July 2, 2008
Gun quiz
Sensible answers
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HERE'S a simple test to determine where you stand on gun control:

Q: Should convicted violent criminals be allowed to carry pistols or assault weapons?

Q: Should children be allowed to carry loaded guns to school?

Q: Should psychotics, drug addicts, drunks or bitter weirdos be allowed to carry hidden guns into your church, your workplace, your favorite restaurant, your children's playground or public arenas and government chambers?

If you answered no to any of these questions, then you favor gun control for those circumstances. You support gun control laws.

That's what the gun debate is about: trying to protect Americans from this country's horrifying rate of firearm murders - around 12,000 per year, much higher than in any other advanced nation. It's a struggle to find sensible, workable solutions for America.

Right-to-bear-arms advocates are overjoyed because conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Washington's extreme law, a total ban on gun ownership - a ban that never really worked.

But last week's ruling doesn't mean that every self-styled Rambo can begin prowling with an unlicensed pistol concealed in his pocket. The District of Columbia v. Heller decision specifically lets cities, states and counties continue imposing controls to save lives.

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Posted By: tootsieroll (11:29pm 11-13-2008)
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This is stupid. Look at the questions, everyone would agree the answers are no!! I do believe I every law abiding citizen should be able to keep their guns.

Posted By: Damion (8:59am 07-08-2008)
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About the gun database:
I believe your suggestion was sincere with good intentions. Due to keystroke limitations, I will try to answer your questions.
The licensed dealer who sells the firearm keeps your personal info, not the gov. Referenced laws: The NICS check info to approve purchase must be destroyed within 24 hours; no national database allowed per Federal law TITLE 18, PART I, CHAPTER 44, § 922; Firearm Owners' Protection Act (1986); Gun Control Act 1968.
City of Chicago attempted to gain all info maintained on sales and ownership from BATF (they do keep national database on firearms/bullets used in crime) in order to prosecute manufacturers. It failed. Who else would want to know the names and addresses of every American gun owner...people who want to steal them, to use the info for political purposes, for legal actions, marketing monitoring, and the biggest one of all...it would be national registration which is the necessary condition for confiscation. It can happen here.

Posted By: About the gun database (7:59am 07-08-2008)
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Damion, it would at least give a lead for cops, if nothing else but the area in which the gun was originally located (gives you an idea what neighborhood the thief could be in.) The idea was that the cops could identify the individual gun from a recovered bullet, possibly "Oh, this is a [insert model here], that John Doe owns. Hmm, it says here the gun was stolen last month." Connect the gun crime to the robbery, perhaps they had some leads with the robbery that can help with this new crime. Its just a concept, sheesh. *shrug*

How do they keep track of private sales now? Whats to stop them from "abusing" your personal information currently? The government already has all of your personal information (they GAVE you your SSN) and easy access to the original gun sale. Who would the gov't share your info with? How would they abuse it? WHY would they abuse it? What laws do you speak of? All serious questions, mind you.

Posted By: Damion (7:42am 07-08-2008)
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About the gun database:
Your scheme for the database I assume would include the address of the purchaser? Perhaps their Social Security number too? I assume all private sales would have to go into the database too, otherwise the government would only have a record of the original transaction. It might be a good idea to require every owner to update the database every year too huh? And, if a firearm owner failed to do any of these requirements, there would be heavy criminal penalties applied.
Wait a minute...wouldn't only the non-criminals abide with these requirement? In other words, every citizen who is law abiding will be in the government's database as firearm owners; plus what they own and where they live. That certainly would be an interesting data for the government to have...and to share. Because of the likely abuse of this personal information, a number of laws have been passed prohibiting the federal government for maintaining any database of legal owners. And that is good.

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