amen

I will take it a step further and say drugs and alcohol are not bad (not good either), it's what people do when they use these things that is can be bad. The bottle of bourbon in my cabinet is neither good nor evil, it just exists and does nothing until someone drinks it. Same with the gun, sitting in a safe it just sits there, it's what people do with it that can be good or evil.

I too get frustrated with the anti-gun arguments I hear. Even if every gun in America at this moment disappeared, they would begin pouring in by the thousands in weeks. A complete gun removal would create a hugely lucrative black market fueled by criminals. Bootleggers from other countries would find ways to get guns into America. This would effectively disarm the honest, law-abiding population and leave only the criminals with firearms.

Even if all the guns on earth disappeared and were never replaced, crime would not end. Human nature did not change for the worse when firearms were invented. Before humans had guns, they used knives, before that they used clubs, before that their fists. Eliminating guns would simply give the upper hand to the bigger and stronger and more numerous. As has been said, "God made men, Sam Colt made them equal."

The pencil idea is good. A pencil and a gun are alike they both have to have someone controlling it to make it work.

i think anybody who thinks guns are so "bad" is a moron, uunfortantly most americans are morons (just look at whose president)so alot of people hate guns.

The first thing I ask someone when I get in one of those conversations is if they have ever hunted and what type of experience they had if they have hunted. If it was a bad experience I try and explain that there isnt any bad hunting trips...just bad hunting buddies. Like you said, typically the "anti-gunner" has never hunted. Then I usually bring up some sort of ,intruder in your house, scenario and ask them if they trust in their local law inforcement enought to get there before said intruder kills you? I have actually converted a non gun owner into a gun owner doing this. Just have to break it down into its simplest form because the "anti's" are dumb.

There are three things that made this country,
GOD,Guns, and Guts. If I remember right it says in the bible, Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, if someone comes to kill you rise up and kill him first. Last time I checked they did'nt even have guns back then.
If Guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.

Good answer jlfreeborn and + 1 for you!!!