Gun Control Debate: 10 Years After Columbine
Ten years after the Columbine High School massacre, shooting sprees in New York and Pennsylvania bring renewed howls for tighter gun laws. But is gun control the answer? In U.S. News's monthly series The Chat Room, four advocates on both sides of the debate get their say, first in separate op-eds, then for several days as guests on the Thomas Jefferson Street blog.
- Guns stop crime in its tracks, argues Ted Nugent.
- Gun lobby still makes the rules, writes Tom Mauser.
- In a sick world, kids need protecting, says Janalee Tobias.
- No need to outlaw guns, but be real, says Paul Helmke.
Reader Comments
Gun Control Debate
To S Reeves of AZ.
I don't think you guys are nuts. I realise that your gun culture has developed over the past one hundred years and is a classic vicious cycle. Bad guy gets gun, good guy gets gun to counter act bad guy and so on.
I think in your letter above you hit the nail on the head. You indicated that you are more confortable driving with a gun in your car. If my wife or children were driving through a secluded stretch of road, I am confident in saying that they would be enjoying the lack of traffic and the peacefullness of the drive rather that being to concerned over the fact that someone may or may not attempt to assualt them with a gun. I come from a different culture and realise that your abundance of guns has determined your culture.
You mentioned that guns don't kill people, people kill people. I have heard this over and over again. Without sounding to aggressive, this statement should be dropped from pro gun lobbyists debates. It doesn't help your cause, it makes you sound very ill informed. Guns were developed for one reason only, and that is to make killing something easier and more efficient. Going a step further, hand guns are specifically for killing humans.
If only good people had guns there wouldn't be a problem, bad people have guns so there is a problem. You can't control people, therefore you need to control the guns.
2nd amendment, rules are meant to adapt to the developing world that they govern.
Good luck and godspeed on your next drive through the woods.
Regards,
Silly Aussie.
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