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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]ileus
(15,396 posts)13. Exactly....everyone overlooks the obvious solution.
Don't want firearms left in vehicles, don't make laws that promote stolen guns.
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Currently consequences arent much. The irresponsible gun owner simply goes out and buys another one
Hoyt
Aug 2015
#1
I should be against the law to leave your gun unattended inside a car, or in a house with under 18.
Sunlei
Aug 2015
#2
So, you're OK with violating the property owner's right to insist you not carry?
ColesCountyDem
Aug 2015
#22
Violating someone else's rights doesn't strike me as a progressive value.
ColesCountyDem
Aug 2015
#24
No, I don't care to debate this any further with you, and the two situations are not comparable
ColesCountyDem
Aug 2015
#56
No, you keep asking me to explain why entirely different fact patterns...
ColesCountyDem
Aug 2015
#59
The legal fact patterns are NOT analogous, and the rationales are NOT the same!
ColesCountyDem
Aug 2015
#91
I would just note that many of statutes preventing discrimination against those
branford
Aug 2015
#73
Learn to go places without a gun or two strapped to your body. Do you normally wear
Hoyt
Aug 2015
#32
It's a personal choice that adversely affects society, just like your 3 or 4 gun safes
Hoyt
Aug 2015
#46
Theres a difference between adversely effecting society, and simply bothering you.
beevul
Aug 2015
#47
You actually carry a lethal weapon. If it were just a "PSD," you and the other gunners would not
Hoyt
Aug 2015
#71
If you choose to place your deadly weapon in a location where others can access it,
Crunchy Frog
Aug 2015
#94
I keep a water moccasin in my center console and label the lid: "Ruger Inside."
Eleanors38
Aug 2015
#35
I can't see blaming/punishing the theft victim for future use of stolen items by criminals.
aikoaiko
Aug 2015
#97
I understand your position on stolen guns. Does that apply to other stolen items used in crimes?
aikoaiko
Aug 2015
#99
To put it gently, your interlocutor seems to have found your question to be awkward
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2015
#103