But what do your Mom and Dad think about them? On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Frederick The Moderate < [email protected]> wrote:
> > I have a 9mm and I've had 12 - 20ga shotguns and a couple rifles as > well. Now I just have the one. I don't take it with me to NFL or other > sporting events. Or bars. When my wife and I go out for an evening at > the club or a nice restaurant, the gun is at home. If we stops > somewhere on the way to pick up a bottle of wine of gift for our host, > I don't take it into the liquor store. > So if someone has a gun while we're out, my gun isn't going to protect > me. I don't know anyone who carries a gun everywhere they go. So in > regards to my friends who own guns, their guns won't protect them > either. Not while they're out, anyway. If someone comes into our home, > that's a different story. > So I have no problem with some level of gun control. This does not > mean I want someone to come take my gun away and I'm not extreme > enough to think that some kind of regulation and registration will > result in that. I had to take a test to prove I could safely handle a > car. I had to have my picture taken, provide my address, make sure my > vision is okay and all kinds of stuff. No one has taken my car. > So I have no problem with all that for a gun. A car is not > specifically designed to kill people but a gun is. Yet there are a lot > of people who have a BIG problem with some common sense when it comes > to guns. Do I think we have a "Right" to take guns to bars? Well, if > you get caught in your car after a couple drinks, life gets ugly fast. > But I guess it somehow makes sense to a lot of people that we > shouldn't interfere with someone's right to operate a loaded gun when > hammered. That doesn't make sense to me. > Same with church. If you need a gun with you in church, I think you're > going to the wrong church. But hey, at least you're not hammered so, > if you're anticipating a particularly vicious bake sale, well okay > then. > I like the laws in Hong Kong. Anyone who has not been convected of a > major crime (felony here) can own a gun. Anyone can apply for a > concealed weapon permit. Everyone who owns a gun has to register it, > get their picture taken and have a ballistics test done (like > fingerprinting) on their gun. They also have to pass an exam that > shows they know how not to accidentally blow someone's head off and > that they are aware of the laws in the city. > If a cop finds a gun on you, he can take you in right then and there > (assuming it's concealed without permit). Unlike here, gangbangers can > get years for carrying a gun with the intent to commit a crime. Being > from Detroit and LA (where I was shot twice and stabbed once by > bangers as a teen), I think that's a good thing. If you find some guy > in a car, downtwon at midnight, with a wig and hat and a .357, it > doesn't matter if he's never been convected of a felony before, you > know what he's up to. On the other hand, if you find a jeweler with a > registered gun in the same place, it makes sense he'd want to have > protection. This is all just common sense. I think we would benefit > from laws like that. Of course the ACLU would go just a crazy over > that as the NRA, so it's a pipe dream. > When the Founding Fathers guaranteed this right, we'd just fended off > an invasion and there was no such thing as a police force. A gun was > absolutely necessary for 2/3 of the country to eat. The Bloods and > Crips weren't 30,000 members strong. Different times. > I'm not an extremist liberal. I don't thinkw e should "Go British" and > eliminate all guns. I think guns are fine. Just like I think cars are > fine. And I'm not an extremist in that, I think the ownership and > operation of both a car and a gun, should require some common sense > regulation and restrictions. > I would bet that liberals who disagree with me, will at least > understand why I might want to have a gun in my home. > And as always, Conserviatives who disagree with me, will be pissed > that I don't agree with them on EVERY aspect of this and hurl the > usual labels and insults. But perhaps I wrong and the Conservatives > will be reasonable and the libbies, extreme and totalitarian. Who > know? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
