jc456
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- Dec 18, 2013
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well really extinguishing the thought that what's mine is your philosophy by the demofks.Wrong. Many of us will and do and would be willing to go along with "sensible" regulation. We just cannot write it and enact it individually. That is why we have representative legislature. Problem is, legislature is in gridlock on the issue, and a lot of money is made on the issue. The issue has been demagogued to death and the only ones profiting from it are the NRA, the gun manufacturers, the lobbyists and selected politicians.Note: All gun banners never will say what "sensible" is.Who is afraid of guns, Booty? I was a trained weapons instructor on leterally every small arm the military had through the 90s, including grenade launchers and shoulder fired rockets, and of course crew served weapons systems, including 4 deuce mortar and M-60A3 main battle tank and rated expert in all the above. To this day, I keep enough weapons in various part of our home loaded and extra ammo with the goal of being able stand off a platoon size element for hours if it ever became necessary. Ordered a PSA 16" CHF standard 1:7 twist mid-length 5.56 NATO Premium AR-15 Upper from Palmetto State Armory, just yesterday morning to complete a build. You got the wrong guy. I do not fear weapons or explosives (yes, trained and qualified in that also back in the day), and it is with that training and experience, I can say without a doubt, training, qualification, and self discipline are or key to weapons safety and many in the civilian population particulary shouldn't even be trusted with potato gun, much less a fire arm on the streets. Don't expect people like me to get all tore up about your right to cowboy around town with weapons hanging all over your body, like an SF wannabe to show off you toys. Owning cool firepower, also does not change the way many behave. It takes more than plunking down the price of admission to own and that firepower should fall under sensible regulation.Depends on why I am jumping.Does not change my mind. If everybody jumped off a 200 ft cliff, would you jump off, just because it was your right. I doubt it.Open carry of a rifle is legal in Texas and in most states.Smart move on your part. Same here on the personal carry. There is nothing saying it is legal to open carry rifles. Somebody walking the parking lot with an AR-15, especially magazine in, attracts a lot of attention and should.Banning ownership would be wrong. Banning from places other than your own property or weapons ranges or hunting areas if they are allowed is another matter. We really do need to get AR-15 type weapons off the streets and out of the parking lots, but I enjoy shooting them on the range and believe you should be able to have anything you choose in your own home and on your property to defend your home and family all the way to the property line.
So do you think a sign saying “NO AR-15s or other assault weapons allowed“ would deter a mass shooter?
I live in Florida where you can’t carry a rifle or open carry a handgun in public. I have no problem abiding by those rules. I legally carry a handgun concealed in public.
You can be afraid of guns all you want. That does not change what I do and how I behave.
you can try to shame me and others for their exercise of their natural and constitutional right. It does not and should not change how we behave.
Now, off is the general direction in which I wish you to fuck.
Any regulation by the federal government is automatically not sensible.
Not only does the constitution forbid any federal regulation of weapons, but obviously in a frontier location like Alaska, you would want to keep a rifle on the easily accessible mantle, so that even juveniles had easy access if necessary.
Any firearm regulation has to be local, and minimal. The individual needs vary far to much for distant federal interference.
When it comes to high murder rates, clearly those are caused by other factors than firearm accessibility. And it is those causal factors we should be trying to address instead of attempting to just cover up the real problems by reducing the noticeable symptoms. Like poverty, injustice, lack of education, lack of opportunity, etc. Those are the real causes of crime, and actually can be fairly easily fixed, far more easily than with gun control, which actually increases the fundamental problems.