Reply #116: It's a state issue. End of arguement. [View All]

[GrrrlRomeo]

I've lived in several states, from the deep south, the northeast and to the northwest. I've lived in urban settings and rural settings. There is no one-size-fits-all gun control law that will work. It needs to be handled at the local level. People in rural areas need guns for entirely different reasons than people in urban areas. There's no reason to have a gun on a crowded city subway. When I'm living in a rural area, I do not fear or have any issues with the farmer down the road having a gun.

People living in the city have a fear of guns because when they hear a gunshot it means people shooting people...not people shooting deer or people scaring wildlife off their farm. There's nothing else to shoot at in the city besides people. And if you're living in a bad part of the city, you're hearing gunshots daily and it's not because anyone is hunting.

In rural areas, firearms are tools. In urban areas they're weapons. That's why laws need to be local, and not federal.