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Weapons control I can handle

Texan

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kolanuraven said:
TExAN & PT: Freedom of speech won't kill you or anyone else, ( they might WANT to kill you afterwards), but the very act of it doesn't cause death. You get my meaning fully, your just wanting to start a fuss and I'm not taking the bait on this one!
It's a constitutional right, kola. I don't disagree with you that some people shouldn't own guns. Just like some people (liberals) shouldn't be allowed to vote. But those are the rights given us, and I have to support your right to vote even though I don't agree with it.

You say you support licensing citizens before they can take advantage of their constitutional right to own a gun because it involves something that might kill. I suppose you also support licensing women that feel it is their constitutional right to have an abortion?
 

kolanuraven

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TExAN: I never used the word license when referring to education about guns and their workings! I choose to be licensed , I don't have to, but I am able to carry concealed, thus the rules are you have to be licensed to do such. I never said everyone who wanted gun had to be licensed. If you don't know how to use a gun...it's not much help to you when you need it!

There was a young man who worked for me, 25 yrs old with a new wife and baby. Great guy. Had just bought a little 22 pistol and kept it in his pants pocket.

I knew he'd never been around guns but somewhere he picked up the idea just because he was born with the " Y" chromosome he inately knew all about guns. I tried to tell to quit carrying the thing in his pocket because IT was dangerous like that, get a holster of some sorts. He told me he didn't need a holster, blah, blah, blah, it was just a little .22 pistol.

He went home, went in to the bed room, took off his jeans and they hit the floor. The pistol went off...shot up under his rib cage and hit his heart. He was dead before he hit the floor!

If he'd been educated about what to look for he'd know that the little pistol was so worn out and old it was not safe, he should have never bought it for that fact alone.

Education about abortion..SURE BET! I am not in favor of abortion as a matter of birth control as there are far easier way now to deal with such issues. BUT...when it involves decisions of life/death for the parent & child..it IS NOT the business of anyone else but those people and their doctors..PERIOD!

I can't help my mindset. I know this is something that you men folks will think is absolutely silly and useless...but I even read the instructions when I get a new ' whatever'. I know it's a habit you don't condone ! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 

Texan

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I don't disagree with you that some training is a good thing for some people, kola. And it should be strongly encouraged. Just not mandated. To mandate training, registration or licensing stands in the way of a person's right to own a firearm.

I'm glad that you take advantage of your Second Amendment rights. I take advantage of mine, too. Just not the same way that you do...

When Texas came out with their concealed carry law, I was all for it. My wife and I were going to take a class where we got a couple's discount and each get our license. UNTIL I started figuring what it would cost. By the time we paid for the class, the license, the passport photos, the ammo to prove we could shoot, etc, it was going to cost us over $400 freakin' dollars. :mad:

I decided they could just kiss my ass. Ever since that time, I have referred to our concealed carry law as a Second Amendment tax. I already have the right to carry granted to me under the Constitution - they call it "to bear arms."

I still carry a gun everywhere I want to. So does my wife. Around here, I carry it and never worry about it. If I go somewhere else, I carry a cheaper handgun that I don't mind losing to some chickenshit young cop - I never worry about the mature guys. And I carry bail money. Much cheaper than doing it the 'legal' way. They can kiss my ass... :lol:
 

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