#1 get this guy on Steemit!

I'm of the "molon labe" crowd in America, so i realize my bias is to justify firearms ownership rights. i understand the case against disarming people, i just consider it a blunt force one-dimensional "solution" that ushers its own consequences:

-guns also save lives, permitting less capable to defend themselves against predators. Disarming those who care about the law is doing them a disservice.
-the video did a good job covering the purpose of the 2nd Amendment. Gun deaths MUST also include those inflicted on people by their own governments, and if you count the 20th century, Europe will be orders of magnitude ahead of the U.S. for centuries. The 2nd Amendment makes regimes like the Nazis, Spanish and Italian fascists, etc. much more unlikely to manifest in the U.S.
-Ending the Drug War would slash gun deaths by some massive %. Most gun violence in the U.S., at least, is caused by capital flows to gangs and subsequent gang violence. Banning guns doesn't even address this issue, just gives gangs an even greater asymmetric advantage over the rest of us. If there truly is a desire to cut gun violence, then first start with the low hanging fruit...end the Drug War and assess from there.
-Mass shootings have more to do with copycat psychology than guns. Deranged people will still try to mimic these events; certainly more difficult if they need to acquire weapons from the black market, but they will occur.

It's not always about stats, though, not that the stats even stack up in the anti-gun side of the argument. Just logically, it is counterproductive to disarm decent people who have never shown propensity to harm another. I'm one of these people. I've never considered harming another person in my life, and I regularly conceal carry my Glock. Disarming me and those who are similarly highly trained and responsible makes society less safe. Sure, disarming those with intent to murder would make society safer, but there are few better ways to screen than already exist with background checks.