Quote Originally Posted by VanChilds View Post
Gun ownership is a constitutional right in the U.S. but more than that it is a tradition that goes back to the inception of our nation. The ability for the common citizen to bear arms is the ultimate guard against tyranny. Studies comparing nations with strict gun laws to the U.S. have been inconcluse at best here is one study that would suggest the opposite.

National crime rates compared

You notice that there is only two nations with lower violent crime rates than the US. I think many of you have a completely distorted view of gun ownership in the US due to its portrayal by a biased media. The media never reports anything on the 80 million law abiding gun owners in this country but 20/20 is perfectly happy to run an erroneous show about concealed carry or show every violent crime across the nation that involves guns. I never see a study showing the amount of crime prevented by gun owners and gun ownership yet the media gladly includes suicides that use firearms in the stats of violent crime.

Gun ownership in the U.S. is as far gone an issue as abortion. It aint changing. It just a topic that politicians like to get people on both sides of the fence riled up about. The day the 2nd Amendment ceases to allow a law abiding U.S. Citizens to own and carry fire arms is the day that democracy dies in this country. This is all I'm going to say on this issue. Most of my thoughts can be found in this thread

http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxingfor...b-my-guns.html
You talk about guns being a defence against tyranny, but the way I see it is that America has been looted and continues to be looted. The guns you all have haven't been much of a defence against that.

Democracy is pretty much gone as it is. You have two parties representing the same interests; namely big business and wall street. The elections are run on the agenda and topics that the parties themselves choose. Things that really matter to the vast bulk of the elctorate stay swept under the rug and are seldom discussed. The media, which is typically owned by large corporation is in collusion with the status quo. Real wages haven't gone up in nearly 40 years and standards of living have fallen, those are the kinds of things that should be being discussed openly and fairly. But it's no longer about government run by and for the people. Elections now are merely symobolic.