Comments - Gun nuts have 14 GOP candidates in INCD5 - & then there's me. - Civil Discourse Now2024-03-28T17:46:06Zhttp://civildiscoursenow.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=6316350%3ABlogPost%3A37857&xn_auth=noYou're counting suicides in w…tag:civildiscoursenow.com,2020-05-02:6316350:Comment:378592020-05-02T22:43:02.141Zpogden297http://civildiscoursenow.com/profile/pogden297
<p>You're counting suicides in with people who are victims of gun crimes. That's a bit misleading. Pretty sure someone intent on killing themselves could find other ways of doing the deed.</p>
<p>I can understand opposition to the most extreme positions regarding guns. However, I don't think proposed restrictions would do much to change the numbers. A criminal who needs a gun to commit a crime isn't going to be dissuaded by the fact having the gun is illegal. Further, the notion there…</p>
<p>You're counting suicides in with people who are victims of gun crimes. That's a bit misleading. Pretty sure someone intent on killing themselves could find other ways of doing the deed.</p>
<p>I can understand opposition to the most extreme positions regarding guns. However, I don't think proposed restrictions would do much to change the numbers. A criminal who needs a gun to commit a crime isn't going to be dissuaded by the fact having the gun is illegal. Further, the notion there wouldn't be a black market so a criminal wouldn't be able to get a gun is as silly as conservatives who think making marijuana illegal will stop people from getting it.</p>
<p>Not everyone who owns a gun is a "gun nut." Many of them legitimately own one for self-defense. It's easy to not own a gun when a person lives in a safe neighborhood. It's something else entirely when a person is living in a crime-infested neighborhood. Let's take for example, an elderly woman living on the southside of Chicago. She has had her house been broken into before, and even been beaten up by intruders, maybe even sexually assaulted. The person lives every day in fear. Certainly not even the most left-wing politician (in their right mind) would say she not be able to legally have a gun to defend herself. Wait...Chicago used to have such a ridiculous law.</p>