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> no gun required. Suffice to say that gun owners still performed these shootings. I grew up as a marksman and got my hunting license before I could drive, but

> no gun required. Suffice to say that gun owners still performed these shootings. I grew up as a marksman and got my hunting license before I could drive, but I'm never going to daily concealed carry. It's even more ridiculous to assume that more people carrying more weapons saves anything but your own skin. I'm not going to turn this into a 'take away their guns' shtick (mostly because I don't believe in it), but firearm regulation is just getting started. The barriers to buying and legally carrying a firearm are comically low, and enables people with "malignant intentions" to be even more dangerous than they would otherwise. In an information age where mass shootings are felt so personally and frequently, it's hard to imagine concealed carry being more popular than gun reform.

rolph 4y ago
contesting an individuals carry is just getting started with "redflags" commercial trucking, airplane piloting are practices with extreme negative consequences, when coupled with incompetence, malignance, or infirmity. anyone can submit, a reasoned document contesting these, leading to denial. im not in the city, i carry daily, and at times sleep, at ready. ive had three incidences requiring me to defend nieghbours vs aggressive wildlife. they now own and carry as well. The people up here can be just as dangerous, deciding to rob someone where response time is egregiously long, and you have to DIY
- smoldesu 4y ago
  > contesting an individuals carry is just getting started with "redflags" No, it's not. It should be agreeable that the right to gun ownership is not without nuance, like how the first amendment doesn't protect all speech. Some people legitimately shouldn't have guns - that's why screening exists, nevermind why we license people. Commercial trucking and airline piloting are great examples - normal people cannot do these things. You must be certified and once you are, you're immediately liable for all the bad things that can go wrong. Concealed carry shouldn't be banned (imo), but the processes around current licensing and gun acquisition are a joke. It shouldn't be any easier than getting my drivers license, maybe even airline-pilot levels of training could be required. I don't really care what you do. Most people don't. We live in a democracy though, and when given the binary choice between reducing or increasing gun ownership, the majority of Americans will probably choose to reduce. I've been shooting since before I was a teenager, and reflecting on the past decade of my life I can confidently say a firearm would be a liability for every one of those 3650 days. It's a larp, and while I don't care, I wouldn't expect people to vote sympathetically for it. I'm probably not going to be very kind when it shows up on my ballot.

rolph 4y ago

contesting an individuals carry is just getting started with "redflags" commercial trucking, airplane piloting are practices with extreme negative consequences, when coupled with incompetence, malignance, or infirmity. anyone can submit, a reasoned document contesting these, leading to denial. im not in the city, i carry daily, and at times sleep, at ready. ive had three incidences requiring me to defend nieghbours vs aggressive wildlife. they now own and carry as well. The people up here can be just as dangerous, deciding to rob someone where response time is egregiously long, and you have to DIY

smoldesu 4y ago
> contesting an individuals carry is just getting started with "redflags" No, it's not. It should be agreeable that the right to gun ownership is not without nuance, like how the first amendment doesn't protect all speech. Some people legitimately shouldn't have guns - that's why screening exists, nevermind why we license people. Commercial trucking and airline piloting are great examples - normal people cannot do these things. You must be certified and once you are, you're immediately liable for all the bad things that can go wrong. Concealed carry shouldn't be banned (imo), but the processes around current licensing and gun acquisition are a joke. It shouldn't be any easier than getting my drivers license, maybe even airline-pilot levels of training could be required. I don't really care what you do. Most people don't. We live in a democracy though, and when given the binary choice between reducing or increasing gun ownership, the majority of Americans will probably choose to reduce. I've been shooting since before I was a teenager, and reflecting on the past decade of my life I can confidently say a firearm would be a liability for every one of those 3650 days. It's a larp, and while I don't care, I wouldn't expect people to vote sympathetically for it. I'm probably not going to be very kind when it shows up on my ballot.