Ted Nugent on Gun Control

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

As has been pointed out over and over in excruciating detail, gun control doesn't work because it only applies to the law abiding.

As you might expect, I disagree. For example, a 5 day waiting period for a background check burdens the innocent and the guilty. The innocent are burdened with waiting less than one week to obtain a handgun. Felons are burdened because they can't got to the nearest gun store to buy a hangun. Sure the felons can try to buy a gun on the black market, but the innocent can buy a shotgun or a rifle if they desperately need a firearm within a week. So, I fail to see how the innocent are so woefully burdened by the 5 day waiting period; provided they don't desperately need to blow someone away with a 9mm instead of a shotgun slug.

Gun control laws also restrict the sale of fully automatic, high caliber machine guns. Are the innocent really so burdened by not having ready access to anti-aircraft guns like a fully automatic 50 caliber browning machine gun? Those gun control laws seem to have a damn good job keeping heavy machine guns off of the black market.

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

Criminals will not abide by a five day waiting period or any other form of gun control by virtue of the fact that they are criminals. Therefore, only the innocent, law abiding citizens will have to jump through all the legal hoops, while thugs can run rampant with any type of firearm they want without restriction.

Jump through what legal hoops? Show a driver's license, fill out a form, and wait 5 days to purchase a handgun instead of a 12 gauge? Would you rather there be no background checks whatsoever so a felon can walk into the neighborhood store and buy a uzi?

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

Disarming the law abiding, leaving them without any effective means to protect themselves will only make the problem far, far worse.

The gun control laws on the books only disarm felons and persons who shouldn't be in possession of firearms. So, I don't know who you think is being unjustifiably disarmed.