summarizing our pro-gun opinions

[SigSlinger508]

Working on summarizing all good arguments against gun control and for firearms ownership. Interested to hear everyone's personal, well thought out, and consistent go-to answers to each of these commonly used anti-gun talking points...
A) The constitution is outdated so it doesn't apply to today's world.
B) Modern firearms ("assault weapons") are not like the muskets that existed when the constitution was written and so the second amendment doesn't apply to them.
C) Muskets couldn't fire 30 round "clipazines" and took longer to reload.
D) The second amendment is only for militia service not the individual.
E) Why do you "need" those guns?
F) Why registration and databases of guns is/isn't infringing on rights and how it is/isn't the first step in confiscation.
G) Guns kill and make people more violent.

 

[knfmn]

Working on summarizing all good arguments against gun control and for firearms ownership. Interested to hear everyone's personal, well thought out, and consistent go-to answers to each of these commonly used anti-gun talking points...
A) The constitution is outdated so it doesn't apply to today's world.
B) Modern firearms ("assault weapons") are not like the muskets that existed when the constitution was written and so the second amendment doesn't apply to them.
C) Muskets couldn't fire 30 round "clipazines" and took longer to reload.
D) The second amendment is only for militia service not the individual.
E) Why do you "need" those guns?
F) Why registration and databases of guns is/isn't infringing on rights and how it is/isn't the first step in confiscation.
G) Guns kill and make people more violent.

A, B, C: the constitution was intended to cover both existing and future technology. We didn't decide that censoring people was ok when quill pens became outdated and were replaced with typewriters, or when people began using the internet.
D: the militia referred to in the constitution is comprised of all citizens in the US.
E: It isn't about "need", it is about exercising a natural right.
F: Point out that every time there has been registration in history it is followed very shortly by confiscation. This time would not be any different.
G: arguing that guns kill and make people more violent makes as much sense as arguing that it's the car's fault when an old lady plows into a bunch of school children. They aren't sentient beings, capable of making decisions on their own. We actually have a low murder rate in this country if you discount the socialist utopias like NYC, Chicago and DC.

 

[CobaltBlueSteel]

B) Modern firearms ("assault weapons") are not like the muskets that existed when the constitution was written and so the second amendment doesn't apply to them.
C) Muskets couldn't fire 30 round "clipazines" and took longer to reload.

But "assault weapons" existed when the Bill of Rights was being drafted. They weren't common because they were expensive, but look up the following Revolutionary Era firearms...

1) Belton Repeating Flintlock
2) Girandoni Repeating Air Rifle
3) Puckle Gun
4) Pepperbox Revolver

All could fire multiple rounds per minute.