Gun Control & RKBA

It doesn't matter what percent misuse guns. That's unrelated to the outcome. The outcome is thousands of dead kids per year and tens of thousands of dead Americans. Trying to make it about a percentage of users is a total red herring. I don't care one iota if you're a safe gun user because your safe gun use - in fact 99% of gun owners safe gun usage - does exactly nothing to save the lives of all of those people.

And self-defense... I now live in Ireland which is endlessly safer. My kids and kids all over the country have never even heard of a school shooting. They've never had to be taught how to shelter in place. The police don't even have guns. We don't need guns for self defense because there's no guns to defend against. Taking away all guns removes the need for guns to protect against guns.

We don't live in fear and our TV screens are not filled with scenes from the daily gun bloodbath. No one suggests teachers need guns and toddlers aren't shooting people on a weekly basis.

I know many Americans sense of self is tied to a gun, but I don't care. Because until the gun violence epidemic in America is solved America as a country can not be trusted with guns.