At least 59 dead, 100 injured in Las Vegas shooting

[El Kabong]

I'm not au fait with the specifics on the laws and rules with guns but @El Kabong would you not agree that they may need amending.

I mean is the law not hundreds of years old, guns are different animals now to what they were then.

I read something on a different forum and they said (something along the lines of) you could adequately protect your home with a musket and the Vegas dude wouldn't have done anywhere near as much damage with one of those.

Is it right that someone should be able to freely own as many and as powerful guns as they choose that clearly go beyond the means of protection?

Would you accept stricter regulations on them?

One hand gun and one rifle per household or something like that?

1. Amending? Probably not, there are a plethora of laws on the subject enforcement is very difficult. One can buy a car without being asked "What are you going to use this car for?" One can buy as many knives as a single person could carry and not be asked "Why are you purchasing these items?" one could even buy household cleaning supplies which could be used to make a bomb and nobody would ever bat an eye. Somebody could likewise buy firearms and lie about what they want to use them for and there's the problem....regardless of what laws are enacted bad people/people with bad intentions WILL GET guns it happens all over the world. It happens in places where guns are banned outright! Why limit the ability of GOOD people, law abiding citizens to purchase firearms?

There are over 300 million firearms in the United States and the very worst place for gun violence (Chicago) has an outright gun ban (City and perhaps county law, not statewide nor Federal which would be unConstitutional).......all that ban does is keep legal, law abiding citizens from protecting themselves and their property.


2. Yes the law is very old but allow me to state the obvious: Free Speech only meant actual talking and print, not the internet or tv or radio.


3. Yes it is right. Different guns serve different purposes. I wouldn't hunt a rabbit with a Remington 700, I wouldn't hunt an Elk with a .22 pistol, and I wouldn't protect my home with a Derringer.

4. Stricter regulations such as?

5. Absolutely not because again, different firearms serve different purposes.