Gun Control & RKBA

and that if I used something to defend myself it would be moot as to the "legality" of the weapon itself because I was as allowed by the Constitution to protect myself. I bought into the John Birch/NRA bushwa that if I were a registered gun owner - well Khrushchev himself will use the records and take my gun from my cold dead hand himself. I believe we have the rights to own weapons, and the Constitution that gives us our right to own also gives Federal, State and Local governments the right to control and curb the right in response poblic safety.

You know, like the fact over twenty shootings this year so far have been at the armed hand of children under three years old.

The fact is that any honest gun owner should have no problem with a national data base, you'all seem to have no problems with TSA, no fly lists. Why not a national data base? Just think how many domestic and work place shooting would be prevented if the cops just disarmed all those gun owning hot heads with restraining orders who end up shooting mostly women, a lot of children - themselves.

I happen to agree with a lot of what you say about the Second Amendment.

I agree with Col Bo's three reasons for an armed militia:
1. To protect ourselves if the Govt can't protect ourselves from criminals.
2. To protect ourselves if the Govt can't protect ourselves from a foreign threat.
3. To protect ourselves from an unresponsive Govt.

I also believe government was instituted for moderating the effect of one groups rights from interfering with another's. As none of reasons the Col gave for maintaining weapons exist, I believe the Govt is acting in the interest of the big majority of us.

Registering is essential. So is a national data base of those who should not be allowed to be armed, like people with peace warrant, restraining orders, on bail for family violence need to be disarmed.. The adult who allows a weapon into the hands of a child needs severe jail time, doubled if the weapon was not registered or on the data base.

But of course this is a protected group and I generally don't get on gun threads because both extremes are semi-full of themselves.

Go on about your meaningless meme-ing.