Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "Senators Won't Pass Gun Reform This Week - We Asked Them Why" video.

  1. 18 yrs old being recruited, trained and then going abroad in war or defense situations have absolutely nothing to do with untrained unchecked citizens also having access to it... this is like saying everyone should have the right to drive heavy machinery or fly a plane whenever and wherever they want without a license just because those are employed in some situations. It's maliciously misleading, and offensive to your constituents' intelligence, if not indicating your inability to occupy the position you are currently in for lack of common sense, logic and personal responsibility. Feral pigs can be hunted and killed by other means other than, again, letting anyone go into a gun shop and buy enough weapons and ammo without justification or proof of need. And even if firearms are the most optimal solution, there is no reason not to regulate it. If that's why you need it, fine, prove it and you can buy it. Also, people aren't even asking for bans... they are asking for control. It's not that much to ask, considering a whole lot of things are already regulated to prevent death and destruction by accident or on purpose - vehicles, building sites, several types of tools and machinery, etc. It is ridiculous that a country that has extremely strict restrictions and regulations on everything from flying a dog sized drone to crap like Kinder Eggs, magnetic toys and stuff like requiring you to pay for business licenses to blog or call yourself an interior designer cannot see logic in having restriction and regulations to handle firearms of all things. There is absolutely no sane reason not to regulate the one tool that has the single purpose of causing as much destruction to the other living, receiving party. The narrative would make more sense if anyone could just pick a plane up and start flying around with people inside without regulations or licenses needed, if the military just took any roadside idiot and shipped them away without training or evaluation to other countries, and stuff like that. What people are asking there is for application of logic and balance, nothing more. If things that can be dangerous for public safety but also have other purposes need regulation for protection of society and innocent lives, how can the thing that has the sole purpose of taking lives not have any regulation? It makes absolutely no sense. It should also be mentioned that several countries that have all sorts of problems with invading species, dangerous wild animals around, and whose farmers and whatnot have to deal with them all the time can live perfectly well with gun control, if not outright bans, because they are not single minded enough to think guns are the solution to everything.
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