I don’t see how this is going to make everyone safer. It’ll make everyone feel safer if they can’t see people carrying guns around, but that is about it. IHMO, flaunting weapons in public is basically domestic terrorism in some ways, but that is entirely dependent on local culture.
In full disclosure, I am a liberal gun owner. Republicans push gun rights too far and Democrats push some of the dumbest gun control measures possible.
While it is an American right to own a firearm, I believe in mandatory training and licenses for prospective gun owners. Weapons training should be free or extremely cheap. Licenses should be issued for free or cheap depending on the a person’s competency during training. (Cost is a thing: If you make licensing expensive or impose high taxes, you start to create situations where only the rich can afford firearms.) If a person is an incompetent weapons handler, they pose a danger to others. This is not so much a restriction of a right on a person as it is protecting someone else’s right to live.
People that make threats to harm others should have some kinds of restrictions around ownership. (Don’t give me that “shall not be infringed” crap. Our rights end where other peoples rights begin.)
Guns shouldn’t be scary, evil things. They can be survival tools and can be a great hobby! I personally love the engineering precision that is involved, but I digress.
I don’t see how this is going to make everyone safer. It’ll make everyone feel safer if they can’t see people carrying guns around, but that is about it. IHMO, flaunting weapons in public is basically domestic terrorism in some ways, but that is entirely dependent on local culture.
In full disclosure, I am a liberal gun owner. Republicans push gun rights too far and Democrats push some of the dumbest gun control measures possible.
While it is an American right to own a firearm, I believe in mandatory training and licenses for prospective gun owners. Weapons training should be free or extremely cheap. Licenses should be issued for free or cheap depending on the a person’s competency during training. (Cost is a thing: If you make licensing expensive or impose high taxes, you start to create situations where only the rich can afford firearms.) If a person is an incompetent weapons handler, they pose a danger to others. This is not so much a restriction of a right on a person as it is protecting someone else’s right to live.
People that make threats to harm others should have some kinds of restrictions around ownership. (Don’t give me that “shall not be infringed” crap. Our rights end where other peoples rights begin.)
Guns shouldn’t be scary, evil things. They can be survival tools and can be a great hobby! I personally love the engineering precision that is involved, but I digress.