What are the limits on gun control?
How can we keep guns off the streets?
Is using a gun for self defense reasonable?
Is using a gun to defend family inside a household alright?
Does keeping a gun inside of a house affect the suicide rate?
How can the violence among adolescents be controlled?
Tom Miller (9:00)
20 comments:
Gun control laws are going to play no effect on the humicide rates. The talk about making certain guns illegal is not going to help homicide rates. People use guns in self defense and other purposes. Making guns laws is just going to keep safe gun owners from getting guns. Even if certain guns were illegal, criminals will still get ahold of them. Look drugs are illegal and drugs are pushed all over the world. I think people how want to commit suicide will do it any way, with or without a gun in the house. More people will be harmed, due to good people not being able to get guns and criminals allowed to.
even though guns are illegal in some states i dont think that keeps them off of the streets, if someone wants a gun bad enough they will have one. i think using a gun for self defense is reasonable. if i were in a situation where i was in trouble and needed to defend myself i would feel better if i had a gun. i dont think having a gun inside of a house affects the suicide rate because there are so many different ways to commit suicide not just using a gun. i grew up with guns in my house and there was never an issue with suicide in my house. i dont really think that all the violence among adolescents has to do with guns it is just peoples anger.
kaleen bittner
Guns should be allowed to everyone beside ex cons or someone with a mental problem. Banning guns will mostly increase the amount of breakins across the country, so banning guns in my opionion is a crime. Guns cant be keep off the streets; there are more guns in the streets then in reliable homes. Using a gun for self defence is ok, especially if it defending your family. Keep a gun in the house is not affecting the suicide rate. All guns in a household should be locked away if teens or children are in the house anyway. Violence among adolescents can be controlled by keeping guns out of reach, in the households. The guns in the streets are not controlled but atleast if the ones in the houses are then it will reduce the violence a little bit.
There is no way we will ever keep guns off the streets, anyone that wants a gun can get one if they want one bad enough. Yes, I think a person should be able to buy a gun for self defense or to protect his or her family. But, they should also keep them locked in a gun cabinet or buy a gun lock so the gun can't be fired by anyone that picks it up. I don't know how we can keep someone from commiting suicide, if they want to, they will sooner or later. Violence among adolesents starts will their parents educating their children in the proper way to react in the situations that come up.
I think that they should raise the age to be able to buy guns. I think that before you even buy a gun, there should be background checks in order to buy a gun. I don't think we can keep them off the streets. I mean, people will do what they will do, and if they won't get caught, then they will have a gun (like walking down the street). If you have like a .22 cal pistal, I think that is enough to do some damage. If you are going to use a gun for self defense, I think you should try to kill the person. Just injure them in the foot or something, then call the police. My parents have a lot of different types of guns. We do not have them locked up or anything because my dad trust us kids to stay away from them. He has taught us how to shoot them, but I don't think I would use a gun. I have a baseball bat under my bed for that reason.
As for the suicide rate, I think it is the persons own fault. If they think life is that bad, and they want to kill themselves by a gun, they were pretty twisted anyway. Yes, I have gotten to where I wanted to kill myself but I would never use a gun. It's too traumatic. I think if you get that far you should really go and find some help with your problems. That is another problem though, people don't want to admit that they have a problem. They just want to end their life and if they have a gun, that's the fastest way to go.
If you have adolescents in the house, you should have your guns locked up to where they can't get into it. Or they could do what my parents did. Told us if we touched them, they would kill us. (they were joking, like most parents) They can teach their kids that guns are not for play. Plus you need parents who really care, and want to teach their children the right way. Or you can have the lazy parents who just don't care. I believe that is where most gun related suicides are from.
Katelyn Watterson 9:00
Gun control laws are going to play no effect on the humicide rates. The talk about making certain guns illegal is not going to help homicide rates. People use guns in self defense and other purposes. Making guns laws is just going to keep safe gun owners from getting guns. Even if certain guns were illegal, criminals will still get ahold of them. Look drugs are illegal and drugs are pushed all over the world. I think people how want to commit suicide will do it any way, with or without a gun in the house. More people will be harmed, due to good people not being able to get guns and criminals allowed to.
Brett VanAsdlen
i dont think that there could really be anything to do to control guns. if somebody wants a gun, they will get one somehow. i think using a gun for self defense is a reasonable because of all the school shooting that have been happening and how people are starting to deal with with problems, if you don't like someone, beat them up or steal something from the or even hod them at gun point. having guns inside a household is not a bad idea either because if your house gets broken into, you will need someway to defend yourself. i don't really think that guns inside a house has anything to do with the suicide rate because if someone is going to commit suicide, they will find a way, a gun is not the only way to commit suicide. i think that the only way to really control violence among adolescents is to keep track of what they do and watch.
anton (9:00)
Gun laws are in place because not everybody should own a gun. There are mentally unstable people in this world. Should they be allowed to walk into a gun store and buy a gun because they want one?
Gun laws will not keep guns off the streets. If a person wants a gun they will find a way to get one. Yes I believe people have a right to defend them self and their families with a gun. The suicide rate will not be affect if there is stricter gun laws. The rate of suicides is low with the use of guns. The adolescents violence is not high because of guns, it is high because they live in a violence society.
I personal would not have a gun in my home because I have a a bad temper. I would be afraid I would get mad and shoot someone. Or my children would get a hold of it and hurt themselves or someone else.
Some of you are correct in asserting that anyone who wants a gun bad enough will get one-But surely it's best to make that as hard as possible, rather than having one in the family home?!?
I quote a famous author in saying that 'Carrying a gun is an invitation to be shot'(Harper Lee). You don't need guns for self defence! Again in the UK, yes the criminals have guns, so do the police, but the fact that the public don't doesn't mean we all live lives of fear as we cannot defend ourselves.
And as for the 'who can own them'. there are plenty of people who, under certain circumstances, might irrationally lose their temper/perspective/judgement and use a gun stupidly. Probably most of you have done something you regret in a moment of anger. It's not just a few mentally unstable people...
Gun control has gone way out of hand in my opinion. The decision needs to be made on the gun owner/operator not the gun itself. For instance, if a felon applies to buy a gun, it should be pretty easy to turn them down. That's not to say that if he really wanted a gun he couldn't get one, though. What I am saying is that the states with the strictest gun laws have the highest homicide rates. For instance, Washington D.C. had some of the strictest gun laws in the nation, and had the highest murder per capita rate in the nation. Some of the states with very lenient gun laws, including Washington State and Oregon have some of the lowest murder rates in the nation. I think gun violence is dependent on the area, and the certain individual, not on gun laws and self-defense.
Michael Endris (9:00)
I don't think there is anyway to keep guns off the streets, no matter how hard we try people will always find a way to get guns. Yeah i think that using guns in self defense is reasonable. Yes it is definately reasonable to use a gun to defend your family in your own home. No I dont think that keeping a gun in the house affects the suicide rate. There are a lot of countries where kids are raised around guns and the suicide rate and the accidental shootings are a lot lower than what they are here. I think we need to try and help control violence among adolescents but I dont know how affective anything would be, it is all in how kids are raised, and the environment they grow up in.
My theory is plain and simple. If there were no guns, or weapons in general, there would not be any problem with gun control. Murder rates would go way down. Wars would nearly cease to exist. What is the problem with that. For people that have a gun for protection, how much of a protection has it really been? If a woman wants protection that is safe, get pepper spray or mace. You don't need to kill someone to save yourself. Guns in the household should not be. How many times on the news have you heard about a child finding the gun and accidently killing themselves or others? And what about students that take their household gun to school and shoot their teacher or students. Do you still think it's a good idea to have a gun in the house? If you feel that you need protection, get a bat or something else that could stop someone from attacking you or your family. This would keep the guns out of the childrens hands and help control the amount and intensity of violence amongst adolescents.
Bryan Skaggs
Guns should definitely not be banned! I agree with using guns as weapons of self defense too. If someone were to break into my house and threaten to hurt me or my family I would definitely pull out my weapon and shoot to injure, not to kill to teach them a lesson. My dad had guns when we were growing up but he taught us about gun safety and kept them locked up and hidden so we never thought twice about them unless he brought them out for target practice. I believe that if guns werent allowed the rate of people having them would go up. Its not like eliminating guns is going to do anything about the crime rate or violence its going to put people that are trying to defend themselves in a bad place.
I dont necessarily think that violence in adolescents is all about guns. The violence can begin with the parent being there and teaching them about weapon safety, or stem from the child not getting the proper guidance as a child. Its the environment in which they live that u can either make you or break you.
Elizabeth Moore (0900)
I honestly do not think that the law can keep guns off the street. I completely understand why people keep them in their house for protection, and if someone is trying to hurt or kill you, then I believe it's fine to use it for self defense. But because people do have them for protection, a lot of kids are able to get ahold of them. Just because they might be illegal in some states does not mean people don't have them.
Lesley Suding
The only limits on gun control are that a violent felon shouldn't have guns, and automatic and high calaber weapons should be outlaawed. Tring to keep guns off of the streets will be a hard thing to do. Where their is a will their is a way, unfortiantly, that goes both ways. I believe that self defence, in or out of the home, is pefectly fine. If someone wanted to kil themself they will find away. A gun just makes it quick and easy, so it may not give that extra time to back out of the act.
Danny W. (8:00 a.m.)
I believe that their are not strict enough laws on guns. But either way people get guns one way or another. I believe it is alright to have a gun in the house as long as you got it the right way and obey all the laws. I don't believe keeping a gun in the house increases suicide rates because responsible gun owners lock up their guns and/or don't tell their children where it is. It's hard to keep guns off the streets because people are going to get guns one way or another.
Justin Stout (1:00)
I believe guns are a good thing to have. I personally own a gun, but I actually live in the state of Indiana and the laws of having a gun there is different then here in Illinois. I think it should be a right to have to own a gun, but only if they qualify for it, like getting a personally background check and etc...The reason I believe that we should be able to carry a gun is for self protection, I feel like it's a right to feel protected because they isn't always law enforcement everywhere a person goes. I do believe if the gun rate did go down though that the suicide rates would go down, back keeping guns off the streets is pretty much impossible,it's like keeping drugs off the streets,it's just not going to happened. A person should be able to feel safe to protect not just their own well being but to be able to protect their families from those people that shouldn't have guns but do.
Cesar (9:00)
i think it is childish and ignorant to assume gun control will stop crime if anything it will hinder our ability to defend our selfs. you cannot stop illegal guns on the streets you can only slow it down with better enforcement and prosecution. yes it is necessary to use guns for self defense, if somebody breaks into my house and threatens my family i will engage them with deadly force. the only reason kids get a hold of guns is because dumb asses don't lock them up i keep all my guns under lock and key and none of them are ever loaded when they are stored.
...HILLARY FEARS..TOMEGUN CONTROL LAWS ARE POINTLESS.. YOU CAN KEEP GUNS OFF THE STREETS BY MAKING EVERYONE BE CHECKED FOR AFIREARM LICENSE AND BE OF AGE LIMIT. BY USING A GUN PEOPLE ARE TAKLIING THE EASY WAY OUT AND BECOMING PUNKS AT THE SAME TIME. YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO USE A GUN TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY THAT IS WHAT THE POLICE ARE FOR. YES BY KEEPING GUNS IN THE HOUSE YOUR A SETTING UP AN OPEN TRAP FOR SUIIDE. VIOLENCE OF ADOLESCENTS CAN BE CONTROLLED WITH DUPPORT GROUPS AND OUT REACH PROGRAMS I THINK.
I think people should be allowed to have guns because peole need some sort of protection. If there were no guns on the street people wouldnt think twice about going into peoples homes and what not. Rather than being shot people would be beat to death with objects more on the street. I think it should stay how it is, people should have to have a card to have one legal.
Justin Peacock 1:00
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