The Second Amendment ACKNOWLEDGES our right to own and bear arms that are in common use that can be used for lawful purposes. The arms can be restricted ONLY if subject to historical analogue from the founding era or is dangerous (unsafe) AND unusual.
It's that simple.
It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.
Chuck, we miss ya man.
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Speaking of the NRA.
https://thehill.com/homenews/534500-...-york-to-texas
It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.
Chuck, we miss ya man.
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There seems to be this perception by some that if people just "had these rules," they would be safe. The sad truth is, countless numbers of people have heard these rules a million times, but simply disregard them. For example:
- the 75 year old hunter, been hunting and shooting all his life, who was putting his rifle into the truck at deer camp, and shot his 12 year old grandson in the head. Range was a few inches. Gun was a .270.
- the young teenage girl standing at a country road intersection waiting for a school bus, when a hunter blew her into hamburger with a 7mm magnum. He thought she was a deer.
Like my late mother used to say, "some people are just plain stupid."
Yeah, it isn't a matter of simply being told. But we need community enforcement / harassment of these people until we finally drive it home. I have a long, long, long list of people I won't shoot with, hunt with or even willing to be in the same house with because they are so blatantly unsafe in their handling of firearms.
Don't have the answer really. Very few people are unsafe on purpose, they simply believe they were born with an inherent knowledge of firearms and their usage and those safety rules are like training wheels for inexperienced shooters. Every time I hear somebody say "I've been shooting since I was 4 years old or I've been hunting since I was 6 years old" I tend to try and stand behind them until I see evidence of competent gun handling.
It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.
Chuck, we miss ya man.
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Do you disagree with the theory or do you not understand it?
I said “learn” but perhaps “fully comprehend" would have been better. There is a difference between remembering the words and fully comprehending the meaning. The theory is to use positive/do rather than negative/don’t for better comprehension, and I noticed the new rules do as well.
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