Who's to blame.......

Over the past couple of days I've seen stories on how Glen Beck is the driving force behind a person's drive to end up killing 3 police officers based on the belief the Government (to be read Obama) is out to get his guns. 

While it's no secret Obama is very anti-guns, and could quite possibly enact more gun restrictions/regulations/laws in the next 4 years. I don't believe he's out to get my guns, but I do feel the restrictions that will be placed on them will make the purpose for owning certain guns no longer valid. 

What people fail to remember, it's not the law abiding citizens that are the one's to worry about, as they're the one's who'll actually abide by any new laws the Obama administration would create. It's the criminals that wouldn't be following the laws, owning guns otherwise deemed illegal, and willing to use their gun(s) as a first choice, instead of a last resort.

I can't count the number of people I know who own guns, and have never had to use it in an aggressive manner against another person. The reason for that. They know other methods of working with people than through brute force with a weapon. Those people to my knowledge have only drawn their gun either while in training classes or while on the shooting ranges. 

If you know, walking into a place, you're the only one with a gun you'll have way more confidence when you demand they fill that bag with all their money and valuables, since all you'll have to do is show your gun, and all it goes into your bag. But if you don't know who has a gun and who doesn't, you might not be so bold in your asking of their money out of the fear they might have a gun as well, or worse yet, a bigger, more powerful gun than you. That's why major gun restrictions are a bad thing, it allows the criminals to know off the bat they have the difference maker, even if they just have a little 5 shot revolver because they'll know their adversary will be unarmed. 

I think if people understood the reasons for owning a gun, instead of just saying "oh guns kill people" I think more people would be willing to allow more free gun ownership in this country, which at one time was a right people cared about, not tried to take away. (see Amendment 2 to the United States Constitution)