firearm deaths vs Vehicle Deaths

Stupid Cow , deffo wont be buyin shit off you , you sociopathic me me ME type imbicile !

"Why does the NRA and 25% of the population who own guns oppose any effort to slow down the slaughter in our classrooms and homes?"

Not true. I dare you to find a sane, legal, and registered gun owner who is in favor of the slaughtering in classrooms and homes.

The reason they fight most gun legislation is because the legislation is trying to take away or at least hinder or slow down access to guns. The problem isn't the normal people who own guns, it's the crazy, illegal, and/or unregistered gun owners that are the biggest problem. Gun legislation doesn't affect them, anyway.

Like the "Unsafe at Any Speed" and MADD campaigns you mentioned, the solution was education, not restriction. How about instead of restricting people buying guns, we educate every gun owner and potential gun owner about proper gun safety and when and how to use the gun and proper maintenance.

Perfect, then lets fix gun problems the same way. Let's do it like you say "without the expense of denying us guns." Be tougher on those that break the laws and create more severe punishments against these animals and don't inconvenience a single one of us that obey the laws and HAVEN'T shot someone.

You need to check your numbers. By FBI stats you are way off and violent crimes including with guns are and have been in a serious decline for more than ten years, by more than 50% in most all states and the us as a whole. Before you speak like you are, you need to use correct numbers and not act like our liberal media and spill out half truths and lies. The under informed voters have already fallen for too much of this trash as it is.

You should have re-phrased your opening sentence; however, it is refreshing to see someone write a historically accurate and informed reply in a forum such as this. Apparently history does not teach anything to the majority, but of course, our Federal and State controlled educational system does not allow for that. (Sort of makes me wonder why?)
You ask "What next after that? Freedom of Speech".
Freedom of Speech: Use any words or combination of words, which have been registered as a Trademark or Copyright, you could spend yourself into the poorhouse in self defense. Words spoken in confidence can land a listener in jail if the “Legal Establishment” so decides. (Who gave them that power?)
Freedom from Illegal Search and Seizure: Go visit Aunt Matilda by air and live the experience. Of course, it is for your own good. And don't forget to take your 16oz containers of shampoo and conditioner.
Freedom to Assemble: Try and get a large group together without a permit. You might get away with it if the "City Fathers" agree with your agenda.
The right to Due Process in a Court of Law: ...is in direct proportion to your financial portfolio. One notable exception is a murder conviction. Here the establishment will spend millions of your tax dollars (for here is a sure thing), to fatten the portfolios of the card carrying members of the “Legal Industry”.
I am 66 year old. My travels extend from Moscow to Singapore. Served in the Army including Berlin (“Checkpoint Charley”) and Vietnam.
I am amused by the absurd debates which occupy the minds of a people who have the luxury to belong to the greatest and most powerful nation in history.
The Gun. The very tool (and I mean TOOL), which afforded the liberties this country now enjoys, is under attack by “patriotic” elements of this society. Please! Do not be deceived by our “Benevolent” government. Do not seek more laws than absolutely necessary. For every law you allow to be passed is an infringement of your freedom. Most of all, remember that laws presented are “crafted” by our “Representatives” who are of the most trustworthy of professions, either lawyer or politician. Than this proposed law is voted on by the same benevolent Representatives. Would they be capable of living on a twenty thousand dollar per year income, supporting a wife and the average two children?
Remember “Social Security”? What its original purpose was? Yes, it will be insolvent in the not so distant future. Why is this happening? Do a little research and find out how, in our name, and mostly without our informed consent, our “Representatives” allowed the funds to be spent on purposes other than originally intended. They “Barrowed” the money and replaced it with worthless bonds devalued by inflation. Would it be possible that maybe a Banker was invited into the “Comity” crafting the pertinent laws allowing the “Monies to be barrowed”?
But let’s not dwell on the past. Let us look forward to the wonderful future: The best example I can present, which will affect us all, is the new Health Care Law. 906 pages of wonderful promises written by politicians and lawyers. Only providence will tell how it will be “Interpreted”. If history is any indication, it will be, in the long term, of questionable benefit to the beneficiary.
In closing: I do NOT own a Gun. I will never own a Gun. I know what it means to kill, for I have done so. I however give you my word of honor, I will take up arms against any one, if necessary, to protect YOUR right to poses and bear arms and to protect the Constitution, the Bill Of Rights, and the Amendments as they stand.
God Help America!