Yes, there will be. And responsible gun owners will always handle their weapons responsibly.
The issue here is the lack of common sense regulations to enforce that responsibility. If we didn't have regulations about the use of cars, our roads would be a constant demolition derby. The states regulate the ability to drive a car - it requires training and a proven ability to show you know what you're doing before you are allowed to drive one. Why aren't we doing that with gun ownership? Is a car any less deadly than a gun when used by someone who doesn't know what they're doing? Yet many states are abandoning the idea of gun safety training and licensing in favor of the idea of "constitutional carry" - as if our Founders believed that any idiot could carry a gun even if they didn't know what to do with it.
Look, you've got children and grandchildren. Would you just throw them the keys to your car without knowing or caring whether they knew how to drive it? Would you seriously hand one of them a loaded gun and tell them to go outside and play without first making sure they knew about how to safely handle the gun?
I'm not opposed to gun ownership, even though I have never owned or used a gun in my life. What I AM opposed to is irresponsible gun ownership, and ownership of guns that serve no purpose other than to kill a lot of other people very quickly. I have yet to get a coherent answer to the question, "Why do you, as a civilian, need an AR-15 style weapon?" Will someone please explain that to me?
I get that many people think the Second Amendment gives them the right to own whatever weapon they want to own. There's an old saying about rights - your right to do something stops at the end of my nose. Your right to freedom of speech doesn't mean I have agree with or even listen to what you have to say. Your right to freedom of religion doesn't mean I have to accept and live my life according to your religious beliefs. Your right to freedom to assemble and petition the government doesn't mean I have to join your protest. Your right to freedom of the press doesn't mean I have to read what you write and agree with it.
And your right to possess any firearm you want without regulation and control doesn't mean I have to accept that when it may affect me, my family, my friends, and my loved ones. Whose rights are more important - yours or mine? |
