Frank Reynolds
Co-Owner Paddy's Pub
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1. I never mentioned banning guns. I simply said that the constitution was literally designed so that it could be amended because the people that created our government were smart enough to realize that a bunch of rules written on a piece of paper in 1787 may not properly reflect how society has changed 200 years later. Those rules weren't written as absolutes. They were written as a by-product of the time they were written, and the system was set up so that they could later be changed.
2. I do agree that, if they did ban guns, not every citizen would turn them in. That's not really an argument for not banning guns, though. That's like saying murder might as well be legal because not everyone is going to obey the law and not commit it.
3. Hunters can hunt with a bow and arrow. The human species made do for thousands of years that way. Hell, I'd argue that it's a lot more honorable to kill an animal with a weapon that requires a lot of skill and stealth than it is to plug it with a rifle from half a mile away.
4. And honestly, how many people in this country hunt as a primary source of food? Literally everyone I know or have known that hunts does it either as a hobby or an excuse to go drink beer with some friends in the woods. If they end up with a month's supply of deer jerky as a result, bonus.
Fair enough Jack, but I'm just telling you it's honestly never going to happen. Your ideas are noble and honorable, but they are simply not practical so I don't know why we even discuss it.
The argument for keeping guns is that citizens deserve the right to protect themselves and take action to protect their life and the lives of their loved ones.
If you are comfortable waiting for the police to arrive while an armed robber invades your house, possibly rapes your wife, or kidnaps your children.... good luck to you, I hope the cops aren't stuck in line waiting for that hot batch of Krispy Kremes to come out of the glaze. I wouldn't trust my life safety waiting on someone else to save you.
You will simply never take away law abiding citizens RIGHT to own firearms and protect themselves, their family and their property.
If they amended our constitution and took away guns, there would be more of a uprising than if women and minorities were suddenly denied their rights to vote.