This seems to be a subject which Piers Morgan is hot for, and he gets hot and pushy, no doubt about that. Alex Jones might have been trying to put the fire out with his own torrent. But I'm getting fascinated by this issue myself. I'm not a gun man, but I am into martial arts and self defense; I don't know that the three things necessarily go together, but I know a lot of martial artists who are into guns, and connect it vehemently with self defense.
But self defense is not the concern of those who are for the Second Amendment and against gun control. Their concern is tyranny. And they make a good point.
Historically, it is the case that tyrannies disarm the public and institute control over the public; Japan outlawed weapons in Okinawa because they feared the martial arts public; in the Philippines, at least according to my Filipino martial arts sources, Spain outlawed the practice of Filipino martial arts; so it was done in secret. Granted, the martial arts "world" is full of fanciful stories. Still, Mao, Hitler, and the list goes on, disarmed the public and instituted tyranny. The people can't defend themselves, then they are helpless before the government.
It's a compelling argument, and in some ways beats the argument that automatic weapons allow for the slaughter of school kids and movie-goers. Also, there is the argument that an attempt to ban semi-automatic guns will outlaw hand-guns and nullify our ability to have something handy for self defense.
Then there's the question of why we want and need guns, why we're afraid and why the government is dangerous. I'm not going to go that deep into the subject. But I find this interview on Piers Morgan's show very, very interesting. Ben Shapiro nails it a couple times, and Morgan can't say much for that: Especially at the point when Morgan is trying to turn accusations around on him.
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