Top > DaveNet archive > 1999 > We Didn't Start the Fire > What I learned
1. There may be a reason to keep the 2nd Amendment. A common response -- as soon as you repeal it, you'll get concentration camps. I'm not sure I agree. I've never owned a gun in my life, and I'm not in a concentration camp. My parents and grandparents didn't own guns either, and they were all refugees from real fascists with real concentration camps.
2. When I was in New Orleans as a college student many of my roommates had guns. I didn't feel safer with them around, in fact once one of my roommates threatened me with his gun. We didn't need guns to protect us from criminals or oppressive police. I also think having guns in a house gives people extra power we might not want them to have.
3. Some point out that gun control wouldn't stop people from making bombs. I don't know about that. Airport security has stopped hijacking. Occasionally airliners are bombed out of the sky, but they have new techniques that spot bomb residue on luggage.
4. On the other hand, I didn't hear from anyone who agreed with repealing the 2nd Amendment, and until there's a will to speak out against universal gun ownership rights the law won't change, so let's move on.
      Click here to see the XML version of this information.
10/7/2008; 7:33:20 PM Eastern.
Refresh.