Gun ownership and playing the second amendment card (Putin, middle east, border)
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No, but both drinking and driving have certain regulations to keep the roads as safe as possible. Speed limits and drunk driving laws save lives. Universal background checks and limiting certain kinds of guns would, too. I also like the idea of smart guns that could not be turned against their owners or accidentally fired by a child.
No limitations and background checks already exist.
So why can't I buy a Mac10, an Uzi ? A Thompson ? The Gov't can and does restrict access to weapons they consider dangerous. I used to buy M80 fireworks when I was a kid now they are no longer available.
This whole discussion is really academic, esp with Trump in office. Gun "control" is going nowhere anytime soon. Buy, use, enjoy !
But don't be surprised if the occasional wacko uses his Assault rife to kill lots of innocent people.
You can buy a Mac 10 or Thompson. I have those in stock.
So why can't I buy a Mac10, an Uzi ? A Thompson ? The Gov't can and does restrict access to weapons they consider dangerous. I used to buy M80 fireworks when I was a kid now they are no longer available.
This whole discussion is really academic, esp with Trump in office. Gun "control" is going nowhere anytime soon. Buy, use, enjoy !
But don't be surprised if the occasional wacko uses his Assault rife to kill lots of innocent people.
Then you must not be able to pass a background check, or you cannot come up with the cash needed to pay the government for the privilege.
Fully auto's are not illegal, they have just been made a privilege granted by government(unconstitutional)
Our rights are not a privilege
You'd think with all the wailing over how evil and... tyrannical people believe Trump and his government will be, that they might realize one of the reasons FOR the 2nd Amendment, which doesn't discriminate against political affiliation.
True. I heard that Soros is arming the left in secret.
Today's fanatical gun owners seem to be a bit misguided about what the framers intentions were when they wrote the second amendment. Times were very different back then than they are today regarding gun ownership. The US had just won a terrible, protracted war for independence. What the Constitution stipulated was that the country should have a well armed citizens militia. One that could defend itself against a truly overbearing government or another foreign invader.
Moreover since there were no grocery chains in post Revolutionary America most people had to hunt for their food using long rifle muskets and the like to find food for their very sustenance. A very different environment than today's modern world to be sure. Simply put, the Second amendment as it was written in 1789 cannot and should not be applied to today's world. The Framers never imagined the vast and wide array of sophisticated firearms that are readily available to almost anyone today.
AK-47's, AR-15's, or any other type of finely rifled high-powered, automatic or semi-automatic firearm simply did not exist in that era. To apply a Revolutionary era gun law on a twenty first century nation is inappropriate, and patently absurd in my view.
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Originally Posted by bresilhac
Do you have anything worthwhile to offer the thread? My opinions are as valid as anyone else's on here. Yours, not so much. Thanks for playing.
That poster said that to you, most likely because this discussion has been going on for decades. You would understand how wrong you are if you were to actually read the Federalist Papers, to see EXACTLY what the framers intended with the 2nd Amendment.
So as a smart person once said, you are entitled to your opinion, but not entitled to your own facts.
Educated yourself and come back in a few weeks to let us know what you discovered.
Do you have anything worthwhile to offer the thread? My opinions are as valid as anyone else's on here. Yours, not so much. Thanks for playing.
I do.....you are wrong
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