I've heard it said you can't be middle-of-the-road on the gun issue. You're either pro-gun or anti-gun. But I'm probably the most neutral person I know on that issue. At least as it is in the U.S. (I recognize there are people who aren't in the US here, so I must throw in that caveat.)
On the one hand, I vehemently support the U.S. Constitution. Including the 2nd Amendment. The Founding Fathers knew that self-determination was a precious and important thing, and easily lost. If the government controls the weapons, we could lose it. We've seen that happen time and time again in countries that didn't have protection of citizen gun rights.
On the other hand, gun violence. There has to be a way to reduce the amount of gun violence without losing our rights.
Gun control is not the answer. There are countries with more lax gun laws that have less gun violence than we do, and countries with stricter gun control with more gun violence.
I have a long-winded three-tier plan, but I will wait until more people have commented before outlining it.
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