17 December, 2010

Let Criminals Have Guns, They May Perform Criminal Acts

Been following the episode with the gunman at the Florida school board meeting? Ridiculous. This is the sort of stuff that someone needs to hit the NRA gun nuts with. How does a guy convicted for stalking his ex-wife wearing fatigues and carrying an assault rifle get to continue to own guns?

I've long felt that a national firearms registry made a ton of sense. Want to own a gun legally? No problem. just register it's serial number. When you sell it, the buyer transfers the registration. You have to do it to own a car and that's not even a Constitutional right!

This national registry then enables officials to keep track of people with gun-related offenses. You follow someone around in camo with a sniper rifle and get convicted? You get your guns taken away. Period. Forever. You have a complete mental breakdown, the ATF gets to take away your guns until a doctor signs off that you are competent.

But, if you're a safe, responsible, law-abiding gun owner this minor inconvenience helps us all. It shows the masses that some of us respect the firearms we own, and understand the power we have access to. One nut makes the rest of us look bad. Especially with people with little or no experience with firearms. To me, this seems a no-brainer.

-Sean-

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