Rip...I'm not "anti-gun" per se..hell, I love shooting the things. But, since the Con..and this recent sniper event...I find myself shaking my head at the gun fanatics (NRA etc) in your country.
I say "since the Con"...because when we went to the gun-range that day I was absolutely astounded at the sheer number and variety of weapons that anyone over the age of 18 (or whatever the rules are) can buy. I remember one wicked looking rifle...all black..which had a scope on it. I saw it and thought to myself, "whoa...that looks cool...bet it is expensive". It was $199.99..on sale. Logically any unbalanced individual, who doesn't have a crimminal record, could buy one...load it up in the parking lot and start "a-killin". That just simply frightens me.
The fact that gun-ownership is a right...and is entrenched in your constitution, seems ludicrous to me. That document was drafted right after a war...in the days in which there was very little in the way of any organised police-force..in a time when personal protection really did necessitate the owning of a gun.
I'm not so sure this is the case anymore.
That being said...I don't own any shares in Smith & Wesson, Remmington...or any gun manufacturer...if I did I would probably feel differently.
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