You need to do your homework. You're listening to way too much liberal media spin.
What you "DON'T" hear.. is about all the robberies that are PREVENTED by Store Owners who HAVE guns.
What you need to look up..are the stats since it has become legal to CARRY in Texas and Oklahoma. There are things you MUST do in order to have that privledge.. but what you need to look up are the crime stats since the right to carry took effect!! I'll save you some time.. THEY WENT DOWN!!
I think background checks of some magnitude are good, in that we don't want criminals legally getting guns! But I also know that criminals will always get them somehow even if they were banned.
I might add.. it would be ill advised for a person with criminal intent to enter my home. We are both expert marksmen. I was taught to shoot by a former Seattle Sherrif years ago. I was taught to never aim to maim.. but to kill.
I would.
We stay proficient in firing our weapons.
We raised 5 children and have 12 grandchildren. There have always been guns in our home. They are loaded. The first chamber is always empty. We use common sense when dealing with the issue of safety..and our protection. We are absolutely positive that our kids NEVER touched our guns. We have ways of knowing this. We have prooved it.
Its called "being responsible".
Something a lot of parents lack..and usually the ones who fear guns the most! IMHO
The accidental shootings are actually statistically rare. And don't tell me that one is too many.. of course it is. But so is one child being hit by a car TOO MANY!!! One drowning too many!!!
Accidents do happen. We can't outlaw living!!!
Now abortions.. THATS MURDER!!!