American Guns

maccamax wrote: when I was a kid , almost every 12 year old boy had a rifle, went hunting, The underground mutton ( rabbits ) were in Plague proportion ,   Property owners supplied the ammunition to cull Kangaroos. No one took any notice .   No one got shot either , maybe the odd" accident ".    Tasmania's Martin Bryant was a Psychiatric , but a couple of others rose to the deliberate shootings too.     So ban the gun. Probably a good thing with the unrest of today .

With the USA you've got to remember that it was born out of revolution. The Colonists rebelled against the King of England. They weren't the first to do this of course . 100 plus years before Oliver Cromwell and the Roundheads had rebelled against Charles 1 and kicked the monarchy out of England . Trouble was though power immediately went to the guy with the army at his back, ie Oliver Cromwell himself and not much changed for ordinary people. The American revolutionaries were very aware of this and the danger to the political freedom of the people of a large standing army under the control of the government. In their late 18th century mindset they wanted to ensure that the Government couldn't disarm the population to stop them doing what they'd just done. Technically if you support the second amendment you have to be very against the USA having huge permanent armed forces. It's amazing really that the USA hasnt moved with the times on this issue. I think because the country was born through revolution and armed conflict mistrust of government is in their collective psyche and DNA.

Will be interesting to see whether the NRA survives the Mueller investigation intact and whether Americans view them differently as stuff comes out about them.

Of course not! Guns are not permitted at Trump rallies, the Capitol or the White House. The very same folks who want to convince you that more guns make you safer prohibit guns in their workplace.

The very same people who want to turn your child's school into an armed camp prohibit guns in their workplace.

The very same people who want to protect the right of a mentally disturbed teenager to purchase an assault weapon prohibit guns in their workplace.

The very same people who supported the right of people on the terrorist watch list to purchase guns prohibit guns in their workplace.

Could those millions of dollars from the NRA have anything to do with it? You mean the 2nd Amendment doesn't apply to Congress or the President? Shouldn't the Capitol and the White House be "hardened" like our schools? What do you think, hypocrisy or cowardice?

The Secret Service keeps a tight “gun-free zone” around the President. In fact, all State and Federal buildings are “gun-free zones” where the only people with guns are the security services. While the NRA A+ rated Republicans might be trying to eliminate the “gun-free zones” in public and private places, including schools, they’re not allowing any good-guy gun-carrying citizens into their offices. The President, cabinet members and other government officials are deemed too important to be put in any danger, while regular citizens are not afforded the same security or importance.

Posts from a few Americans above.

Totally proves that Trump and the gun lobbys, are a bunch of major hypocrites on this issue.