Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Why You Should Shop Starbucks on Valentine's Day [View all]krispos42
(49,445 posts)1. Known terrorists who are not allowed to purchase a plane ticket can legally purchase guns, including:
Guns that can bring down a plane landing or taking off.
2. The gun industry is the only industry exempt from Federal regulation. (It used to be tobacco and guns, now it is just guns.) So why can't I buy a new full-auto rifle or a 10" barreled shotgun? Oh, yeah... federal regulation
Guns are not registered. Not by the federal government per se, but by some state and local governments. Plus when you buy a gun, the serial number is on the ATF form for the background checks.
Gun owners are not licensed. Not by the feds, but by some states and local governments. Except for 4 states, you need a permit to carry concealed.
3. Guns do not have to be insured for the damage they do:
Over the past 20 years, $100 Billion of our tax dollars have been been spent to pay for the costs of gun violence.Guns don't weigh 3,000 pounds and travel down the highway at 70mph. That might be a reason. Another reason is that if one of my guns is misused, it's going to be because it was stolen. So I should have insurance on my gun to protect me in case somebody else steals it and uses it to commit a crime? How many years should I have to buy that insurance after my gun is stolen???
If you do not own a gun, why should your tax dollars pay for the cost of gun violence?I don't snowboard... why should my tax dollars... etc., etc., etc. *yawn*
4. Criminals and people with mental illness, who cannot legally buy a gun from a gun dealer:
Can go to any gun show and legally buy as many guns as they want.If they can't buy legally from a dealer, they can't buy legally. Period.
Can buy them through private sales.Ibid.
5. Many states have passed laws allowing guns in restaurants, bars, schools, sporting arenas, workplace parking lots, airports and churches. The list keeps growing.And gun violence and the homicide rate continues to drop. Imagine that.
6. Guns can now be carried in National Parks and on Amtrak trains.Guns can be carried in National Parks, pursuant to the laws of the state that the Park (or part thereof) is in. Guns can be shipped on Amtrak trains as checked luggage.
7. The NRA is trying to pass laws that:
Allow people with Alzheimers to legally purchase guns. The burden of proof is on the Government to prove a person has a disqualifying illness, not the reverse
Allow soldiers diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome to legally purchase guns.Ibid
Abolish gun free school zones. Because this has worked so well at stopping school shootings?