mgdzkm433, I am impressed and no offense intended, but your posts make me question your claim of being 23 years old.
Why thank you! LOL I knew what you meant
You are correct that gun deaths would drop if guns were banned, but then auto accidents deaths would drop if we banned cars and drunk driving deaths would drop if we reinstituted prohibition.
It remindes me when Attorney General Janet Reno (not sure if I have the right person, but I THINK I do), when asked if pot were to become legal if there would be a drop in crime. DUH! Of course there would be! I was stating the obvious, and like you said, we could do so much to prevent crime, but at the expense of every American that DOESN'T commit a crime.
On another note, I couldn't seem to find the resource on CNN that gave the gun laws in each state. I'm sure there is SOMEWHERE on the web that has this info though.
Basically, when talking about gun control or a ban on guns, we are faced with a serious 'control' issue of our own. Do we want the government to have a say in our freedoms, or do we want to chance encounter with a offender? I
personally would want to take my chances. I feel better knowing I have the freedom to own a firearm--and perhaps if I do come in contact with an offender, I'll have a chance to defend myself. I've also got to look at it from the aspect of being a woman. Before you said that most women support gun control--which is true I am sure--but I'd like to inject THIS woman's perspective. I know how to handle and shoot a gun. I was taught at age 4. I personally feel safer, myself, owning a gun and being a woman. If a man were to break into my home and attempt to rape me, I stand a much better chance with a gun than I do without. And personally, I'd rather be shot and killed in the process than have a man rape me.