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Sen. Cornyn, With NRA Blessing, Proposes Gun Background Checks
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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 2777063" data-attributes="member: 3099"><p>I yield to the "born with certain unalienable rights" ideology and also the "$h!t happens! It's life get over it" theory. IOW if we as a society allow ANYONE to walk among us, we have no right to say that ANYONE can't have and carry a gun of their choosing full autos included. Now if you want to talk about whether we allow them to walk among us (mentally unstable, dangerous felons, etc.), that's a debatable subject. </p><p></p><p>I realize that I'm in the vast minority but I'm of the opinion that anybody in society has a right to carry a gun. If they misuse it, they have a right to reap the consequences too. If even 50% of the adult population was walking around strapped this stuff would be occurring a lot less frequently. Suicidal mass murderers, terrorists, thugs, etc. wouldn't carry out their fantasies if they had knowledge that they would be shot down before achieving their goal. I also have no illusions that we will ever get government out of our lives, they just seem to have to be able to tell everyone what to do and how to live and the <em>"it's for the common good"</em> is too far ingrained into society to rectify. It will take a complete societal meltdown to get people to realize what is just common sense on a multitude of issues, this being one of them. There are consequences for both sides, if we let crazies run around, we get to deal with what they may do...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 2777063, member: 3099"] I yield to the "born with certain unalienable rights" ideology and also the "$h!t happens! It's life get over it" theory. IOW if we as a society allow ANYONE to walk among us, we have no right to say that ANYONE can't have and carry a gun of their choosing full autos included. Now if you want to talk about whether we allow them to walk among us (mentally unstable, dangerous felons, etc.), that's a debatable subject. I realize that I'm in the vast minority but I'm of the opinion that anybody in society has a right to carry a gun. If they misuse it, they have a right to reap the consequences too. If even 50% of the adult population was walking around strapped this stuff would be occurring a lot less frequently. Suicidal mass murderers, terrorists, thugs, etc. wouldn't carry out their fantasies if they had knowledge that they would be shot down before achieving their goal. I also have no illusions that we will ever get government out of our lives, they just seem to have to be able to tell everyone what to do and how to live and the [I]"it's for the common good"[/I] is too far ingrained into society to rectify. It will take a complete societal meltdown to get people to realize what is just common sense on a multitude of issues, this being one of them. There are consequences for both sides, if we let crazies run around, we get to deal with what they may do... [/QUOTE]
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