Quote Originally Posted by BgMc31 View Post
Godfather,

Have you been to DC? And I'm not talking about the tourist attraction areas? None of the affluent live in DC. Most, if not all, reside in Virginia or Maryland. If you've ever been to these areas I'm sure you wouldn't support arming complete housing projects where law enforcement can barely patrol as it is.
So because many of the people there are of lower socioeconomic backgrounds they aren't entitled to defend their lives? I have no problem with arming any of those people so long as they have a clean criminal background and would therefore be able to legally posess,own, and carry a firearm. I think it is naive to assume only the affluent should be able to be armed. The people living in those projects have just as much of a right to the 2nd amendment as any other person. They live in high crime areas and should be able to defend themselves if need be. The police are obviously not doing a good enough job, and that is pretty much universal, the police cannot be everywhere at everytime and there are circumstances when citizens need to be able to defend their lives. As stated previously, "outlawing" guns does not take them out of the criminals hands, only out of the law abiding citizens.