Hopefully everyone will read the entire piece here's a clip.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/10/carson-living-with-the-second-amendment/
When I was in high school, I joined the ROTC initially because I was attracted to the uniforms. I figured they would provide an opportunity to escape the constant berating by fellow students owing to my outdated clothing. I was fascinated with the guns and became an excellent marksman, winning several marksmanship awards. I also led a drill team, which was very advanced with the art of disassembling and reassembling military rifles in record time. I advanced through the ranks, eventually becoming the city’s ROTC executive officer and was offered a scholarship to West Point. I gained great respect for the military and its role in procuring and maintaining our freedom. I also gained great appreciation for firearms, as well as an understanding of how they can be used for great good or great harm. Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/10/carson-living-with-the-second-amendment/#ixzz2vUwOuwoV Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter
Although... He gives us both the pro and the con argument.
Treating gun rights like a license to drive is a dead end. Licensing is just a pretext to confiscation, IMHO. There is no right to drive enshrined in the Constitution. He says it's not a perfect analogy, so I do have respect for that. Still, he does acknowledge the real reason—protection from government tyranny and a human’s innate right to protect themselves.
He's probably seen way to many killings in the ghetto, but they way out of that is to go after the bad guys, not everyone who obeys the law. Consider that ghetto killers' victims are usually other ghetto people (am I racist for putting it that way?), it would be a great help to that part of our society, too.