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Rixxell posted...

Violence involving guns or not doesn't matter. There will be violence anyway. But there is a Gun crisis in this country and nobody needs more then 2 guns. More then that, this isn't the same world that made the Right to Bare Arms such an important deal. We don't need to hunt for food all the time and we don't need multiple weapons for causal shooting. Many people don't even exercise this right. So why is it so hard to do something about guns when nobody can agree!

Would you want to send your kids to school fearing that they might not come home because someone shot up the school? Do you want to go someplace and see it robbed before your very eyes, maybe even have them threaten you personally? There are far too many guns in this country, enough that literally every citizen can own multiple. And not everyone owns guns... So why can't this nation tax a right that isn't truly necessary when we can't even have Healthcare for all? You know, that thing that everyone needs and is more important then being able to shoot an intruder that might come into your home?

So yeah, I'd tax guns... Think about it from a logical, 21st century view rather than backwards 18th century ideals when literally walking outside could kill a man. And I never said tax every gun. But tell me why a person might need more then 2 in everyday life if you're so adamant against it?

This literally has no correlation when healthcare. Don't try to make a baseless and nonsensical approach to emotion. Here is what I would say. In the US there is no correlation between amount of gun ownership and the amount of violent homicide. It is actually the opposite. Not that I even think it necessarily makes places more dangerous, but it doesn't have an effect cause like I said before most guns by a large percent used in homicides are not purchased by the perpetrator.

As far as the idea that taxation, more regulation, or even banning would lead to less gun violence. I will point you to every country right under the US. Also why does someone need more than 2 guns? Different purposes like hunting, self defense indoors, self defense outside, having accessibility at more than one location so you if you are faced with a violent intruder you aren't rendered unable to defend yourself. That said most people who own guns like to collect to an extent and have ones for different situations like previously mentioned.

So why would you need to limit the guns a non violent criminal owns and tax them when we know people who do these typically don't get guns through this method. The only thing this does is punish legal gun owners and people you might disagree with politically which seems like it could possibly be your intention anyways.
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