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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 628456" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I have a different view than what the NRA does but I can understand why they take such a hard line approach. Once you start allowing government to step in and dictate anything they mess it up royally. </p><p></p><p>I firmly believe in the right to own guns. I dont believe in the right to own a whole bunch of automatic guns made solely for the purpose of killing people. Actually automatic weapons are already illegal. Any fool who claims they need an AK47 to kill a deer is stupid. You wouldnt even be able to use the meat because it would be so shot full of holes. I do believe in the right of people to own guns to hunt and to protect their property. </p><p></p><p>In reality we do have laws that should help protect us from these things but they arent being enforced. We have some conflicting laws too that dont make a whole lot of sense. Laws are different here for long guns such as shotguns and rifles than they are for handguns. Handguns are much more regulated. </p><p></p><p>I heard someone on TV say something that made a lot of sense to me. Instead of expecting a person to answer the questions on the forms truthfully, the dealers should actually be able to check. That makes sense to me. A few of the questions on the forms here are: Do you use any illegal drugs? And...Have you ever been adjudicated mentally ill? Now I dont think anyone who wants a gun illegally is going to answer yes to either of those questions. What they need to do is to run a background check and see if someone has ever been arrested for possession and then here is where it gets iffy...HIPPA gets into it...medical records have to be opened so that gun dealers can find out if someone has been sent to a mental hospital against their will. That is what adjudicated means. A person like me who has gone to get treatment on their own and has never been hospitalized would not be considered unable to own a gun. </p><p></p><p>As far as the automatic weapons, well the only time I think anyone should be able to own one of those is if they are a collector and they would have to undergo a stringent background check, hold a collector's license and they would have to be under lock and key.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 628456, member: 1514"] I have a different view than what the NRA does but I can understand why they take such a hard line approach. Once you start allowing government to step in and dictate anything they mess it up royally. I firmly believe in the right to own guns. I dont believe in the right to own a whole bunch of automatic guns made solely for the purpose of killing people. Actually automatic weapons are already illegal. Any fool who claims they need an AK47 to kill a deer is stupid. You wouldnt even be able to use the meat because it would be so shot full of holes. I do believe in the right of people to own guns to hunt and to protect their property. In reality we do have laws that should help protect us from these things but they arent being enforced. We have some conflicting laws too that dont make a whole lot of sense. Laws are different here for long guns such as shotguns and rifles than they are for handguns. Handguns are much more regulated. I heard someone on TV say something that made a lot of sense to me. Instead of expecting a person to answer the questions on the forms truthfully, the dealers should actually be able to check. That makes sense to me. A few of the questions on the forms here are: Do you use any illegal drugs? And...Have you ever been adjudicated mentally ill? Now I dont think anyone who wants a gun illegally is going to answer yes to either of those questions. What they need to do is to run a background check and see if someone has ever been arrested for possession and then here is where it gets iffy...HIPPA gets into it...medical records have to be opened so that gun dealers can find out if someone has been sent to a mental hospital against their will. That is what adjudicated means. A person like me who has gone to get treatment on their own and has never been hospitalized would not be considered unable to own a gun. As far as the automatic weapons, well the only time I think anyone should be able to own one of those is if they are a collector and they would have to undergo a stringent background check, hold a collector's license and they would have to be under lock and key. [/QUOTE]
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