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[Hiawatha Pete]

56. Switzerland is an excellent example of one way to do it right & probably what the founding fathers..

...had in mind when they wrote 'keep & bear arms' & 'well regulated militia' - the Swiss are allowed/expected to keep their fully functioning service weapons at home as part of their rifle club/militia/reservist program.

No reason (that I can see) that a qualified, vetted, law-abiding citizen shouldn't be able to own a gun - those who advocate for 'central storage' (ie only at an armory) have it wrong - 'keep & bear' means exactly that: 'keep & bear'.

The problem is when you ignore the 'well regulated' part.

Plus the Swiss also don't have to worry about going bankrupt from medical debt or going to college, having access to health & mental health care, not having a pension when they retire, or having 1/3 of their population not recognizing or wanting to overthrow their own govt.

And they have an infrastructure for keeping guns out of the hands of those who are violent, which is what the US would need to start doing in order to implement a similar system there.

I think a person who is not a danger to society should be able to buy a gun, even a semi auto, if they want but I don't see any justification for hi cap mags at all.

Just my 2 cents