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Topic	If being pro-gun is "macho" then why are so many of them so whiny?
RoboLaserGandhi 10/20/18 9:52:05 AM #33:	Solid Sonic posted... RoboLaserGandhi posted... Explain "sensible gun reform". We have to have specifics. Stopping people under 21 from buying a gun would help. Hell, I'd make it higher. A gun is definitely more dangerous than a beer. Also I'd say owning a firearm should be the same process as owning a car. You need a license (not just concealed carry, even hunters and sports shooters need a license to own their guns) and every weapon's serial number will be attached to the person who owns it, no matter where you buy it (pawn shop, gun show, licensed retailer, etc.). I feel like the only reason it isn't is because it's in the constitution. Just because something is a right doesn't mean the nation shouldn't trust people with it carte blanche. Rights still take responsibility to execute, even if you are entitled to it, and you can have your rights revoked if you don't do so. None of this would change anything. Raising the age to 21 would not prevent school shootings considering the vast majority are done with weapons the kids didn't buy themselves. Alcohol at 21 is entirely due to pressure from car insurance companies. Age laws are not set upon a universal continuum. Licenses, again, only affect sales of guns and not the various other forms of acquisition, so really you're just pissing people off with unnecessary bureaucracy and doing little to stop criminals. Additionally, now you've got to waste tax dollars and man-hours running this license administration and somehow going through the monumental and rather pointless task of enforcing it. The whole point of drivers licenses is because an individual's improper car use affects many other people on a daily basis. That's simply not the proper parallel with gun ownership. Never mind the fact that a constitutional right -- the one second only to freedom of speech/expression -- being regulated under government issued licenses would not go down well. Registration of serial numbers is a handy tool for finding the criminal after they've done the crime. <cite>RoboLaserGandhi posted [p:910846533] in If being p... [t:77114891]...</cite> <quote><cite>Solid Sonic posted...</cite> <quote><cite>RoboLaserGandhi posted...</cite> <quote>Explain "sensible gun reform". We have to have specifics.</quote> Stopping people under 21 from buying a gun would help. Hell, I'd make it higher. A gun is definitely more dangerous than a beer. Also I'd say owning a firearm should be the same process as owning a car. You need a license (not just concealed carry, even hunters and sports shooters need a license to own their guns) and every weapon's serial number will be attached to the person who owns it, no matter where you buy it (pawn shop, gun show, licensed retailer, etc.). I feel like the only reason it isn't is because it's in the constitution. Just because something is a right doesn't mean the nation shouldn't trust people with it carte blanche. Rights still take responsibility to execute, even if you are entitled to it, and you can have your rights revoked if you don't do so.</quote> None of this would change anything. Raising the age to 21 would not prevent school shootings considering the vast majority are done with weapons the kids didn't buy themselves. Alcohol at 21 is entirely due to pressure from car insurance companies. Age laws are not set upon a universal continuum. Licenses, again, only affect sales of guns and not the various other forms of acquisition, so really you're just pissing people off with unnecessary bureaucracy and doing little to stop criminals. Additionally, now you've got to waste tax dollars and man-hours running this license administration and somehow going through the monumental and rather pointless task of enforcing it. The whole point of drivers licenses is because an individual's improper car use affects many other people on a daily basis. That's simply not the proper parallel with gun ownership. Never mind the fact that a constitutional right -- the one second only to freedom of speech/expression -- being regulated under government issued licenses would not go down well. Registration of serial numbers is a handy tool for finding the criminal after they've done the crime.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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