Ok let's try another approach. Re: Guns

[walldude]

The insane DU rant approach just got me locked. Let's be more reasonable. Let me explain why people like me don't really care for guns. They do nothing for me. My values direct me towards creation. I like to build things, I like to grow things, I like to make music. You want to find fault in that be my guest. Guns don't create anything they destroy things. Not that there is anything wrong with that, I love to see stuff get blowed up. It's just not something I feel that strongly about doing myself. I have never felt the need to "protect myself" with one, but I understand that people live in places where they do need to. Personally I'd rather pick up a guitar than a weapon so I live in a low crime place.
Now I wouldn't want to suppose my values on others so go ahead and play with your guns. But there has to be limits. I know a red flag goes up when you hear that, the 2nd Amendment gives you the right to keep and bear arms and all that, but even you Mr Assault Weapons user must admit you don't want a neighbor with Scuds, Tanks and Nukes in his front yard. So there has to be a limit somewhere.

A person like me would ask why a gun should be any different than a car. It is a deadly weapon and should be treated with the utmost respect. Yet I read about an 8 year old who was given a loaded UZI and promptly shot himself in the head right in front of his father and the gun safety expert. Does an 8 year old really need to know how to fire an Uzi? Was it worth his life? Where do you put the limits? If you insist that the 2nd amendment be followed to the letter then you open it up to Joe the Freeper having a small thermonuclear device in his basement. There has to be a limit. We just need to figure out exactly where it is.