Show Gun nuts get castrated Chris Wade Contributing Writer Recently the the national- national based gun control Brady Campaign gave Utah 4 out of The Brady Campaign rates every state each year on the strength of its its' gun laws This year California was rated number 1 with 70 out of West Virginia tied with Utah at 4 points States receiving the lowest scores of 2 were Kentucky Louisiana and Oklahoma While I believe we all have the right to own agun agun a agun gun and I have a few of my myown myown myown own I find it strange that so many are opposed to some simple common sense laws In many states you are required to wait 7 days from the date of purchase until you are able to pick up your firearm This is known know n as a cool down period It i is s designed to give possible angry gun buyers a chance chanc e to calm down and think However in Utah we nee need d to have our guns now a awaiting as s waiting a few days would woul d considerably inconvenience t the e responsible gun owner In Utah you are also abl able e to purchase firearms at gu gun gunshows gunshows n shows and expos without t submitting to a background check This means that anyone with a decent 18 ID can purchase an assault rifle with few questions asked This gun also does not have to be registered at the time of sale this responsibility falls on the new owner We believe that a safer America can be achieved without banning guns We believe that law-abiding law citizens should be able to buy and keep firearms And we believe there are sensible gun laws that we can and should insist upon when it comes to gun ownership states the Brady Campaigns Campaign's Secondly there are certain classes of weapons ns that should be out of bounds for private ownership They include Saturday- Saturday night specials which are used almost exclusively for crime style military-style assault weapons like and AK AK- and caliber sniper rifles which serve no ordinary sporting purpose This seems seems fairly straightforward to tome me When I go deer hunting none of the deer I see are usually wearing bulletproof vests or riding in military personal carriers A Saturday night special cheaply made noname no noname noname name brand handgun is just as likely to explode in my hand as it is to shoot straight more than 10 feet When it comes to protection if someone invades my home a simple shotgun will protect my family just as well as a rocket launcher So why the huge battle over guns there are very little use for On the other side of things a country without any firearms does not seem like such a good idea either Antigun advocates need to ask themselves this question If someone broke into your house with a knife how would you defend yourself I personally hate the thought of having to beat someone to death with a bat batin batin batin in my hallway I cant can't think of a worse experience If you had a gun at home you could subdue an intruder by simply brandishing your weapon Yo You could politely encourage the individual to behave while you were able to call This seems much less brutal and disturbing than to hand-to- hand medieval combat in inthe inthe inthe the kitchen Another advantage of gun ownership is that it provides a cheap source of food A processed deer can provide a family with meat for an entire winter saving huge sums over what it would cost at a supermarket As a sexual minority living in Utah a state where I am not as welcome or protected as I would like I am glad giad I live in a place where I have the right to protect myself As one of my friends always says Gays with guns dont don't get bashed A place for guns in our society exists if kept in inthe inthe inthe the hands of responsible law-abiding law citizens The problem we face is that people take this issue too far on one side or another If only we as a country could learn to compromise on some of these hot button issues think how much we could accomplish and how happy we could all be If we could learn to respect each others other's opinions and each give a little on our end we could spend more time focusing on important things The right side or the left side of any issue is the wrong side for thiS thiS' country to be on |