Im a pretty liberal person, but firearms are a topic im pretty right leaning on..
Im a peaceful person, and wish the world could just coexist, however things are not that way. In a perfect world, nobody would have the tools to kill another person.
Not only should they be legal for "good guys" to protect themselves, they should be available in case we someday DO need to revolt against our government. I think the past few years of civil rights erosion has really opened up a lot of democratic peoples eyes to why the 2nd amendment was necessary. It's not about hunting, it's about resisting tyranny. It's about the people keeping the power.
most decent gun owners dont see their gun as an extension of their penis. they see them as a tool, a tool they hope (and some pray) that they will NEVER have to use against another human being, but know they will if they have to.
It is hard to set this point into someone who has never seen the good side of guns, someone who has grown up in an inner city with a lot of gang violence and the only guns they see are the ones using to murder and rob people. Criminals will always be able to get weapons. In my opinion, it's only logical to allow people who have no intent on harming another person to possess a firearm
i believe good training is key. a firearm is a great responsibility. safety should be the #1 rule always.
also, guns are kind of fun just to shoot at targets.
one last thing, for the record, i believe our gun laws currently are far too strict. People dont generally know this, but you CAN still get fully automatic weapons fairly easily. THey had to be manufactured before 86 and you have to get a tax stamp.. The thing is, these guns are all 10k+ dollars. I think fully automatic weapons should be still readily available to civilians. Why not? How is it fair that only rich people could afford to buy a bunch of these?
Yes, i know how extreme that sounds to some people, but it's just my opinion on the matter.
As it stands most gun owners are buying up as many large magazines and assault rifles as they can, under the assumption that a democrat will probably be elected in the next cycle, and a new AWB will be instituted..