Be careful. It's the "more guns than people" argument that is the most effective liberal argument for gun control.
If law-abiding gun owners want to keep their guns, they are going to have to get comfortable with limited, efficacious measures that keep bad guys from legally purchasing guns. Such as the data bank law that could have prevented the legal sale of the rifle that Kelley used to mow down worshippers.
The fact the criminals act outside the law doesn't mean you give up on the idea of having laws altogether. Legal gun owners will need to live with reasonable restrictions to help reduce the incidence of bad guys getting guns. Like laws prohibiting felons or perpetrators of domestic violence from buying guns. Like requirements to register and insure firearms, so when a gun is stolen or missing, that fact is reported to the police. Not stupid, symbolic stuff, but real, efficacious measures that reduce the percentage of guns out there "on the street".
I'm not here to necessarily debate the specific laws that may work or not work. But I refuse to give in to this mindset that since criminals can "always" get guns illegally there's no reason to have laws at all. Kelley wasn't a criminal so much as a mental case. If he had been stopped from buying that rifle because of his domestic violence history, he might not have gunned down that congregation.
i don't give a Rat's hind foot about what Liberals want to argue.
The law is the law.
And it doesn't come Any Higher or with Any more Controlling/Over Riding Authority than
"SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED"And Since the 2nd means squat to Libs meaning to INFRINGE, then we Should be telling them we don't want Them to have any 1st Amendment Right to run their yaps for more gun control which only gets More People Killed, UNLESS, We can have Their mouths entered into Govt background check systems and They will have to be Govt Approved before They can offer Their Opinion on this, or any other subject.
There is no such damn thing as limited, efficacious gun control which cannot be circumvented by anyone with the desire to get around it.
I for one am sick to my guts of the very Idea of 'Bipartisan' Agreement with Libs on just about Any issue.
On gun control in, They can go to hell.
Bipartisan: synonym for Date Rape