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Originally Posted by Blackbird45
I do own a handgun, so I'm not against firearm ownership. But I am a true believer that everyone who owns a firearm should have training.
A system similar to getting a driver's license. Just as in the types of vehicles you drive, a car, motorcycle, truck. You do the same with firearms, hunting, handgun and assault weapon. The NRA can choose the calcification and do the training, once you pass on the type of firearms you qualify for you can purchase that type of firearm and the ammunition. while this is going on there could be a full background check.
Also there has to be training on how to safely to store your firearm. This business of leaving a firearm in your glove compartment in your car parked on the street overnight is a no, no. There has to be some common sense involved. Which means there has to be responsibility of being an owner. Which would mean if you were smart you would get some type of insurance to protect yourself.
I also believe that the industry should be able to come up with a home protective firearm that will stop an intruder that is easy to handle and will not take down you front door and the neighbor's dog. You don't have to kill an intruder; you just have to stop them in their tracks.
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And because of the 1st Amendment, you have the right to proclaim your beliefs. And because of the 2nd Amendment, your well meaning ideas are just that, well meaning ideas. Can you imagine placing similar requirements on a person before they are allowed to express their views? You might say you can't equate the two (right to free speech and the right to bear arms) and I would say the Supreme Court has said no right shall be abridged. Placing such restrictions on gun ownership would do just that. Now, you do have a recourse. Use your poetic skills to stir up enough support to actually change the 2nd Amendment. It can be done.