to retain my CDL. If I dont pass the physical, I cant operate a tractor trailer.
For my HAZMAT endorsement? I have to get a TSA background check. Renewed at least once every 5 years.
Im required to have insurance coverage on any vehicle I own. Insurance which covers death and disfigurement, as well as the usual protections for vehicles and property. Whether I were to kill someone with my vehicle accidentally or intentionally, or if someone were to borrow or steal my vehicle and go out and kill someone, my insurance may have to provide restitution.
All of this, so I can drive a tractor trailer.
Constitution protects the right to bear arms. Okay. I see no reason not to regulate guns much in the same way cars and trucks are regulated. People can still own and purchase firearms to their hearts desire.
Gun owners should be required to carry insurance for each individual gun they own. You want a full blown arsenal? Fine. Just pay the hundreds or thousands of dollars required to insure each weapon, every year. Have all the guns you can afford.
Physicals, including mental health evaluations, every two years. TSA threat assessments once every 5 years. If truckers have to do this, I see no reason why gun owners shouldnt. You dont pass your evaluation, local police are notified and confiscate all firearms until you can provide proper certification showing youve passed your screening.
But muh Constitution!
Hold up. No one is saying you cant have your guns. You just have to prove that youre capable and responsible enough to own them.
But what about people who own guns illegally?
Dumb argument. Many of these mass shootings are perpetrated by lawful gun owners. Not to mention, the fact that you cant prevent all of something bad happening doesnt mean you should do nothing about it.
My two cents. I know some of you will disagree. Im not going to argue. This makes sense to me. If it doesnt make sense to you, fine.
It's stuff like this that's gonna help make things better. Regulate the fuck out of guns.
Blighboy posted...
The constitution does not protect the right to drive trucks. Driving a truck is not intrinsically linked to democracy, capitalism and freedom of speech in the same way that using a firearm is.
I don't get why you're defending the constitution like this. The 2nd Amendment obviously needs more work done to it. It's literally one sentence and it's "justifying" the murder of people everyday. Fuck that noise, seriously. Stop defending this moronicly worded amendment. ---
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