First...my question has not been answered. How do you get, "They're gonna take away our guns!"
out of "preserving 2nd amendment rights."?
Do you guys still have your guns?
Yes
Have you ever not been able to own guns?
Under the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban, I would not have been able to purchase any kind of AR15 or AK47 or .50 BMG, so yes I would not been able to own those guns during that period of time.
Now, for some more details...
How do you define the word "loophole"? In your words, a private seller can go to a gun show and sell guns without requiring a background check. That, to me, is a loophole to getting around the background-check requirement.
No, it's not a loophole because a Private Seller is no part of a sponsored Gun Show. Gun Shows are put on by sponsors and dealers attend them to display, try out and sell their weapons. A Private Seller can sell a gun at a gun show to a private buyer, just as easily as he would have if he put the gun for sale in the local For Sale ads paper. It's only a loophole if dealers are breaking the law, which they aren't. Because they know they are under watchful eye. You think the only ones at gun shows are patrons? Nope, undercover law enforcement is there as well.
Gun violence is so bad in some parts of our country that even the police strongly advocate for gun control.
Yeah and that's a dumb idea, keeping law abiding residents/citizens from protecting themselves and families in these crime ridden cities. If you have 12 million people in New York and say 20000 cops, that's a pretty bad Cop to Person ratio. Law Enforcement is on the short end of the stick in this battle. Now if people were allowed to own and protect themselves in their own homes and cars, well then the number shifts dramtically and the cops now have a fighting stance and a front on the battle against crime.
Remember this, Cops are not sworn to protect you as a personal body guard. They neither are crime preventors. Crime Prevention starts with the average citizen. Cops can't be in all places at all the time, but you sure can be. This greatly forces the odds on the criminals.
"The International Association of Chiefs of Police issued a report Wednesday that calls for stronger gun laws and urges law enforcement agencies to better educate the public about gun violence and to form more partnerships with public health officials in preventing firearms-related deaths."
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/332417_guns20.html
"Gun Control" is not "taking away our precious guns!" It's "hopefully" keeping guns out of the hands of people who mean harm. It may not thwart every bad person, but some people believe in better checks on who should be allowed to own a gun. Unless you all have a history of violence...or maybe you're all a bunch'o nutballs in disguise...or maybe, you're all terrorists? I didn't think so. So, stop your whining, you will not lose your precious guns, dammit!!!
Here's an idea, you want to keep guns out of criminals hands?? Then go after the criminals and leave law abiding citizens alone. Cathy here's another epiphony for you. Gun Laws only affect law abiding citizens. It's because only law abiding citizens respect the law. Criminals by definition of their profession: break the law for a living.
So you think criminals give a damn about your gun laws??? If their whole purpose in life is break the law? I mean come on, we were born at night but not last night.
Only way to crack down on so called "illegal" guns is to stop them from entering into the country via the "black market" and drug and gun trafficing.
And sorry about the argument that Dems are "slowly gonna erode the 2nd amendment right"...I have an answer to that as well, but none of you will like it...so I'll stop here. One thing that I will say that has to do with that argument...I do not believe you will ever lose your rights to own a gun. It just won't happen. It's part of what makes America. But...big BUTT...I do not believe in leaving gun selling completely unchecked. Just like so many other things in life, scrutiny is well-placed in this instance.