Should It Be A Privilege To Own A Gun In The US Instead Of A Right?

[JWBooth]

Poll needs a **** NO! option.

 

[JWBooth]

Did I say that I wanted the government to take away all of your guns? Am I talking about most of you on here?

As soon as you take a right and make it a privilege that is exactly what happens.

 

[ChristisKing]

As soon as you take a right and make it a privilege that is exactly what happens.

Again it's pretty much a privilege anyways because if you commit a felony that right to bear arms is gone and if you're mentally unstable that right never existed in the first place. For most people yeah they should have that right to bear arms but not everybody deserves it is all I'm saying.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Okay so then who keeps giving all the Trannies the guns?

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Did I say that I wanted the government to take away all of your guns? Am I talking about most of you on here?

you just fail to understand how Government works. once you give them a power they use it and expand it and how it is used depends on who has control. ANY power given to a right of center Government will still be there when a left of center Government takes over.

 

[ChristisKing]

you just fail to understand how Government works. once you give them a power they use it and expand it and how it is used depends on who has control. ANY power given to a right of center Government will still be there when a left of center Government takes over.

Okay then so what do we do about the mentally disturbed people getting ahold of weapons like I don't know... Tyler Robinson?

 

[M14 Shooter]

Okay then so what do we do about the mentally disturbed people getting ahold of weapons like I don't know... Tyler Robinson?

The government can make it illegal for mentally disturbed people to possess a firearm, but cannot prevent them from doing so.

 

[Hafar1014]

Okay then so what do we do about the mentally disturbed people getting ahold of weapons like I don't know... Tyler Robinson?

You dont take the gun from the mentally ill you take the person away from the gun first

 

[ChristisKing]

You dont take the gun from the mentally ill you take the person away from the gun first

My whole entire point exactly.

 

[Robert W]

Again it's pretty much a privilege anyways because if you commit a felony that right to bear arms is gone and if you're mentally unstable that right never existed in the first place. For most people yeah they should have that right to bear arms but not everybody deserves it is all I'm saying.

How Three Supreme Court Cases Transformed America’s Gun Rights​

For most of American history, the Second Amendment was a constitutional afterthought. The single, contentious sentence remained largely dormant in federal law, offering little guidance on its actual meaning. Courts rarely addressed it, politicians debated it rarely, and legal scholars treated it as something of a dead letter.

That changed dramatically in the 21st century. Three landmark Supreme Court cases—District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010), and New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (2022)—fundamentally reshaped American gun rights. Together, these decisions elevated the Second Amendment from legal obscurity into a robust, enforceable individual right.

 

[Robert W]

Okay then so what do we do about the mentally disturbed people getting ahold of weapons like I don't know... Tyler Robinson?

Execute Tyler Robinson and it will happen.

 

[ChristisKing]

Execute Tyler Robinson and it will happen.

I sure hope so as I want to prevent people like him getting weapons to be enforced if not stopped completely.

 

[Chuz Life]

I sure hope so as I want to prevent people like him getting weapons to be enforced if not stopped completely.

I would like to point out something nobody else has brought up.

Suppose somebody takes and passes whatever ideal background tests and checks that you can imagine. They pass with flying colors and after whatever waiting period, they finally have the gun or guns of their choice.

Then what?

What keeps them from ever having a manic episode or mental break, flaming road rage, divorce, job loss, drug addiction etc. Thereafter?

Anything?

 

[M14 Shooter]

I would like to point out something nobody else has brought up.
Suppose somebody takes and passes whatever ideal background tests and checks that you can imagine. They pass with flying colors and after whatever waiting period, they finally have the gun or guns of their choice.
Then what?
What keeps them from ever having a manic episode or mental break, flaming road rage, divorce, job loss, drug addiction etc. Thereafter?

"See! See! No matter what we do, people are too dangerous to have guns! We mus ban them and confiscate them!!"
- Anti-gun loons

 

[ChristisKing]

"See! See! No matter what we do, people are too dangerous to have guns! We mus ban them and confiscate them!!"
- Anti-gun loons

I'm not anti-gun. Just anti-idiots with guns.

 

[Chuz Life]

"See! See! No matter what we do, people are too dangerous to have guns! We mus ban them and confiscate them!!"
- Anti-gun loons

I hope you weren't thinking that was my view.

My view is that ******* background checks are only as good for the day they were taken or given. At best.

How many cops have committed crimes? Many with their damn service weapon. How much of a background check have they had?

 

[the watcher]

Considering the fact that I don't believe that everybody is mentally stable enough to own a gun I'm really starting to believe that this should be the case. What do you guys think! Agree or disagree?

Not everyone should drive a car, have kids, or be able to drink alcohol, much less tell others what they should be able to do.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Do you find that right though? They shouldn't have a weapon any more than they should be allowed to participate in the military.

Being in the military is not in the Constitution. Physical cripples and the mentally challenged are not eligible either.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Okay then so what do we do about the mentally disturbed people getting ahold of weapons like I don't know... Tyler Robinson?

Go back and prosecute his grandfather who gave him the weapon! [/sarcasm]

 

[ChristisKing]

I'm more on the fence about this one now because I don't want the lunatics getting the guns but at the same time I don't want the government taking guns away from people who are law abiding citizens.