Ted Nugent on Gun Control

First, I have to acknowledge that I have not read this entire thread, but I have read some interesting arguments.

In response to Sheriff's quote, here is an excerpt from an article about gun control:

If gun control laws have any effect, it may be to increase crime. For instance:19

* New Jersey adopted what sponsors described as "the most stringent gun law" in the nation in 1966; two years later, the murder rate was up 46 percent and the reported robbery rate had nearly doubled.

* In 1968, Hawaii imposed a series of increasingly harsh measures and its murder rate, then a low 2.4 per 100,000 per year, tripled to 7.2 by 1977.

* In 1976, Washington, D.C., enacted one of the most restrictive gun control laws in the nation. Since then, the city's murder rate has risen 134 percent while the national murder rate has dropped 2 percent.

If anyone is interested in reading the article, the link can be found here:
NCPA - Policy Report 176 - Myths About Gun Control (http://www.ncpa.org/pub/st/st176/s176c.html)

As for my own opinions about gun control, here goes. I own two handguns. I own a blue card (licence to purchase a handgun). I am well trained in gun safety and a good shot on a gun range. I do keep a gun in my home for protection (I don't have kids, and if, for instance, my nephews were coming over, the clip would be removed and the gun locked up.)
Recently, there was an incident at my home where someone wasn't satisfied in attempting to get my attention by screaming outside of my house and decided to open my bedroom window. I didn't shoot him. I screamed bloody murder for him to leave and filed a complaint. However, had this not deterred him, I take comfort in the fact that I have the ability to protect myself.
As for the issue of the average citizen being able to carry a concealed weapon, I disagree. I believe anyone applying for a permit to carry should go through rigorous safety, ability, and accuracy training (as is required in Rhode Island). Otherwise, any idiot is more likely to blow their own foot off rather than actually have to defend themself.

That's just my 2 cents.

Outstanding post. Good research.

Did you not watch the youtube link about the UK gun laws?

I did and it didn't convince me.

I am unsure of why you are failing to make the connections, so I will bow out of this discussion as there is no more I can say, or anyone can say that will show you this direct relation.

I have seen nothing that demonstrates that gun control laws result in an increase in gun crimes (or any crimes for that matter). Many of the "studies" I have read in this thread do not prove that gun control laws result in an increase in crime. They simply say, "X gun control measure was passed and, thereafter, crime rates increased." That is quite different from proving, "X gun control measure was paased and, therefore, crime rates increased." But, I will bow out of this discussion as there is nothing further I can say to illuminate the difference between correlation, coincidence, and causation.

(I would also suggest you not leave negative rep to someone with solely a differing opinion than you, but I might be barking up the wrong tree there)

First, I did not give you a negative reputation point for disagreeing with me. I gave you negative reputation points because, with all due respect, I have found some of your posts in this thread lacking in substance and smelling of arrogance. Second, I should note that I have not given anyone negative reputation points for having a different opinion. Third, I believe you have given me reputation points because I disagreed with you (but maybe it's because you think my posts lack substance or stink of arrogance).

In any case, I'm done with this thread. You have your opinions and I have mine, we disagree, and neither of us is likely to persuade the other to change his opinion.

PS - I can't wait for training camp to start so we can discuss real football events instead of politics/news.

Oh Ted, if nothing else your lunacy is entertaining:

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Well to be fair he is just repeating what Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont said.

"Too often, much of late, the last couple three years, the mal-distribution of income in American is gone up way too much, the wealthy are getting way, way too wealthy and the middle income class is left behind," he said. "Wages have not kept up with increased income of the highest income in America. This legislation will have the effect of addressing that mal-distribution of income in America."

Anyone going to Ted Nugent "Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead" tour (http://www.tednugent.com/news/newsDetails.aspx?PostID=1037802#topNav) this summer?

http://www.tednugent.com/images/news/NUGE_2010_Tour.jpg

Ted Nugent played a free concert here at one of the naval bases back after the first Iraq war and he sucked. He did that same lame thing with the bow and arrow and his music was just awful. I went with a group of like 10 people and everyone tried to get into the music but it just didn't work. The only reason we stayed was one of the people we went with worked for the company sponsoring the concert and got free beer. Even with the free beer the music still sucked and that pretty bad.