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War  ·  3341 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How would you stop mass shootings?

Repeal the second amendment, the whole idea of the "right" to bear arms. Why is it a right to own a gun? It should under every circumstance be considered a privilege. The fact that it is considered a right makes it hard to meaningfully regulate it.

I'm all for outlawing guns, but honestly any form of gun regulation is a fantasy at this point. I would love for them to restrict guns to literally gun ranges and hunting space. You shouldn't be able to carry open guns around in public for any circumstance from a civilian standpoint. Obviously the process of attaining a gun must be expanded/secured. The basic premise is coming to terms that just because you want to own a gun doesn't mean you are going to get one. I'll try to go into more detail when I'm not on my phone.





Kajman  ·  3341 days ago  ·  link  ·  

How is this relevant to stopping mass shootings?

War  ·  3341 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Are you asking how making it harder to get a gun is relevant to mass shootings?

Kajman  ·  3341 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sorry, I should be clear - I take issue instead with how you think restricting carry zones increases safety, for as far as I know it simply isn't relevant to mass shootings.

War  ·  3340 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well, placing strict regulations on how one attains a firearm is the first step whether it is through some combination of federal/state legislation and possibly even municipal. The next step is to make sure that those who are qualified to own a gun are in continuous safeguard of their firearm. We do this by restricting where they can actually carry them. There really is no point to carrying a firearm outside of a gun range, or designated hunting space. If anything having larger area's of carry leaves the gun owner to unnecessary risk involving theft/loss of the firearm. The loss/theft of a firearm is a very serious issue.

Kajman  ·  3340 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I haven't seen anything to suggest firearm pickpockets or thieves pose such a threat as to warrant restrictions like that, nor that such restrictions would do more good than harm.

War  ·  3340 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Except the 19,000 stolen/lost guns last year.

On top of the fact that lowering the instances of where a firearm can be used decreases the population of people qualified to use a firearm. Not all gun owners hunt or compete.

user-inactivated  ·  3339 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ironically, a lot of those guns are stolen from cars when the owner has to leave them in order to enter a "Gun Free Zone."