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If the SCOTUS would quit their judicial activism and wilful reinterpretation of the 2nd Amendment, to start, then Congress could pass laws to enforce the 'well-regulated' part.
Not about to happen with a Republican majority in the House and more than 40 Republicans in the Senate.
* Repeal Stand Your Ground laws (obvious one)
Disagree.
* Repeal Concealed Carry laws (no individual right to carry)
Disagree.
* Ban assault weapons, including for hunting (no right to bear an F-16 or nuke... reasonable limits on what can be sold)
Disagree with banning the most popular centerfire rifle in America.
* Close the gun-show loophole
Disagree.
* Criminal background checks
Disagree, already in place when buying from someone with an FFL.
* 3-day min. waiting period
Disagree.
* Strengthen training and licensing reqs
Disagree.
* Crack down hard on gun-sellers who break the law -- esp. suppliers to smugglers. Life prison for knowingly arming, i.e., Mexican drug cartels, unregulated militias, ex-cons.
Disagree, simply because it's not against the law to sell firearms to someone who belongs to an unregulated militia.
* Strengthen sentencing guidelines so that crimes of gun violence are punished more severely than violent crimes that do not involve the misuse of the 2nd Amendment.
Partial disagreement. I couldn't care less what weapon someone uses when committing a crime of violence, but I am in favor of strengthening sentencing guidelines for all violent crime.
I KNOW who these gun nuts really are. These are not good people, and they should not be armed.
What steps would you take to disarm them, and what would be the legal definition of a "gun nut"?
As for my recommendations, I would institute unrestricted concealed carry at the national level and repeal the 1986 ban on the new manufacture of fully automatic weapons for civilians. Given this trend:
I daresay my agenda has a better chance of coming to fruition than yours.
Obviously we're not going to come to a meeting of minds here; our agendas are diametrically opposed. That having been said, let me reiterate my appreciation of you being open and candid in expressing your agenda; I hope I've done the same.
Not about to happen with a Republican majority in the House and more than 40 Republicans in the Senate.
* Repeal Stand Your Ground laws (obvious one)
Disagree.
* Repeal Concealed Carry laws (no individual right to carry)
Disagree.
* Ban assault weapons, including for hunting (no right to bear an F-16 or nuke... reasonable limits on what can be sold)
Disagree with banning the most popular centerfire rifle in America.
* Close the gun-show loophole
Disagree.
* Criminal background checks
Disagree, already in place when buying from someone with an FFL.
* 3-day min. waiting period
Disagree.
* Strengthen training and licensing reqs
Disagree.
* Crack down hard on gun-sellers who break the law -- esp. suppliers to smugglers. Life prison for knowingly arming, i.e., Mexican drug cartels, unregulated militias, ex-cons.
Disagree, simply because it's not against the law to sell firearms to someone who belongs to an unregulated militia.
* Strengthen sentencing guidelines so that crimes of gun violence are punished more severely than violent crimes that do not involve the misuse of the 2nd Amendment.
Partial disagreement. I couldn't care less what weapon someone uses when committing a crime of violence, but I am in favor of strengthening sentencing guidelines for all violent crime.
I KNOW who these gun nuts really are. These are not good people, and they should not be armed.
What steps would you take to disarm them, and what would be the legal definition of a "gun nut"?
As for my recommendations, I would institute unrestricted concealed carry at the national level and repeal the 1986 ban on the new manufacture of fully automatic weapons for civilians. Given this trend:
I daresay my agenda has a better chance of coming to fruition than yours.
Obviously we're not going to come to a meeting of minds here; our agendas are diametrically opposed. That having been said, let me reiterate my appreciation of you being open and candid in expressing your agenda; I hope I've done the same.
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