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ETproductions1 year, 8 months ago
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I think what he is saying is that, like ALL laws, gun laws need to strike a reasonable balance between absolute freedom to do anything and unnecessary regulation. Surely you recognize that civilization would cease to exist altogether if we made murder, robbery, rape and child molestation legal.
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tkyrchncs1 year, 8 months ago
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What is reasonable in one person's opinion is ridiculous in another's. "Shall not be infringed" is about as plain and absolute as a statement can get. Our founders lived in a society where people regularly appeared in public in almost any context armed. When you are proved to be unsafe with a firearm (not assumed to be, but PROVED to be) is the time to disarm you. Otherwise, you should be able to keep and bear arms.
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ETproductions1 year, 8 months ago
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I agree. I wasn't arguing for repressive gun laws. We have those here in Boston, and the result is that only the criminals are armed and they know it.
I look at guns like automobiles. Both are potentially deadly weapons. We should have the right to use either unless we prove we don't deserve that privilege. But like automobiles, it is reasonable to require that one understand gun safety before obtaining a license to carry. And it's reasonable to restrict use in cases of mental illness or habitual drunkenness.
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tkyrchncs1 year, 8 months ago
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That was an assumption in the society of our founders. Your father, mother, older brothers and sisters, uncles, etc. taught you how to shoot and clean your gun. It is a basic living skill, like knowing how to bathe or raise potatoes or wash clothes. A license should be considered unreasonable, as should registration of the firearms. NOBODY should be assumed to be unable to carry except in the severest of cases of mental retardation or illness.
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ETproductions1 year, 8 months ago
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Yeah, well, they didn't have licenses to drive automobiles, or suspensions thereof for DUI back then either, did they? So we should do away with those laws too, right? And while we are at it, let's just reset ALL our laws to what they were back in the 1700s. Get real!
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tkyrchncs1 year, 8 months ago
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Firearms antedate the country and empowered its formation and guaranteed its independence in the early years. Cars are a needless extravagance and a huge mistake for a country that should have focused all that money and ingenuity on public transportation.
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Obaku1 year, 7 months ago
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In case you hadn't noticed, the purpose of licensing is not to assure competence, but to gain revenue for the government.
Remember that 'test' you took to get a driver's license?
Was it as difficult, and did it require as much study, as your high school math final?
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ETproductions1 year, 8 months ago
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Are you being deliberatly stupid or is it a natural condition? My comment wasn't in any way meant to suggest that guns cause crimes. Read it. It's pointing out that the very foundation of civilization is the rule of law, and that laws regarding deadly weapons might, in some cases, make sense.
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