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In reply to the discussion: Can you imagine believing this? [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)22. just a few things
The adult who allows a weapon into the hands of a child needs severe jail time
does that include parents who teach gun safety, marksmanship, or hunting? Even in Canada a 12 year old can possess and buy ammo for this without adult supervision. No, it doesn't need to be registered.
The same weapon in the US has to be registered and is strictly regulated.
Quick civics and history lesson. The Constitution doesn't give rights, it protects the individual from government infringement on what the founders viewed as a "natural right". Natural Law theory was very popular among the founders.
BTW, registration fails the cost to benefit analysis.
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If so few are capable of governing themselves how fewer still are capable of governing others?
Nuclear Unicorn
May 2016
#53
I also see a daily report of police excesses. What's a unicorn to think now?
Nuclear Unicorn
May 2016
#65
I used to think I should be allowed to own whatever I wanted so long as I kept it to myself ...
marble falls
May 2016
#21