funny comments on Heller
The following was on a US News & World Report Comments Page about the Article in US&WR about the Supreme Court Case on The 2nd Amendment.
Some People should not be allowed to vote.
"The right to own firearms
Although I'm pretty sure that:
1) Most guns are owned by people who don't know how to use them.
2) Most gun owners don't have the emotional or mental stability to be entrusted with firearms.
3) Most guns in private hands are a greater danger to the owners and their families than a protection.
4) The purpose of private gun ownership is mostly to benefit the gun manufacturers and dealers: very little benefit to the gun purchasers.
5) Most guns in private hands are used for criminal activity, very little for protection of innocent people.
Having said all that, the constitution gives us the right to bear arms, and like the rest of the constitution, it depends on us citizens to exercise our rights responsibly and to protect ourselves from those among us who would improperly exploit those rights or violate them, without us abridging those constitutional rights.
Protecting ourselves against those who use guns to hurt their fellow citizens is just a part of living in the real world, like protecting ourselves against every other kind of violence, druggies, sexual predators, abusers, thieves, swindlers, road rage, etc etc ad infinitum. Like it or not, we just have to let everyone have their guns, and to the best of our abilities stay alert and on guard in case some are used to threaten and hurt innocent citizens.
Charles Sears of OR
Mar 07, 2008 18:12:17 PM"
Comments on above Post
"Are you serious??? These are probably some of the most ignorant statements I have heard in my entire life, Charles. So you're saying that the 100 million gun owners in the US are all criminals? And we're all emotionally immature? Guess we better build more prisons then, huh? And there's no benefit to the private ownership of a firearm? Well Charles, the next time you have to call the police to your fantasy world when someone is breaking into your house, you let me know how long you have to wait. I'm sure it'll seem like an eternity. In my area, you get put on hold when you call 911. Maybe you need to wake up to reality, Charles. But I do appreciate you calling me, many of my friends, all of my family members, as well as police officers, and members of the military, emotionally unstable idiots. You think about that next time you need help from the police.
Jon Rider of NV
Mar 09, 2008 21:51:56 PM"
"Most Private guns NOT used for crime
Reader Sears lists a number of things he is pretty sure of. But, respectfully, his beliefs don't match the facts. While his concluding paragraphs are quite good, I suggest a thought experiment for his numbered list. Replace "gun" with "car" and see if this set of beliefs even makes logical sense. I will specifically address only his final point:
5) Most guns in private hands are used for criminal activity, very little for protection of innocent people.
The best estimates are that there are well over 200 Million privately held firearms in the U.S., well under 1 million firearm crimes per year (closer to half a million) and over 2 million defensive uses of firearms per year. So guns are two to four times more likely to be used to defend the innocent than to be used in a crime. Also note that only 1/4 of a percent of guns are used each year for any kind of crime. For the studies, see:
http://www.guncite.com/gcdgklec.html and
http://www.gunsandcrime.org/dgufreq.html
Dan Nutley of CA
Mar 10, 2008 00:17:15 AM"