NovU wrote: Gun rights are also privilege that should not be abused. There are too many with too much, who actually have no needs for them.
'Murica bitch.
So what though, that argument is the same as saying no one should have luxury cars, big screen TVs in each room, or in the most comparable example, over a dozen rock band guitars. Limiting someone for the sake of limiting due to a lack of need is something our culture just does not, and will not, support or do.
If all those plastic guitars were assault rifles, would you be scared because someone could somehow carry all of them GTA style? Or that they would get a dozen of their buddies together and do something? What if there was a limitation of 1 assault rifle per person, would you be just as scared of those dozen friends with their own guns instead of someone elses? Do you see how a limitation of need does not affect anything?
To continue the rant, and give you something to respond to, it really is just a matter of guns being cool despite these tragedies. You can blame TV, movies, the news, video games, hell you can blame war veterans if you want. The power of using a gun is sexified in nearly any aspect of our society. It can change, just like gay/women/race rights, but it takes a change in societal views, definitely nothing that can happen overnight, even if it was started as a law.