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In reply to the discussion: Why do so many on DU seem to be against concealed carry? [View all]SheilaT
(23,156 posts)it's all the same to some of us.
It's the guns, stupid. The easy availability of guns that results in mass murder absolutely outweigh the rights of an individual to have one. Period.
For years I could not bring knitting needles or embroidery scissors on board an airplane because they were deemed capable of bringing an airplane down. Trust me, all of us knitters and embroiders thought that was the dumbest thing imaginable.
Meanwhile, anyone at all can obtain a gun, legally, illegally, it doesn't matter. Registration laws are virtually nonexistant as far as I can tell.
I'm so sick and tired of hearing about "responsible" gun owners. Well, I bet pathetic Adam Lanza's sorry mother considered herself responsible too. Some responsibility.
Strict licensing of guns themselves and gun owners would be a huge start. And I mean strict. Serious background checks. Requirements to actually keep the weapons secure, with jail time if a gun stolen from the responsible owner is used in a crime. And if that happens, all the rest of the guns are taken away with no right ever to own another one.
Hunters. While I personally don't hunt, I sort of understand those who do. But how about their registered weapons are kept in a secure, supervised location. They get to check them out when they go hunting. And return them when the hunt is over.
Yes, it's true that the vast majority of gun owners don't go on a rampage and gun down a couple dozen people, but at what point are the "responsible" gun owners willing to say Enough? Will it take your own six year old child being murdered at school? Your brother who just wanted to see a movie? Your cousin who is attending college? None of those? Really?