• '19 Moderator

    http://www.gopusa.com/news/2005/march/0302_gun_mom.shtml

    I’m not sure what disturbs me more about this, the hypocritical bull or the fact that aparently in Il you have to have a license to own a firearm.


  • Just wondering who wants mandatory ownership? :) I see no need to regulate sporting weapons and all I ask for on pistols is registration contingent on proff of proficiency. Like you have to prove you can drive a car before you hit the highway. Gimme that and I would be a happy guy. Have all the guns you want. I won’t get that of course but whatcha gonna do?

  • '19 Moderator

    @Lizardbaby:

    Just wondering who wants mandatory ownership? :)

    I have seen Jennifer post this before. I have also read about similar Ideas in Switzerland and Isreal.

    As for Licenses, car ownership isn’t a constitutional right. :wink:


  • I voted no restrictions because I don’t think you had enough options. I think anyone should be able to have a gun in their home, but I think if you are going to carry a hand gun, or own a military style weapon, you should get a permit.

    I am not talking about something very difficult. In Utah, for example, I got my license to carry a concealed weapon after an 8 hour course that cost 50 bucks.


  • I think that anyone should be able to own a gun in their home, but those who carry them in public should have to get a permit.

  • '18 '17 '16 '11 Moderator

    I don’t espouse mandatory ownership. What I call for is mandatory training on weapons to teach people to respect them and understand them.

    I tire so of hearing someone say that he was killed by a firearm. Yea, the gun loaded itself, aimed itself and shot the person by itself, right? It couldn’t possibly have been the criminal USING the gun, right?

    Look, it’s simple. When you’re fifteen, in the USA, you take driver’s ed in school - right? Well, how about when you are 16 or 17 you take firearm’s education in high school. It really isn’t so radical an idea.

    And, actually, in IL you are allowed to own a weapon if you fork over the hundreds of dollars for a liscence, are awarded a liscense, do not keep any ammunition in the same county as the weapon and don’t live in certain cities that have outlawed any type of weapon larger then a steak knife. (Wilmette, IL is one such screwed up city.)

    Maybe not quite THAT bad, but it’s basically illegal to own a firearm in Illinois as the laws stand now. Many of our laws contradict other laws in such a way that it is impossible to own a weapon without breaking at least one law.


  • @Jennifer:

    What I call for is mandatory training on weapons to teach people to respect them and understand them.

    You don’t need to train people to use the weapons though….just educate them about the effects of weapons…


  • The vast majority of shootings in America don’t come from automatic weapons. They come from concealed handguns.

    It should be illegal to carry a concealed weapon. Handguns should not be allowed outside of the home.


  • The vast majority of hand gun related murders come from persons carrying illegal firearms. Making it illegal to carry a handgun will only take away the ability of the law abiding public to defend themselves.


  • Making it illegal to carry a handgun will only take away the ability of the law abiding public to defend themselves.

    I have a better solution: Make handguns illegal in the first place. But thats never going to fly with the NRA.


  • I have a better solution: Make handguns illegal in the first place

    no,because that completely ignores the situation he specifically referred tom which was people carrying illegal handguns. i dont necessarily agree with him, but the logic is sound. many problems come from people illegally possessing/carrying a weapon. if you make all the weapons illegal, all you have done is taken them from people who legally had them, and were law abiding. cause the criminals sure aint giving up their guns.


  • I’d get rid of handguns and their ammo. Yeah crooks can still get them if they try hard enough but if the defense is “Bad guys might buy it on the black market” then we should just legalize everything.

    I’m ok with a permit for other gun ownership so long as the only prereq for the permit is the completion of a firearms safety course and it doesn’t cost more than about $50. Frankly though, I don’t think it’s constitutional to limit the public’s access to military grade rifles, despite all the harm that can be done. Just my opinion, but I always thought the clear intent was to let the citizenry arm itself so that if it had to overthrow the gov it could, and to me that means full auto, mortars, etc your own home militia is supposed to be legal. On the other hand, pistols are only good for crime, so get rid of em.


  • question:

    Why are the same people who are in favor of the ability of Americans to carry around a gun (which is designed to kill people) also in favor of putting into jail people who use marijuana (which tends to make people less likely to kill other people)?

    and i’m the wacko who thinks all guns should be destroyed. Maybe let the farmers have pellet guns.


  • Didn’t you see the Simpsons where they destroyed all the guns in the world? Aliens invaded and inslaved mankind using slingshots. We don’t want that to happen do we? LOL :P

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    That’s okay, I’ve got a board with a nail in it! :D


  • If we only let the farmers have guns, the farmers would… Dare I say it? RULE THE WORLD!!!

  • '18 '17 '16 '11 Moderator

    I agree, the purpose of the second amendment was to leave the military power in the hands of the people. If you read the amendment it does not give the right to keep and bear arms, it gives the right to form private militias which can, in times of need, be used to cause revolution, or, in times of need, be used to defend us from those evil Canadians who are massing their heavy infantry units on our northern borders!!!


  • Canada has an army?


  • @Jennifer:

    I agree, the purpose of the second amendment was to leave the military power in the hands of the people. If you read the amendment it does not give the right to keep and bear arms, it gives the right to form private militias which can, in times of need, be used to cause revolution, or, in times of need, be used to defend us from those evil Canadians who are massing their heavy infantry units on our northern borders!!!

    the real sting comes from our light infantry (PPCLI).


  • If you read the amendment it does not give the right to keep and bear arms, it gives the right to form private militias which can, in times of need, be used to cause revolution

    and if you understood the intent of the amendment, as written by George Mason (father of the bill of rights) you will see that his definition of militia is twofold- both the regulated, official members of the state national guards, as well as the remaining members of the state male population, ages 18-45. following equal rights, this would then extend to women as well.

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