Guns don't kill people, people with guns kill people.

900 Americans shot to death since Sandy Hook massacre.

Originally posted by Pokket

LET ME THROW SOME STATS AT YOU ... softly:

This is beginning to remind me a lot of the flamewars over whether UO subscription rates went up or down when Trammel was released.

No matter which side of the debate one is on, you have to be careful with stats like those - do you really know who those graphs would have behaved if nothing had changed?

Hunting is NOT the only acceptable reason to own a gun, YOU need to stop with that. 

A government that is not oppressing it's citizens has nothing to fear from an armed populace. 

The right to bear arms has NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH HUNTING or being able to shoot criminals.  The only reason we have it is because guns are needed in order to defend against the government. 

Our rights are based on those things that the British tried to keep from us when we were a colony. 

The right to free speach, to assemble, to bear arms, all these things the british tried to stop us from doing.  These are considered BASIC human rights that when not allowed to have indicate a state of oppression. 

They were all the rights that our forefathers were being denied.  That is why they wrote it into the constitution that our government can not take them. 

And the right to bear arms is the one that they identified as being the right that allows us to protect all of the others. 

The last thing this should ever get is a Government run Research. Shall we go back to Nixon who decided to do Research on Weed by strapping a tube to a monkeys mouth and pumping that tube full of Weed smoke. (not a stoner BTW) What the scientists did not do however is add in any oxygen to the tube. So when the monkey got brain damage from lack of Oxygen they blamed it on the weed.

When goverment Science walks up to a issue they say "how can we prove this to be true" not "how can we prove this false" or even better "How can we fairly judge this situation".

Originally posted by mythran7

Originally posted by Wraithone

Originally posted by mythran7

Originally posted by NorseGod

Originally posted by mythran7

Originally posted by Loktofeit

Originally posted by mythran7

 

Conservative Reasoning 101:  Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.
 

True, but does that mean we should allow average citizens to make Nuclear weapons? How about Chemical weapons? There is always going to be human beings that want to harm others, SHOULD WE MAKE IT IT EASY FOR THEM TO DO??? Or hard...hmmm

Personal responsibility doesn’t take away from collective responsibility. We protect people from all sorts of stuff in civilized society, this conservative argument is not only weak, but infantile.

Wake up, and use your brain.

And the purpose of gun ownership is to allow people to protect themselves, whether that attacker is a random thug or government. From your profile, it appears you are Canadian, so I don't expect you to understand the reasons for gun ownership in America or America's gun culture. However, to say that quote above is attributed to conservatives only is false, especially in a thread where most people agree the solution is identifying and fixing the problems in society that cause people to commit violent crimes, and I seriously doubt this is a heavily conservative crowd. :)

The collective responsibility is to get help for the people that need it. The collective responsibility is to make sure that a person doesn't reach the point of committing such atrocities. Don't blame the thermometer for the temperature.

 

 

A gun is not a thermometer. False anology. The purpose of a gun is to kill people. It has no other purpose except for hunting.  

Where I am from, and who I am, makes 0 diffrence to my argument. Ad hom's are the tactic of someone who knows their argument has lost, or they are simply ignorant of basic logic. Two options, which is it?

So the question remains: Do you want to make it easier or harder for people to kill others?

So which is it?

A firearm is a tool, like a spoon. Leave it on a table, it does nothing until someone picks it up.

Should boxcutters be banned or did they do the right thing by going after the bad guys?

 

 

 

Don't insult your readers intelligence. A gun is not a spoon. False Analogy.  You keep trying diffrent ones thinking it makes any diffrence.

Guns are used to kill living things, automatic weapons, handguns, are designed to KILL PEOPLE. Pro or anti gun control, this FACT remains no matter what silly false analogy you want use. Hunting is just a smoke screen since a single shot rifle is plenty good enough for any hunter.

Ad hom is a distraction tactic used to try and take away someones credibility when the facts of the argument are no longer working for them.  Where I live, what race or nationality I am, what I eat for breakfast, or whether or not I am a poo poo brain, all are irrelevant to the argument made. The argument that you still don’t seem to want to think about.

So I will ask it again.

Do we want to make it harder or easier for mass murderers to slaughter large amounts of people?

 No, a firearm isn't a spoon. But BOTH are only tools.  They have various functions.  Firearms aren't *only* for killing things. Some people use them for target practice, and never kill anything (look at the Olympics for example) .  Some people collect them. Again, they never kill anything. Its all about how a tool is used.

In response to your last, do you want to make it *harder*, or *easier* for law abiding people to defend themselves from dangerous criminals?

 

A spoon is a tool to eat food with, not to kill efficiently with. Why is this so hard to grasp?? A gun is tool for KILLING. End of story. This is not debatable, this is the facts. Gun control or not, stop with the "its only a tool" line of bunk reasoning.  Find a better argument as this one clearly fails.

With this line of reasoning citizens should have the right to build nuclear weapons. Its only a tool...

 

We are not talking about a multipurpose instrument here. Hunting is the only acceptable reason to own a gun, and no one is suggesting taking away peoples hunting rifles. You don’t need an assault rifle to protect yourself, heck a stun gun would work,  what are armed militias invading your neighborhood? So you live in Afghanistan or something that you need Ak47's to protect yourself?? Give me a break.

I just don’t understand this sort of religious zealotry some Americans have over this issue, its like they have blinders on to common sense.  

Wrong, the 2nd Amendment has nothing to do with hunting and everything to do with protecting oneself from tyranny. This isn't even up for debate. The USSC has ruled as such. The authors of the Constitution have also written this many times over.

If find it odd that you believe the people on tv when they say that the Forefathers, after revolting against a dictator, decided to guarantee the right to a recreational activity. Get real. You know exactly what the 2nd Amendement means and it scares you.

Furthermore, you keep changing the "only reason for guns". Using whichever works best for you I suppose. First you say they are for killing people. Then you say they are for hunting. Another guy points out that they are used for sport. I will say that they make one hell of a deterrent. "A rifle behind every blade of grass". Remember? CCW goes up, crime goes down. etc etc..

All across America, people are loading up on firarms and ammunition, breaking records each month since 2008. They are not doing this to just turn them in.

Again, why haven't boxcutters been banned? They murdered 3,000 within minutes. I can't wait for your response on banning boxcutters..

Originally posted by Uhwop

Hunting is NOT the only acceptable reason to own a gun, YOU need to stop with that. 

A government that is not oppressing it's citizens has nothing to fear from an armed populace. 

The right to bear arms has NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH HUNTING or being able to shoot criminals.  The only reason we have it is because guns are needed in order to defend against the government. 

Our rights are based on those things that the British tried to keep from us when we were a colony. 

The right to free speach, to assemble, to bear arms, all these things the british tried to stop us from doing.  These are considered BASIC human rights that when not allowed to have indicate a state of oppression. 

They well all the rights that our forefathers were being denied.  That is why they write it into the constitution that our government can not take them. 

And the right to bear arms is the one that they identified as being the right that allows us to protect all of the others. 

others. 

 I was waiting for this argument. (you are right it is the real argument)

The second amendment was written when "guns' were muskets. You'd be lucky to kill a person at 20 yards with one. Your forefathers couldn’t not have seen this future. The government has warplanes, nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, tanks, and biological weapons. Are you suggesting that citizens have the right to arm themselves with these kinds of weapons to protect themselves from the government? If this truly is the heart of the amendment then you must be in favor of this, because the government can wipe out any opposition with the flick of switch with modern technology. 

The times of changes people, time to wake up.

Originally posted by Rayshe

The last thing this should ever get is a Government run Research. Shall we go back to Nixon who decided to do Research on Weed by strapping a tube to a monkeys mouth and pumping that tube full of Weed smoke. (not a stoner BTW) What the scientists did not do however is add in any oxygen to the tube. So when the monkey got brain damage from lack of Oxygen they blamed it on the weed.

 

When goverment Science walks up to a issue they say "how can we prove this to be true" not "how can we prove this false" or even better "How can we fairly judge this situation".

 Remember the old food pyramid? 

That was based on another government "study" that was later overturned.  At the time is even apposed, but the orignal doctors of the stufy were fired, and new ones were hired who run a new "study" that had different results. 

Even the stupid food pyramid was devise as a way to prop up friends of the government.  Unfortunately it was taught to every kid in school for decades to eat lots and lots of carbs and then go sit at a desk all day. 

And we wonder why we live in a country of fat people.   

To this day, no indipendant study has linked violent video game to crime.  In fact, they have found games to improve cognitive functions.  Things like problem sovling; even hand eye coordination.  Even those violent video games are found to have small benefits to higher brain function. 

Funny that. 

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Originally posted by ObiClownobi
We might well be more criminal than the US, I haven't looked into it, however far less people die because guns aren't available. That's the point, not that Americans are worse but the lack of gun controls in the US leads to the far higher homicide rate.

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Originally posted by mythran7

Originally posted by Uhwop

Hunting is NOT the only acceptable reason to own a gun, YOU need to stop with that. 

A government that is not oppressing it's citizens has nothing to fear from an armed populace. 

The right to bear arms has NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH HUNTING or being able to shoot criminals.  The only reason we have it is because guns are needed in order to defend against the government. 

Our rights are based on those things that the British tried to keep from us when we were a colony. 

The right to free speach, to assemble, to bear arms, all these things the british tried to stop us from doing.  These are considered BASIC human rights that when not allowed to have indicate a state of oppression. 

They well all the rights that our forefathers were being denied.  That is why they write it into the constitution that our government can not take them. 

And the right to bear arms is the one that they identified as being the right that allows us to protect all of the others. 

 

others. 

 

 I was waiting for this argument. (you are right it is the real argument)

The second amendment was written when "guns' were muskets. You'd be lucky to kill a person at 20 yards with one. Your forefathers couldn’t not have seen this future. The government has warplanes, nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, tanks, and biological weapons. Are you suggesting that citizens have the right to arm themselves with these kinds of weapons to protect themselves from the government? If this truly is the heart of the amendment then you must be in favor of this, because the government can wipe out any opposition with the flick of switch with modern technology. 

The times of changes people, time to wake up.

 Our forefathers were not technically ignorant. 

The only thing that mattered to them was that SOLDIERS carry them.  It's entirely based the principle that the people need access to the same weapons that the GOVERNMENT uses. 

I'm sorry sir.  You are very, very wrong. 

Because they also made it clear that the bill of rights isn't interpretable.  You're not even allowed to amend it. 

It was written in blood for godsakes.  Our ancestors died enmasse so we could have them!

I would die tomorrow to keep them.  BELIEVE THAT! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaF9nbLo8as

Penn and Tellers: Bullshit - Videogames.

Wrong, the 2nd Amendment has nothing to do with hunting and everything to do with protecting oneself from tyranny. This isn't even up for debate. The USSC has ruled as such. The authors of the Constitution have also written this many times over.

If find it odd that you believe the people on tv when they say that the Forefathers, after revolting against a dictator, decided to guarantee the right to a recreational activity. Get real. You know exactly what the 2nd Amendement means and it scares you.

Furthermore, you keep changing the "only reason for guns". Using whichever works best for you I suppose. First you say they are for killing people. Then you say they are for hunting. Another guy points out that they are used for sport. I will say that they make one hell of a deterrent. "A rifle behind every blade of grass". Remember? CCW goes up, crime goes down. etc etc..

All across America, people are loading up on firarms and ammunition, breaking records each month since 2008. They are not doing this to just turn them in.

Again, why haven't boxcutters been banned? They murdered 3,000 within minutes. I can't wait for your response on banning boxcutters..

If you were paying attention the previous argument was not originally about the second amendment.

Secondly, the reason for guns is killing things, end of story. There is no debate here.

Please make a cogent argument. What are guns for? What is YOUR argument? Are they  for defense? For sport? Because of the 2nd amendment? You guys are good at arguing with the arguments in your own head, your not actually dealing with the real argument. I wonder why?

A box cutter is not designed to kill masses of people. FALSE ANALOGY.

If you want to say airplanes are weapons of mass destruction you might be getting someplace. Yet airplanes are not DESIGNED to kill things. Realize that this argument has failed, your just not accepting the logic of it.

If you tell me AK-47's were designed for target practice I am going to face-palm.

We vote to oppress ourselves.. We the people will take everything away from ourselves in false hopes of creating a more safe world.. in truth, it only makes the situation worse because whenever oppression is left unchecked, rebellion will occur..

See what happened when they even mentioned a ban on assault weapons and high capacity ammunition clips? Gun show attendance went up 10 fold.. Gun stores sold out of high ammunition clips.. Assault rifle style weapons are being purchased rapidly..

Some people in this country will lock themselves in a steel cage just to feel like they are safe in the world..

I would never sacrifice some of my valued freedoms, chasing something that truly cannot exist such as safety.. We do not have a way to know everything that could happen at any given time..

Every victim in every tragedy more than likely woke up on their final morning feeling relatively "safe"..

Instead of trying to take things away from ourselves, why don't we look deeper within to find the more troubling issue with society. We have lost respect for morality and more so have lost our emotional bearings. Simply put, we "don't care"..

Originally posted by Uhwop

Originally posted by mythran7

Originally posted by Uhwop

Hunting is NOT the only acceptable reason to own a gun, YOU need to stop with that. 

A government that is not oppressing it's citizens has nothing to fear from an armed populace. 

The right to bear arms has NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH HUNTING or being able to shoot criminals.  The only reason we have it is because guns are needed in order to defend against the government. 

Our rights are based on those things that the British tried to keep from us when we were a colony. 

The right to free speach, to assemble, to bear arms, all these things the british tried to stop us from doing.  These are considered BASIC human rights that when not allowed to have indicate a state of oppression. 

They well all the rights that our forefathers were being denied.  That is why they write it into the constitution that our government can not take them. 

And the right to bear arms is the one that they identified as being the right that allows us to protect all of the others. 

 

others. 

 

 I was waiting for this argument. (you are right it is the real argument)

The second amendment was written when "guns' were muskets. You'd be lucky to kill a person at 20 yards with one. Your forefathers couldn’t not have seen this future. The government has warplanes, nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, tanks, and biological weapons. Are you suggesting that citizens have the right to arm themselves with these kinds of weapons to protect themselves from the government? If this truly is the heart of the amendment then you must be in favor of this, because the government can wipe out any opposition with the flick of switch with modern technology. 

The times of changes people, time to wake up.

 Our forefathers were not technically ignorant. 

The only thing that mattered to them was that SOLDIERS carry them.  It's entirely based the principle that the people need access to the same weapons that the GOVERNMENT uses. 

I'm sorry sir.  You are very, very wrong. 

 

Because they also made it clear that the bill of rights isn't interpretable.  You're not even allowed to amend it. 

It was written in blood for godsakes.  Our ancestors died enmasse so we could have them!

 

I would die tomorrow to keep them.  BELIEVE THAT! 

Riiight. You still havent answered my question. Your just not willing to see it.  Its your ideology, it's not based in reason.

The government uses tanks, warplanes, and chemical and biological weapons. You cant escape it that easy. Should citzens have accesss to these as you say the amendment intended?

Originally posted by ShakyMo
Norsegod

Talking out your arse there.

UK is 4th most violent country in the world and usa 23rd - BULLSHIT

America has by far a higher murder rate than the UK. Including per capita. Now if you were talking about assault or something, yeah I could believe UK is higher than usa with that, but not murder.

Are you seriously saying their are only 3 countries more violent than the UK?

I can think of several right off the top of my head e.g. Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, south Africa, Jamaica, usa.

Where not even the worst in Europe, Naples has by far a higher murder rate than any British city, up there with places like Detroit & Washington.

Do you know that violent crimes includes more than murder, correct?

Here. Watch this nice little bundle of facts with citations all on one video clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qedZV48R238

This isnt a government thing, its a lobbyist thing.

Actually watch the entire Biden video posted here earlier. VP Biden is warning the video game industry that as this progresses they will become under attack and gave them ADVICE on how to PROTECT themselves...he knows the game, everyone will be blammed to deflect from talking about guns, gun restrictions, background checks or anything else thats actually important.

It is also important for the President to have all of it looked at, if he doesnt say, allow the gaming industry to be looked at, opponents WILL make it look like he is not looking at all options and is just trying to take ur gunz like a nazi facist liberal commie jew maoist lennonist marxist monarchist dictator warmonger fear hate RUN! would do. New World Order.

Originally posted by mythran7

Originally posted by Uhwop

Originally posted by mythran7

Originally posted by Uhwop

Hunting is NOT the only acceptable reason to own a gun, YOU need to stop with that. 

A government that is not oppressing it's citizens has nothing to fear from an armed populace. 

The right to bear arms has NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH HUNTING or being able to shoot criminals.  The only reason we have it is because guns are needed in order to defend against the government. 

Our rights are based on those things that the British tried to keep from us when we were a colony. 

The right to free speach, to assemble, to bear arms, all these things the british tried to stop us from doing.  These are considered BASIC human rights that when not allowed to have indicate a state of oppression. 

They well all the rights that our forefathers were being denied.  That is why they write it into the constitution that our government can not take them. 

And the right to bear arms is the one that they identified as being the right that allows us to protect all of the others. 

 

others. 

 

 I was waiting for this argument. (you are right it is the real argument)

The second amendment was written when "guns' were muskets. You'd be lucky to kill a person at 20 yards with one. Your forefathers couldn’t not have seen this future. The government has warplanes, nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, tanks, and biological weapons. Are you suggesting that citizens have the right to arm themselves with these kinds of weapons to protect themselves from the government? If this truly is the heart of the amendment then you must be in favor of this, because the government can wipe out any opposition with the flick of switch with modern technology. 

The times of changes people, time to wake up.

 Our forefathers were not technically ignorant. 

The only thing that mattered to them was that SOLDIERS carry them.  It's entirely based the principle that the people need access to the same weapons that the GOVERNMENT uses. 

I'm sorry sir.  You are very, very wrong. 

 

Because they also made it clear that the bill of rights isn't interpretable.  You're not even allowed to amend it. 

It was written in blood for godsakes.  Our ancestors died enmasse so we could have them!

 

I would die tomorrow to keep them.  BELIEVE THAT! 

Riiight. You still havent answered my question. Your just not willing to see it.  Its your ideology, it's not based in reason.

The government uses tanks, warplanes, and chemical and biological weapons. You cant escape it that easy. Should citzens have accesss to these as you say the amendment intended?

 Dude, the same righ that lets me own a gun also lets me own a tank.  Yes indeed, an american citizen can own a working tank. 

ARMS does not mean GUNS.  Guns are ONE FORM OF arms.   Of course there are limits, I can't own an explosive warhead.  Accidentally discharging a bomb isn't quit the same as accidentally discharging my gun in the house. 

It's is not the right to bear guns, it's to bear arms. 

Originally posted by Pokket

Originally posted by BitterClinger

More American were murdered in Chicago in 2012 than NATO forces (incl. U.S.) were killed in Afghanistan. This isn't because Chicago has a high concentration of rampaging gamers, and it isn't because Chicago doesn't have enough gun laws.

LET ME THROW SOME STATS AT YOU ... softly:

 

. In 2011, according to fbi.gov, California had 1,790 total murders, 1,220 which were caused by handguns. This number doubles that of any other state, including TX that had 1,089 murders, 699 were with firearms.

Found here.

 

 . In 1920, Britain passed a law requiring civilians to obtain a certificate from their district police chief in order to purchase or possess any firearm except a shotgun. To obtain this certificate, the applicant had to pay a fee, and the chief of police had to be "satisfied" that the applicant had "good reason for requiring such a certificate" and did not pose a "danger to the public safety or to the peace." The certificate had to specify the types and quantities of firearms and ammunition that the applicant could purchase and keep

.  In 1968, Britain made the 1920 law stricter by requiring civilians to obtain a certificate from their district police chief in order to purchase or possess a shotgun. This law also required that firearm certificates specify the identification numbers ("if known") of all firearms and shotguns owned by the applicant

.  In 1997, Britain passed a law requiring civilians to surrender almost all privately owned handguns to the police. More than 162,000 handguns and 1.5 million pounds of ammunition were "compulsorily surrendered" by February 1998. Using "records of firearms held on firearms certificates," police accounted for all but fewer than eight of all legally owned handguns in England, Scotland, and Wales

. ...the homicide rate in England and Wales has averaged 52% higher since the outset of the 1968 gun control law and 15% higher since the outset of the 1997 handgun ban

. Chicago did a handgun ban in 1982. In 1995 the law was amended and in 2010 many of the laws passed in chicago and suburbs were repealed. In 2005, 96% of the firearm murder victims in Chicago were killed with handguns.

More...

"NOTE: Although the NRA does not state that this data is derived from production-based estimates, it is consistent with the 1999 production-based estimates in the citation above."

From the bottom of the link you quote, I note the NRA provided the information.

Originally posted by mythran7

Originally posted by Uhwop

Originally posted by mythran7

Originally posted by Uhwop

Hunting is NOT the only acceptable reason to own a gun, YOU need to stop with that. 

A government that is not oppressing it's citizens has nothing to fear from an armed populace. 

The right to bear arms has NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH HUNTING or being able to shoot criminals.  The only reason we have it is because guns are needed in order to defend against the government. 

Our rights are based on those things that the British tried to keep from us when we were a colony. 

The right to free speach, to assemble, to bear arms, all these things the british tried to stop us from doing.  These are considered BASIC human rights that when not allowed to have indicate a state of oppression. 

They well all the rights that our forefathers were being denied.  That is why they write it into the constitution that our government can not take them. 

And the right to bear arms is the one that they identified as being the right that allows us to protect all of the others. 

 

others. 

 

 I was waiting for this argument. (you are right it is the real argument)

The second amendment was written when "guns' were muskets. You'd be lucky to kill a person at 20 yards with one. Your forefathers couldn’t not have seen this future. The government has warplanes, nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, tanks, and biological weapons. Are you suggesting that citizens have the right to arm themselves with these kinds of weapons to protect themselves from the government? If this truly is the heart of the amendment then you must be in favor of this, because the government can wipe out any opposition with the flick of switch with modern technology. 

The times of changes people, time to wake up.

 Our forefathers were not technically ignorant. 

The only thing that mattered to them was that SOLDIERS carry them.  It's entirely based the principle that the people need access to the same weapons that the GOVERNMENT uses. 

I'm sorry sir.  You are very, very wrong. 

 

Because they also made it clear that the bill of rights isn't interpretable.  You're not even allowed to amend it. 

It was written in blood for godsakes.  Our ancestors died enmasse so we could have them!

 

I would die tomorrow to keep them.  BELIEVE THAT! 

Riiight. You still havent answered my question. Your just not willing to see it.  Its your ideology, it's not based in reason.

The government uses tanks, warplanes, and chemical and biological weapons. You cant escape it that easy. Should citzens have accesss to these as you say the amendment intended?

What makes you think the military will be on your side?

Secondly, nobody is talking about going up against all those scarey machines with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifles. But guess what, they all need fuel, they all need maintenance, they all need ammo, they all need a driver/pilot. Without them, those big scarey machines are worthless. Think why I would know that. Think long and hard.

But, don't take my experience and training into account:

Here, the CO was killed and 8 US fighter jets blown up by goat farmers.

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/sep/15/yuma-harrier-jets-marine-felled-afghanistan/

This country wasn't founded by cowards. You should be thankful, if you're an American.

Originally posted by mythran7

Originally posted by Uhwop

Hunting is NOT the only acceptable reason to own a gun, YOU need to stop with that. 

A government that is not oppressing it's citizens has nothing to fear from an armed populace. 

The right to bear arms has NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH HUNTING or being able to shoot criminals.  The only reason we have it is because guns are needed in order to defend against the government. 

Our rights are based on those things that the British tried to keep from us when we were a colony. 

The right to free speach, to assemble, to bear arms, all these things the british tried to stop us from doing.  These are considered BASIC human rights that when not allowed to have indicate a state of oppression. 

They well all the rights that our forefathers were being denied.  That is why they write it into the constitution that our government can not take them. 

And the right to bear arms is the one that they identified as being the right that allows us to protect all of the others. 

 

others. 

 

 I was waiting for this argument. (you are right it is the real argument)

The second amendment was written when "guns' were muskets. You'd be lucky to kill a person at 20 yards with one. Your forefathers couldn’t not have seen this future. The government has warplanes, nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, tanks, and biological weapons. Are you suggesting that citizens have the right to arm themselves with these kinds of weapons to protect themselves from the government? If this truly is the heart of the amendment then you must be in favor of this, because the government can wipe out any opposition with the flick of switch with modern technology. 

The times of changes people, time to wake up.

Really? I've personally noticed how well that "flick of the switch" worked in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan (to name but a few)...  Certain principles, such as those enshrined in the Constitution and Bill of Rights are timeless.  The fallacy that such have to change, is only a product of a certain ideology, and the agendas that motivate those who hold such.

Video games are just the latest scapegoat to be targetted by such people.  Before that it was comics and rock and roll music.  But the main focus of those who seek to disarm our people, is their fear of an armed general population, and the inherent limitations that imposes on forcing their ideology on everyone else. 

To paraphrase Jefferson, the people are long suffering, but their patience/tolerence isn't endless.  That frightens some, who hold a certain ideology. As well it should.