Subj : Re: Gun Grabbers
To   : THUMPER
From : JIMMY ANDERSON
Date : Tue Apr 16 2019 12:16 pm

I just thought of something I should have thought of before...

When someone mentions people driving on sidewalks, I should
ask why someone would do that? Doesn't that mean they are
wanting to cause havoc, and it's NOT just because they
don't have a license?





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 >  > For the majority of Americans, common-sense also suggests that to own
 TH> a
 >  > firearm one should be properly trained, and licensed, similar to how
 TH> one
 >  > gets a license to drive a car.

 > This. I have no general problem with guns, but I don't see why you
 TH> shouldn't
 > need to have a license, registration, and maybe even insurance in the
 TH> same
 > way that you would a car. We make people do that to own a car so that we
 > know that they have at least a marginal idea of how to operate it, and
 TH> won't
 > go driving on sidewalks mowing people down. In the same vein, I don't
 TH> see
 > why you shouldn't be properly trained and licensed to use any kind of a
 TH> gun
 > as well. Cos I'd much rather you understand how it works, than just be
 TH> some
 > schmo that walked off the street and bought a rifle from Wal-Mart with
 > nothing except "guns are cool" as background.

 TH> The problem would be that criminals and killers would not bother to do
 TH> any of that and as usual, the only ones that suffer and pay the
 TH> "ginormous" fees for it are the legal, law-abiding citizens.

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