Personally, I've owned and shot firearms since I was 11. I remember at that age, boarding a school bus with my .22 LR rifle and the bus driver only asking if I had unloaded it and had the bullets in the box. Like most other guys, it was stored in my locker and after school, we would all go into the woods and shoot.
And then we had a few school shootings and realized what a bad idea that was.
Today, I can obtain security clearances that none of these left wing potheads could even begin to dream about and they are trying to make themselves believe I pose a danger and should be disarmed after more than a half century of living this life. What it really says is that there are a lot of shortcomings in THEIR lives.
No, guy, I think you pose a danger because you really think that people should be armed to fight the government. That's the kind of crazy talk that never ends well. So you got a security clearance. So did this guy.
Coast Guard Officer Plotted to Kill Democrats and Journalists, Prosecutors Say
Shit, I had a security clearance once upon a time. It really doesn't mean that much.
America's violence problems have little to do with the access to weapons. Study after study has shown this. We are a complex nation of 350 + million people that are divided in terms of race, religion, experiences, economics, and any ideological beliefs one can imagine. We are the drug capital of the world and the prison capital of the world. At the end of the day, the anti-gunners cannot prevail.
Actually, they will when the majority of us who have no desire to own a gun get sick of your shit.
People are learning how to build their own weapons from scratch and you cannot turn back the clock on technology. So, the threats from the left are only fit to piss people off in these kinds of discussions because just like the bump stock ban, not even 1 percent of the American people are going to comply. And, while the left is pursuing gun owners, the rates of violence will continue to rise, unabated by any pretentious and unconstitutional attempts to disarm the citizenry.
While I would be amused by a DIY gun blowing up in the face of a gun nut, just because we can't be perfect doesn't mean we shouldn't try for good.
The two things we find out every time there is a mass shooting.
1) Everyone one in the shooter's life knew he was a nut case.
2) Despite that, he had no problem getting a gun.