Draehl
Lurker
I don't own a gun. I don't care to own a gun.
The whole point behind having the ability to own these types of weapons isn't for some sort of gun fetishism, but for the ability to overthrow an oppressive government should the need arise. While I don't believe that's anything in the cards right now, having an armed populace is a deterrent from a government becoming oppressive in the first place. If a government has cause to fear its people it will act in the interest of the people.
I'd consider it a much greater injustice for the entire population to be under the thumb of a potential police state than for some of the population to be murdered by the occasional madman. Especially when even with strict gun control one could simply obtain said deadly weapons illegally. You're only affecting law abiding citizens with gun control. Those with a malicious intent will obtain them by other means.
The whole point behind having the ability to own these types of weapons isn't for some sort of gun fetishism, but for the ability to overthrow an oppressive government should the need arise. While I don't believe that's anything in the cards right now, having an armed populace is a deterrent from a government becoming oppressive in the first place. If a government has cause to fear its people it will act in the interest of the people.
I'd consider it a much greater injustice for the entire population to be under the thumb of a potential police state than for some of the population to be murdered by the occasional madman. Especially when even with strict gun control one could simply obtain said deadly weapons illegally. You're only affecting law abiding citizens with gun control. Those with a malicious intent will obtain them by other means.