Gun owner poll

[Belsnickel]

(10-04-2019, 05:17 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Right now if police encounter a person with a gun they have no idea if that person is a convicted felon or mentally unstable, and if the person has no ID it is impossible to find out.  Much easier to require anyone with a gun to have a license showing they are allowed to own that gun than yo have laws that are impossible to enforce.

Most of the other issues have to do with a gun registry instead of a license.  The lack of a gun registry makes it almost impossible to enforce bans on selling guns to criminals.  Police confiscate millions of weapons every year from criminals or crime scenes but they can't do anything to punish the people who supplied these guns because there is no record of ownership.  Why should a "responsible" gun owner be opposed to being held "responsible" for his own weapons?

(10-04-2019, 05:28 PM)fredtoast Wrote: If you agree that keeping guns out of the hands of violent criminals and mentally unstable people then I don't see how you could disagree with laws that make that possible.

It is like being in favor of DUI laws but opposing drivers licenses that are the only way to identify offenders.

It's already illegal for these folks to purchase or possess a firearm. Requiring a license does nothing to change that. If an officer sees someone with a gun they still won't know whether it's legal or not. They have to stop the person and whether or not there is a firearms license required the result will be the same: person not supposed to have a firearm will run or engage.

You have yet to produce an argument that shows a license requirement for ownership would have a significant impact on public safety to warrant a restriction of civil liberties.

(10-04-2019, 05:36 PM)Dill Wrote: Not so sure about this.

Where I grew up this was normal--at church, at the grocery store, even in the school parking lot.
Regulations you are talking about should just be East of the Mississippi.

I understand the need for ranch rifles, and think that since it is their private property there would not be a need for any such license while using it for its intended purpose. As for hunting off their property or going into town, they can quite easily unload the firearm when off their property if they choose not to be licensed. Honestly, it should be unloaded as well.