Guns 'n' thangs
25/12/12 10:57
As with healthcare (and voting), I find that the Aussies are smarter than us. They restrict certain weapons to folks in rural areas who might legitimately have an ‘at large’ threat like feral pigs, and handguns are kept locked up at shooting ranges. They recognize that the concern over a tyrannical government is far less than an angry and/or soused spouse or other family member. Criminals still get guns, but it’s much harder. And as so many statistics say, our weapons deaths are far out of proportion to our population compared to other countries where guns are better controlled.
Look, I don’t want to ban guns, I just want to remove the opportunity for criminal activities. While I do think that assault weapons and cartridges - that is guns designed to kill people not animals - are unnecessary, my bigger issue is access and tracking. I want no gun to be sold without verified identification of the purchaser, a nationwide database of owners, and possibly even tracking tags. We tag our pets, and they’re way less harmful.
The Second Amendment interpretation was originally seen as arming a militia, not the average citizen, and that only recently changed under pressure from, yes, the NRA (which only recently changed it's own perspective on this). And I’ll bet dollars to donuts that both a) the average member isn’t gonzo about allowing mass killing weapons, and b) that the largest proportion of funding comes from manufacturers. As does the agenda.
It is far past time to stop risking our lives for weapons profits. OK?
Look, I don’t want to ban guns, I just want to remove the opportunity for criminal activities. While I do think that assault weapons and cartridges - that is guns designed to kill people not animals - are unnecessary, my bigger issue is access and tracking. I want no gun to be sold without verified identification of the purchaser, a nationwide database of owners, and possibly even tracking tags. We tag our pets, and they’re way less harmful.
The Second Amendment interpretation was originally seen as arming a militia, not the average citizen, and that only recently changed under pressure from, yes, the NRA (which only recently changed it's own perspective on this). And I’ll bet dollars to donuts that both a) the average member isn’t gonzo about allowing mass killing weapons, and b) that the largest proportion of funding comes from manufacturers. As does the agenda.
It is far past time to stop risking our lives for weapons profits. OK?
