Reply #9: My turn to be made fun of. [View All]

[RoeBear]

People are going to do stupid shit no matter what tools are available. Do you eliminate each tool as it's misused? As you said it may have been a less tragic story if a gun hadn't been available but what if he'd just jumped in a HumVee instead? Would you instead be saying "If you can't trust trained, professional soldiers not to reach for and misuse a VEHICLE after an argument and a few beers, what makes you think you can trust your neighbour or any other member of the population?"

We give people freedoms. Sometimes those freedoms are misused. It's better to have freedoms that are misused on occaision then to not have the freedom at all. That includes freedom of speech, religion, assembly, freedom of the press and the freedoms of the 2nd amendment.