[Monksdown]

Gun control is a good thing provided it incorporates responsible gun ownership.

On a side note, i think that in a macro sense human civilization will eventually benefit from the technological path set by gunpowder and it's denominations. I'm not being naive, in that i know where we are at right now. I understand the massive deaths and the individual deaths humanity has been exposed to because of guns. I think there are tangents to the technology that tunnel vision doesnt allow us to consider normally.

I would speculate that wars that would have killed millions of people in the past, are now ended with deaths in the 10's of thousands. The tech that has been developed that allows the alleged 'good guys' to reach into a situation remotely and fix a 'bad guy' has allowed for quick solutions that i believe save lives.

That's for the most part conceptual, and will no doubt upset a vast majority of us. I would encourage you to refrain from the knee-jerk reaction you've developed on this topic and while not agreeing with me, you cant get around one basic fact. Guns are here. You cant wholly restrict them, and until you can, i will stand by my right to defend my territory in as responsible and as safe a way as i was taught.

Two other small points. Citizen gun ownership is necessary as leverage in a country built on rebellion.

I see both sides of the argument, but i have a visualization i fall back on. It's of me hearing a noise, getting up and looking down past my son's room at the front door of my condo wide open with a man with a gun standing there. No law or regulation will ever prevent me from bringing equal threat to that potential criminal. Ever.