Support for gun rights exceeds support for gun control.

SOURCE

So says a new study done by Pew Research Center. If NPR talks about it, it can't be wrong? Right?!

What does OT think?

I couldn't find it on the original survey, but I'd like to know what they defined gun control as.

Yeah what gerg said. Not mutually exclusive things at all

Oh and before people lose their shit: I do support reasonable gun control measures: Background checks and not allowing certain people to own extremely dangerous weapon systems.

I bet some libs crashed their cars on a ditch after hearing this. Good, the only good lib is a dead lib.

I believe it, I still oppose home ownership of guns.

This is excellent! We need to take further steps and make it so everyone can openly carry whatever guns they like anywhere. Only then will our public officials truly understand the potential consequences of voting against their constituency.

Meh, that's going a little too far, bro.

Not really, if you want your representatives to actually represent you as opposed to doing whatever they wish then you gotta make them legitimately uneasy about stepping out of line. Furthermore if we get everyone on board with open carry being a normal thing people will really understand how there is no danger in people simply carrying guns around.

After all the more something happens the more people get used to it being a part of every day life. Sorta like handgun related crimes, it happens far more than assault weapons and thus nobody actually wants to ban them. Is it terrible? Sure, but at least it means that Americans are secure in their second amendment rights when it comes to handguns at the very least.

LOL

Finally a real thread from a real user.

Air, Storm Marine thought you got banned HeHe. It was just Sniper4321 imitaing you who got banned lol.

On topic, i support gun right for protection but should be in check so civilians don't misuse em :)

No, Storm_Marine was hoping that I got banned, not the Sniper alt. Who probably actually isn't Sniper.

It's not a normal thing, however. Open carry is for sensationalists. I would rather concealed carry.

You'll understand when you get to God's country close to the border....

No I wasn't, your accusations wound me. Why did you think I gave you the Big Boss salute? :/

By the way I think you missed the account suicide thread I was talking about.

I honestly think the shooting at Sandy Hook is what will have been the moment where adults in this country no longer be shaken or waver in their support for standing up for their rights/freedoms given by the constitution.

I thought you were saluting the thought of me being banned. Did I? Was it full of penis? He sent me a PM full of black penises.

Can someone enlighten me on why Americans care so much about gun rights? Not trying to start anything, I'm genuinely curious why so many Americans feel the need to carry a weapon. I've never felt the need the own one and I don't know anybody who does.

Yeah I thought that thread about women was the real you and SolidTy banned you when he said "goodbye" then you or someone else made a porn suicide thread with a second account.

Yeah I have better things to waste my time on then creating fake accounts and posting pictures of porn.

@deeliman: I've always wondered that myself ?

That's because neither of you has ever gotten a taste of freedom.

Why should something be banned for use if I'm not doing anything wrong with it? What's the point of living in a free society if you can't do the things you enjoy that don't hurt anybody else?

I was talking more about open/concealed carrying. Not hunting or for the shooting range. Unless you enjoy carrying them for some reason.

I'm not a proponent of open-carry. I think it's dangerous and it's basically asking for trouble. Concealed carry, though, I'm okay with. I think if you've proven yourself to be a responsible citizen then you should be able to carry a concealed firearm for whatever reason. By responsible citizen I mean those without a violent criminal history, and those who have gone through extensive classes (or who have had proper training from the military or police) on how to handle and use firearms safely.

I don't believe every Joe Shmoe should be able to get a concealed-carry permit. That's also asking for trouble.

Airshocker stop sending me dick photos. I'm not interested in black dudes.

I'm an American, and I ask this question all the time. The rest of the world thinks we're insane with our obsession with guns.

The vast majority of gun owners aren't obsessed with guns. But again, why should something be banned when the vast majority of gun owners don't do anything wrong?

Yeah....still not a fan. Don't like'em.

The majority probably aren't doing anything wrong, I'm worried about the minority who are. A small amount of people using guns can still cause significant damage. We're one of the most developed countries in the world, and we still can't see the link that more guns equals more gun related deaths.

Except violent crime has been going down for the past 33 years. FBI Uniform Crime Report.

So you would punish the vast majority of gun owners who aren't doing anything wrong, just because a minority are? That's some awesome logic.

I believe in the right to own guns, however I do think there needs to be many - stronger - changes to gun control...but oddly enough, the result of which I think should be more freedom's for those that pass the new gun control changes.

except you don't have the legal right, nor should you, to carry a firearm anywhere you want

Well caring about gun rights, and feeling the need to own/carry one are two different things.

Oh yeah I also got the penis pm

If no one is getting hurt why shouldn't I be able to do so? Just to appease scared lefties? lol

Bingo

Because our second amendment rights are the only thing that protects our first amendment rights.

I think everyone did

well that's not true

Where are the mass shootings in, say, Switzerland? Oh wait....

Except even in Switzerland, the people are growing more and more anti-gun by the year.

Everyone in Switzerland has a gun to defend themselves from foreigners, not because they're afraid of each other.

The population of Switzerland is much lower then the United States, and the poverty levels are much smaller as well.

dumb comparison.

Oh

I'm getting big black dick picture messages from fake airshoker ( sniper4321) all night, don't see any report spam option too :(

Yep, no way to report PMs. This site is so terrible.

i had like 10 pms from random alts of sniper, but they got deleted before i read them....now im happy thats the case

Lol, the US already has highest gun related murders in the western world, did you want to be no 1 in the world full stop?