After events such as the shootings at the elementary school in Connecticut, firearm ownership and specifically the kind of firearm becomes a very emotionally charged issue. What happened and continues to happen here and around the world is horrifying. The task we're all faced with is stopping this behavior and it must be stopped at the source.
Everyone quickly points the finger at the method used and in this case guns.
Because if it's design, the AR15 on the exterior looks very similar to what our troops and law enforcement carries today. The AR15 is black and is sinister or evil looking. Does this make it lethal, no of course not, it's the cartridge or bullet it fires.
Here's a great hunting rifle that I own and have owned for years. It's appearance is conventional and in the eyes of most an acceptable alternative to the AR15....
Now for the details....
This is a beautiful Remington 724 semi-automatic chambered for the 308 Winchester. Bullets are supplied to the chamber via a magazine or clip. With the scope allows me to be surgically accurate out to more than 600 yards and lethal well beyond this range.
If I painted the beautiful walnut stock flat black and added an extended magazine does it now become an assault rifle? In a word, NO!
What I can tell you is I'm very good with this rifle and cartridge, so good that I'd pit myself against nearly anyone with an AR15 because this combination of larger cartridge, longer barrel, and scope gives me the upper hand at almost any range.
Ruger Mini 14
Again, a great looking rifle but if I paint the stock black and a larger magazine I can make it "look" as evil as the ones the SWAT team carries.
Should we ban or outlaw something that "looks evil".....This is a very slippery slope because there are a lot of people that I think are evil looking so what do I do with them?
Walk Softly
Rights guaranteed and protected by the Constitution of the United States is very dangerous because these rights are the foundation of our country and were carefully created and in a specific order for a reason.
Do you think the placement of 2nd amendment;
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed was an accident or a coincidence? The 2nd amendment was place there to protect everything included in the 1st...
When atrocities arise there's an immediate need to ensure someone pays and this never happens again. In a perfect world this is easier said than done, in the real world this is nearly impossible and is generally a knee-jerk reaction and causing more harm then good...
Deaths in America 2011
- Smoking related Deaths - 500,000
- Alcohol related Deaths - 75,000
- Drug Related Deaths - 37,485
- Murder with a Firearm - 9,369
- Cell Phone Deaths - 6,000
- Drunk Driving -
- Outlaw Cars?
- Outlaw alcohol?
- High Speed Auto Crashes
- Limit HP?
- Limit Speed to 20mph?
- Freedom of Speech
- All speech?
- Certain speech?
- Freedom of Religion
- Which religion
- Who decides
- Freedom of Press
- Regulation of Media - might not be a bad idea in some cases
Not to minimize or trivialize the tragedy that resulted in 27 deaths in the Connecticut Elementary School but if we're serious reducing or eliminating senseless deaths the annual statics above cite a compelling argument and speak volumes...
The murders that took place in Connecticut were simply horrible and there are almost no words to describe the shock and enduring sadness it has brought to all of us. We all want something done, some want revenge for those deaths and to a degree it's understandable but if it's extracted that moment of satisfaction or euphoria will subside and the consequences will be catastrophic..
