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In reply to the discussion: Should Registered Gun Owners have to be identified in your Neighborhood? [View all]obamanut2012
(26,064 posts)17. Here, either, but there are pistol eprmits for handgins
It's a Jim Crow-era thing. So, they could list who has bought handguns. You know, like people hiding from an abuser.
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Should Registered Gun Owners have to be identified in your Neighborhood? [View all]
shintao
Dec 2012
OP
If the homes that aren't armed are easy pickings for criminals, where do all the stolen guns
Ikonoklast
Dec 2012
#95
Both are a danger to children. Sorry about your indignance but the news would suggest
Cleita
Dec 2012
#28
My real point is that gun storage should not be allowed in private residences anywhere,
Cleita
Dec 2012
#46
The really scary aspect of it to me is that some of these people actually vote in elections
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#32
The people hes referring to, have no intention to listening to anyone elses side of this issue. N/T
beevul
Dec 2012
#58
Your position on this issue is so far off the scale, there is no way we could ever come to agreement
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#63
I know a lot of people who don't like being identified like criminals but they are.
Cleita
Dec 2012
#50
Just a thought. If we are going to suggest putting out a public list of gun owners maybe we
Cleita
Dec 2012
#26
personally, i'm FAR more interested in knowing who has guns than who is a sexual deviant.
unblock
Dec 2012
#38
No. But the serial numbers for their guns should be on a national registry.
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#42
Just implement Poindexter's Information Awareness Office and quit beating around the bush.
jody
Dec 2012
#56
You also have to include some adults, i.e. those age 18 and 19, to come up with a figure that high
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#70
No I find it apropos because it tweaks those who's undies are way too tight on some of this
ProgressiveProfessor
Dec 2012
#80
Your conditional if is in the realm of fantasy.....do you always create your own reality?
DisgustipatedinCA
Dec 2012
#84
You were the one making hypothetical veiled threats so it was your fantasy
ProgressiveProfessor
Dec 2012
#85
yes, they should, just like car owners. i, personally, wouldn't ever care or look at the list.
farminator3000
Dec 2012
#86
people have them in driveways and garages, so they're right out in the open?
farminator3000
Dec 2012
#100