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Originally Posted by billyboy
I am fine with laws that define minimum safety requirements for firearms (like they don't go off when you drop them) and ammunition.
I am fine with laws the prohibit felons and the mentally ill from possessing firearms.
I am fine with taxing the sale of firearms, ammunition, etc... (Keep the government interested it allowing them to be sold.)
Pretty much everything else I oppose.
I see the Second Amendment as the ultimate check by the populace on an overbearing and ever-expanding government +1
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Agree with most of the above and especially if someone is convicted of a violent felony or is mentally ill.
There does not need to be a law about firearms that go off when dropped. Do not believe that we have laws addressing this now. Its real simple... if a weapon does this the maker will correct it or no one will buy the gun and they go out of business!
Second, how and why can anyone equate to the same treatment for someone who for instance was convicted of fraud, or some other crime that is a felony but has nothing to do with violence?
I used to do some of the hiring at our airline. In the process I found out that there were more people than most would think working with us who were convicted felons. One of them was very senior and a check airman/instructor, a very high position in the company. He got busted with pot as a kid and took the hit, but really made the most out of his life after that. We lived in a state that restored his rights after his probation ended and I went out shooting with him often. Very nice guy and in no way did he deserve to have firearms restricted in ANY way in his life.
Instead of having a knee jerk reaction to things, maybe its time to think things over again.