01-15-2013, 10:49 PM
(01-15-2013, 10:34 PM)Maggot Wrote: I agree with better background checks, I'm a bit leary of registration of longarms and pistols, that just allows for implementation of confiscation. I would rather see a background check card issued that allows a person cleared to buy any gun they want in any amount. There is nothing wrong with taking your guns out to practice at a shooting range or their own property, if they have the ability. It is the gun shy that have a knee jerk philosophy against the big boom that is hovering around this country that are trying to speak for the 90% that have guns legally. It can be done. But do not chip away at my constitution.
I like the idea of the background check card; never seen that proposed before.
I also think it makes little sense to have a database that is so incomplete with no real compliance enforcement regarding reporting of mental illness. I understand the challenges in getting that sensitive information from so many different sources, but I think that's a worthwhile area of focus at the federal level (as is setting the standard for cracking down on straw purchasers) that could help minimize gun violence.
Guns don't scare me; scary people holding guns (or knives, or overwhelming desires to hurt/kill others for whatever reason using whatever weapons) do.