ThatJeremyKid - Dilly isn't saying it would be easy. That's because there are so many people who think like you - that you are safer with your gun when you aren't. That's a fallacy. Bearing arms as a 'right' was suitable for the day and age when that 'right' was created. America would be a damn sight safer if it wasn't full of people thinking their 'rights' mattered more than lives. Gun trends study? School shootings aren't enough for you?

Guns used more to defend than to commit a crime, if true (stuff FBI Stats) is still a gun being used during a crime. Sure you'll be able to hold on to that gun? Or not shoot the wrong person? I would still rather criminals didn't have the increased likelihood of having a gun. People make mistakes and have shot their own family member thinking they were a burglar. Children get hold of their parent's guns and shoot themselves or a sibling - so many reasons why they are a bad idea and yet people think it's the only way to defend themselves. Not see that shop that sold guns with their history attached? Other countries manage and have far less violent crime!!!

I thought that as well Suzi but countries recover from decades of devastating war. This is difficult but not impossible. You have to go for zero tolerance on use of guns without a bloody good reason and work your way through it starting with known guns. It takes time and commitment. The problem with America is that there is a lack of desire to solve what is a very serious problem - it isn't even seen by many as a serious problem. That is what prevents it from happening - not the impossibility.

FFS taking someone's life is the biggest violation there is and yet you quibble about the right to own a dangerous weapon? What the f**k do you want it for? Just because it's some ancient, tacked-on right? Having a legal right doesn't make it a moral right.

Not even the criminals? What magical land is this?

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That ship has sailed. Too many guns out there now, legal & illegal.

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Well, we aren't one of those countries. Gun control is great but actually banning guns would be a blatant rights violation.

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That is ridiculous and naive thinking to just hope that EVERYONE will get rid of their firearms. If those of us who legally obtained ours (which by the way, in my state background checks are done as well as notifications to the local police department with our name and information so they know we have purchased the weapon along with whatever paperwork we have completed for concealed carry) would give up our weapons but criminals would not. I'm sorry but I don't feel comfortable disarming myself in a country full of thugs with firearms. And you shouldn't either. Bearing arms is a right. That being said, we should be allowed to scientifically study firearm trends and to make gun laws based on those trends.

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The problem isn't guns. The problem is morality and criminal activity (both pushed by the left to degrade even further). Guns are used far, far, far more often to defend citizens from criminals than by criminals to commit crimes. Don't think so? Check the FBI stats for proof.

Grew up on a farm - no-one needed a gun. These are just excuses to justify owning a gun, not good reasons. Wanting to do those things is archaic and pathetic. People employed in a particular job may need a gun but that should be licensed to the hilt.

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Hunting, recreational shooting, living on a farm. There are plenty of good reasons to own a gun.

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It's very easy actually. Evil men and governments exist and guns equal the playing field and give good men a way to fight back against them both. Self-defense is a RIGHT, a God given one to boot. It's always very telling that it's always the left that wants to strip rights while promoting socialist, Marxist and communist for leaders. You won't be taking our arms nor our rights.

Molon - Thanks for the mega large post that proves a lot of people want to ban guns. Strange that. Amendments ARE changes that were made to the constitution, by the way. CHANGES. Proved they happened, should happen, do happen. It's happening all the time when decisions are made that alter what the 2nd amendment means. You say "You, nor they have a right or authority to interfere in a right that expressly says "shall not be infringed" which means literally not to interfere in, limit or restrict." yet it has been interfered with. The last change broadened the meaning but only so that it matched what Americans thought they had. It will change again.

Another dumb troll bites the dust. U wouldn't ace a social studies test if you studied! S.t f.u!

Anyone wanting a gun has mental health issues - you don't need bloody guns! Honestly America is so archaic.

Hi Randy - I have no problem with guns at a shooting range. As long as people leave them there when they go home. Though I personally cannot see the attraction in any way whatsoever. People definitely shouldn't have a gun because they want a gun. If there is a problem with where to draw the line on gun ownership, and so many innocent people are being killed, why on earth would anyone not want to ban the flipping things?

Just curious, but what policies are you refering to and why wouldn't they work. Keeping guns away from people with mental health issues, a waiting period to prevent spur-of-the-moment buys and registering your gun seem like easy and effective policies to me.

@Carrie de Luka I wouldn't go quite so far. I've shot guns at a shooting range and quite enjoyed it. Just not enough to go through the hassle to get a license and own a gun in my country. I can understand why people who enjoy it more than me would want to own their own gun. There is, however, a very important distinction between wanting and needing.

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Agreed Nathan.