Ted Nugent on Gun Control

[MTK]

I don't think anyone denies that smoking and smoking related illness/deaths is a major issue, but that shouldn't downplay the gun issue. They are two different issues.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I don't think anyone denies that smoking and smoking related illness/deaths is a major issue, but that shouldn't downplay the gun issue. They are two different issues.

Point is, why bother going after a constitutional right, and notably something that can SAVE / PROTECT someone's life, when there is something FAR more dangerous to go after?
Gun related issues are a fraction of a fraction of the problem that tobacco related issues are. Maybe it's time to focus on real important issues.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by jsarno

Point is, why bother going after a constitutional right, and notably something that can SAVE / PROTECT someone's life, when there is something FAR more dangerous to go after?
Gun related issues are a fraction of a fraction of the problem that tobacco related issues are. Maybe it's time to focus on real important issues.

Point is they are still apples and oranges.

Gun control isn't an important issue??

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Gun control isn't an important issue??

I really don't think it's as important as people here think it is.

It's a matter of geographics I think. You guys see murders and such on the news or in the paper. I go to the gun range, or see (guessing) 75% of the people out here that own guns with no problems. The majority of the south and midwest and hunting states (minus large cities like Chicago) would not see this as a large issue either. The major players in the gun control issues are places like DC, New York, Boston, Chicago, and L.A., you see the negative side of gun ownership more than anything cause you are bombarded by it. WHile it does happen in other areas of the country, there are far more pressing issues.
I think a more pressing issue is the punishment for people that use weapons such as guns. If the punishment is weak, then it becomes more prevailant. But that's a whole nother can o' worms.