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Originally Posted by master3004
I'd like to ban handguns, what does that say about me? I'm guessing since those are used in the majority of gun murder you are on board, right?
Well, at least you admitted it, even VPC hasn't yet but they are getting closer. And I do admire the honesty and the strength of your convictions. But I do have a problem.
The right to keep and bare arms is a right in the bill of rights. That it includes handguns has been affirmed by the supreme court. You want to take that right over something that happens 8% as often as something you deem to be rare.
The 4th amendment has been slowly eroded over the past 15 years, over similar concerns (public safety). They even took a swing at the 1st amendment when they took James Rosen's e-mails (but the press went ballistic when they found out). No one ever tried to make a reporter doing his job a criminal co-conspirator over trying to get information from a government official before.
If you allow the government to take 1 right out of the bill of rights they may not stop there. Are you willing to put 1 and 3-10 at risk over #2?