Subj : Re: Gun Grabbers
To   : Derision
From : Thumper
Date : Thu Sep 13 2018 15:53:54

 
 >  > For the majority of Americans, common-sense also suggests that to own 
a
 >  > firearm one should be properly trained, and licensed, similar to how 
one
 >  > gets a license to drive a car.

 > This. I have no general problem with guns, but I don't see why you 
shouldn't
 > need to have a license, registration, and maybe even insurance in the 
same
 > way that you would a car. We make people do that to own a car so that we
 > know that they have at least a marginal idea of how to operate it, and 
won't
 > go driving on sidewalks mowing people down. In the same vein, I don't 
see
 > why you shouldn't be properly trained and licensed to use any kind of a 
gun
 > as well. Cos I'd much rather you understand how it works, than just be 
some
 > schmo that walked off the street and bought a rifle from Wal-Mart with
 > nothing except "guns are cool" as background.
 
The problem would be that criminals and killers would not bother to do any 
of that and as usual, the only ones that suffer and pay the "ginormous" 
fees for it are the legal, law-abiding citizens.

   -=Thumper=-
      Sysop
The Wastelands BBS

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