I'm quite annoyed at the idea of making the granting of rights subject to proving a "need" to have said rights.
But no one here thinks that owning a gun is a right or has anything to do with rights. As I've argued (endlessly, I'll admit) before, gun issues are cultural issues in the clearest way that anything can be a cultural issue.
Which is alright, I suppose.....even though I'm quite sceptical that gun ownership is really a huge influence in crime. Look at Austria, for example.
I guess my problem is....if a strong argument can't be found to ban posession of something....I tend to oppose the government regulating whéther it can be bought and sold and under what conditions.
Even if we don't view it as a "right"....that in itself is not a reason to ban it.
