gun ownership gives validity to the constitution.without them the citizens voice is powerless.

Citizens do not need to look after their own safety that's what law enforcement are for. That is but an excuse so gun vendors and sell Moe fmfuns so more children will die.

Pastor dumb ass, i live in a rural area and have had to call the cops before when shady things have happened. It took an hour for the state police to show up. Enough time for a burglar to do whatever he wants. Have fun with your so called law enforcement and open your eyes. The second amendment was written to protect us from the government. Not for peoples hunting rights, basically everyone hunted then.

Pastor Winter, you are an idiot!!!!!!

Pastor, I guess that the woman in Loganville that protected her 2 children from an intruder with a gun should've just waited in the closet until the police arrived. By the time they arrived, maybe they could have help carried the children's bodies out of the house. Paster... I will say a prayer for your lost soul on this matter...

no pastor guns are our last line of defense from a tyrinacal government just look at what happens to countrys like germany where the jews could not protect themselves or mexico where the government is corrupt at every level

I have no problem with people who use guns for sustenance hunting or target practice. However, you don't need a high capacity assault rifle for either! Citizens shouldn't have military made guns designed only to kill.

Yeah... Pastor dumb ass has no idea about waiting around for the law he probably lives in a cush little home in a gated community payed for by his sheep... And rod you need to learn how to absorb what you read.. The people that were there that already own guns were there to buy the ones that might be banned for sale... If you own it legally after the ban is in affect they can't take it away from you.... I know you may not understand the legal part but try to keep up....

May Lee, do you even know what semi-automatic means?

2nd amendment all i need to say..i will protect right again anyone that try to take my right or ny guns..im ex military,, and i fought for those right...i retire more people than social security..and again all enemies foreign or domestic..i will come back....to protect my right.....p.s. 23 yrs services 17 deploy

What happen people , GOD IS THE ONLY PROTECTION WE NEED , WHEN IS THE NEXT GOD SHOW THERE I'M SURE THERE WILL BE AN EVEN BIGGER LINE OF PEOPLE WAITING TO GET IN TO GET THAT BIG BIBLE ,THE GREATEST POWER EVER

Law enforcement can not provide for the safety of individuals it's a simple matter of numbers. Every time a crime is committed a victim is created. I respect your choice to be a victim but I have no desire to become a defenseless victim Do not own a weapon if you so wish, but also do not take my weapons and ask me to be a defenseless victim have a terrific day

Fewer guns = more crime. Check the statistics.

If you are going to ban certain guns and limit the capacity of magazines, it should be across the board for the whole country to include military, police, FBI, secret service, CIA etc. The only problem is the criminals will not abide by the laws thus the police will demand they need these weapons to accomplish their duties and protect themselves and the public. The laws should be applied equally then the citizens of this country can defend themselves against a tyrinacal government!

I think that people just react to things in bad way all of us the government see it as a way to end gus for home owner the mass sheep people see hate crime for the first time and think its gun fault but crimes like theschool shooting happen every day in other countries we caught a glimes and now every one is up in arms in some way no pun intended

I am 62 years old a veteran (go figure) ademocrat and I love guns if we take the second amendment literally then all we could have would be blackpowder muskets. We need to address the issue of being of sound enough mind not to go out and slaughter anyone, not just kids. There have been plenty of people killed with single shot weapons in the past, so don't think magazines that hold over ten rounds. Will stop the slaughter. A loaded weapon standing in a corner will eventually rust away without hurting anyone. It is who is pulling the trigger. R. Berry

I just love all of the talk about the constitution and our 2nd amendment rights. Does anyone remember that when it was written our forefathers had MUSKETS.....not assault weapons and semi automatics? Let's face it....we need to first address WHY our young people are in this state of mind in the first place. Better gun contol laws would be great....reasonable ones. But we won't get the weapons out of the hands of people who get them illegally in the first place. We need to start by getting to the core of the problem. Why are our kids so messed up in the first place? This is a recent phenomenon and obviously growing problem. As a teacher I would remind everyone that its not the schools job to raise your children. Its our job to EDUCATE your children, which has become more and more difficult because of all the time we spend disciplining and correcting them when the parents should be doing this instead.

Gun control (confiscation ) is the last resort of ineffectual politicians (excuse the redundancy ) such as presidents, and mayors of NY and Chicago who are unable and/or unwilling to address the real problems of their constituents. Every tragedy involving firearms is a plum falling into the lap of the anti-gun fascists, I mean faction. They comb the news, drooling at every incident useful as ammunition (if they'll pardon the expression ) for their personal agenda. I wonder how many virgins they promise crazies to commit suicide this way.

Locked and loaded

The truly terrifying thing in this whole mess is witnessing such a large percentage of our population suffering from serious paranoid delusions.

This country is going to hell in a hand basket. Obama need to get ot of office. We as Americans should always have the right to bear arms. To protect our families ourselves and our homes. This country is going to end up like a giant prison we are going to lose all of our rights.

My beautiful, smart and funny daughter just turned 18 and the first thing I will do for her when she moves out on her own is get her shooting lessons and a gun to protect herself.....but there are some weapons she just doesn't need....and neither does anyone else. Can we have a modicum of reasonable thought here? Most people in favor of gun control aren't trying to take all your toys....I mean guns....away from you. We just want some reasonable restrictions. I realize its not going to solve the issues over night but it would be a darn good step in the right direction. And if responsible and legal gun owners have nothing to hide or worry about then they wouldn't care about the background checks or waiting periods. In

Way to go Georgians, you have many like minded patriotic 'citizens' in Arizona who back you on this.

Not much of a problem with back ground checks. Big problem with Universal back ground checks if that translates into a national gun registry. Do get it? Look into what happened in Austraila, Great Brittian, Brazil, Germany, etc., once their Governments had their hands on that amount of information. Gun registration ultimately leads to gun confiscation. It's gun grab 101.

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The second ammendment insures the validity of the first ammendment. I for one am well armed, and will not comply with a gun grab. Molon Labe.

The way that democratic nations are taken over by dictators is really pretty simple and has been repeated throughout history. A small group begin to promote The Big Lie. They pick out a group as their scapegoats and spread fear that these, the scapegoats, are the actual "enemy" and that the small group knows the truth and will save the country.

That's what happened in Germany in the 1930s, and in Russia in the 19 teens.

In this case some of the big lies are:

The more people who have guns the safer we all will be. (Irrational in the extreme.)

The government is going to take our guns away. (No one is seriously suggesting this).

The government is run by "socialists" (the scapegoats of the big lie) and is going to somehow attack us and enslave us. And, of course, our little popguns will enable us to protect ourselves from the most powerful army in the history of the world. (totally irrational).

All total nonsense and the fact that so many people actually believe this stuff, in the face of such clear evidence that it simply is not true, is absolutely incomprehensible.

But then, history has proven that the big lie, repeated often enough, always triumphs over reason and truth. And that fact, not the gun issue itself, is the real danger that we face in this Country.

We as Americans can not be disarmed! Knowing civilians have guns like the AR 15 help keep are enemys forgein and demestic at bay.