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[Sancho]

266. It's time to quit arguing with you...

simply put:

Very few people "own" things like cars and guns but never use them. That's silly.

I believe that guns are out of control and we need stronger laws to keep the youth, emotionally/mentally ill, and criminals from having them.

BTW, Florida was one of the states that said that requiring everyone to have health insurance was unconstitutional too!!! They lost to to the most conservative supreme court ever. So none of the legal remedies to gun control are impossible if folks wanted to enact them.

I'll keep on saying and hope you figure it out (and I'm a gun owner). Lawful people who own or use or possess guns should have proof of background checks, training, and mental health clearance. Otherwise they should not possess those guns. Personally, I think gun ownership also should require insurance. All access to guns should have more barriers than currently exist.

I remember the Brady laws and other statues that have come and gone over my lifetime alone. I really don't care what combination of federal and state actions result in more controls that would keep us safer. Right now, there are too many people killed unnecessarily by guns and the majority of those folks should never have been allowed to have them.

I'm also tired of the professed loopholes like "collectors" and "self-incrimination". You must be reading the NRA literature. If you want, you can easily find the other side. If you count yourself as a gun nut, that fine. If you think it's ok for mentally ill folks, or criminals, or emotional teenagers to have easy access to powerful weapons; then speak up and say so!!! If not, then join me in changing the laws to make our society safer. We can do better.