There have been many calls for gun control since the massacre in Pittsburgh. I mean, could he have killed so many people if he had just thrown rocks or stabbed people with a knife - or shot with a bow and arrow?? Of course not!!!
It goes without saying that we believe that Hashem runs the world and if He decides that it is somebody's time to go then all of the anti-gun legislation won't help. On the other hand, we are commanded to do everything we can in order to ensure our safety. That is why we wear seatbelts and refrain from texting while driving. I hope. So it would seem that it is safest to deny guns to the average citizen. It would help prevent mass shootings of which we have seen too many.
Maybe. I don't know.
Rare is the issue that is an open and shut case. There are two sides to this and millions of Americans believe passionately that we should be allowed to bear firearms.
Here is why:
We have the right to protect ourselves. Having a gun is good protection. Sometimes, when seconds are precious, help is only minutes away....
"The strongest argument for the the right to keep and bear arms is that the United States Constitution declares it ESSENTIAL to a FREE state.
The is a nearly overwhelming authority, and the testimony of many very smart people, who proclaimed that it was NECESSARY to ensure FREEDOM.
We know that during the 20th Century alone, gun control governments murdered 100-200 MILLION human beings -- mostly their own citizens.
This is 1-2 MILLION human beings murdered by governments or under government protection for EVERY YEAR of the 20th Century.
There are many others.
It is an essential human right.
Self-Defense is the right of very human being. Firearms are the most effective means to that (statistically when facing violent criminal attack.)
Every one has the right to defend his or her own life and the life of their family.
Firearms are the most convenient and effective way to do that in general -- which is why the police carry them.
Firearms equalize the situation for the smaller, weaker, older, less athletic, less physically violent, the defense of a home, and for women who are typically smaller than their usually male attackers.
In the US alone, some 2.6 Million DGUs (defensive firearms uses) occur each year.
Were the 2nd Amendment repealed the Constitution itself would be voided -- an essential right such as free speech, freedom of religion, or the rights to own and carry firearms.
Firearms are Essential to a free state, a basic human right, provide net positive social utility, and are almost never misused by otherwise law-abiding citizens.
The is a nearly overwhelming authority, and the testimony of many very smart people, who proclaimed that it was NECESSARY to ensure FREEDOM.
We know that during the 20th Century alone, gun control governments murdered 100-200 MILLION human beings -- mostly their own citizens.
This is 1-2 MILLION human beings murdered by governments or under government protection for EVERY YEAR of the 20th Century.
There are many others.
It is an essential human right.
Self-Defense is the right of very human being. Firearms are the most effective means to that (statistically when facing violent criminal attack.)
Every one has the right to defend his or her own life and the life of their family.
Firearms are the most convenient and effective way to do that in general -- which is why the police carry them.
Firearms equalize the situation for the smaller, weaker, older, less athletic, less physically violent, the defense of a home, and for women who are typically smaller than their usually male attackers.
In the US alone, some 2.6 Million DGUs (defensive firearms uses) occur each year.
Were the 2nd Amendment repealed the Constitution itself would be voided -- an essential right such as free speech, freedom of religion, or the rights to own and carry firearms.
Firearms are Essential to a free state, a basic human right, provide net positive social utility, and are almost never misused by otherwise law-abiding citizens.
Guns don't only protect us from one another. They protect us from the very dark day when an unlawful regime gains control of the military.
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Again - I see both sides. ולאלוקים פתרונים.
