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In reply to the discussion: Wow... The New York Daily News Takes On Wayne LaPierre [View all]libdem4life
(13,877 posts)TSA was created out of an equal and justifiable outrage, as were a host of laws and societal horror/upheaval we had never experienced. Difference was, it was "them", not "us".
And there is a lot of money in the gun industry and 80,000,000 owners (?) and a massive "support system". They pay the tab.
Treat guns like we treated gold in the 30s. Life has changed. Our society has changed. Here are the new rules.
If you're legally registered, fine, yet it will include heavy taxation and periodic re-registration with fees. Whether we like it or not, we can not "un gun" 300 million of them and most are law-abiding citizens who believe the Constitution protects their rights to have a gun. But it in no way spells out what will be required to get, keep or sell that gun.
The Constitution didn't provide for car ownership or rights to own a car or the price of a car or even how many one can own, but we figured it out.