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-- Fineswine (D-CA)
The above comment really gets to the heart of the matter. Of course I need to use a few more words to further the point.
If by a modern law outside of the Original Framework some of us still call the "Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution" simply requiring by modern law to register a gun with a state or federal database is in fact, unconstitutional. We are already faced with this restriction and it is one way of blocking or at least slowing down gun ownership. I agree that some people like whack-a-doodles, etc. are better off not owning a gun but even that smacks of a breach in the Second Amendment.
"Especially considering the nation was founded around the right of all citizens to be armed." Outstanding !
I say it should be a requirement of every adult citizen (not whack-a-doodles) to own and pass a basic gun training course similar to getting a drivers license. A trigger lock would be sold with every gun just like they are now.
A drivers license is a privilege and car ownership is an option. Gun ownership is a right and unless you have your head in the sand, it should be requirement. If everyone is armed and trained, criminals would for the first time in history think very, very hard before having a dumbassattack. Remember, some criminals wear suits and some of those "suits" don't like the US Citizens to have guns because is eats away at their power. Figuring out who is the criminal is getting harder and harder.
Concealed Carry would be an advanced course and an option for now, but any restriction is a slippery slope and that is where we find ourselves today.
A gun registry was almost passed in the Land of Lincoln (Ill-e-noise) and the bottom of half of that state would gladly secede from the Peoples Republic of Chicago for this and many other reasons. The FOID card from Illinois is a total Constitutional kick to the groin and is required for gun ownership and gun purchases. That my INGO friends IS unconstitutional.
None of this is new info to the INGO crowd but this is where things could be headed. The dumb-o-crats will keep trying to find a back door into more gun control until owning a semi-auto becomes like applying for a Class III full-auto weapon.
I sometimes think we see it backwards. We should be freely encouraged to own guns for the simple purpose of honoring our Founding Fathers. This is what they wanted and they made sure it was in writing so in honor of them, I'm going to buy a new gun.
