What the United States Supreme Court Says

[denuseri]

Me too butterfly me too,, i am a responsible law abiding gun owner,, i inherited three guns from my father and have a pistol for personal protection just in case, heck my whole famiely knows how to keep and bear firearms we couldnt imajine nor stand our government stripping away our common right to defend ourselves if need be.

Nothing keeps criminals from getting guns illegally, so long as badguys have them then we citizens should be able to protect oursleves, especially since the police force is more about deterence and retribution than protection.

"Fear the government that fears your guns"

[tessa]

I don't own a gun. Don't know if I want to. Conflicted feelings on this for me.

What doesn't cause conflict is the way a gun feels in my hands, the way it almost pulses with life as you pull the trigger, the way you hold on tight after the shot, very aware of the power you have at your fingertips.

Maybe the above lends itself to my conflicted attitude about it all. Still, I can't find it in myself to wish for the disallowing of gun ownership.

One of the few topics I can't seem to level within myself.

[Thorne]

Nothing keeps criminals from getting guns illegally, so long as badguys have them then we citizens should be able to protect oursleves, especially since the police force is more about deterence and retribution than protection.

Actually, you can pretty much drop the deterrence part of that statement. In most cases, there is precious little the police can (or will) do prior to the actual commission of a crime. And in far too many instances there seems to be evidence that even during the commission of a crime they will wait until after the criminals have left, then make a show of "investigating" the crime.

For sure, I wouldn't want to put my life on the line as the police do, especially for the pitiful pay they generally make. And in many of the cases there are judicial bars to them actually doing anything constructive before the crime. And now it's gotten to the point where, when they do catch a criminal, they have to treat him or her with kid gloves or risk a lawsuit and horrific publicity.

It's just not worth it! People had better be prepared to defend themselves and their own.