I believe our gun rights are being infringed on. The woman in GA who protected her children with a gun is a good example of responsible gun ownership. Also the young woman in OK who was protecting her baby from guys that knew her and her husband and knew her husband had died and she was alone now. She shot and killed one of them and the other one ran away. Could have been a different outcome for her and her baby if she had not had a gun. These rights should never be taken away. Do we need assault weapons? I guess that depends on what the government classifies as an assault weapon. More than ten bullets? Why should they be able to tell me how many bullets in a clip I can have? Criminals will always have guns...I live near the border and I know this for a fact. Wouldn't you want to protect yourselves and your family from someone with a gun? You cannot take a knife to a gunfight and expect to win. I believe the problem is the mental health of the people involved in these shootings and how they got their guns. A background check should flag anyone who has a mental health or criminal background. Gun shows are only there for a few days, how do you get them to get a check on someone right away? I don't know, but I do know that police officers have access to records immediately, so why can't it be done at a gun show? Don't take my gun rights away and allow the criminals to have the upper hand. I value my and my family's lives and the government does not have the right to tell me how to protect them. If there was a home invasion and the criminals (99% of the time) will always be armed with a GUN, and I did not have a gun...more than likely my family and I would be harmed or killed. I want the right to protect myself and the government (who usually have guns or secret service protecting them) does not have the right to tell me HOW to protect myself from criminals or the criminally insane. There are good and bad to gun ownership...but taking guns away from the good will only arm the bad. Criminals do not follow the laws regarding weapons and they will always get guns from our friends south of the border.
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