Re:Texans can carry handguns without a license or training s...
by krapp on Sunday July 18, 2021 @07:11PM
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I mean, the Second Amendment doesn't come with restrictions, requirements or qualifiers, and American gun culture is the reason owning a gun is seen as an unrestricted, inalienable right, and not a responsibility.
This is what the people of Texas want, let them get it good and hard, I say.
Re:Texans can carry handguns without a license or training s...
by jfengel on Monday July 19, 2021 @10:02AM
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I mean, the Second Amendment doesn't come with restrictions, requirements or qualifiers
I mean... it does. It's right there, in the first dozen words.
It's confusingly written, and the Supreme Court has decided it doesn't mean anything at all. But it seems weird to pretend that it just doesn't exist.
-Every gun instructor ever.
The issue is if someone wnat to jump on you and you have a gun, especially with no training, you'll be more dangerous to yourself than anyone wanting your wallet. I got robbed three time, because i was in the situation you describe (no money so have to live in high crime area, no car, and odd hours coz i had to finance my studies). I resisted one time, the first one. Trip to the hospital, police station, wasted a day for nothing after the robbery.
The two others i was polite, gave them my money ( rarely have more than 20 on me) and they let me keep my credit cards, ID and my phone (my shitty firefox OS did not impress them). I wouldn't be able to shoot at someone, so a gun on me is lost, and i think especially in a high crime area, walking with a gun would be a bad idea (and i know how to use one)
And i hope you have good armorers in TX with this law, because is someone want to buy a SW500 or the new tech S&W (don't have the name) and never used a gun before, they might kill their aggressor, but most likely not touch them, loose a hand in the process.