Some of these gun control people posting here forget that there is a constitutional right to own a gun. there is no constitutional right to possess a fire extinguisher, drive a car, or do so many other activities that they like to compare gun ownership to.
While I don’t deny that there is that constitutional right, I still see merit in making it harder to obtain one so it stays out of the hands of people who wish to harm others.
If you’re a responsible gun owner, then go ahead. You’ll go through those requirements and you’ll have your self-defense. But let’s make it harder for nutcases to just pick one off the shelves and run into a school with it.
While I don’t deny that there is that constitutional right, I still see merit in making it harder to speak freely so free speech stays out of the mouths of people who wish to say things that others find offensive.
If you’re a responsible speaker, then go ahead. You’ll go through those requirements and you’ll have your free speech. But let’s make it harder for nutcases to just say whatever they want and run into a school and say it.
Did free speech kill 17 people at Lewiston last year?
Did it kill 10 in Monterey Park the same year?
Did it kill 19 children in Uvalde the year before that?
What about Columbine, Sandy Hook, the Orlando nightclub, Virginia Tech, Parkland, the Aurora theater, the Pittsburgh synagogue, The Nashville Covenant School, Las Vegas. Did free speech cause all those fatalities?
If you honestly think making sure that guns don’t end up with murderous psychopaths is some Nineteen Eighty-Four bs then you’re clearly a coward who is unwilling to acknowledge that this is a goddamn problem.
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u/Clammypollack Jan 01 '24
Some of these gun control people posting here forget that there is a constitutional right to own a gun. there is no constitutional right to possess a fire extinguisher, drive a car, or do so many other activities that they like to compare gun ownership to.