Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: New Yorker magazine has an interesting article about history of 2nd amendment, NRA and gun control [View all]safeinOhio
(32,674 posts)"I reject this notion as being hugely paternalistic. Basically what you are saying is that the people in urban areas just can't be trusted with firearms the way people in Bum Fuck Texas can. That is hugely insulting."
That is the opposite of what I said. I think the radical gun rights folks that post on this forum feel pretty paternalistic in their complaints about urban mayors that were elected by the PEOPLE. Be it NY, Chicago or DC, I've never heard a good word about them and guess what, those folks elected them. They, as a group, tend to support more regulations on handguns because that is what the people that elected them support. If not, they would not have voted for them.
The right of self-defense is not the problem. It's the availability of handguns. Laws about the sale of unregistered handguns and possession by criminals can well be voted on by the elections of mayors that support what the majority feel would be safe. There is nothing in the 2nd Amendment that would prohibit the registration of and requirement of mandatory background checks on sales of handguns. In fact the wording, "well regulated", almost calls out for it.