Againsheila
Gold Member
Well Missourian, I have to say, those are some very impressive figures, and I actually like your idea about firearm endorsements on driver's licenses.
The only thing I would really disagree with is the waiting period thing, as waiting periods also stop people in the throws of violent anger from going out and getting a gun instantly.
But honestly, statistics or no, I would feel better with some assurance that somebody can't get out of jail, buy a gun, and then go shoot someone, like maybe the cop that arrested them.
Be that as it may, as I said, I'm a gun guy, so it doesn't take much to convince me, lol.
I'm not a gun guy. I've never bought a gun although I have inherited a rifle that I'm not even sure works. I respect OUR right to bare arms and probably would own a gun if I did not have kids (although mine have grown beyond the age of worry) in the house and I wasn't so cheap.
That being said, I have to say that I don't think the waiting period stops such people, because if I am pissed off and thinking about using a gun to blow my antagonists brains out, the last place I'm going to buy my gun from is a gun shop. I suspect it would be easy enough to find a gun on the streets rather than risk having my name associated with a shooting.
I suspect that the waiting period is pretty much about the same as the saying, "when they take away our guns, only the bad guys will have guns". A waiting period is only going to keep the honest guy honest. The bad guy knows how to get guns without waiting.
Immie
Could you go find some heroine tonight? If not I doubt you could find a gun.
Um, I could find some heroine tonight.....I could get a gun faster.....what's the matter with you? Heck, if I wanted a gun I could have one in my hands and loaded in less than 30 minutes and I'm not talking a gun I own or any in my home. I have friends, don't you? Or do you assume that criminals don't have friends?