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Yeah, i have thought of similar things too. One thing that always bothered me was the ATF format. Like we all grab our Beer and Stogies and go shooting at the river right ? Guns and Alcohol don't mix, so why are they mixed on a government level?
- Seems the Department of Motor Vehicles and Department of Licensing is much morein linewith the needs of today. ... Guns and Cars are both combustion devices made of plastic and steel with serial numbers. Bothcan kill you if improperly operated. However, In the hands of the average person, with average training, and of average intelligence, both of these devices are perfectly safe and legitimate parts of our modern society.
- As another poster mentioned above, it's a license to OPERATE not to own. I can buy a car from anyone, but to have it legally in my name i need to transfer it's title. I can still legally have the car, even if not in my name on my property, as long as it's not registered stolen. Now, If i want to operate the vehicle on a public road, i need to have a license to drive, and definitely best to have it in my name. If i want to drive a "big rig"18-wheeled trucki need a higher level license, but still affordable and achievable by the average person, a little more training, etc. We already have CC permits with a fairly reasonable price and in line with our constitutional rights. The Drivers License has a fairly reasonable price too, and the training is reasonable so as to facilitate the average person, of average intelligence, with an average ability to afford the costsallowing them topass the tests and operate a vehicle. Following a similar model would definitely help to keep criminals out of that bracket, or at least make it more identifiable when caught. My big issue on this, is doing it in such a way as NOT to impede or infringe on my base 2nd / state amendment rights, or my personal privacy rights. Correct me if i am wrong, but a LEO can get your address from your visible vehicle plate, but cannot go to a DOL and request your information that way. Similar, that a LEO can check to see if your OC pistols serial number returns as a stolen weapon, but other than that can not collect much data as "evidence". Definitely there needs to be heavy privacy laws attached here for personal protection.
-I am open to modern ways of managing firearm usage, much as we do vehicles, but i am also very hardcore about the 2nd Amendment. Iam a 100% supporter oflegal legitimate small arms ownership, up to and including class-iii automatic weapons. I simply think the licensing, if it were to ever be implemented, and ownership needs to be fair and properly organized so as to co-exist within a free-modern-society. It 100% should not be infringed...it should be 100% affordable and achievable...it should 100% not be easy for hardened criminals... Realistic and simple methods exist today that allow us to achieve these goals. But, as with the FDA, things are prone to progressing verrryyy slowly, and unfortunately are often subject to special interests and outside forces. --- So whats the real answer to this delicate balance? to be honest not entirely sure, but this has been a thought of mine too (for quite a while i'll add). criminals definitely should not have guns... But fact is, they will get them, they will use them, and hopefully get stopped and/or arrested.
- I am very happy we have this forum, and i am excited to see all the growth here. It keeps America free, fights crime and corruption, and in the end, it even can be a supporting force for our diminishing LEO's who are facing cutbacks and down-sizing. The honest American LEO, hopefully can see and count on it's OC citizens to support them in a time of need. With a touch of training, and instructions, the two philosophies can easily mingle. If we can get the LEO community to see this, the tides of "change" (hehe-sorry couldn't help it) will definitely turn to OC favor.
:dude:Ah, Now i shown my true color - lol: Pro Gun, Pro constitution, pro gov, pro leo, pro citizen....Of course, in the light that these are all kept healthy, compatable and individual rights are not being infringed..
Keep America free
Bat.
p.s. Thank you for spell checker :celebrate