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<blockquote data-quote="abajaj11" data-source="post: 913181" data-attributes="member: 3553"><p>I see what you are saying, but in principle, God given rights should not have a litmus test. They should be exercised by all citizens unless they have been used to hurt others. One could hurt others by yelling "fire" in a crowded theater, for instance. But the whole point of rights is that free people are trusted to be responsible to exercise them, and do not need a "license" of any sort. We are all trained on how to speak and write, by parents or others. We don't often see folks abusing that. Of course we should all be trained to use firearms as well. If all of society had forearms and we grew up with them, as many of us do here in OK, then we would be automatically trained in gun safety. </p><p>I'm simply against the government or some central authority defining what an "adequate level" of knowledge is in using firearms, before we are allowed to use them. </p><p>Nevertheless, firearms do pose a greater potential to harm than words (and also a greater potential to help when they are needed), so I am in favor of some sort of level of knowledge, but <em>this level should be created by society, not by some government authority. </em> These are just my beliefs, and I think most of us on this forum and indeed this country (I hope for our sakes) share them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="abajaj11, post: 913181, member: 3553"] I see what you are saying, but in principle, God given rights should not have a litmus test. They should be exercised by all citizens unless they have been used to hurt others. One could hurt others by yelling "fire" in a crowded theater, for instance. But the whole point of rights is that free people are trusted to be responsible to exercise them, and do not need a "license" of any sort. We are all trained on how to speak and write, by parents or others. We don't often see folks abusing that. Of course we should all be trained to use firearms as well. If all of society had forearms and we grew up with them, as many of us do here in OK, then we would be automatically trained in gun safety. I'm simply against the government or some central authority defining what an "adequate level" of knowledge is in using firearms, before we are allowed to use them. Nevertheless, firearms do pose a greater potential to harm than words (and also a greater potential to help when they are needed), so I am in favor of some sort of level of knowledge, but [I]this level should be created by society, not by some government authority. [/I] These are just my beliefs, and I think most of us on this forum and indeed this country (I hope for our sakes) share them. [/QUOTE]
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