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CMV: Gun control is an unimportant issue

I am an American.  At this point, I basically don't care one way or the other about gun control.  I simply do not think it's worth all the anger and heated debate surrounding it.

I've spent at least four years trying to research the issue, ask people on both sides what they believe, etc.  Either way, the arguments seem to boil down to personal, emotional arguments: "How dare you take my guns" on the Right and "Don't kill our children" on the Left.  And to me, these are stupid arguments because the vast majority of people on the Left *do not* want to take your guns, and the vast majority of people on the Left *do not* want to kill your children.  I once drove by a gun control rally where people were holding signs that said things like "Stop illegal gun ownership NOW!" and "Keep our schools safe!" It made me think, well great, I don't think anyone on either side of this debate actually disagrees with those statements.

Of course there are rational arguments on both sides, and I accept that.  But both sides use statistics about gun violence to support their side, so I feel like I can't trust any studies about gun violence.  The Right will cite one study that seems to support gun ownership decreases violence, while the Left will cite another that seems to support gun ownership increases violence.  The Right also defends gun rights as Second Amendment rights, but this seems like a weak argument to me.  The Second Amendment was written at a very different time in history, when semi-automatic and fully automatic weapons didn't exist.  Besides, the text includes the words *a well-regulated militia.*  I could go on talking about the various arguments for and against gun control, but basically, I have not found compelling arguments on either side, and this leads me to believe that it's not a worthwhile debate.

Besides, the gun control issue doesn't seem to have much longevity.  It'll explode in the news media right after a school shooting or something, and die down pretty soon afterward.  For example, right now there seems to be a bit of a lull in the debate.

Now, I acknowledge that it's very possible I'm missing something.  And though I tend to be particularly fond of the idea that I am right and everyone else is wrong, I have unfortunately come to find that this is very rarely the case.  So please, if you wish, and if you think you can, Change My View!

EDIT:  After a few comments, I think I found the simplest way for my view to be changed.  A commenter pointed out that the issue is important for those who think it's important, and I have no strong opinion either way.  so if you can, convince me that I should have a strong opinion.
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>the text includes the words a well-regulated militia.

You've studied for four years and you still think "well-regulated" means subject to regulation?

I don't think you've actually studied this at all. Have you read Heller or McDonald? Have you read the Federalist papers?

Have you read this?

Nunn v. Georgia (1846)

The right of the whole people, old and young, men, women and boys, and not militia only, to keep and bear arms of every description, and not such merely as are used by the militia, shall not be infringed, curtailed, or broken in upon, in the smallest degree; and all this for the important end to be attained: the rearing up and qualifying a well-regulated militia, so vitally necessary to the security of the free State.

Are you familiar with Frederick Douglass?

"In a composite Nation like ours, made up of almost every variety of the human family, there should be, as before the Law, no rich, no poor, no high, no low, no black, no white, but one country, one citizenship equal rights and a common destiny for all.

A government that cannot or does not protect the humblest citizen in his right to life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness, should be reformed or overthrown, without delay."

Also:

"A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box."


Have you talked to members of Pink Pistols?


Do you believe no technology other than what was around when the 1st amendment was written is covered by the 1st amendment?

You appear to have created superficial and straw-men like caricatures of the arguments on all sides of the debate.