose. the second amendment is no different than, say, the first amendment. the only difference is those who don't exercise their right to have a gun think guns are stupid. but should we have a mental test for the right to free speech? or right to an assembly? its a very slippery slope. the closer you move towards those types of things, where the government can dictate who gets rights and who doesn't, the closer you are to tyranny. it may take 40-50 years, but you are still moving that direction. look how much the government has already overstepped their bounds in all areas of life. why would they do any different with the bill of rights.

tragedies make people irrational. all of these ideas seem like such great ideas, but they are impractical and give over more freedoms and rights of millions because of a few. there is no easy solution. to some degree you cant avoid these types of scenarios without losing rights. out of 300 million people, how often do these types of things occur? they are sad, yes, but why this country is so hell bent on removing everyone's rights because of 0.0001% of the population is beyond me. more freedoms always come with more risks. which do you want? freedom or safety?
Amen to that. We take an inherent risk by just getting out of bed every morning. It's part of this journey called life.