Gun owner poll

[Belsnickel]

(10-04-2019, 03:46 PM)fredtoast Wrote: The governments right to regulate the ownership of weapons is also established and I don't see anything "arbitrary" about laws that enable police to enforce the laws that are already on the books.

What law does a license to own a firearm help police enforce?

(10-04-2019, 03:46 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Yes it is.  That is why we have laws preventing violent criminals or mentally ill people from owning guns.

The easy access criminals have to gun ownership has a huge impact on public safety.

A license to own does nothing to change any of this.

(10-04-2019, 03:46 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Guns ostensibly purchased for "home protection" are often the ones used in domestic disputes, disputes with neighbors, or sold to criminals on the secondary market.

And in what way would a license to own do anything to prevent any of this?

(10-04-2019, 03:46 PM)fredtoast Wrote: "Civil liberties" are secondary to public safety.  You have freedom of speech, but you can't get a parade permit to advocate ethnic cleansing of Muslims in America or an armed assault on the White House.

Voting rights and questions on a census have nothing to do with public safety.

Well, you can get a permit for a parade to advocate ethnic cleansing. I'm fully aware that our liberties are not without limits and they can have limits in place for public safety, but a license to own a firearm would not improve public safety in any way and only creates a barrier.

(10-04-2019, 03:46 PM)fredtoast Wrote: How is a person supposed to prove he is "headed to the range" instead of "headed to sale all these gun to a stranger with no background check"?