I'm gonna say it and I don't care what gun nuts think...

[TeamsterDem]

100. That's for driving a car. But owning one doesn't necessarily require any of that

You're perfectly within your rights to buy a car without having a license or insurance. The difference is using one, much in the same way carrying a weapon might be considered "using" it. If you conceal your weapon you must be licensed and have taken a class to do so. And simply owning a gun requires that you register it with your police department.

When and where people are punished for WRONGDOINGS of others I think you'll often find that they don't enjoy it, much as we gun owners don't want to be painted with the same brush as Zimmerman. The overwhelming majority of gun owners don't do anything like what he did, so the assertion that we deserve our rights to be curtailed is specious and wrongheaded: It seeks to strip a right away from everyone because a statistical few act poorly.

People unfortunately commit all sorts of crimes in this country. That's just a fact. You can take steps such as classes and psychological evaluations to determine weapons handling suitability, and I think most of us would agree that guns are too easy to obtain. But when one wants to punish the many for the actions of a few I think that person isn't altogether aware of the problem or how disputes are resolved.