Guns

**mtoutdoors** · January 29th, 2013

I can respect Steven Kings right to have his own option on guns. However I wish he hadn't published his views on gun control. Statements such as the following are so insulting to me that I can't understand looking down on others while ignoring the facts.

"I have nothing against gun owners, sport shooters, or hunters," says Steven King, But how many have to die before we will give up these dangerous toys?"

"Gun advocates have to ask themselves if their zeal to protect even the outer limits of gun ownership have anything to do with preserving the Second Amendment, or if it's just a stubborn desire to hold onto what they have, and to hell with the collateral damage."

Facts: The most violent cities in our country are those with the most restrictive gun laws.

Passing new laws will not have any effect enforce the current laws uniformly and increase the penalties relating to them. We have thousands of gun laws on the books and Criminals ignore them. If laws could stop deaths then lets start with things that cause many more deaths a year like drinking and driving. Again people that ignore laws are not effected by new ones however law abiding people are. Why restrict our right to defend our self's from criminals.

The second amendment has nothing to do with hunting and and everything to do with protecting our self's from others that would do us harm. I wish to protect my self from others and would like to be as well armed as any group that would threaten me. More to the point the second amendment provides us a means of protecting all of our rights and insuring other well intentioned groups don't impose their beliefs and standard on all of us.

Law abiding Americans do not as a whole consider guns TOYS. Guns are tools of every day life and if one does not care to us the tool that is your right and I can respect it. But please respect my right to have and maintain them as well.

Why is that Personal Responsibility is always left out of the equation when well intentioned people want to fix the problems in the world. Lets focus the discussion on what can have the most impact on our life's. Holding people personally responsible for their actions and punishing those that break the law equally in an meaningful, respectful and appropriate manor regardless of their position in our country.

So Steven I hope you can respect my opinions and understand why because we don't share any common ground I will not be reading any of you work going forward.

**GNTLGNT** · January 29th, 2013

...I'm sure he CAN respect your opinions, just as you should his...I don't understand this whole "well, coz he don't agree with me...I ain't a'gonna read him no more" mindset...that's akin to not breathing, just because you think the air quality stinks....

**Shasta** · January 29th, 2013

Originally Posted by mtoutdoors

I can respect Steven Kings right to have his own option on guns. However I wish he hadn't published his views on gun control. Statements such as the following are so insulting to me that I can't understand looking down on others while ignoring the facts.

"I have nothing against gun owners, sport shooters, or hunters," says Steven King, But how many have to die before we will give up these dangerous toys?"

"Gun advocates have to ask themselves if their zeal to protect even the outer limits of gun ownership have anything to do with preserving the Second Amendment, or if it's just a stubborn desire to hold onto what they have, and to hell with the collateral damage."

Facts: The most violent cities in our country are those with the most restrictive gun laws.

Passing new laws will not have any effect enforce the current laws uniformly and increase the penalties relating to them. We have thousands of gun laws on the books and Criminals ignore them. If laws could stop deaths then lets start with things that cause many more deaths a year like drinking and driving. Again people that ignore laws are not effected by new ones however law abiding people are. Why restrict our right to defend our self's from criminals.

The second amendment has nothing to do with hunting and and everything to do with protecting our self's from others that would do us harm. I wish to protect my self from others and would like to be as well armed as any group that would threaten me. More to the point the second amendment provides us a means of protecting all of our rights and insuring other well intentioned groups don't impose their beliefs and standard on all of us.

Law abiding Americans do not as a whole consider guns TOYS. Guns are tools of every day life and if one does not care to us the tool that is your right and I can respect it. But please respect my right to have and maintain them as well.

Why is that Personal Responsibility is always left out of the equation when well intentioned people want to fix the problems in the world. Lets focus the discussion on what can have the most impact on our life's. Holding people personally responsible for their actions and punishing those that break the law equally in an meaningful, respectful and appropriate manor regardless of their position in our country.

So Steven I hope you can respect my opinions and understand why because we don't share any common ground I will not be reading any of you work going forward.

"Steven" is actually spelled Stephen.

Bye!

**PatInTheHat** · January 29th, 2013

Originally Posted by mtoutdoors

Facts: The most violent cities in our country are those with the most restrictive gun laws.

Fact: Your fact, it's fiction.

Blather yada blather yada blather yada yada..blather blather........................

Originally Posted by mtoutdoors

So Steven I hope you can respect my opinions and understand why because we don't share any common ground I will not be reading any of you work going forward.

Fact: Your a big baby.

**not_nadine** · January 29th, 2013

How come this one gets it's own thread?

**Tim D.** · January 29th, 2013

Seems like all day I've been reading comments from folks who have decided they won't read SK books anymore because they don't agree with his opinion on gun control. Whatever your opinions or feelings toward guns and gun control, it has nothing to do with reading a book for entertainment. Mr. King has merely expressed his opinion, as is his right as an American. Sounds to me like a lot of people should relax their childish "I'm gonna take my toys and go home" mentality put on their grown up pants and learn how to play well with others.

**Moderator** · January 29th, 2013

Originally Posted by not_nadine

How come this one gets it's own thread?

It was originally posted in the Hot Topics forum so I moved it over to this one.

**Shasta** · January 29th, 2013

Originally Posted by Tim D.

Seems like all day I've been reading comments from folks who have decided they won't read SK books anymore because they don't agree with his opinion on gun control. Whatever your opinions or feelings toward guns and gun control, it has nothing to do with reading a book for entertainment. Mr. King has merely expressed his opinion, as is his right as an American. Sounds to me like a lot of people should relax their childish "I'm gonna take my toys and go home" mentality put on their grown up pants and learn how to play well with others.

THANK YOU. I feel like this board has turned into the Yahoo "comments" section. *Cringe*

And if you don't want to read anymore, don't!!

(And come on. The correct spelling of Stephen's name is at the TOP OF THE PAGE. I don't know many Constant Readers that don't know how to spell Stephen so I'm not real concerned.)