Rustic
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It is privilege to own and drive a car, a right to own and use a firearm.And what kind of precedence does this set? Do you EVER think about the consequences beyond your own fearfulness of guns?
sure I have. If we banned private gun ownership or regulated it sensibly, we'd be Canada or Germany, where people are RARELY murdered with guns. I kind of like those consequences.
Like you have been told, your chances of being killed by an automobile in some way far outweigh your risks of EVER being shot.
And if we regulated guns the way we regulate automobiles, I wouldn't have a problem with them.
So let's look what is being done to "Well-regulate' my car.
1) I have to get licensed to drive it every four years.
2) I have to get a registration annually.
3) I have to get checked for emmissions every two years.
4) I have to carry at a minimum liability and property damage insurance, and carry proof of insurance at all times.
5) There are shitload of laws saying what I can and cannot do when operating it, including seatbelt laws, DUI Laws, traffic laws, parking laws.
Also, while the gun industry is marketing to the "retards', as you say, the auto industry is all about safety. Every year, they add new features to make cars safer- Auto-lock brakes, airbags, crumple zones.
The gun industry is about putting deadlier products out there, and making it easier for guys like James Holmes to get them.
Now why is this? Well, look at all the lawsuits against Auto-makers. And look at the fact the gun inudstry has been largely immunized from lawsuits.
Just because some retards shoot people (and a lot of them obtained their guns illegally) does not mean that the law abiding person should lose any rights at all. Your whole premise is just ridiculous. Beyond ridiculous.
I don't accept gun ownership is a "right". The second Amendment is about militias, not the right to gun ownership, and the courts have held it to be so from 1787 up until 2008.
Well regulated means exactly that. Well regulated. Even the court didn't go so far as to say you can have any weapon you want, which is why your "right to bear arms' doesn't let you have your own anthrax or howitzer or predator drone.
The right to bear arms shall not be infringed, that's all you need to know Joey.