Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri...
by seiferteric on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @06:49PM
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My personal view is that anyone can own a gun but should be required to take mandatory "militia" training courses twice a year (like 8 hours). This alone will probably limit the number of people wanting to go through the process. Another thought is that people could keep their guns in their locally ran armory that they could go and practice whenever they want and checkout guns for hunting purposes. Also no semi-auto for hunting (so no need to checkout a semi-auto from the armory), we already limit shotgun capacity to 3 for bird hunting so maybe this could happen.
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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri...
by bifrost on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @07:00PM
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Sorry, that requirement is illegal.
Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri...
by seiferteric on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @07:09PM
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Never said it was legal, just what I think it ought to be. If you could ever amend the constitution, it would never be a ban of all guns, or even semi-autos, but perhaps you could bring people along by allowing people to have any kind of weapon they want (even full auto) if kept in an armory. Being locally run and not by the state or feds would also make it a bit more appealing. Basically strengthening the idea and legitimacy of the militia rather than being an antiquated concept. Personally I wouldn't actually mind going to training like this a coupe times a year, but ya still not likely to happen.
Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri...
by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @07:06PM
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This is not how discussion works. Please try adding to the discussion.
Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri...
by akomtu on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @08:26PM
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So anyone who can vote should take 8 hours long courses twice a year, with a deep dive into history and civics, right? Because, let's be honest, if the clueless crowd votes in a chaotic autocrat, the damage will far exceed those few thousand deaths by guns.