Today, the US Supreme Court showed a bit of reason by overturning the Chicago handgun ban (basically…the case was remanded to a lower court, ordering them to fix their decision because the 2nd Amendment applies to states). As a result, a bunch of arguing has started. Let me just say that gun control laws are without reason or substance, and they do nothing but take a progressive society and push it back a little closer to the Dark Ages.
It’s quite simple, really. A firearm is merely a tool. Some people will argue that if you take away the tool (by making civilian ownership illegal or at least heavily regulated and restricted), you take away the means, and thus murder rates will fall. If that was the case, why were people murdering other people before gunpowder was even invented? Statistically speaking, carrying a weapon prevents crime, but that’s not really what I’m here to talk about.
The plain and simple truth is that people are bad. People kill people, and they will always do so as long as they want to. Taking a certain material object away from a populace will not prevent people from killing other people. Knives are deadly, as are hammers and baseball bats. Want to ban those, too?
We humans kill each other way too much, and I would like nothing more than a little bit of love and caring between us upright primates. But gun control isn’t not an answer that is anywhere near the realm of reason.
In conclusion… 1) Inanimate, mindless and soulless tools do not kill people. We do. 2) Making something illegal doesn’t stop people from doing it. 3) Gun control laws have no place in a free society (in which we are supposed to be living).
Feel free to disagree with me, but on this matter, reason and history prove me right. Sorry.
