Bob Blaylock
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I personally think that the Founding Fathers would be rolling in their graves when they if they could see the results of unrestricted gun ownership in your country. The 2nd Amendment passed before the revolver was invented, when gun ownership meant long guns.
The US government is in no danger of being attacked by hostile natives or ground forces from another country. The greatest danger faced by Americans today is mass shootings, which happen in part because of easy access to guns and ammo. And right-wing militia groups getting stupid.
There are no easy solutions, but owning a gun puts you in more danger than not owning one.
Even for a Canadian, and even for a hoplophobe, that post is spectacularly ignorant.
It is well-known that pistols were common in the time that the Bill of Rights was written, and had been for quite some time before, going back almost as far as long guns. Somewhat less well-known is the history of repeating arms and volley arms, going back for more than a century before the Constitution was written.
And far more Americans are killed or otherwise seriously harmed by diseases, or by accidents that have nothing to do with arms, than by any means having to do with arms. Even among those deaths that are connected with the use or misuse of firearms, mass shootings account for a very tiny proportion. Your statement that “The greatest danger faced by Americans today is mass shootings, which happen in part because of easy access to guns and ammo.” is ridiculous, deceitful hyperbole.