Obama’s gun control game plan

Playing with the second amendment rights only opens up all the wrong doors for our safety .

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Cummunist rule is sneeking up on us!! Wake up America, before it's too late!!

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Yeah. Turn off the football game and write your congresspeople and join the NRA.****it in the bud. Just because the dems narrowly got re elected, doesn't mean the rest of us are gonna take this laying down.

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Nip? N i p ?

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I'm probably going to get blasted from both sides here, but I really don't care so... 1. Unless you believe it ought to be legal for a felon with deep emotional problems to walk down the street carrying a fully loaded M-16, you believe in gun control. Beyond that, it's a matter of levels that will always be changing based on public sentiment, the way the country was designed to operate from the beginning.

2. The Second Amendment does not provide for an unadulterated right to own any type of gun you want.. any more than the First Amendment allows you to say anything you want anywhere you want. Public safety is always a consideration that governs your rights.

3. None of the President's executive orders even come close to infringing on anybody's rights, and all of them should have already been in place.

4. If any of the rest of the suggested actions get done, you can "blame" is on your Congress, not the President. He can't pass a law.. he can only suggest it.

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5. The Assault Weapons ban is stupid. Assault Weapons offer no additional killing power than a hunting rifle, they just look different.

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Collective punishment is the punishment of a group of people as a result of the behavior of one or more other individuals or groups.

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I don't know which is worst to have a few nut cases and cooks with guns. But now you have a bunch of sane law abiding citizens ****** off at some people in our government ! Which doesn't the second amendment rights give the people in this country the right to bare arms against an unjust government looks bad to me . A few or many ? lol.

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The 2nd amendment..made for times JUST like this.

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Nice comment Dad, especially your #2. But I disagree with #5, calling it "stupid".

I don't understand why any average, law-abiding citizen has the need to fire off more than ten rounds at a time with a semi. Or any reason why a fully-auto weapon is ever needed. I see in hypothetical self-defense situations a person needing ten quick shots, especially if being robbed or attacked by multiple people. But higher capacities are a threat to public safety.

Both Sandy Hook & Aurora shooters shot off 100+ shots in what...a minute and a half? They didn't have to reload because of their high capacity weapons. And yes, there's the argument that these weapons fell into the wrong hands. But I just can't think of any citizen who has the "right hands" except the military and law enforcement. The 2nd amendment does not give you unlimited rights, just as the 1st amendment does not give you unlimited rights.

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kyliee, so just because you don't understand it, we should take that right away? Give me a break.

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Fully automatic weapons are not covered under an assault weapons ban. They are already covered under a different classification. Deeming illegal any magazine that can hold more than 10 rounds, makes most full sized handguns sold today illegal. Get rid of those two concerns and you are left with rifles that function exactly the same as a hunting rifle with nothing but cosmetic differences. It just doesn't make sense.

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An "assault weapon" ban is a joke and nothing more. The only thing military about an "assault weapon" is the way it looks. It is not a machine gun. I use qutation marks around the word because it is nothing more than a made up word used as a propoganda tool to get people to think a certain way about something that they do not understand.

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This is the perfect time to consider the proposed 28th Amendment to the Constitution:

"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States."

If Obama and Pelosi and Reid and Cuomo want to prevent citizens from being able to defend themselves with firearms of any and all sorts, they should not be able to have bodyguards who protect THEM with many of these same weapons!

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Sarek, very well said. I wonder how many people understand that Prohibition worked much the same way.

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I'm sure all the criminals will stop stealing weapons and will follow the new laws ..........

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COMPLETELY agree with Sarek's comments. Very well said and true!

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What did Timothy McVeigh use? Why isn't fertilizer banned?

This is dumb, it does zero, the weapons still exist in quantities sufficient that any crazy person will be able to obtain them easily.

What it is, is a band aid to make soccer moms feel better, and more importantly a knick against our rights. You give them an inch, they'll take a mile. Look at Bushes patriot act and what they can steal, now we have drones in our skies

And honey boo boo is rich and famous, America is going the wrong way down a slippery slope.

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I must also caution the dangers of using the guise of mental health in this issue. We need to be very careful upon invading an individuals privacy in the name of safety. What we need is better recognition of CHILDHOOD issues, and the ability to diagnose those problems. To incorrectly lable someone dangerous and infringe upon their rights is not the answer. People need to understand that no matter what is done, bad things are going to happen that will not be stopped. Quit trying to punish everyone else because of the actions of a criminal. We are wandering into Minority Report territory here. For those of you that have not seen the movie, read up on it.

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Last night my car went out by itself and got an OVI. I have told my car many times not to drink and drive......

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I, like Kyliee, do not understand why the average citizen has the need for a weapon that fires 10 rounds without re-loading. Someone please enlighten us as to why anyone other then military or law enforcement need this thype of weapon? A good argument may convince me. As far as the statements about high ranking officials (and I'll include the President's children here since the NRA has done so) not deserving any more protection than the average citizen...no, they are not better than you or I, but, unlike the average Joe, they are in CONSTANT danger coming from some nut case with a weapon and need protection.

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bobber, read the 2nd amendment and then come back, but I'll help.

The second ammendment isnt a right afforded to use to hunt, its a right to protect us against the government. you see the government has nukes, tanks, missiles etc, we need equal fire power or as close as we can get. you may laugh, but I do not. Ask the people of Syria if they'd like more firepower

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bobber21.....the 2nd amendment states, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

Our founding fathers wanted to ensure that we "the people" had a way of protecting ourselves, and not just from other people, but also from its own government if necessary. That being said....criminals have "assault weapons"...and for me to counter that and protect myself (if I so choose)my right to bear arms (the same arms that the criminals have) must not be infringed upon. If you can 100% guarantee me that ALL "assault weapons" found in the United States will be turned over and destroyed so there will be 0 left, I will support a weapons ban. If you cannot do that then you cannot ban "assault weapons".

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Oboama will never get away with this. The NRA will not allow it. Second Amendment rights will be faught for. Can't stop mentally ill and deranged people from getting a gun. The Sandy Hook incident, that gun wasn't even his...it was his mothers. All registrations, background checks, limitations etc. would never have caught that. I can't figure out why people are not using their brains and common sense. Those few are trying to rule the rest of us who get it!!

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the laws, all laws, are slowly enslaving the american public. 50 yrs from now it will be dress right dress and no one will realize the different. think about it what you take from me today, makes it easier to take from you tomorrow.

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