Originally Posted by
Macca
Except that one will happen because NRA support it. We have a problem with too many people having easy access to guns. How can we fix this? Lets make sure that more people have guns. Yep, that'll do it.
Saw a fair point on the face book. Reagan surrounded by armed secret service but the bloke still got a fair crack at him.
Whole thing is stupid, the media/lobbyists or whoever just transform any argument into a different one which will get them sympathy or support.
>Whole bunch of kids get shot up
>We should do something so this doesn't happen again
>"How dare you "use" this tragedy to push an agenda, show some respect" etc
Or alternatively
Proposed gist of reform - We should make it harder for people to get guns, make them have to wait, perform a background check, restrict automatic rifles, whatever
Response - We have a right to protect ourselves, and you're trying to take that away - you must hate freedom!
Final point, an analogy.
Anti gun control make the point that people will still get guns, criminals are the ones creating the problem so they will still get access to them and still carry out crime.
OK then - by that logic why have any laws at all, if the people breaking the laws are going to do it anyway?