Zzt
3k posts, incept 2007-06-26
A bit off topic - The essence of gun ownership in America has nothing to do with crime , hunting , personal protection , etc. It is also a subject which will never be discussed when debating gun controls. All of the statistics and logic will fall on deaf ears if a person has a preconceived conclusion. Logical argument backed by fact have no affect on one that will not consider your argument but the argument must be made never the less. A Ticker , and others like it , are useful and should be made and I appreciate the information although it will fall on deaf ears when speaking to gun control advocates.
Our founding fathers mentioned one reason for Americans to have guns and in that statement from the Dec. of Ind. the word 'gun' is never mentioned :
"But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. "
It is their "RIGHT" ......it is their "DUTY" ..........
That's why we have guns in America. The primary reason we have guns in America. Everything , every other reason , is secondary.